ReFocus: the films of William Castle /
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2018] |
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| Description: | xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | ReFocus, the American directors series ReFocus, the American directors series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11619813 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Many Castles
- Part I. The Early Castle
- 1. When Strangers Marry: Film Noir as Mediated Gothic
- 2. Gender in William Castle's Westerns
- Part 2. The Gimmick Cycle
- 3. He Earned Our Forgiveness: William Castle and American Movie Showmanship
- 4. Collective Screams: William Castle and the Gimmick Film
- 5. Ghost Show Ballyhoo: Castle's Macabre Will Scare You to Death
- 6. How to View 13 Ghosts
- 7. Chaos Made Flesh: Mr. Sardonicus (1961) and the Mask as Transformative Device
- Part 3. Castle, Authorship, and Genre
- 8. A Sick Mind in Search of a Monstrous Body: William Castle and the Emergence of Psychological Horror in the 1960s
- 9. "What a Wicked Game to Play?" Playfulness, Generic Hybridity, land Cult Appeal in Castle's 1960s Films
- 10. "Where Did Our Love Go?" The Case of William Castle's The Night Walker
- Part 4. Castle's Legacy
- 11. Homo/cidal: William Castle's 1960s Killer Queers
- 12. The Cinematic Pandemonium of William Castle and John Waters
- Index
