Historical dictionary of horror films.9780810855854 Historical dictionary of horror films horror film n → película de terror or miedo horror film horror n → film m d'épouvante horror film horror n . Hutchings, Peter. Scarecrow Scarecrow goes to Wizard of Oz to get brains. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Ignorance Scarecrow can’t live up to his name. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Am. Pr. 2008 379 pages $90.00 Hardcover Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts; no.25 PN1995 Part of the Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts series from Scarecrow Press, this entry concentrates on horror films and the individuals who make them. Hutchings (Northumbria U., UK) follows the evolution of the art form throughout the 20th century, and shows how the themes in horror reflected the times in which the films were made. Many of these entries also reflect the audiences' attraction to horror films, and the psychological underpinnings of the need to be frightened fright·en v. fright·ened, fright·en·ing, fright·ens v.tr. 1. To fill with fear; alarm. 2. . This dictionary this dictionary - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing should appeal to film students, historians and horror fans in general. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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