Re-envisaging the First Age of Cinematic Horror, 1896-1934

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by David Annwn Jones

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Horror

Keywords

horror, history of cinema

Publishing date

2019

Publisher

University of Wales Press

Collection

Horror Studies

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 272 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-78683-335-8

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Book Presentation:
This is a ground-breaking study, which reveals and emphasises the formative and innovative power of film from Georges Méliès’s Manoir du Diable (1896) to Edgar G. Ulmer’s superbly reflexive The Black Cat (1934). Focusing on twenty-two key films, and referencing other relevant productions, this book involves an inclusive and sensitive approach. It reveals an awareness of the heterogeneity of horror production with the discussion spanning the period of the invention of movies, the expansion from single-reelers to longer and continuous productions, and the advent of talkies.

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