01513cam a2200205 a 4500008004100000010001700041020002800058040001800086043001200104050002600116082001900142100003100161245005200192260004200244300003200286500002000318504006400338520084900402650005601251020426s2002    ncua     b    001 0 eng    a  2002006759  a0786412496 (alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdDLC  an-us---00aPN1995.9.H6bM85 200200a791.43/6142211 aMuir, John Kenneth,d1969-10aHorror films of the 1970s /cJohn Kenneth Muir.  aJefferson, N.C. :bMcFarland,cc2002.  ax, 662 p. :bill. ;c26 cm.  aAmerican Window  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 647-649) and index.1 a"Independent filmmaker and horror-film scholar John Kenneth Muir says, 'Art does not exist in a vacuum. Instead, it is inexorably bound to the time period from which it sprang.' In his entertaining and scholarly filmography of over 200 films arranged by year, Muir sees the historical and social happenings of the 1970s as giving rise to the unusually high number of groundbreaking horror films of the decade, as well as the more routine ones. Following a general introduction, Muir provides a synopsis and commentary, a list of cast and crew, significant quotations by critics for each motion picture as well as by participants in the film's making when available, and stills for selected films. Interesting appendixes, notes, a bibliography, and an index are included."--"The Best of the Best Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2003. 0aHorror filmszUnited StatesxHistory and criticism.