Horror, The Film Reader (In Focus--Routledge Film Readers)

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Horror, The Film Reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to The Blair Witch Project, and outlines the main critical debates. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of horror film, and features an editor's introduction outlining the context of debates.

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The Horror Reader
Ken Gelder
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0415213568

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Blood-sucking vampires, serial killers, ghosts and ghouls, monsters and freaks--horror provides us with a way of imagining and classifying our world. Through 29 essays, The Horror Reader explores the questions of what is evil and what is good; what is monstrous and what is "normal"; what can be seen and what should remain hidden. Covering classic gothic literature and spanning the history of horror in literature and film, it brings together essential writings on this most spectacular and controversial of genres. The range of topics is vast-from Edgar Allan Poe to Frankenstein to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Contributors include Stephen D. Arata; Philip Brophy; Sue-Ellen Case; Terry Castle; Carol J. Clover; Joan Copjec; Barbara Creed; Teresa A. Goddu; Marie-Helene Huet; Graham Huggan; Leon Hunt; Tania Modleski; Jose Monleon; Franco Moretti; Paul O'Flinn; Fatimah Tobing Rony; Mary Russo; David Sanjek; Mark Seltzer; Elaine Showalter; Vivien Sobchack; Tzvetan Todorov; Gregory A. Waller; Patricia White; Jennifer Wicke; Elizabeth Young; Audrey Yue; and Slavoj Zizek.

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Great overview of the horror genre

Horror Film Reader
Alain Silver , and James Ursini
Manufacturer: Limelight Editions
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ASIN: 0879102977

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Offering a broad scope of the horror film genre, its lineage extends from the silent screen to Scream 3 and remains defiantly, frighteningly alive, making our flesh creep, our skin turn pale, and our hair stand on end.

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Great overview of the horror genre.......2002-07-16

This is a very interesting portrait of a much abused genre. The essays a quite wonderful, with the essay on Polanski's Repulsion worth the price of the book alone.

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What in contemporary cinema is a horror film and what is a science fiction movie? Blade Runner (1982) is as much film noir as science fiction, and it is a literary adaptation. The latest remake of The Mummy (1999) is more an effects fantasy or action/adventure than straightforward horror. Whatever your viewpoint, the best of these movies have generated cults and imitations and the worst have a wonderfully perverse appeal all of their own.
This new volume in the Sight and Sound readers series provides a varied and diverse overview of trends that have shaped sci-fi/horror in the last decade. It explores how recent films like The Fight Club and The Truman Show have impinged on more traditional territory and have tested the limits of conventional understandings of these most central of genres.
The book engages with a host of topics that have emerged over the last decade: vampire movies, body horror, the nuclear threat, childhood terror, artificial worlds, and postmodern horror. It includes fresh looks at classics such as Rosemary's Baby, Psycho, Halloween, Nosferatu, and Blade Runner, as well as 90s highlights the Scream series, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Strange Days Existenz, and Cube.

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Essential reading for any film buff........2002-06-10

If you can't afford or simply can't find issues of the excellent British film magazine, SIGHT AND SOUND, then this book is for you. It is essentially a compliation of reviews, articles and interviews from the magazine with the focus on science fiction and predominantly horror films.

Assembled and edited (with the occasional review written) by Kim Newman, this book is a fantastic overview of these two genres in the past decade. He traces the rise and fall of the teenage postmodern horror film (i.e. SCREAM) and even devotes a chapter to Kubrick's influence on the science fiction and horror genre.

Whether I agree or disagree with the views expressed in the book, I was always impressed by the quality of writing. S&S only publishes the best writers and shows why the British film magazines are so much better than their fluffy US equivalents (i.e. PREMIERE).

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Shines on.......2004-03-28

Although many would pick Stanley Kubrich's film (1980)over the 4hr. 20min. film, I think wouldn't. I did enjoy Stanley's yet i feel that it lacked the "pizazz" that the book and the miniseries truly held. The book was wonderful in my opinion mostly because it held some truth and horror that most books often lack. The character Jack Torrance was made to be similiar to Stephen King but different enough to where it would be easy to distinguish them. When Stephen King went up to The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, he was enspired to write the -probably most famous- book of Stephen King's. Stephen King was a recovering alcoholic and he was surprised by how he could sometimes be so angry with his children because he himself had not had a father most of his life so he thought of the character jack that was a reflection of his true self but not a mirror image. He then thought that maybe if Jack had a child with psychic abilities, and a wife similiar to his own, that maybe he would have a real thriller. So in the Stanley Hotel, Stephen King got lost in the halls and that's when the idea struck him. He then began his world wide sold book. So now if you were to go to probably any bookstore, you'd find THE SHINING and if you were to go to any movie store, you'd find both the miniseries and the movie there to rent(that is unless someone hasn't already checked it out).

