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Dark Dreams 2.0 : A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film from the 1950s to the 21st Century, Paperback / softback Book

Dark Dreams 2.0 : A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film from the 1950s to the 21st Century Paperback / softback

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Greatly expanded and updated from the 1977 original, this new edition explores the evolution of the modern horror film, particularly as it reflects anxieties associated with the atomic bomb, the Cold War, 1960s violence, sexual liberation, the Reagan revolution, 9/11 and the Iraq War.

It divides modern horror into three varieties (psychological, demonic and apocalyptic) and demonstrates how horror cinema represents the popular expression of everyday fears while revealing the forces that influence American ideological and political values.

Directors given a close reading include Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg, Guillermo Del Toro, Michael Haneke, Robert Aldrich, Mel Gibson and George A.

Romero. Additional material discusses postmodern remakes, horror franchises and Asian millennial horror.

This book also contains more than 950 frame grabs and a very extensive filmography.

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