The Birth of the American Horror Film by Gary D. Rhodes

The Birth of the American Horror Film

Gary D. Rhodes

432 pages first pub 2018 (view editions)

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This book is ideal for readers deeply interested in meticulously researched, scholarly explorations of early cinematic history and its cultural influences, particularly those fascinated by the intersection of horror genre origins and American cultural evolution.

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Although early cinema has long been a key area of research in film studies, the origin and development of the horror film has been a neglected subject for what is arguably one of the world's most popular film genres. Using thousands of primary sou...

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