Not of the living dead : the non-zombie films of George A. Romero /

A killer monkey. Suburban witchcraft. Motorcycle jousting. A cockroach invasion. Despite this enticing list of other subjects, George A. Romero is best known for the genre-defining 1968 film Night of the Living Dead and subsequent zombie films. The non-zombie films in his decades-long career have go...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jampol, Noah Simon (Author), Miller, Cain (Author), Richards, Leah (Author), Ziegler, John R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023].
Subjects:	Romero, George A. > Criticism and interpretation. Horror films > United States > History and criticism. Action and adventure films > United States > History and criticism. Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

"Isn't that cheating?" Extradiegetic narrative control in There's Always Vanilla / Leah Richards
"You've really got to get with it, Mrs. Mitchell": Freud, Friedan and Jack's Wife / Leah Richards
L'univers concentrationnaire of The Crazies / Noah Simon Jampol
Draining the blood of the patriarch : challenging hegemonic masculinity in Martin / Cain Miller
The king is dead; long live the king : capitalism and nostalgia in Knightriders / Leah Richards
Creepshow and patriarchal horror(s) / John R. Ziegler
Race and murder in Creepshow 2 / John R. Ziegler
"The monkey ruled the man" : phallocentrism, able-bodiedness and AIDS anxieties in Monkey Shines
Animating politics, reanimating genres in "Cat from Hell" and "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar" / Noah Simon Jampol and John R. Ziegler
Queer reproduction and the family in The Dark Half / John R. Ziegler
"The new (White) face of terror": White male victimization in Bruiser / Cain Miller
Conclusion : From amusement to evil.