The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle: Final Girls and a New Hollywood Formula

by Alexandra West

Book Overview

Many critics and fans refer to the 1990s as the decade that horror forgot, with few notable entries in the genre. Yet horror went mainstream in the '90s by speaking to the anxieties of American youth during one of the country's most prosperous eras.

No longer were films made on low budgets and dependent on devotees for success. Horror found its way onto magazine covers, fashion ads and CD soundtrack covers. "Girl power" feminism and a growing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476670641
• ISBN13: 9781476670645
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher