Bibliograph

Dark carnivals, modern horror and the origins of American empire, W. Scott Poole

Type

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Dark carnivals, modern horror and the origins of American empire, W. Scott Poole

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dark carnivals

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1309308432

Responsibility statement

W. Scott Poole

Sub title

modern horror and the origins of American empire

Summary

"With Dark Carnivals, author W. Scott Poole, an expert in horror and its impact on American history, reveals how the horror genre as a way of seeing the world has become one of the most incisive critiques of America and its history and influence around the globe"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Carnival and Empire -- Part I: The Shark and the Chain Saw. Empire of Horror -- American Massacres -- I Wish They All Could Be California Girls -- I Used to Hate the Water -- Built on Top of a What?? -- Horrors, Foreign and Domestic -- Weird Mystery Tales -- Empire's Butcher Bill -- The Thing on the Stairs -- The Greenbaum Effect -- Stranded in a Nightmare -- Part II: Atomic Empire. Twilight Zone -- Death of the Monsters? -- My Man Frankenstein -- Monster Mash -- Dracula vs. the FBI -- Terror Bombing -- Void, Despair, Torment -- Cold Warriors... in Space!! -- Noon on Doomsday -- What the Martian Said -- Shelter from the Midnight Sun -- Part III: Cold War, Red Planet. Unidentified -- Crash Landings -- Lone Gunmen -- The Creatures with Atom Brains!! -- We Gratefully Acknowledge the Cooperation of Those in Authority -- The Midnight Monster Show -- Future Imperfect -- Who Goes There? -- Crime, Sadism, Monsters, Ghouls, Corpses -- Two-Fisted Tales -- Part IV: Zombie Republics, Body Bags. Black Magic Island -- Jungle Fever -- Bombs and Movies -- Welcome (Back) to the Jungle -- Night(s) of the Living Dead -- The Null Zone -- Empire's Missing Links -- The Creature in a Grave of Ice!! -- Drugs, Cryptids, and Covert Ops -- They Own the Night -- The Ghost of a Previous Nightmare -- Bats Leaving, Virgins Bleeding -- Part V: Antichrist Country. Unlucky Numbers -- Elm Street -- Waiting for the Antichrist -- Serpents and Rainbows -- Ain't Got Time to Bleed -- God Is Dead! Satan Lives! -- Norman Rockwell Is Burning in Hell -- Space, the Wild Frontier -- They Live -- Part VI: The Forever Wars. Do You Like Scary Movies? -- Ignoring the Tales from the Hood -- The Rules -- Let's Nuke the Bastards -- Very Pretty Space Fascists -- Unadorned Butchery -- Apocalypse, Right Now -- Al-Qaedzilla -- Ghosting in Spook Country -- Zombie Black Ops -- Digital Demons -- Purging -- Like Something Out of a Zombie Movie -- Epilogue: Scattered Like Tombstones

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