Euro horror [electronic resource] : classic European horror cinema in contemporary American culture / Ian Olney.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toward a performative theory of Euro horror cinema. Academic hot spots and blind spots: horror film studies and Euro horror cinema -- Fast, cheap, and out of control: the academic case against Euro horror cinema -- Playing dead, take one: Euro horror film production -- Playing dead, take two: Euro horror film reception -- Return of the repressed: Euro horror cinema in contemporary American culture -- Case studies in Euro horror cinema. Blood and black lace: the Giallo film -- The whip and the body: the S&M horror film -- Cannibal apocalypse: cannibal and zombie films -- Conclusion: from the grindhouse to the arthouse: the legacy of Euro horror cinema.

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