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Titre(s) : Dark recesses in the house of Hammer [Texte imprimé] / edited by Mélanie Boissonneau, Gilles Menegaldo, and Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris
Publication : New York : Peter Lang, copyright 2022
Description matérielle : xxiii, 350 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Collection : Film cultures, ISSN 1663-8972 ; volume 11
Lien à la collection : Film cultures (Bern)
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Twenty years after Universal horror movies, the Hammer studio brought back to life
the great mythical figures inspired from British literature as well as French and
European folklore (Dracula, Frankenstein, the Werewolf, the Phantom of the Opera,
etc.) It invented new incarnations rooted in a precise historical context and revisited
according to the evolution of British society. This independent studio constitutes
a notable stage in the history of the genre between the Gothic horror of the 1930s
and the more radical productions of the 1970s, which eventually contributed to its
demise. Focusing on the peculiar balance between Hammer's inventiveness and classicism,
this volume mainly explores the lesser-known productions, examining as well its contradictions,
paradoxes and limitations. The book raises the question of the paradoxical modernity
of films that are innovative in various respects (themes, modes of representation
challenging censorship, aesthetics), but are also trying to resurrect a dying tradition,
mostly offering a rather surprisingly conservative discourse despite their efforts
to comply with the expectations of new audiences. The films born from the recent Hammer
renaissance are still referring to this bygone Golden Age of the horror film. One
may wonder whether the Hammer studio was a mere factory churning out mostly conventional
horror films now buried in the dust of a gothic dungeon, or a true laboratory of modern
cinematic horror whose past glory still inspires contemporary filmmakers. This volume
will provide some answers -but also raise quite a few questions"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Boissonneau, Mélanie (1982-....). Éditeur scientifique
Ménégaldo, Gilles (1947-....). Éditeur scientifique
Paquet-Deyris, Anne-Marie (1963-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Films d'horreur -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Hammer Film Productions -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
384.809 41 (23e éd.) = Cinéma (industrie) - Îles Britanniques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781433186585. - ISBN 1433186586. - ISBN 9781433186592 (erroné). - ISBN 9781433186608
(erroné). - ISBN 9781433186615 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47232204t
Notice n° :
FRBNF47232204
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Preface: The need for Hammer films / Antonio Sanna ; Introduction: Dark recesses
in the House of Hammer / Mélanie Boissonneau, Gilles Menegaldo, Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris
; part 1. Iconic monsters and actors. Intermediality as a way to debunk tradtion:
new perspectives on Terence Fisher's The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) / Isabelle Labrouillère
; The Phantom of the Opera goes Victorian / Dorota Babilas ; Acting Hammer style:
about Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee / Hélène Valmary ; part 2. Genre and gender.
Hammer motel: twisted nerves and twisted plots in the post-Psycho British psycho-thriller
/ Jean-François Baillon ; Hammer science-fiction horror and the decline of the British
male hero: The Quatermass trilogy / Gaïd Girard ; The political complications of
revamping the horror canon: The Vampire Lovers (Baker, 1970), Dr. Jekyll & Sister
Hyde (Baker, 1971), Dracula A.D. 1972 (Gibson, 1972) and The Satanic Rites of Dracula
(Gibson, 1973) / David Roche ; Why does Sherlock Holmes capture the black rook of
Dr. Mortimer in Terence Fisher's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)? / Jean-Pierre
Naugrette ; part 3. Aesthetics of horror. The vampire figure: recurring principles
in Hammer's symphonic film music until Twilight: New Moon / Cécile Carayol ; Terence
Fisher with a lake scenery / Jean-Michel durafour ; Jack Asher (1916-1991) and the
creation of an original 'Eastman Color' Hammer: between Hollywood color tropes and
aesthetic innovation / Raphaëlle Costa de Beauregard ; The sonic realm in The Quatermass
Experiment: medium and genre and sound / Robynn J. Stilwell ; Hammer's children,
between visuality and aurality / Philippe Met ; part 4. Post-Colonial gothic and
imperial politics. Beauty is the beast: horror according to John Gilling / Christian
Chelebourg ; Unmasking the other: danger and difference in Hammer's colonial horrors
/ Rehan Hyder ; Postcolonial anxieties in Hammer's Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein
/ Vicky Walden ; Epistemology and power politics in The Abominable Snowmen (1957)
and lesser-known horror gothics / Jean-Marie Lecomte ; part 5. Mutations, unmade
projects and resurrection. Hammer hybrids, genre mutation and 1970s horror cinema
/ Ian Conrich ; Reigniting the blaze: Hammer's unmade remake of The Day the Earth
Caught Fire / Matt Jones ; Mapping cult topographies and transgressive space: Hammer's
legacy in The Rocky Horror Picture Show / Marisa C. Hayes ; A new old Hammer? The
Woman in Black (James Watkins, 2012) / Sophie Mantrant ; General bibliography ;
Index.
