Monsters in the Machine: Science Fiction Film and the Militarization of America After World War II

by Steffen Hantke

Book Overview

During the 1950s and early 1960s, the American film industry produced a distinct cycle of films situated on the boundary between horror and science fiction. Using the familiar imagery of science fiction--from alien invasions to biological mutation and space travel--the vast majority of these films subscribed to the effects and aesthetics of horror film, anticipating the dystopian turn of many science fiction films to come. Departing from projections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496818261
• ISBN13: 9781496818263
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"