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Italian Horror Cinema (Paperback)
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In its heyday from the late 1950s until the early 1980s Italian
horror cinema was characterised by an excess of gore, violence and
often incoherent plot-lines. Films about zombies, cannibals and
psychopathic killers ensured there was no shortage of controversy,
and the genre presents a seemingly unpromising nexus of films for
sustained critical analysis. But Italian horror cinema with all its
variations, subgenres and filoni remains one of the most
recognisable and iconic genre productions in Europe, achieving cult
status worldwide. One of the manifestations of a rich production
landscape in Italian popular cinema after the Second World War,
Italian horror was also characterised by its imitation of foreign
models and the transnational dimension of its production
agreements, as well as by its international locations and stars.
This collection brings together for the first time a range of
contributions aimed at a new understanding of the genre,
investigating the different phases in its history, the
peculiarities of the production system, the work of its most
representative directors (Mario Bava and Dario Argento) and the
wider role it has played within popular culture.
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