Title: Psycho, The birds and Halloween : the intimacy of terror in three classic films /
Authors: Rasmussen, Randy Loren, 1953-2020
Year: 2014
Subjects: Psycho (Motion picture : 1960); Birds (Motion picture); Halloween (Motion picture : 1978); Horror films History and criticism; Terror in motion pictures.
Abstract: "Horror films come in a wide variety of styles and subject matter. Three of the most intimate explorations of terror are examined in this study. Intimate in terms of settings (small towns and an isolated motel) and in the emotional links between the characters and the terrors they face"--
Contents: Introduction: Shadows and sunlight -- Hitchcock's Psycho: off the main highway -- Hitchcock's The birds: hidden talons -- Carpenter's Halloween: fear itself.