Vampira and her daughters : women horror movie hosts from the 1950s into the internet era

Title
  1. Vampira and her daughters : women horror movie hosts from the 1950s into the internet era / Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter ; foreword by Penny Dreadful.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Author
  1. Cotter, Bobb

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Description
  1. vii, 164 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
  1. "From Vampira to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, female horror movie hosts have long been a staple of late-night television. Broadcast on local stations and cable access channels, these hosts brought an entertaining blend of macabre camp and after-prime-time sexuality to American living rooms from the 1950s through the 1990s"--
Subject
  1. Horror films
  2. Television personalities
  3. Women television personalities > United States > Biography > Dictionaries
  4. Television broadcasting of horror films > United States
  5. Horror films > History and criticism
  6. Horror television programs > History and criticism
  7. Criticism, interpretation, etc
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Call number
  1. MWER 17-1797
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (page 161) and index.
Author
  1. Cotter, Bobb, author.
Title
  1. Vampira and her daughters : women horror movie hosts from the 1950s into the internet era / Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter ; foreword by Penny Dreadful.
Publisher
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (page 161) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2016055697
ISBN
  1. 9781476664347 (softcover ; alk. paper)
  2. 147666434X (softcover ; alk. paper)
  3. 9781476626567
  4. 1476626561
Research call number
  1. MWER 17-1797
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