Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film

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ISBN: 9780719044731

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Author	Benshoff, Harry M.
Pub Date	19/06/1997
Binding	Paperback
Pages	336

Publisher: Manchester University Press

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This history of the horror film explores the genre's relationship to the social and cultural history of homosexuality in America. The text draws on a wide variety of films and primary sources including censorship files, critical reviews, promotional materials, fanzines and popular news weeklies.

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One of the few books to address the horror film from any kind of critical position. Unique - The first history of the horror film to approach it from a queer perspective. Written with detail and thoroughness - covers all eras of the horror film and correlates specific types of movie monsters to the historical social conditions which produced them. Explores how popular culture encodes and demonizes queerness within the generic format of the horror film.