A New Heritage of Horror
A New Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema, Revised and Updated Edition David Pirie,
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
ISBN: 1845114817
DDC: 791.436164
Edition: Hardcover; 2008-03-04
Summary:
David Pirie’s acclaimed 'A Heritage of Horror' was the first book on
the British horror movie, and the first to detect and analyse the
roots of British horror, identifying it as 'the only staple cinematic
myth which Britain can properly claim as its own.' It has long been
regarded as a trail-blazing classic, “having the force of a
revelation”, according to one recent study of the subject, and
heralded by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese. Now with 'A New
Heritage of Horror', David Pirie has revised his original work,
bringing the story up to date and into the 21st century. Alongside
the classic films of the twentieth century, all explored within the
full context of their production and appearance on our screens, he
examines the latest horror boom, inaugurated by such films as 'The
Others' and '28 Days Later'. He has also uncovered fresh
documentation from the original files for this new edition, to add
more revelations abuot the history of UK horror and Hammer Films, not
least the largely untold story of their desperate battles against
censorship. He has further up-dated the original text and added new
illustrations. 'The New Heritage of Horror' promises to be one of the
key film books of 2008.
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