TY - BOOK AU - Olney,Ian TI - Euro horror: classic European horror cinema in contemporary American culture T2 - New Directions in National Cinemas SN - 0253006589 AV - PN1995.9.H6 O46 2013 U1 - 791.43/6164 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Horror films KW - Europe KW - History and criticism KW - Motion picture audiences KW - United States KW - Films d'horreur KW - Histoire et critique KW - Cinéma KW - Publics KW - États-Unis KW - ART KW - Film & Video KW - bisacsh KW - PERFORMING ARTS KW - Reference KW - History & Criticism KW - fast KW - Rezeption KW - gnd KW - Horrorfilm KW - Europa KW - USA KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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; Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff N2 - Beginning in the 1950s, ""Euro Horror"" movies materialized in astonishing numbers from Italy, Spain, and France and popped up in the US at rural drive-ins and urban grindhouse theaters such as those that once dotted New York's Times Square. Gorier, sexier, and stranger than most American horror films of the time, they were embraced by hardcore fans and denounced by critics as the worst kind of cinematic trash. In this volume, Olney explores some of the most popular genres of Euro Horror cinema-including giallo films, named for the yellow covers of Italian pulp fiction, the S & M horror film UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=530787 ER -