Horror noir where cinema's dark sisters meet /
"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...
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| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers,
c2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Horror and fantasy elements in classic films noir
- Horror noir in the 1930s
- The Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur noir legacy
- Horror noir from radioland
- Monster noir
- Gothic and costume noir
- Horror noir in the 1950s
- Hitchcock's psychological ghosts and doppelgängers
- Modern horror noir in the 1960s
- Horror noirs of the 1970s and '80s
- The noir horrors of Hannibal the cannibal
- The mean streets of hell
- Conclusion : horror and film noir: the dark genres.