Nightmare Movies

Horror on Screen Since the 1960s

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film
Cover of the book Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Kim Newman ISBN: 9781408817506
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: April 18, 2011
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing Language: English
Author: Kim Newman
ISBN: 9781408817506
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: April 18, 2011
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: English

Now over twenty years old, the original edition of Nightmare Movies has retained its place as a true classic of cult film criticism. In this new edition, Kim Newman brings his seminal work completely up-to-date, both reassessing his earlier evaluations and adding a second part that assess the last two decades of horror films with all the wit, intelligence and insight for which he is known. Since the publication of the first edition, horror has been on a gradual upswing, and taken a new and stronger hold over the film industry.

Newman negotiates his way through a vast back-catalogue of horror, charting the on-screen progress of our collective fears and bogeymen from the low budget slasher movies of the 60s, through to the slick releases of the 2000s, in a critical appraisal that doubles up as a genealogical study of contemporary horror and its forebears. Newman invokes the figures that fuel the ongoing demand for horror - the serial killer; the vampire; the werewolf; the zombie - and draws on his remarkable knowledge of the genre to give us a comprehensive overview of the modern myths that have shaped the imagination of multiple generations of cinema-goers.

Nightmare Movies is an invaluable companion that not only provides a newly updated history of the darker side of film but a truly entertaining guide with which to discover the less well-trodden paths of horror, and re-discover the classics with a newly instructed eye.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Now over twenty years old, the original edition of Nightmare Movies has retained its place as a true classic of cult film criticism. In this new edition, Kim Newman brings his seminal work completely up-to-date, both reassessing his earlier evaluations and adding a second part that assess the last two decades of horror films with all the wit, intelligence and insight for which he is known. Since the publication of the first edition, horror has been on a gradual upswing, and taken a new and stronger hold over the film industry.

Newman negotiates his way through a vast back-catalogue of horror, charting the on-screen progress of our collective fears and bogeymen from the low budget slasher movies of the 60s, through to the slick releases of the 2000s, in a critical appraisal that doubles up as a genealogical study of contemporary horror and its forebears. Newman invokes the figures that fuel the ongoing demand for horror - the serial killer; the vampire; the werewolf; the zombie - and draws on his remarkable knowledge of the genre to give us a comprehensive overview of the modern myths that have shaped the imagination of multiple generations of cinema-goers.

Nightmare Movies is an invaluable companion that not only provides a newly updated history of the darker side of film but a truly entertaining guide with which to discover the less well-trodden paths of horror, and re-discover the classics with a newly instructed eye.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book The Hart-Fuller Debate in the Twenty-First Century by Kim Newman
Cover of the book All-American TV Crime Drama by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Dictators and Dictatorships by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Because You'll Never Meet Me by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Ireland and the End of the British Empire by Kim Newman
Cover of the book The Europe Dilemma by Kim Newman
Cover of the book The Comedy of Errors by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Rousseau's Constitutionalism by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Wellington's Specialist Troops by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Crime and Thriller Writing by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Khrushchev by Kim Newman
Cover of the book No More Mr. Nice Guy by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Trams and Trolleybuses by Kim Newman
Cover of the book The Eureka Key by Kim Newman
Cover of the book Run, Jimmy, Run by Kim Newman
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy