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Laughing Screaming

Modern Hollywood Horror and Comedy

by William Paul

Type
Studies
Subject
GenreHorror
Keywords
horror, modernism
Publishing date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Collection
Film and Culture
Language
English
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Relative size
Physical desc.
Paperback • 550 pages
6 x 8 ¾ inches (15 x 22 cm)
ISBN-10
ISBN-13
0-231-08465-X
978-0-231-08465-9
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Book Presentation:
Concentrating on films produced during the 1970s-1980s, this study explores the social and psychological implications of horror and comedy on film in a discussion ranging from the classics of Chaplin and Hitchcock to 'movies that embrace the lowest common denominator as an aesthetic principle'.

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