The Horror Film: An Introduction

Combining historical narrative with close readings of severalsignificant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad andlively introduction to cinematic horror. In doing so, it outlinesand investigates important issues in the production, consumption,and cultural interpretation of the genre.

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• An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horrorfilm genre.
  
• Examines the ways in which horror movies have been produced,received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics,from the 1920s to the present.
  
• Provides a short historical introduction of the horror film asan orientation to the field.
  
• Analyses a wide variety of major works in the genre, includingFrankenstein, Cat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers,The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween and BramStoker’s Dracula.