Blood money
Subtitle: a history of the first teen slasher film cycle
By: Richard Nowell
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781441124968; 9781441117052
Subjects: History and criticism; Slasher films
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Co-ed frenzy; title: "There's more than one way to lose your heart" : the teen slasher film-type, production strategies, and film cycle; title: A slay-ride to Small-Town, U.S.A : the advent of the teen slasher film, Black Christmas (1974) and Halloween (1978); title: "They were warned, they are doomed" : the United States, the development of the teen slasher film, and Friday the 13th (1980); title: Murder on the dance-floor : Canada, the development of the teen slasher film, and Prom night (1980); title: The animal house on sorority row : boom and bust, and the establishment of the teen slasher film, 1980-1981; title: Conclusion : time after time.