Terror in the Desert
Subtitle: Dark Cinema of the American Southwest
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781476672410
Subjects: Motion pictures, united states
Description: "Set in the American Southwest, "desert terror" films combine elements from horror, film noir and road movies to tell stories of isolation and violence. These films have eluded critical classification and analysis. The author traces the genre's origins and development, from cult exploitation to crowd-pleasing franchises to quirky auteurist fare to more recent releases"--