02334cam a2200277 4500 758417190 TxAuBib 20040211120000.0 040113s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003006976 9780810945357 HRD 0810945355 HRD (OCoLC)51942518 TxGR TxAuBib Vieira, Mark A., 1950- Hollywood horror [Book] : from gothic to cosmic / Mark A. Vieira. New York, NY : Harry N. Abrams, 2003. 264 p. : ill., ports. ; 31 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface -- Part One: The gothic. Chapter 1: Silent prototypes : The monster born and bred ; The German influence ; Lon Chaney and Tod Browning. Chapter 2: The horror film : Tod Browning's Dracula ; James Whale's Frankenstein ; A cycle spawned. Chapter 3: Pre-code horrors : Madness reigns ; Karl Freund's The Mummy ; Jungle horrors ; Edgar Ulmer's The Black Cat. Chapter 4: Gothic moderne : Variations on a Gothic theme ; WereWolf of London ; Bride of Frankenstein ; Dracula's daughter ; Son of Frankenstein. Chapter 5: Universal, the horror factory: House of horrors ; Scares elsewhere. -- Part Two: The psychic. Chapter 6: Big-budget chills : Glossy hauntings; John Brahm and Laird Cregar; The terror of evil. Chapter 7: Val Lewton and the psychology of fear: Poetry and danger; Horror meets terror. -- Part Three: The atomic. Chapter 8: Poisoned air: Kiss me deadly; Lab work. Chapter 9: Poisoned waters: Modern inconveniences; Cheap thrills. -- Part Four: The cosmic. Chapter 10: The science fiction film: Unearthly subversion; The good neighbor policy; Green meanies. Chapter 11: Drive-in terror: The last of the epics; Those monsters next door; Don't step on It! Chapter 12: Last hurrahs: Alfred Hitchcock; William Castle; Joan Crawford; Roger Corman; 2001, a space odyssey; Rated "Ick!". -- Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes to the Text Bibliography Index. 20040211. Motion picture actors and actresses. Motion picture producers and directors. Horror films United States History and criticism. RV8