Remaking Horror

This book chronicles the American horror film genre in its development of remakes from the 1930s into the 21st century. Gus Van Sant''s 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock''s Psycho (1960) is investigated as the watershed moment when the genre opened its doors to the possibility that any horror movie--classic, modern, B-movie, and more--might be remade for contemporary audiences.

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