Whether it be internal demons, real-life vampires, anonymous serial killers, crazed spouses, vengeful ghosts, or Satan himself, horror films have gripped audiences and filmmakers alike since the very beginnings of cinema. This title gives you an appreciation of the horror film genres.

This volume explores the subject of psychoanalysis and film.

'New Hollywood violence' is a groundbreaking collection of essays devoted to an interrogation of various aspects, dimensions and issues - historical, conceptual, empirical, aesthetic, cultural and ideological - relating to the depiction of violence in what has come to be known as New Hollywood filmmaking.

This volume explores the subject of psychoanalysis and film.

Focusing on the basic essentials of astronomy, this work offers a technology/new media package that includes: 6 new interactives, PowerWeb, and, Online Learning Center. It also includes a CD-ROM that provides fresh and different text material/animations/links to enhance student comprehension.

Action movies made actors such as Bruce Willis into household names for their death-defying onscreen escapades. From the string of stylish and iconic James Bond adventures to the fast-paced, dark works of Tsui Hark, John Woo, Robert Rodriguez, and Christopher Nolan, this title examines the rise of the action film in various forms.

With insight from critics, film historians, and academics from around the world, this title presents a treasure trove of some of the most obscure, eccentric, controversial, and downright weird movies. It gathers together cult movie specialists from all over the world to select some of the very best cult movies.

Ilustrat cu sute de cadre din filme, cu portrete si postere, volumul grupeaza productii cinematografice memorabile din toate genurile, de la actiune la documentar si scurt metraj, de la animatie si comedie, la musical si politist, de la thriller si western, la romance. Selectia include filme realizate in peste 30 de tari si acopera mai bine de 100 de ani de cinematografie. O carte de referinAsta pentru toti cinefilii.