Seeing things : spectral materialities of Bombay horror /

"In 1980s India, the Ramsay Brothers and other filmmakers produced a wave of horror movies about soul-sucking witches, knife-wielding psychopaths, and dark-caped vampires. Seeing Things is about the sudden cuts, botched prosthetic effects, continuity errors, and celluloid damage in these movies...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nair, Kartik, 1985- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Series:	South Asia across the disciplines.
Subjects:	Horror films > India > Mumbai > 20th century. Artists' materials > India > Mumbai. Horror films > Production and direction > India > Mumbai. Cinematography > Special effects > 20th century. Artists' materials. Cinematography > Special effects. Horror films. Horror films > Production and direction. India > Mumbai. 1900-1999

Table of Contents:

Introduction : accidental exposures
Paper cuts : inside the bureaucratic encounter with Darwaza
Celluloid splatter : the graphic violence of Jaani Dushman
Unsettling design : built atmosphere of Purana Mandir
Making monsters : Veerana and the craft of excess
Hidden circuits : Kabrastan from film to videotape
Epilogue : an archive of failures.