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Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction, by Ian Conrich and David Woods
1 Disorder in the Universe: John Carpenter and the Question of Genre,
by Barry Keith Grant
2 Us and Them: Authority and Identity in Carpenter’s Films,
by David Woods
3 A Siege Mentality? Form and Ideology in Carpenter’s Early
Siege Films, by Steve Smith
4 Fast and Cheap? The Film Music of John Carpenter, by David Burnand
and Miguel Mera
5 Carpenter’s Widescreen Style, by Sheldon Hall
6 ‘A Spook Ride on Film’: Carpenter and the Gothic,
by Marie Mulvey-Roberts
7 Killing Time … and Time Again: The Popular Appeal of Carpenter’s
Horrors and the Impact of The Thing and Halloween, by Ian Conrich
8 Masculinity, Kurt Russell and the Escape Films, by Robert Shail
9 From Elvis to L.A.: Reflections on the Carpenter-Russell Films,
by Tony Williams
10 Restorative and Destructive: Carpenter and Maternal Authority,
by Suzie Young
11 ‘Something Came Leaking Out’: Carpenter’s Unholy
Abominations, by Anna Powell
12 Revisionings: Repetition as Creative Nostalgia in the Films of
John Carpenter, byRaiford Guins and Omayra Zaragoza Cruz
13 An Interview with John Carpenter, conducted by Ronald V. Borst
, compiled by Ian Conrich and David Woods
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
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