Educational Institutions in Horror Film
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Educational Institutions in Horror Film

A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams

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Educational Institutions in Horror Film

A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams

About this book

An exploration of how educational institutions have been portrayed in horror film, this book examines the way that scary movies have dealt with the issue of school violence, focusing on movies set in high schools, colleges, and summer camps.

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Index
976-EVIL, 104, 108, 122123, 186
976-EVIL 2, 122123
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 8586
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, 3537
adultery, 103, 149
After Midnight, 120121
Alice, Sweet Alice, 91
aliens, 38, 5758, 9394
Altered States, 67
Amicus Films, 73, 167
animation, see cartoons
Antichrist, 121
anti-intellectualism, 19, 62
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, 19, 62
anti-Modernism, 6, 137
Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 140
Audrey Rose, 91
Bad Seed, The, 9091
Barrymore, John, 6869
Bates, Ralph, 7475
Black Christmas, 118, 124126, 168
Blacula, 5556, 84, 181182
blaxploitation, 55, 8386
Blob, The, 45
Bradley, Doug, 163
Bride of Frankenstein, 3233, 170
Brides of Dracula, The, 4950
Bronson, Charles, 13...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. title
  3. cpoyright
  4. contents
  5. ack
  6. Introduction
  7. Is There a Doctor in the House? The Evolution of Van Helsing and Frankenstein as Intellectual Archetypes, 1931–1975
  8. The Transformation of Dr. Jekyll: The Evolution of Film and Television Portrayals of Stevenson’s Intellectual in the Age of Academe
  9. Student Bodies: The School as Locus of Trauma in American Horror Films of the 1970s and 1980s
  10. Final Exams and Greek Tragedies: Colleges and Universities in American Horror Films of the 1970s and 1980s
  11. Survival Training: Summer Camp as Educational Institution in Slasher Films of the 1980s
  12. Some Concluding Thoughts
  13. notes
  14. Index