Masks in Horror Cinema
Eyes Without Faces
Author(s) Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Language: English
Genre(s): Media, Film and Theatre
Series: Horror Studies
- October 2019 · 288 pages ·216x138mm
- · Paperback - 9781786834966
- · eBook - pdf - 9781786834973
- · eBook - epub - 9781786834980
About The Book
Endorsements
Heller-Nicholas has made an important contribution to an overlooked area of horror. This is a book that should definitely be consulted by scholars studying any of the films it discusses, as well as the slasher genre more broadly - Read the full review here https://bit.ly/3gKeqR5
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Why Masks? Ritual, Power and Transformation
Chapter One: Situating Masks and Horror Cinema
Part One: Masks, Horror and Cinema: Towards Codification
Chapter Two: Masks and Horror in Literary and Performance Traditions and Early Cinema
Chapter Three: Masks in Horror Film Before 1970
Part Two: Horror Film Masks from 1970
Chapter Four: Skin Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation
Chapter Five: Blank Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation
Chapter Six: Animal Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation
Chapter Seven: Repurposed Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation
Part Three: Masks as Transformational Technologies – Moving Forward By Looking Back
Chapter Eight: Technological Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation
Conclusion
Bibliography