Monstrous Adaptations Generic and Thematic Mutations in Horror Film

"The fifteen 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. However, the horror genre itself also abounds with its own myriad transformations and transmutations. This collection of essays - many written by leading authorities in the discipline of cinema studies - demonstrates the significance of the adaptative process in the theory, practice and thematics of horror film."--BOOK JACKET.Hand, Richard J. is the author of 'Monstrous Adaptations Generic and Thematic Mutations in Horror Film', published 2007 under ISBN 9780719076039 and ISBN 071907603X.