Thrillers

by Martin Rubin

Book Overview

The thriller is perhaps the most popular and widespread movie genre - and the most difficult to define. Thrillers can contain gangsters or ghosts, space helmets or fedoras. They charge our familiar world with a spirit of exotic, old-fashioned adventure. They give us pleasure by making us uncomfortable - on the edge of our seats.Thrillers provides a comprehensive treatment of this genre, from silent serials to stalker films, from Alfred Hitchcock to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521588391
• ISBN13: 9780521588393
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"