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Mar 5, 2007 · Going to Pieces is the ultimate anthology that takes you on a horrifying journey through your favorite slasher films including Halloween, Psycho, Friday the ...
May 11, 2007 · The made-for-cable documentary Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film is just that tribute. Based on Adam Rockoff's book, Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film ...
Publisher's summary. This work traces the evolution of the slasher film from 1978 when it was a fledgling genre, through the early 1980s when it was one of the most profitable and prolific genres in Hollywood, on to its decline in popularity around 1986. An introduction provides a brief history of the Grand Guignol, the pre-cinema forerunner of ...
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986 | Semantic Scholar. DOI: 10.5860/choice.40-1437. Corpus ID: 187264758. Rockoff, Adam. Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986. S. Skelton. Published 2013. History, Art. Journal of the fantastic in the arts.
Oct 13, 2006 · This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal wanes. Then, Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre ...
Mar 31, 2002 · 244 ratings28 reviews. John Carpenter’s Halloween, released on October 25, 1978, marked the beginning of the horror film’s most colorful, controversial, and successful offshoot—the slasher film. Loved by fans and reviled by critics for its iconic psychopaths, gory special effects, brainless teenagers in peril, and more than a bit of soft ...
This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal wanes. Then, Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre ...
