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South African Horror Cinema

From Apartheid to District 9 and Beyond

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

AvCalum Waddell,Austin Fisher,Johnny Walker

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This is the first study to explore South Africa both in horror cinema and as a formidable producer of celluloid scares. From framing the notorious apartheid system as a mental asylum in the ground-breaking and criminally underseen Jannie Totsiens (Jans Rautenbach, 1970) to such seventies exploitation shockers as The Demon (Percival Rubens, 1979) through to the blockbuster hit District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009) and beyond, this book suggests that South Africa should finally obtain its rightful place in the canon of wider genre studies and horror cinema fandom.Taking in the 80s nightmares of Darrell Roodt and concluding with an analysis of the recent boom-period in South African fright-films, including discussion of such contemporary efforts as The Tokoloshe (Jerome Pikwane, 2018) and the Troma-esque leanings of Fried Barry (Ryan Kruger, 2020), South African Horror Cinema focuses on ever-changing identities and perspectives, and embraces the frequently carnivalesque and grotesque elements of a most unique lineage in macabre motion pictures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2027-03-18
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt401 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieGlobal Exploitation Cinemas
Antal sidor296
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781501385032

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List of FiguresAbout the AuthorAcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction: South African Horror Cinema: An Introduction1. Problems Enough in South Africa: Jannie totsiens and the Birth of South African Horror Cinema2. The Myth of Integration: South African Horror in the Seventies3. Total Onslaught: The Anti-Apartheid Nightmare Cinema of Darrell Roodt4. South African Trash: The B-Scheme Initiative5. Greater Intimidation: South African Horror in the Final Years of Apartheid6. Country of my Skull: District 9 and South African Horror After Apartheid7. Schlock, Showmax and Soft Power: South African Horror Cinema After District 9CONCLUSION: “Unreal and Imaginary” – South African Horror CinemaBibliographyFilmographyIndex

Waddell locates the study of South African horror film within the international canon. His analytical terrain questions exceptionalism and identifies socially indicative meta intertexts. The nuanced study embraces the local in terms of the apartheid and Cold War eras when monsters and demons lurked everywhere. Via an internationalization of South African film studies, Waddell excavates films, directors and narratives often underplayed by contemporary scholars. This work is a game changer – it is a ‘post horror’ examination that draws South African film into the global mainstream.