Monstrous adaptations: Generic and thematic mutations in horror film

by Richard J. Hand (Editor), Jay McRoy (Editor), Mikel J. Koven (Contributor)

The fifteen groundbreaking essays contained in this book address the concept of adaptation in relation to horror cinema. Adaptation is not only a key cultural practice and strategy for filmmakers, but it is also a theme of major importance within horror cinema as a whole. Horror film's history is full of adaptations that have drawn from fiction or folklore, or that have assumed the shape of remakes of pre-existing films. The horror genre itself however, also abounds with its own myriad transformations and transmutations.

Genres: Film, Horror

272 pages, Hardcover

First published October 16, 2007