EXTRA CREDIT.......2001-08-15

The Shining Reader is a collection of 15 critical essays on Stephen King's The Shining edited by Anthony Magistrale. The essays are broken down into three categories : The Shining as text (6), The Shining's literary tradition (6), and The Shining as film (3). While this might be a little much for the casual fan, it is geared more towards the hardcore King/Shining fan lurking inside some of us. When this out of print book showed up in my mailbox, I couldn't wait to finish what I was currently reading so that I could begin this one. To make things even more interesting, a copy of ABC's The Shining miniseries on VHS arrived to further engross me in all things Shining. A fan? Sure but that's who this little bit of extra credit is for. If you're like me, it was worth finding this out of print book to satisfy that guilty little literary pleasure short of reading the original book one more time.

EXTRA CREDIT.......2000-08-28

The Shining Reader is a collection of 15 critical essays on Stephen King's The Shining edited by Anthony Magistrale. The essays are broken down into three categories : The Shining as text (6), The Shining's literary tradition (6), and The Shining as film (3). While this might be a little much for the casual fan, it is geared more towards the hardcore King/Shining fan lurking inside some of us. When this out of print book showed up in my mailbox, I couldn't wait to finish what I was currently reading so that I could begin this one. To make things even more interesting, a copy of ABC's The Shining miniseries on VHS arrived to further engross me in all things Shining. A fan? Sure but that's who this little bit of Shining extra credit is for. If you're like me, it was worth finding this out of print book to satisfy that guilty little literary pleasure short of reading the original book one more time.

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Primal Scream has carved a unique niche for itself through its continued pursuit of the ultimate rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Voraciously devouring and regurgitating some of the best music ever made via a string of unpredictable, often groundbreaking albums, the band has maintained a gang-style approach of confrontational activity. This book lays bare their antics as well as their musical influences, explaining the band's roots via exclusive interviews and detailed analysis of their albums. Dozens of photographs are also included in this revelatory biography of the baddest boys in rock.

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Bobby Gillespie is God.......2004-07-29

With Primal Scream you're in a different realm than most other UK rock bands. The pictures do tell the tale, the photos collected by Kris Needs in this book YOU Needs to Own. Bobby G was nearly 30 when the band really started to go places, and he had a maturity even then that saw them in good stead even in the days of SONIC FLOWER GROOVE.

The graininess of some of the photos is appropriate for a band that didn't care about the dominant style but made their own style, even luring Kate Moss into the madness, as she played Nancy Sinatra in a remake of the old Hazelwood classic SOME VELVET MORNING (when I'm straight, ha).

All in all, it's a book you may want to ownif you feel about Bobby Gillespie & Co. the way I do. My copy's all tattered to pieces from constant rubbing. Scream the Scream!

PRIMAL SCREAM FANS: HERE'S YER BOOK!.......2004-06-11

Primal Scream are one of the greatest bands in the world today. Few people know this. But the few fans of Primal Scream will LOVE this book! Many many photos of the band. A nice thick book with lots of small (not overly large) print - you get your money's worth for sure!!! No color pics, but the pics included are a nice selection, including lots of magazine covers and lots of cool shots of Bobby G. Right up-to-date with mention of DIRTY HITS and full discography. Analysis of each album included amongst many fascinating stories about band. If you haven't heard Primal Scream, don't start here - start with the CD, DIRTY HITS. You will NOT regret it!!!!

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The Little Book of Bathroom Kakuro: 200 Original Cross-Sums Puzzles for Brain-Sharpening Entertainment (Little Bathroom Book)
Terry Stickels
Manufacturer: Fair Winds Press
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ASIN: 1592332447

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Kakuro is the latest puzzle craze to sweep the nation. Also called "cross-sums", it is similar to sudoku in that it involves placing numbers in a grid in a specific pattern. And, it is similar to crossword puzzles in that it offers clues. This book, written by puzzle master Terry Stickels, features 200 original puzzles in five difficulty levels. It's the perfect introduction to this exciting new puzzle!

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Unlike most other books, Resonant Leadership undersells itself. With easy justification, the authors or their editors at Harvard Business School Press could have applied a more expansive moniker like "Secrets of Enduring Leaders", or "How to Deal with Burnout," or perhaps even "Being Happy at Work." The work's modest title, though, takes nothing away from its grand ambition: to explain what makes leaders effective amid unrelentingly stressful situations.

The authors, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, will be familiar to many businesspeople and management theorists. They collaborated with Daniel Goleman on the bestselling Primal Leadership, which extended Goleman's seminal work on emotional intelligence, and explained how "EQ", not just IQ, underpins success in guiding and directing organizations. With this latest book, Boyatzis and McKee have continued developing their holistic view of management. It's an attractive one. Resonant Leadership begins with recognition of leaders' essential humanity and analyzes the physical, mental, and emotional triggers that make men and women strong or weak as leaders. As readers might expect from an HBS Press offering, Boyatzis and McKee's methodology is appropriately academic, with extensive footnotes and research citations, but it also uses a nice blend of anecdotes from their field work as consultants, and is expressed through decidedly touchy-feely language. What emerges is a highly engaging, readable work that takes business audiences into somewhat unusual psychological territory, far beyond the usual bar charts and spreadsheets.

