The highway horror film [electronic resource] /
Murphy, Bernice M.author.
The Highway Horror Film argues that 'Highway Horror' is a hither-to overlooked sub-genre of the American horror movie. In these films, the American landscape is by its very accessibility rendered terrifyingly hostile, and encounters with other travellers almost always have sinister outcomes.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Bumps in the Road: Defining the Highway Horror Film; 1 ''I Almost Drove Right Past': Motels and Highway Horror; 2 ''That Truck Driver Tried to Kill Me!' The Highway Nemes is Narrative; 3 ''Let's Go for a Ride,Otis': Serial Killers in the Highway Horror Film; 4 'They Never Even Saw It Coming': The Fatal Car Crash in the Highway Horror Film; Bibliography; Filmography; Index
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
The Highway Horror Film argues that 'Highway Horror' is a hither-to overlooked sub-genre of the American horror movie. In these films, the American landscape is by its very accessibility rendered terrifyingly hostile, and encounters with other travellers almost always have sinister outcomes.
Horror films
Regional and Cultural Studies.
American Cinema and TV.
Genre.
Screen Studies.
Media Studies.
Film History.