Film, television, radio and performing arts genres

The horror genre mirrors the American queer experience, both positively and negatively, overtly and subtextually, from the lumbering, flower-picking monster of Frankenstein (1931) to the fearless intersectional protagonist of the Fear Street Trilogy (2021).

Aliens: They have taken the form of immigrants, invaders, lovers, heroes, cute creatures that want our candy or monsters that want our flesh.

Famous for being deathly serious, the vampire genre has a consistent yet often critically overlooked subgenre--the comedic spoof and satire.

As properties of DC comics continue to sprout over the years, narratives that were once kept sacrosanct now spill over into one another, synergizing into one bona fide creative Universe.

While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fiction, they readily understand the genre as a literature that characteristically deals with subjects such as new inventions, space, robot and aliens.

Star Trek has transcended science fiction through its use of elements that have crucial roles in classical utopian tradition.

During the 2010s, science fiction's immortal adversaries King Kong and Godzilla, representing our conflicts per Carl Sagan's "e;dream dragons"e; analogy, made comebacks in American cinema.

In 1915, British moviegoers voted Fred Evans second only to Charles Chaplin as their favorite film comedian.

Since the release in 1929 of a popular book series with bright yellow covers, the Italian word giallo (yellow) has come to define a whole spectrum of mystery and detective fiction and films.

Despite the fact that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended over twenty-five years ago, there has yet to be a stand-alone assessment of the series.

The ever-popular "e;Whedonverse"e; television shows--Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse--have inspired hundreds of articles and dozens of books.

The first of its kind, this guide to California filming sites covers five decades of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in chapter plays.

NBC's Grimm is an understudied series full of compelling characters, including Monroe, the charmingly knowledgeable vegetarian who looks like a werewolf; Wu, the funny cop who beats his way to the truth; Adalind, the enjoyably vengeful, risk-taking witch; Trubel, the furious young loner accused of insanity; Kelly, a powerful older warrior-woman; Nick, a compassionate detective; Hank, Juliette, Rosalee and others.

Stories of world-ending catastrophe have featured prominently in film and television.

After they are pulled 70,000 light-years away from Alpha Quadrant, the captain and crew of Star Trek: Voyager must travel homeward while exploring new challenges to their relationships, views of others, and themselves.

Most horror film fans are familiar with the movie classics, from the early Universal archetypes to the Hammer landmarks--all of which have been celebrated in countless books and magazines.

Controversial yet beloved among audiences, Christmas-themed horror movies emerged in the early 1970s and gained a notorious reputation with Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), depicting Santa as an ax-wielding maniac.

This book is a comprehensive history of the most successful straight-to-video horror franchise of all time: Puppet Master.

Today, it seems as if everyone from heroic-yet-angsty teenagers, to giggling schoolgirls, to middle-aged businessmen, to bored moms are finding themselves whisked away to save distant worlds from some kind of unspeakable evil.

The villain's journey is rare in popular culture--most characters are fully-formed tyrants with little to no story arc.

Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most inventive American films of the 1980s.

This collection of essays examines the structures of power and the ways in which power is exercised and felt in the fantasy world of Game of Thrones.

Given the limitless freedom of animation, why would anyone use it to make a sitcom about a struggling family-owned burger place?

The frightening yet comic clown is one of the best and most enduring characters in literature, theater, television, and film.

More than sixty years after the The Twilight Zone debuted on television, the show remains a cultural phenomenon, including a feature film, three television reboots, a comic book series, a magazine and a theatrical production.

The great American Westerns can be profoundly meaningful when read metaphorically.

Few scary stories begin with a disclaimer that they are fictional.

Faith horror refers to a significant outcropping of mid-1960s and 1970s films and adaptative novels that depict non-Christian communities of evil doers and their activities.

Like a lovingly guided midnight tour, this book covers the seductive shadows of the most fascinating horror films and melodramas from the 1930s and 1940s.

The original Star Wars trilogy famously follows Joseph Campbell's model for the hero's journey, making Luke Skywalker's story the new hero quest for a modern age.

The horror film is thriving worldwide.

This book explores vampire narratives that have been expressed across multiple media and new technologies.

In October 1957, Screen Gems made numerous horror movies available to local television stations around the country as part of a package of films called Shock Theater.

Since 1966, the Star Trek television franchise has used outer space and the thrilling adventures of the crews of the U.

The Ritz Brothers were a popular comedy trio in vaudeville, nightclubs, movies and television for more than four decades.

Since the emergence of on-demand streaming platforms, television as a storytelling medium has drastically changed.

Melodrama is the foundation of American cinema.

In 1965, 18-year-old Persis Khambatta became the third woman to be crowned Miss India.

After Charmed ended in 2006, witches were relegated to sidekicks of televisual vampires or children's programs.

Over its five seasons on the air, the televised series Outlander has combined romance, adventure, history, and time travel into a classic saga of love, war, and the ties that bind family together.

In 1968, George Romero's film Night of the Living Dead premiered, launching a growing preoccupation with zombies within mass and literary fiction, film, television, and video games.

Stephen King's fiction has formed the basis of more motion picture adaptations than any other living author.

This is the first book to take a deep dive into the philosophical, social, moral, political, and religious issues tackled by Seth MacFarlane's marvelous space adventure, The Orville.

This book begins at the intersection of Dracula and War of the Worlds, both published in 1897 London, and describes the settings of Transylvania, Mars, and London as worlds linked by the body of the vampire.

Western films have often been tributes to place and setting, with the magnificent backdrops mirroring the wildness of the narratives.

Breaking box office records, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has achieved an unparalleled level of success with fans across the world, raising the films to a higher level of narrative: myth.

Science has always been part of Doctor Who.

Holocaust movies have become an important segment of world cinema and the de-facto Holocaust education for many.

With fresh appraisals of popular Westerns, this book examines the history of the genre with a focus on definitional aspects of canon, adaptation and hybridity.

In the early days of television, "e;comedy"e; often meant stale vaudeville routines and stand-up.