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The Laughing Dead
The Horror-Comedy Film from Bride of Frankenstein to Zombieland|
97,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 20.05.2016 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781442268333 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 296 |
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Beschreibungen
<span><span>Hybrid films that straddle more than one genre are not unusual. But when seemingly incongruous genres are mashed together, such as horror and comedy, filmmakers often have to tread carefully to produce a cohesive, satisfying work. Though they date as far back as James Whale’s </span><span>Bride of Frankenstein</span><span> (1935), horror-comedies have only recently become popular attractions for movie goers.</span></span>
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<span><span>In </span><span>The Laughing Dead: The Horror-Comedy Film from </span><span>Bride of Frankenstein </span><span>to </span><span>Zombieland, editors Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have compiled essays on the comic undead that look at the subgenre from a variety of perspectives. Spanning virtually the entire sound era, this collection considers everything from classics like </span><span>The Canterville Ghost </span><span>to modern cult favorites like </span><span>Shaun of the Dead</span><span>. Other films discussed include </span><span>Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein</span><span>, </span><span>Beetlejuice</span><span>, </span><span>Ghostbusters</span><span>, </span><span>House on Haunted Hill</span><span>, </span><span>ParaNorman</span><span>, </span><span>Scream</span><span>, </span><span>Vampire’s Kiss</span><span>, and </span><span>Zombieland</span><span>.</span></span>
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<span><span>Contributors in this volume consider a wide array of comedic monster films—from heartwarming (</span><span>The Book of Life</span><span>) to pitch dark (</span><span>The Fearless Vampire Killers</span><span>) and even grotesque (</span><span>Frankenhooker</span><span>). </span><span>The Laughing Dead </span><span>will be of interest to scholars and fans of both horror and comedy films, as well as those interested in film history and, of course, the proliferation of the undead in popular culture.</span></span>
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<span><span>In </span><span>The Laughing Dead: The Horror-Comedy Film from </span><span>Bride of Frankenstein </span><span>to </span><span>Zombieland, editors Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have compiled essays on the comic undead that look at the subgenre from a variety of perspectives. Spanning virtually the entire sound era, this collection considers everything from classics like </span><span>The Canterville Ghost </span><span>to modern cult favorites like </span><span>Shaun of the Dead</span><span>. Other films discussed include </span><span>Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein</span><span>, </span><span>Beetlejuice</span><span>, </span><span>Ghostbusters</span><span>, </span><span>House on Haunted Hill</span><span>, </span><span>ParaNorman</span><span>, </span><span>Scream</span><span>, </span><span>Vampire’s Kiss</span><span>, and </span><span>Zombieland</span><span>.</span></span>
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<span><span>Contributors in this volume consider a wide array of comedic monster films—from heartwarming (</span><span>The Book of Life</span><span>) to pitch dark (</span><span>The Fearless Vampire Killers</span><span>) and even grotesque (</span><span>Frankenhooker</span><span>). </span><span>The Laughing Dead </span><span>will be of interest to scholars and fans of both horror and comedy films, as well as those interested in film history and, of course, the proliferation of the undead in popular culture.</span></span>
<span><span>From the terrified double-takes of Lou Costello and Bob Hope and the rapid-fire wisecracks of Michael Keaton's </span><span>Beetlejuice</span><span> to the ghoulish sight gags of </span><span>Shaun of the Dead</span><span>, horror and humor have been intertwined, on screens large and small, for decades. This edited collection of essays surveys the rich and varied history of the horror-comedy in film and on television, ranging from the 1940s to the twenty-first century.</span></span>
<span><span>Cynthia J. Miller</span><span> teaches at Emerson College. She is the editor of </span><span>Too Bold for the Box Office: The Mockumentary from Big Screen to Small</span><span> (2012) and coeditor of </span><span>Steaming into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology</span><span> (2012) and </span><span>Border Visions: Identity and Diaspora in Film</span><span> (2013), all published by Scarecrow Press. She is also film review editor for the journal </span><span>Film & History</span><span> and editor for Rowman & Littlefield’s Film and History series</span><span>.</span></span>
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<span><span>A. Bowdoin Van Riper</span><span> is a historian and the author of </span><span>A Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors in American Film and Television </span><span>(Scarecrow, 2011).</span></span>
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<span><span>Miller and Van Riper are editors of </span><span>Undead in the West </span><span>(Scarecrow, 2012), </span><span>Undead in the West II</span><span> (Scarecrow, 2013), </span><span>International Westerns</span><span> (Scarecrow, 2013) and </span><span>Horrors of War: The Undead on the Battlefield</span><span> (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).</span></span>
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<span><span>A. Bowdoin Van Riper</span><span> is a historian and the author of </span><span>A Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors in American Film and Television </span><span>(Scarecrow, 2011).</span></span>
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<span><span>Miller and Van Riper are editors of </span><span>Undead in the West </span><span>(Scarecrow, 2012), </span><span>Undead in the West II</span><span> (Scarecrow, 2013), </span><span>International Westerns</span><span> (Scarecrow, 2013) and </span><span>Horrors of War: The Undead on the Battlefield</span><span> (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).</span></span>
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