Horror noir
Subtitle: where cinema's dark sisters meet
By: Paul Meehan
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780786445974
Subjects: Film noir; Horror films; History and criticism
Description: "This critical survey examines the relationships between horror and film noir. Included are the films based on popular horror/mystery radio shows, the works of Val Lewton, and Alfred Hitchcock's stories. Also discussed are gothic and costume horror noirs; the noir of recent films; and film noir aspects of the Hannibal Lecter movies and other serial-killer thrillers"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Horror and fantasy elements in classic films noir; title: Horror noir in the 1930s; title: The Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur noir legacy; title: Horror noir from radioland; title: Monster noir; title: Gothic and costume noir; title: Horror noir in the 1950s; title: Hitchcock's psychological ghosts and doppelgängers; title: Modern horror noir in the 1960s; title: Horror noirs of the 1970s and '80s; title: The noir horrors of Hannibal the cannibal; title: The mean streets of hell; title: Conclusion : horror and film noir: the dark genres.