Mentioned in the Independent on Sunday as one of the best reads of 2003! Fear Without Frontiers is the most comprehensive survey of horror films from around the world yet published! Horror movies have always found receptive audiences in their home countries. Finally, the genre's most colourful and least familiar directors and stars are given their due in editor Steven Schneider's wide-ranging collection of articles and interviews from a fine assembly of renowned world horror experts. Discover such hidden treasures of world cinematic horror as Singapore's pontianak cycle, 1930s Mexican vampire movies, Austrian serial killer flicks, Germany's Edgar Wallace krimis, Bollywood ghost stories, Indonesia's penanggalan tales, the Chinese take on Phantom of the Opera, and the Turkish versions of Dracula and The Exorcist. 24 pulse-pounding chapters with selected filmographies and scores of images from the movies under discussion, including a stunning 16-page full-colour section! Learn about the amazing horror films of: Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, The Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Turkey Meet fascinating and exotic horror filmmakers and monsters from every corner of the globe, including: Hideo Nakata, Paul Naschy, Anthony Wong, Wolfgang Preiss, Maria Menado, Sion Sono, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Nonzee Nimibutr, Jean Rollin, Maxu Weibang, Gallaga & Reyes, The Ramsay Brothers, Pupi Avati, Walerian Borowczyk, José Coffin Joe Mojica Marins, Jorge Molina, Kim Ki-Young, Takashi Miike and more! Fear Without Frontiers - Contents PART I: ARTISTS, ACTORS, AUTEURS Madmen, visionaries and freaks: the films of Alejandro JodorowskyCoffin Joe and José Mojica Marins: strange men for strange timesReturn of the phantom: Maxu Weibang's Midnight SongEnfant terrible: the terrorful, wonderful world of Anthony WongThe rain beneath the earth: an interview with Nonzee NimibutrCinema of the doomed: the tragic horror of Paul NaschySex and death, Cuban style: the dark vision of Jorge MolinaPART II: FILMS, SERIES, CYCLES Fantasmas del cine Mexicano: the 1930s horror film cycle of MexicoThe cosmic mill of Wolfgang Preiss: Giorgio Ferroni's Mill of the Stone Women The 'lost' horror film series: the Edgar Wallace krimisThe exotic pontianaksPlaying with genre: defining the Italian gialloThe Italian zombie film: from derivation to inventionAustrian psycho killers & home invaders: the horror-thrillers Angst & Funny Games PART III: GENRE HISTORIES AND STUDIES Coming of age: the South Korean horror filmBetween appropriation and innovation: Turkish horror cinemaWitches, spells and politics: the horror films of IndonesiaThe unreliable narrator: subversive storytelling in Polish horror cinemaThe Beast from Bollywood: a history of the Indian horror filmIn a climate of terror: the Filipino monster movieFrench revolution: the secret history of Gallic horror moviesPART IV: CASE STUDY - JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA Pain threshhold: the cinema of Takashi MiikeThe Japanese horror film series: Ring and Eko Eko AzarakThe urban techno-alienation of Sion Sono's Suicide Club |
