Dead funny: the humor of american horror
Auteur :
Gillota, David
Éditeur :
Rutgers University Press
ISBN :
9781978834170
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2023
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Laminated cover
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Horror films strive to make audiences scream, but they also make them laugh. Little work has been done, however, to explain precisely how horror’s humor operates. Dead Funny offers a road map of key humorous devices that have been prominent in North American horror films since the 1930s.