The book's organization is simple. Boyatzis and McKee start by describing the highly stressful conditions in which leaders operate today, and explain sympathetically how many well-intentioned people fall into what they call "dissonance" due to burnout. Whereas the authors' earlier book focused on the initial ingredients for leadership effectiveness, their interest now is in ongoing, enduring resonance--leaders who can be effective today, but also maintain their edge into tomorrow, as well. Resonant Leadership thus moves from this initial exposition of problems--management ineffectiveness, and/or burnout--to solutions. The authors anchor their prescription around three core qualities which they believe resonant leaders must continually cultivate: mindfulness, hope, and compassion. These may sound like ephemeral concepts, but they form the touchstone of Resonant Leadership and are cited again and again. Readers of Boyatzis and McKee's latest--whether already-strong leaders looking to maintain their effectiveness, or burned-out ones aiming to get back in the proverbial saddle--will find this is a thought-provoking read. --Peter Han

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Resonant Leadership shows how leaders can recognise the cycles of stress, sacrifice, and renewal inherent in their jobs—and actively utilise the qualities of mindfulness, hope, and compassion to renew their passion and effectiveness. Practical follow-on to the international bestseller Primal Leadership: Goes beyond research and stories to offer proven strategies for how to “do” resonant leadership Successful Author Team: Boyatzis and McKee are co-authors of PL, and Daniel Goleman has written a glowing Foreword to the book which will lend considerable credibility and visibly link the book to its predecessor Addresses a Universal Leadership Challenge: The increasingly short tenure of many of today’s executives, the pressure to make the quarterly numbers, a shaky economy and other stresses in today’s global workplace underscore the urgency of this book’s message and its relevance for executives and managers in all kinds of companies

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Self-Help for Leaders.......2007-08-20

Recognizing the importance in leadership to first and foremost `know thyself', authors Boyatzis and McKee use real business leadership examples to demonstrate how a single-minded focus on performance goals or career objectives can ultimately lead to what they define as the Sacrifice Syndrome - over reliance on self and subsequent burnout. They then recommend the use of Mindfulness - listening carefully to our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits as we pay attention to what is happening around us; Hope - clear thoughts about what the future can be and how to get there; and Compassion - empathy and caring in action - as the renewal pathway away from this Sacrifice Syndrome.

The authors present a sound argument for the importance of maintaining balance between head, heart, hands (and spirit too) in dealing with the stresses of leadership. As I read the book, I found myself wanting more about applying the principles to managing others and had the feeling that the authors had the knowledge and abilities to address this missing - maybe in a past or future book? Recommended for those feeling worn-down by the stresses of leading in today's challenging environment.

Partial recipe for resonant leadership.......2006-09-08

A good framework for Servant Leadership style. Authors drive the point home by hammering three concepts into reader's mind: mindfulness, hope, and compassion. However the book fall short on emphasizing the power of "serving others," which I believe is a vital ingredient for resonant leaders. Many useful real life examples.

Important book!.......2006-04-15

I very much enjoyed Drs. Boyatzis and McKee initial offering with Daniel Goleman, "Primal Leadership", so I looked forward to learning more about resonnant leadership. I certainly wasn't disappointed. I very much appreciated the author's attention to citations and footnotes, indications of valid and solid research -- something that is becoming increasingly rare in these days of making-it-up-as-you-go writings.

Furthermore, I applaud the authors for having the courage to tackle the very important subject of burnout -- there are more leaders suffering from burnout than one would think. I have simply been amazed at how many burned out executives I have met in my time, and how few of them seemed to realize that they were burned out. Plus, the simple and effective perspectives of attending to Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion are very important indicators for workplace success.

While "Resonant Leadership" is an important book for leaders, the one criticism that I have of it is that it is a little light on practical application. For a book that holds a bit more practical applications for leaders, I would highly recommend "Leading People the Black Belt Way" from expert Tim Warneka -- a book that covers similiar territory in a similar "applied academics" fashion, but has the added benefit of offering a few more specific, hands on approaches for developing Mindfulness, Hope & Compassion.

Overall, I would highly recommend "Resonant Leadership".

Mindfullness, brilliant!..........2006-03-09

Intesting book - mindfullness, benevolence, compassion, optimism and hope are behaviors that allow leaders to display the very best of their game. If you are one individuals who aspire to be a SUPERB leader who helps, inspires and drives results, this book will certainly be a roadmoap to get there...

Bringing the obvious to mainstream biz.......2005-12-29

Wow! It's all "new" to the conventional biz press and its legions of fans. Arthur Lynch Williams has said for decades that any meaningful victory can only be accomplished through 'character'. Excitement and passion are only required if you want your reports to be passionate and excited. Great to see the academics now finally on the bandwagon of recognizing truths already gleaned from sport coaching, military leadership, and countless other disciplines and organizational behavior. Read All You Can Do Is All You Can Do But All You Can Do is Enough and Pushing Up People by Art Williams for the real pioneering work in this field. Art is a helluvan easier read too, although this work is important for its contribution to the audience it is intended.

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