Putting the Brit into Eurohorror: Exclusions and Exchanges in the History of European Horror Cinema

Hutchings, Peter (2016) Putting the Brit into Eurohorror: Exclusions and Exchanges in the History of European Horror Cinema. Film Studies, 15 (1). pp. 54-65. ISSN 1469-0314

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Abstract

British horror cinema is often excluded from critical work dealing with European horror cinema or, as it is frequently referred to, ‘Eurohorror’. This article argues that such exclusion is unwarranted. From the 1950s onwards there have been many exchanges between British and continental European-based horror production. These have involved not just international co-production deals but also creative personnel moving from country to country. In addition, British horror films have exerted influence on European horror cinema and vice versa. At the same time, the exclusion of British horror from the ‘Eurohorror’ category reveals limitations in that category, particularly its idealisation of continental European horror production.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: British horror; Eurohorror; European horror
Subjects: R900 Others in European Languages, Literature and related subjects
W600 Cinematics and Photography
Department: Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Arts
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 30 Nov 2016 08:53
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 08:21
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/28698

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