Help with Class
 

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

Re: Help with Class
 

Read Stephen King's 'On Writing'...Then do a report on that

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

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

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;)

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)