Supranational Horrors

Rui M. Trindade Oliveira

doi:10.5771/9781793654359

Summary

Supranational Horrors: Italian and Spanish Horror Cinema since 1968 moves beyond national cinema discourse in considering the horror production of two Southern European countries, Italy and Spain. Rui M. Trindade Oliveira examines cultural elements that films from these nations share, arguing that a fuller understanding of European horror is possible when we acknowledge the output of Italy and Spain as being interconnected, as possessing a supranational, common identity: “Italian-Spanishness.”

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-5434-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-5435-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 244
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. List of Figures No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
5. Preface No access
1. The “Eurohorror” Label No access
2. “Italianness” and “Spanishness” No access
3. The National, the Transnational, and the Supranational No access
4. Notes No access
1. The Film Industry Factors of Horror’s Golden Age No access
2. The Main Filoni and Films of the Golden Age/“Horror Boom” No access
3. Cultural Concerns of Italian and Spanish Societies of the 1970s No access
4. 1. The Italian Gothic: La notte dei diavoli/Night of the Devils No access
  2. The Spanish Gothic: La campana del infierno/A Bell from Hell No access
5. 1. The Italian giallo: Chi l’ha vista morire?/Who Saw Her Die? No access
  2. The Spanish giallo: Los ojos azules de la muñeca rota/Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll No access
6. 1. Spanish Zombies: El ataque de los muertos sin ojos/Return of the Evil Dead No access
  2. Italian Zombies: Le notti del terrore/Burial Ground No access
7. Notes No access
1. Italian Horror during the 1980s No access
2. Spanish Horror during the 1980s No access
3. The 1990s: New Film Policies and the Rebirth of the Spanish Horror Film No access
4. 1. Dèmoni 2 . . . l’incubo ritorna/Demons 2 (1986): Broadcasting TV Horror No access
  2. Un Gatto Nel Cervello/A Cat in the Brain (1990): (Self)-Reflection on the End of an Era No access
  3. Dellamorte Dellamore/Cemetery Man (1994): Parodying the Catholic Church No access
  4. Acción mutante/Mutant Action (1993): Obsessing with Capitalism and Consumerism No access
  5. El dia de la bestia/The Day of the Beast (1995): The Expansion of the Urban Landscape No access
  6. Tesis/Thesis (1996): The Dangers of the New Video Technology No access
5. Notes No access
1. 1. Post-2000 Spanish Horror: Mainstream Release Success No access
  2. Post-2000 Italian Horror: A Niche-Oriented Horror for Fans No access
2. Spanish Coproductions That Maintain a Strong Degree of Cultural Specificity No access
3. Italian Horror Is Not Dead No access
4. 1. The Centrality of the Catholic Family No access
  2. Domestic Abuse and Repressed Femininities No access
  3. Unearthing Dark Secrets and Traumas from the Recent Past No access
5. Notes No access
1. Note No access
Bibliography No access Pages 201 - 218
Filmography No access Pages 219 - 224
Index No access Pages 225 - 242
About the Author No access Pages 243 - 244