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Title TV horror : investigating the dark side of the small screen / Lorna Jowett and Stacey Abbott.

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 GIP Main  791.456164 J87T 2013    AVAILABLE
Descript. xv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series Investigating cult TV
Investigating cult TV.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (page 233-251) and index.
Includes TV and filmography: page 253-259.
Contents Introduction : Horror begins at home -- The TV in TV horror : production and broadcast contexts -- Mainstreaming horror -- Shaping horror : from single play to serial drama -- Adaptation : translating horror tales -- The horror auteur -- Revising the gothic -- The excess of TV horror -- Horror, art and disruption -- TV as horror -- The monster in our living room : from Barnabas Collins to Dexter Morgan -- Conclusion : The road so far.
Subject Horror television programs -- History and criticism.
Other Author Abbott, Stacey.
Other Title Television horror
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