Anatomy of the Slasher Film : A Theoretical Analysis

by Sotiris Petridis

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 1476674310

ISBN-13 9781476674315

Publisher McFarland & Co Inc

Imprint McFarland & Co Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 28th, 2019

Print length 178 Pages

Weight 252 grams

Dimensions 15.10 x 22.30 x 1.10 cms

Product Classification: Films, cinema

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Examining 74 movies - from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) to Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) – this book identifies the characteristic elements of the subgenre while tracing changes in narrative patterns over the decades.

The term slasher film was common parlance by the mid1980s but the horror subgenre it describes was at least a decade old by thenformerly referred to as stalker, psycho or slice-em-up. Examining 74 moviesfrom The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) to Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)the author identifies the characteristic elements of the subgenre while tracing changes in narrative patterns over the decades. The slasher canon is divided into three eras: the classical (19741993), the self-referential (19942000) and the neoslasher cycle (20002013).

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