Cooper, Ian (Freelance writer),

Frightmares : a history of British horror cinema / by Ian Cooper. - Leighton Buzzard : Auteur Publishing, (c)2016. - 1 online resource : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- 'It's Alive!' The birth of home-grown horror -- Hammer - studio as Auteur -- The American invasion - camp and cruelty -- Soft sex, hard gore and the 'savage seventies' -- 'Bloody foreigners' - new perspectives -- Rising from the grave -- Conclusion.



9780993071744


Horror films--History and criticism.--Great Britain


Electronic Books.

PN1995 / .F754 2016