Frightmares: A History of British Horror Cinema

by Ian Cooper

The horror film reveals as much, if not more, about the British psyche as the more respectable heritage film or the critically revered social realist drama. Yet, like a mad relative locked in the attic, British horror cinema has for too long been ignored and maligned. Even when it has been celebrated, neglect is not far behind and what studies there have been concentrate largely on the output of Hammer, the best-known producers of British horror...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0993071732
• ISBN13: 9780993071737
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher