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Planks of Reason: Essays on the Horror Film

Planks of Reason: Essays on the Horror Film

Sharrett, Christopher
Grant, Barry Keith

Paperback

Film Studies

ISBN10: 0810850133
ISBN13: 9780810850132
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: Sep 24 2004
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.58 Depth: 8.48
Language: English

The original edition of Planks of Reason was the first academic critical anthology on horror. In retrospect, it appeared as a kind of homage to the golden age of the American horror film, as this genre played an increasing role in film culture and American life. The original material represented the history of the genre through the early 1980s and is a crucial part of the book's value, then and now. The first edition helped legitimize academic writing on the horror genre by addressing breakthrough works of such directors as John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, George Romero, David Cronenberg, and Wes Craven.

This revised edition retains the spirit of the original, but also offers new takes on rediscovered classics and recent developments in the genre. In addition to reprinting 17 essays, including Robin Wood's An Introduction to the American Horror Film, this revised edition features a new essay on the yuppie horror film by editor Barry Keith Grant, as well as an updated analysis of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by co-editor Christopher Sharrett. Other new essays focus on William Castle's The Tingler and Roger Corman's Pit and the Pendulum, and the recent wave of Japanese horror films.

Contains more than 60 photos.

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