"[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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