Research Catalog

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Description

1. 129 pages; 20 cm.

Summary

1. Wes Craven's "Scream" (1996) emerged at the point where the early eighties American slasher cycle had effectively morphed into the post-"Fatal Attraction" (1987) trend for Hollywood thrillers constructed around slasher movie tropes. It was a spiritual successor to Craven's unpopular but critically praised Wes Craven's "New Nightmare" (1994), a revisionist sequel reviving his most lucrative creation in a postmodern story about the filmmaker's own loss of creative control over the "Elm Street" franchise. "Scream" appropriates the multiple layers and extensive genre referencing of "New Nightmare," albeit in a much more commercial form carefully crafted to avoid alienating teen audiences who were not around for the original slasher cycle. its deconstruction of a seemingly moribund sub-genre was hailed as original, despite echoing the approaches of several fin-de-siècle eighties horror films. This book offers a detailed exploration of the "Scream" phenomenon, including its position in Craven's filmography, the script's prominent use of earlier genre films (particularly "Halloween" [1978]), the studio marketing campaign and the film's place in late twentieth-century horror cinema.

Series statement

1. Devil's advocates

Uniform title

1. Devil's advocates.

Subject

1. Scream (Motion picture)
2. Criticism, interpretation, etc
3. Thrillers (Motion pictures) > History and criticism
4. Craven, Wes > Criticism and interpretation
5. Horror films > History and criticism
6. Slasher films > History and criticism

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Flashback face: "Do you like scary movies?": Scream and revitilisation -- First blood: the opening of Scream -- Craven images: the road to Scream -- Horror, Happy Meals and hybridisation: Scream and the 1990s -- Characters, conventions and "the rules": creating Scream's thieving whoring ensemble -- Watch a few movies, make a few notes: Scream's layer cake of references -- Reception and marketing: the selling of Scream -- Scream and Scream again: the legacy of Scream -- Bibliography.

Call number

1. MFLP (Scream) 19-2666

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Author

1. West, Steven, author.

Title

1. Scream / Steven West.

Publisher

1. Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Devil's advocates
2. Devil's advocates.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

1. 9781911325277 paperback
2. 1911325272 paperback

Research call number

1. MFLP (Scream) 19-2666