Hearths of darkness
Subtitle: the family in the American horror film
By: Tony Williams
Edition: Updated edition.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781628461909; 9781628461077
Subjects: History and criticism; Horror films; Families in motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: family assault in the American horror film; title: Classical shapes of rage: universal and beyond; title: Lewton or "the ambiguities"; title: To Psycho and beyond: the Hitchcock connection; title: Return of the native: the satanic assaults; title: Far from Vietnam: the family at war; title: Sacrificial victims; title: Chain saw massacres: the apocalyptic dimension; title: The return of Kronos; title: Poltergeist and Freddy's nightmares; title: The King adaptations; title: Into the nineties; title: Postscript.