Butcher Knives & Body Counts: Essays on the Formula, Frights, and Fun of the Slasher Film
Edited by Vince A. Liaguno; Foreword by Adam Rockoff; Afterword by Anthony Timpone
Language: English
Published by Dark Scribe Press, 2011
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- Title
- Butcher Knives & Body Counts: Essays on the Formula, Frights, and Fun of the Slasher Film
- Author
- Edited by Vince A. Liaguno; Foreword by Adam Rockoff; Afterword by Anthony Timpone
- Publisher
- Dark Scribe Press
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0981863221
- ISBN 13
- 9780981863221
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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From meat cleavers and machetes to summer camp carnage and sorority house massacres, from final girls and scream queens to demented deviants and dead teenagers, slasher films have turned body counts into box office gold. It s the oft-maligned but surprisingly durable sub-genre of horror films that uses a Freudian rulebook and bases the survival rates of its characters on vice and virtue.
From the earliest black-and-white forerunners of the slasher to the low-budget aesthetics of the 70s, from the 80s golden age to the self-referential gloss of the 90s and beyond, Butcher Knives & Body Counts brings together over 70 filmmakers, editors, actors, and writers to explore the archetype of the slasher film and trace its evolution from formula to franchise.
From the inventive kills and the gory intestine spills right down to the last tagline and toe tag, Butcher Knives & Body Counts celebrates the enduring formula, frights, and fun of slasher movies.
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About the Author
He is currently at work on his second novel, FINAL GIRL, and editing a second volume in the Unspeakable Horror series. .
He currently divides his time between Manhattan and the eastern end of Long Island, New York. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC).
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