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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Companion


Free Download Stefan Jaworzyn, "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Companion"
English | 2004 | pages: 272 | ISBN: 1840236604 | EPUB | 17,8 mb
In 1974, a low-budget, no-star horror movie was unleashed on the world, causing panic among the censors and provoking glee from its intended audience.The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is still as powerful today as when it was first seen almost thirty years ago, and will return to the screens in a high profile remake this Halloween.

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I Saw Death Coming A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction [Audiobook]


Free Download I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction (Audiobook)
English | April 04, 2023 | ASIN: B0BZZQ8NJY | M4B@128 kbps | 12h 24m | 718 MB
Author: Kidada E. Williams | Narrator: Karen Chilton
From a groundbreaking scholar, a heart-wrenching reexamination of the struggle for survival in the Reconstruction-era South and what it cost.
The story of Reconstruction is often told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and journalists whose accounts claim an outsized place in collective memory. But this pivotal era looked very different to African Americans in the South transitioning from bondage to freedom after 1865. They were besieged by a campaign of white supremacist violence that persisted through the 1880s and beyond. For too long, their lived experiences have been sidelined, impoverishing our understanding of the obstacles post-Civil War Black families faced, their inspiring determination to survive, and the physical and emotional scars they bore because of it.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Devils Advocates)


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English | 2013 | pages: 107 | ISBN: 1906733643 | PDF | 1,0 mb
No-one who has ever seen the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is ever likely to forget the experience. An intense fever dream (or nightmare), it is remarkable for its sense of sustained threat and depiction of an insane but nonetheless (dys)functional family on the furthest reaches of society who have regressed to cannibalism in the face of economic hardship. As well as providing a summary of the making of the film, James Rose discusses the extraordinary censorship history of the film in the UK (essentially banned for two decades) and provides a detailed textual analysis of the film with particular reference to the concept of ‘the Uncanny’. He also situates the film in the context of horror film criticism (the ‘Final Girl’ character) and discusses its influence and subsequent sequels and remakes.

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SAW (Devils Advocates)


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English | 2011 | pages: 119 | ISBN: 1906733562 | PDF | 1,6 mb
Like all game changers within the horror genre, SAW was an independent success, a low-budget champion that flourished without the patronage of a big studio. Not bad for the most successful horror franchise ever, which has spawned subsidiary media and masses of merchandise, including a theme park rollercoaster ride. What is it about SAW that attracted such a following? In his contribution to the "Devil’s Advocates" series, Ben Poole considers the SAW phenomenon from all aspects of film and media studies – from its generic pedigree in both literature and film, to the visceral audience pleasures ("what would I do?") of the text, to the contrasting representations of men and women and the film’s implicit criticism of masculinity.

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