B-Movie Gothic: International Perspectives

Justin Edwards; Johan Höglund

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2018

B-Movie Gothic

International Perspectives

Justin Edwards and Johan Höglund

In the series Traditions in World Cinema

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474423458

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Explores the neglected subject of Gothic B-movies in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa

Examines the Gothic in B-movie narratives and techniques in different national cinemas
Covers US, British, Spanish, Turkish and Japanese Gothic, as well as the influence of Gothic on Scandinavian, Chinese, Tanzanian and Indian low-budget cinema
Includes chapters on the transnational tradition of B-movie Gothic from the 1950s to the present
Explores how modes and tropes from Gothic fiction have been integrated into B-movies

Following the Second World War, low-budget B-movies that explored and exploited Gothic narratives and aesthetics became a significant cinematic expression of social and cultural anxieties. Influencing new trends in European, Asian and African filmmaking, these films carried on the tradition established by the Gothic novel, and yet they remain part of a largely neglected subject. B-Movie Gothic: International Perspectives examines the influence of Gothic B-movies on the cinematic traditions of the United States, Britain, Scandinavia, Spain, Turkey, Japan, Hong Kong and India, highlighting their transgressive, transnational and provocative nature. It shows how B-movie Gothic is a relentlessly creative form, filled with political tensions and moving from shocking conservatism to profound social critique.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Traditions in World Cinema Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: International B-Movie Gothic Justin D. Edwards and Johan Höglund Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I AMERICA
1. Its, Blobs and Things: Gothic Beings Out of Time Justin D. Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Re-scripting Blaxploitation Horror: Ganja and Hess and the Gothic Mode Maisha Wester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. Alucardas and Alucardos: Vampiric Obsessions, Gothic and Mexican Cult Horror Cinema Enrique Ajuria Ibarra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
4. Gothic Forests and Mangroves: Ecological Disasters in Zombio and Mangue Negro Daniel Serravalle de Sá Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
PART II EUROPE
5. Mummies, Vampires and Doppelgängers: Hammer’s B-Movies and Classic Gothic Fiction John Edgar Browning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6. Fantaterror: Gothic Monsters in the Golden Age of Spanish B-Movie Horror, 1968–80 Xavier Aldana Reyes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
7. Austro-trash, Class and the Urban Environment: The Politics of Das Ding aus der Mur and its Prequel Michael Fuchs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
8. Wither the Present, Wither the Past: The Low-budget Gothic Horror of Stockholm Syndrome Films Johan Höglund Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
9. Turkish B-Movie Gothic: Making the Undead Turkish in Ölüler Konuşmaz Ki Tuǧçe Bıçakçı Syed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
PART III AFRICA AND ASIA
10. Filamu ya kutisha: Tanzanian Horror Films and B-Movie Gothic Claudia Böhme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
11. Psychopaths and Gothic Lolitas: Japanese B-Movie Gothic in Gen Takahashi’s Goth: Love and Death and Go Ohara’s Gothic & Lolita Psycho Jay McRoy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
12. Hong Kong Gothic: Category III Films as Gothic Cinema Katarzyna Ancuta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
13. B is for Bhayanak: Past, Present and Pulp in Bollywood Gothic Tabish Khair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Other: 15 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474423458