Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities

Chapter 7: Teaching film/television genres, comics/graphics, novel and popular music

[7.1] Teaching Film/Television Genres, Comics/Graphic Novels, and Popular Music

[7.2] Different Approaches to Genre Study

[7.3] Audience-based Approach

[7.4] Critical/Ideological Analysis Approach

[7.5] Film Versus Television Genres

[7.6] Resources on Different Genre Types

[7.7] [7.7] Analyzing Different Genre Types

[7.7a] Action/Adventure

[7.7b] The Western

[7.7c] Gangster/Crime

[7.7d] Detective/Film Noir

[7.7e] Comedy

[7.7f] Science Fiction/Fantasy

[7.7g] Horror/Monster

[7.7h] Suspense Thriller/Spy/Heist

[7.7i] Soap Opera

[7.7j] The Talk Show

[7.7k] Sports

[7.7l] Game Shows/
Reality TV

[7.7m] Animation

[7.7n] Comics

[7.7o] Graphic Novels

[7.7p] Music

[7.8] Music

[7.9] References

[7.10] Final Task

Chapter 7

[7.7g] Horror/Monster

[7.7g.1] The horror/monster film(see Horror Films and IMDb.com: Horror)(Godzilla, The Night of the Living Dead, Silence of the Lambs, Cape Fear, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jaws, The Shining, Scream, Scream 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Blair Witch Project) and television series genre (Buffy the Vampire Killer) is one of the more popular genres with adolescents.

Horror film directories and listings:

[7.7g.2] Film Horror
[7.7g.3] horrormovies.com
[7.7g.4] dmoz.org: Television: Horror
[7.7g.5] Yahoo.com Directory: Television Shows: Horror
[7.7g.6] Google.com Directory: Horror
[7.7g.7] Movie Monsters
[7.7g.8] Brimstone Pit: Horror and Science Fiction Movie Datatbase
[7.7g.9] Horror.net
[7.7g.10] Horror.com
[7.7g.11] Wikipedia: Horror film
[7.7g.12] the 7th Level: top 100 horror films
[7.7g.13] Horror Film History
[7.7g.14] All Horror Movies.com
[7.7g.15] Horror film discussion board
[7.7g.16] FilmFanzine: fantasy, horror, science fiction films
[7.7g.17] John Stanley’s Creature Features: Horror and Science Fiction

For further reading:

Gelder, K. (2000). The horror reader. New York: Routledge.

Grant, B. (1996). The dread of difference: Gender and the horror film. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.

Grant, B. K.  (2004).  Planks of Reason: Essays on the Horror Film.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Hantke, S.  (Ed.).  (2004).  Horror film: Creating and marketing fear.  University Press of Mississippi.

Hills, M.  (2004).  Pleasures of horror.  Continuum International Publishing Group.

Hutchings, P.   (2004). The horror film.  New York: Longman.

Jancovich, M. (2001). Horror: The film reader. New York: Routledge.

Jones, A.  (2005). The rough guide to horror movies.  London: Rough Guides, Limited.

Jones, D. (2003). Horror: A thematic history in fiction and film. London: Arnold.

Lowenstein, A.  (2005).  Shocking Representation: Historical trauma, national cinema, and the modern horror film.  New York: Columbia University Press.

Magistrale, T.  (2005). Abject terrors: Surveying the modern horror film.  New York: Peter Lang.

Marriott, J.  (2005).  Horror Films.  Virgin Books.

Phillips, K.  (2005).  Projected fears: Horror films and American culture.  Greenwood Publishing.

Rhodes, G. D.  (2006).  White Zombie: Anatomy of a horror film.  McFarland & Company.

Schneider, S. J.  (Ed.).  (2005).  Horror international.  Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

Silver, A., & Ursini, J.  (Eds.).  (2001).  Horror film reader.  New York: Limelight Editions.

Skal, D. (2001). The monster show: A cultural history of horror. London: Faber & Faber.

Wells, P. (2001). The horror genre. New York: Wallflower Press.

Wilshin, M.  (2005).  Cinematic History of Horror.  Raintree Publishers.

Worland, R.  (2006).  Horror film: A brief introduction.  Blackwell.

 


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