Girls, Wolves, and Madmen

by Todd Itcush

Most critics accept that the genre of horror is quite similar to fairy tales. However, few explain the direct correlation between horror films and folk-fairy tales. Girls, Wolves, and Madmen demonstrates that contemporary horror films serve a similar purpose for audiences that folk-fairy tales used to do. The violence and sexuality that make slasher films controversial are important conventions that have their origins in folk-fairy tales before they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3639044630
• ISBN13: 9783639044638
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"