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Uncanny Bodies: The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre

Uncanny Bodies: The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre


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In 1931 Universal Pictures released Dracula and Frankenstein, two films that inaugurated the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. These films appeared directly on the heels of Hollywood's transition to sound film. Uncanny Bodies argues that the coming of sound inspired more in these massively influential horror movies than screams, creaking doors, and howling wolves. A close examination of the historical reception of films of the transition period reveals that sound films could seem to their earliest viewers unreal and ghostly. By comparing this audience impression to the first sound horror films, Robert Spadoni makes a case for understanding film viewing as a force that can powerfully shape both the minutest aspects of individual films and the broadest sweep of film production trends, and for seeing aftereffects of the temporary weirdness of sound film deeply etched in the basic character of one of our most enduring film genres.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. THE UNCANNY BODY OF EARLY SOUND FILM The Shrinking of Personality The Return of the Medium-Sensitive Viewer The Complexion of the Thing Shadows in Three Dimensions A Modality 2. LUDICROUS OBJECTS, TEXTUALIZED RESPONSES Films as Mirrors of Viewer Response The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Two Ventriloquism Films Svengali 3. THE MYSTERY OF DRACULA Real Emotional Horror Kick The Mystery of Dracula? The Vampire's Hiss and the Madman's Laugh 4. DRACULA AS UNCANNY THEATER Figure Ground 5. FRANKENSTEIN AND THE VATS OF HOLLYWOOD Strong Meat and Monster Food Frankenstein and the Uncanny of Early Sound Film Frankenstein and the Uncanny of Silent Film From Modality to Monad Conclusion Notes Bibliography Films Cited Index

About the Author :
Robert Spadoni is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Case Western Reserve University.

Review :
"Rich, insightful book... A poetic and clever analysis, presenting impressive historical scholarship with panache." Choice "Well-researched and persuasive... Uncanny Bodies impressively persuades one to think anew about films." Film Quarterly "Original and stimulating." -- Anneleen Masschelein Image & Narrative "Spadoni's analysis is intriguing." Metro Newspapers "Contributes substantially to the history of film sound as well as the history of classic horror cinema... Lucid, accessible prose." Hist Journal Of Film, Rad, TV "Profoundly original ... Thanks to Robert Spadoni we can now see and hear Dracula and Frankenstein in a fresh light." Music, Sound & The Moving Image "Readers interested in the transition from silent to sound film will find Uncanny Bodies intriguing for its focus specifically on horror films... [He offers a] tight argument and detailed background information on the period." -- Steffen Hantke Film Criticism


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780520251229
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 202
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 394 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0520251229
  • Publisher Date: 04 Sep 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 202
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre
  • Width: 152 mm


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