Over the past decade, Japan has become a key player on the contemporary horror scene, producing some of the most influential and critically respected genre movies of recent years and helping to spark off the worldwide interest in Asian horror. Whether it's the subtle chills of Ring, the graphic brutality of Audition or the zombie-fuelled mayhem of Versus, Japanese horror has had a major impact throughout the world, leading to high profile remakes and sending its most talented directors to Hollywood. Flowers from Hell is the most in-depth look at the vibrant and challenging world of modern Japanese horror so far, covering the best directors, the most important films and the most popular themes of the past 25 years. From its origins in the mid-80s to the multi-million dollar franchises of today, Flowers from Hell traces the evolution of this consistently inventive and influential horror phenomenon. * Films featured include:- * The Ring series *Audition *Battle Royale *Juon/The Grudge * Evil Dead Trap *Curse *Pulse plus over 200 other captivating titles including the controversial soft core Pink cinema genre

Flowers from Hell

Humor & Entertainment

Harper, Jim

Movies

Noir Publishing

Dark Dreams: The World of Anime Horror

Comics & Graphic Novels

History & Price Guides

Noir Pub

Italian Horror: 1979-1994

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Hemlock Books Limited

A cornerstone of the resurgence in Spanish horror cinema, [REC] (2007) is a propulsive single-location 'found-footage' film in which a news reporter and her cameraman investigate an incident at a Barcelona apartment building. Beginning with a discussion of the aesthetic choices of co-directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, Jim Harper's Devil's Advocate assesses the various political and social themes present in [REC], in particular the range of human responses to crisis situations and the threat of violence. He goes on to consider the influences upon [REC] - especially George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), the cornerstone of the modern zombie movie, and Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later (2002), the film that kick-started the 21st century zombie boom - before offering a brief history of Spanish horror, illustrating the continuity between the first true Spanish horror film in 1962, the flourishing of Spanish gothic horror in the 1960s and '70s, the barren period of the 1980s, and the subsequent resurrection epitomized by [REC]. Harper then goes on to consider the American remakes (2008 and 2011) as well subsequent emergence of the international horror franchise - [REC] 2 (2009), [REC] 3: Genesis (2012) and [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014) - addressing the different concerns and themes of the sequels.

[REC] (Devil's Advocates)

History

Liverpool University Press

Italian Horror

Midnight Marquee Press

The "slasher" movie is the bloodiest incarnation of the modern horror film, tainted by criticisms of misogyny, yet remaining-on and off-a box-office draw for 30 years. Combining in-depth analysis with over 200 film reviews, Legacy of Blood is the most comprehensive examination of the slasher movie and its conventions to date, from Halloween and the notorious I Spit on Your Grave, to Scream-the redefining genre hit of the '90s-and beyond.

Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies

Critical Vision

Identity Crisis: How Identification is Overused and Misunderstood

The advance of identification technology biometrics, identity cards, surveillance, databases, dossiers threatens privacy, civil liberties, and related human interests. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, demands for identification in the name of security have increased. In this insightful book, Jim Harper takes readers inside identification a process everyone uses every day but few people have ever thought about. Using stories and examples from movies, television, and classic literature, Harper dissects identification processes and technologies, showing how identification works when it works and how it fails when it fails. Harper exposes the myth that identification can protect against future terrorist attacks. He shows that a U.S. national identification card, created by Congress in the REAL ID Act, is a poor way to secure the country or its citizens. A national ID represents a transfer of power from individuals to institutions, and that transfer threatens liberty, enables identity fraud, and subjects people to unwanted surveillance. Instead of a uniform, government-controlled identification system, Harper calls for a competitive, responsive identification and credentialing industry that meets the mix of consumer demands for privacy, security, anonymity, and accountability. Identification should be a risk-reducing strategy in a social system, Harper concludes, not a rivet to pin humans to governmental or economic machinery.

Constitutional Law

Cato Institute

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