Horror in space
Subtitle: critical essays on a film subgenre
By: edited by Michele Brittany
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781476664057
Subjects: Outer space in motion pictures; History and criticism; Horror films; Science fiction films; Space flights in motion pictures
Description: "This collection of new essays examines the space horror subgenre, with a focus on such films as Paul W.S. Anderson's Event Horizon, Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires and John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars. Contributors dicsuss how filmmakers explored the concepts of the final girl/survivor, the uncanny valley, the isolationism of space travel, religion and supernatural phenomena"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One: Horror made in America; title: Part Two: Time and space in a sea of post-modern isolation; title: Part Three: The uncanny body; title: Part Four: The devil made me; title: Part Five: Play it again or rip it off.