FILMOVÝ HOROR A JEHO VÝVOJ

• Authors: Viktória Prohászková

Title variants

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Horror film and its development

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Horror is a genre which is gaining more and more popularity and spreads into all media and art fields. The oldest, literary horror is the most popular in the United States of America and Japan, where this tradition has the strongest roots and the longest history. In our country, the film production is preferred. The paper focuses on horror in film production. It defines the genre in general, its dominants and typology variations. It describes the historical development of the genre in this particular field and presents the profiles of the most significant representatives of the horror film. In conclusion, it characterizes the recipients and their reasons for seeking the genre.

Keywords

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GENRE; HORROR; FILM; USA; JAPAN

• Publisher: Institute of Theatre and Arts, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenské divadlo (Slovak Theatre)
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 359 - 378

Contributors

author

Viktória Prohászková

• Ústav divadelnej a filmovej vedy, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic