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jerome
03-09-2006, 09:13 AM
Hey horror dudes,
I'm beging for help - I'm in a college film studies class and have been assigned the 'horror genre' and have to present a report on the best writing about horror films to the whole class. i think its supposed to be kind of academic - well i went to the library and there were liike a billion books. . . so i'm hoping you super fans can helpe me pick theones that will be best.
i have to pass this assignment for anyhope of passing hte class.
help!!
JJ
bloodrayne
03-09-2006, 09:15 AM
Originally posted by jerome
Hey horror dudes,
I'm beging for help - I'm in a college film studies class and have been assigned the 'horror genre' and have to present a report on the best writing about horror films to the whole class. i think its supposed to be kind of academic - well i went to the library and there were liike a billion books. . . so i'm hoping you super fans can helpe me pick theones that will be best.
i have to pass this assignment for anyhope of passing hte class.
help!!
JJ Read Stephen King's 'On Writing'...Then do a report on that
stubbornforgey
03-09-2006, 09:19 AM
umm..through the eyes of a serial killer..
autobiography of Sam, or pick a whole
stack of titles..and make your own assumption...analyze..scrutinise and criticise..
Try not to use too many quotes from the author ..but put into your own perspective.
Btw...em lecturer with a B.A in teaching..
we may be on the other side of the world but as a faculty member..i can tell you now..we appreciate students who submit work like this...G.L :D
The_Return
03-09-2006, 09:31 AM
Danse Macabre - Stephen King
By the way, there's an older thread in the Books section that you might want to try to find, it has a bunch of suggestions.
yeah - there was a thread (at least one i think i started about a year ago - and i'll search around for that one)
the one i really liked - and it was 'academic' though well-written and not too 'jargony' was called Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture. . .
I also really liked a book by Carol Clover called Men Women and Chainsaws (cool title - a bit psychoanalytic for my taste).
i'll try to find the thread and post the link.
good luck
here's the past thread
Best Book Threads (http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=15448&highlight=best+books)
Originally posted by Zero
I also really liked a book by Carol Clover called Men Women and Chainsaws (cool title - a bit psychoanalytic for my taste).
i'll try to find the thread and post the link.
SPAMMER
;)
Originally posted by newb
SPAMMER
;)
you caught me - i am actually UC Berkley professor Carol Clover
(poo nuts)
:D
stubbornforgey
03-09-2006, 11:32 AM
Originally posted by Zero
you caught me - i am actually UC Berkley professor Carol Clover
(poo nuts)
:D
ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh..she did a video lecture ..shes a mean bitch..
em sure shes a dyke'
i liked her book - never seen her in person (though i did see her in that documentary American Nightmare, which is really good with lots of interviews with Romero, Carpenter, Craven, Hooper, etc. - anyway, of all the talking head academics on the video, I thought she made the most sense)