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100 AMERICAN HORROR FILMS - BARRY KEITH GRANT K...

[A] well-plotted survey. Total Film In 100 American Horror Films  Barry Keith Grant presents
entries on 100 films from one of American cinema's longest-standing  most diverse and most
popular genres  representing its rich history from the silent era - D.W. Griffith's The
Avenging Conscience of 1915 - to contemporary productions - Jordan Peele's 2017 Get Out. In his
introduction  Grant provides an overview of the genre's history  a context for the films
addressed in the individual entries  and discusses the specific relations between American
culture and horror. All of the entries are informed by the question of what makes the specific
film being discussed a horror film  the importance of its place within the history of the genre
and  where relevant  the film is also contextualized within specifically American culture and
history. Each entry also considers the film's most salient textual features  provides important
insight into its production  and offers both established and original critical insight and
interpretation. The 100 films selected for inclusion represent the broadest historical range 
and are drawn from every decade of American film-making  movies from major and minor studios 
examples of the different types or subgenres of horror  such as psychological thriller  monster
terror  gothic horror  home invasion  torture porn  and parody  as well as the different types
of horror monsters  including werewolves  vampires  zombies  mummies  mutants  ghosts  and
serial killers.

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