Understanding Movies, Horror 2

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This program provides some historical contextfor the horror genre in US Cinema with adiscussion of iconic characters such as Dracula, The Mummy, and the Wolfman created by Universal Studios between...

This program provides some historical contextfor the horror genre in US Cinema with adiscussion of iconic characters such as Dracula, The Mummy, and the Wolfman created by Universal Studios between 1930 and 1950. The discussion then moves toward two contemporary films: A Cabin in The Woods is discussed as a meta textual narrative and Final Girl is offered as a discussion of changing archetypes in cinema.

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