Monsters in the closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film / Edition 1

ISBN-13:	9780719044731
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	06/19/1997
Series:	Inside Popular Film
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	176,628
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.76(d)

One of the few books to address the horror film from any kind of critical position. Unique - The first history of the horror film to approach it from a queer perspective. Written with detail and thoroughness - covers all eras of the horror film and correlates specific types of movie monsters to the historical social conditions which produced them. Explores how popular culture encodes and demonizes queerness within the generic format of the horror film.