Mario Degiglio-Bellemare

FYI REVIEW This book contains essays of interest to horror film buffs and those who dabble in film history and criticism by the following writers:
Introduction: Fragments of the Monster, Recovering a Lost Decade by Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare and Kristopher Woofter
Part I: Interventions
A “Darkly Hypothetical Reality” : “Gothic Realism” in 1940s Hollywood Horror by Kristopher Woofter
“Strange Pleasure” : 1940s Proto-Slasher Cinema by Peter Marra
Dead Zone : Genre, Gender, and the “Lost Decade” of Horror Cinema, 1946-1956 by Ian Olney
Val Lewton, Mr. Gross, and the Grand Guifnol: Re-Staging the Corpse in The Body Snatcher by Mario DeGliglio-Bellmare
Part II: Hybridity
Robert Siodmak’s The Spiral Staircase: Horror Genre Hybridity, Vertical Alterity, and the Avant-Garde by Anne Golden
The Child Witness: Peril and Empowerment in 1940s Horror, from The East Side Kids to The Window by Kier-La Janisse
Making Visible the Sonic Threat: The Inner Sanctum Mysteries Radio Series and Its Universal Studios Film Adaptations by Charlie Ellbe
Poe, Horror, and the Cinematic Mystery Hybrides of the 1940s by Dennis R. Perry
“The Murderer’s Mind”: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, and the Monstrous Psychologies of 1940s Horror Film by Marc Jancovich
Part III: History
Serial Killers, Deals with the Devil, and the Madness of Crowds: The Horror Film in Nazi-Occupied France by David Hanley
“Always Hearing Voices, Never Hearing Mine” : Sound and Fury in The Snake Pit by Karen Herland
The Demise of the Cinematic Zombie: From the Golden Age of Hollywood to the 1940s by Louise Fenton
Fears New and Old: The Post-War American Horror Film by Gary D. Rhodes
Part IV: Poverty Row
Hypodermic Needles and Evil Twins: The Poverty Row Wartime Horrors of Sam Newfield by Paul Corupe
Of Apes and Men (and Monsters and Girls): The Ape Film and 1940s Horror Cinema by Blair Davis
“The Perfect Neanderthal Man”: Rondo Hatton as The Creeper and the Cultural Economy of 1940s B-Films by Cory Legassic
The Vampire’s Ghost: The Case for a Poverty Row Classic by Selma A. Purac… (meer)