Monsters in the closet

Homosexuality and the Horror Film

By (author) Harry M. Benshoff

Paperback - £19.99

Publication date:

19 June 1997

Length of book:

336 pages

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Dimensions:

216x138mm

ISBN-13: 9780719044731

One of the few books to address the horror film from any kind of critical position.. Unique - The first history of the horror film to approach it from a queer perspective.. Written with detail and thoroughness - covers all eras of the horror film and correlates specific types of movie monsters to the historical social conditions which produced them.. Explores how popular culture encodes and demonizes queerness within the generic format of the horror film.