{"product_id":"bloodstained-narratives-9781496844460","title":"Bloodstained Narratives","description":"\u003cp\u003eContributions by Donald L. Anderson, Brian Brems, Eric Brinkman, Matthew Edwards, Brenda S. Gardenour Walter, Andrew Grossman, Lisa Haegele, Gavin F. Hurley, Mikel J. Koven, Sharon Jane Mee, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, ?milie von Garan, Connor John Warden, and Sean Woodard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe giallo (yellow) film cycle, characterized by its bloody murders and blending of high art and cinematic sleaze, rose to prominence in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning with Mario Bava's The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) and Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), giallo films influenced the American slasher films of the 1980s and attracted an increasingly large fandom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Bloodstained Narratives: The Giallo Film in Italy and Abroad, contributors explore understudied aspects of gialli. The chapters introduce readers to a wide range of films, including masterpieces from Argento and overlooked gems, all of them examined in close detail. Rather than understanding giallo as focalized exclusively in Italy in the 1970s, this collection explores the extension of gialli narratives abroad through different geographies and times. This book examines Italian gialli of the 1970s as well as American neo-gialli, French productions, Canadian horror films of the 1980s, and Asian rewritings of this \"yellow\" cycle of crime\/horror films. Bloodstained Narratives also features interviews with two giallo film directors, including cult favorite Antonio Bido. Rather than fading from the cinematic stage, gialli serves as a precursor and steady accomplice to horror-thriller films through the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent film scholar and primary school teacher from Cirencester, England. He is author or editor of many books on cult\/horror cinema, including \u003ci\u003eThe Atomic Bomb in Japanese Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eKlaus Kinski, Beast of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTwisted Visions: Interviews with Horror Filmmakers\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMurder Movie Makers: Directors Discuss Their Killer Flicks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eFernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns\u003c\/b\u003e is professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires-Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, where he teaches courses on international horror film. He is director of the research group on horror cinema, Grite; authored a book about the Spanish horror TV series \u003ci\u003eHistorias para no dormir\u003c\/i\u003e; and edited a book on director James Wan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50487598416146,"sku":"9781496844460","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e21c18e-c5e0-4f6f-8412-6ec64e96c476.jpg?v=1730447236","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bloodstained-narratives-9781496844460","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}