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A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema

By Kendall R. Phillips
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By Kendall R. Phillips
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"An illuminating history . . . it's clear that the right story can still terrify us; A Place of Darkness is a primer on how the movies learned to do it." -NPR


Horror is one of the most enduringly popular genres in cinema. The term "horror film" was coined in 1931 between the premiere of Dracula and the release of Frankenstein, but monsters, ghosts, demons, and supernatural and horrific themes have been popular with American audiences since the emergence of novelty cinematographic attracti...

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