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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	PN1995.9.H6 B59 2013		AVAILABLE

Author	Blake, Marc.
Title	Writing the horror movie / Marc Blake and Sara Bailey.
OCLC	841201183
ISBN	9781441196187 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	1441196188 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publisher	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
Description	viii, 259 pages ; 23 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Horror films -- Authorship.
	Motion picture plays -- Technique.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Contents	Introduction: Welcome to the Nightmare -- Why Do We Like To Be Scared? -- Horror Movie History -- Sub Genres -- Staging the Horror -- Five Tropes -- On Creating the Nemesis -- The First Act: Unease and dread, character and milieu -- The Second Act: Modulating fear, terror and horror -- Third Act. Resolutions, Tragic and redemptive endings -- Prequels, Sequels and Franchises -- Adaptations: From page to screen -- On Cross-genre -- World Markets -- Low Budget Horror -- Forming the idea: Writing exercises.

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