While existing work on modern horror tends to focus on a small range of exceptional examples of the genre, and generally finds value in the films through the application of sociopolitical, psychoanalytic, or other theoretical frameworks, the broader trend of the for-profit Hollywood studio produced and/or distributed texts and the elements of their construction have been largely ignored. Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film aims to fill this existing gap in scholarship on horror. This book collects essays from a range of academics to consider the place of some of these films within the history of the slasher, how their construction provides a more complex experience than initially conceived, what this can tell us about the genre, and how a study of form can support and aid theoretical analyses.
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'This collection deserves attention from anyone interested in the interrogation and enjoyment of the Hollywood Slasher film. Offering staunch, articulate, and passionate arguments for adopting formalist methodologies in the study and appreciation of the Hollywood Slasher genre, these essays make valuable contributions to existing horror film scholarship, extending the discussion beyond socio-ideological and theoretical perspectives.' Valerie Wee, National University of Singapore
'Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film is a welcome addition to critical works on the genre. Wickham Clayton brings together a very focused set of essays exploring the aesthetics and formal structures of the slasher film. The contributors explore a wide range of slasher films, both the typical examples and the unexpected, pushing at the boundaries of the form. This collection will provide interest and raise challenging questions for readers of all levels, shedding new light on formalist approaches to the genre.' Brigid Cherry, Research Fellow in Screen Media, St Mary's University, Twickenham
'With exciting essays on the slasher subgenre from classic to revisionist films, this timely collection offers a rich vein of enquiry and superb range of scholarship on slasher stylistics. Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film opens up the field of slasher studies for a new generation, challenging dominant theories and offering advanced and innovative perspectives.' Sorcha Nķ Fhlainn, Lecturer in Film Studies and American Literature, Manchester Metropolitan University
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| Introduction: The Collection Awakes |
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Part I The Birth, Death and Revenge of the Hollywood Slasher |
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1 (In)Stability of Point of View in When a Stranger Calls and Eyes of a Stranger |
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2 Undermining the Moneygrubbers, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Friday the 13th Part V |
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3 I Framed Freddy: Functional Aesthetics in the A Nightmare on Elm Street Series |
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4 Candyman and Saw: Reimagining the Slasher Film through Urban Gothic |
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67 | (12) |
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Part II Older, Darker and Self-Aware |
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5 Franchise Legacy and Neo-slasher Conventions in Halloween H20 |
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6 Roses Are Red, Violence Is Too: Exploring Stylistic Excess in Valentine |
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7 Puzzles, Contraptions and the Highly Elaborate Moment: The Inevitability of Death in the Grand Slasher Narratives of the Final Destination and Saw Series of Films |
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8 The Killer Who Never Was: Complex Storytelling, the Saw Saga and the Shifting Moral Alignment of Puzzle Film Horror |
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118 | (13) |
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131 | (16) |
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Part III Form versus Theory |
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10 Reframing Parody and Intertextuality in Scream: Formal and Theoretical Approaches to the `Postmodern' Slasher |
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11 Crises of Identification in the Supernatural Slasher: The Resurrection of the Supernatural Slasher Villain |
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12 `Come on, Boy, Bring It!': Embracing Queer Erotic Aesthetics in Marcus Nispel's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
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13 Beyond Surveillance: Questions of the Real in the Neopostmodern Horror Film |
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14 The Slasher, the Final Girl and the Anti-Denouement |
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| Bibliography |
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| Filmography |
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Stacey Abbott, University of Roehampton, UK Mark Richard Adams, Brunel University, UK Jessica Balanzategui, University of Melbourne, Australia Gary Bettinson, Lancaster University, UK Wickham Clayton, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK Ian Conrich, University of South Australia Darren Elliott-Smith, University of Hertfordshire, UK Matthew Freeman, Birmingham City University, UK Andrew Patrick Nelson, Montana State University, USA Dana Och, University of Pittsburgh, USA Fran Pheasant-Kelly, University of Wolverhampton, UK David Roche, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurčs, France Karra Shimabukuro, University of New Mexico, USA Janet Staiger, University of Texas at Austin, USA
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