THE DEVILS (Devil’s Advocates) by Darren Arnold Opening with engaging personal flashbacks of author Darren Arnold’s mission to seek out Ken Russell’s hugely contentious THE DEVILS (1971) within censorial 1980s Britain, this analysis of one of the most notorious major studio films of all time covers a lot of territory…
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HOUSE OF USHER (DEVIL’S ADVOCATES) by Evert Jan Van Leeuwen Author Evert Jan Van Leeuwen brings a welcome personal touch to this informative celebration of the first of Roger Corman’s beloved Poe Cycle. The monograph opens with Van Leeuwen’s memories of discovering ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ and…
SCREAM (DEVIL’S ADVOCATES) by Steven West Devil’s Advocates is a book series that showcases tent pole films in the horror genre. Their installment featuring Wes Craven’s 1996 film, Scream, explores the impact that this film had on reviving the genre in the mid-90’s while paying homage to its predecessors and…
CREEPSHOW (DEVIL’S ADVOCATES) by Simon Brown CREEPSHOW, the lightest, most purely fun of all Romero movies, doesn’t necessarily warrant a full academic analysis in the way that his lauded contributions to zombie cinema invite or, indeed, his fabulous revisionist Gothic MARTIN. Simon Brown, author of this entry in the Devil’s…
This Devil’s Advocate offers a full exploration of SCREAM, including its structure, its many reference points (such as the prominent use of HALLOWEEN (1978) as a kind of sacred text), its marketing (‘the new thriller from Wes Craven’ – not a horror film), and legacy for horror cinema in the new millennium. Wes…