{"product_id":"blood-money-a-history-of-the-first-teen-slasher-film-cycle-9781441117052","title":"Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Nowell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars have consistently applied psychoanalytic models to representations of gender in early teen slasher films such as \u003ci\u003eBlack Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), \u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e (1978) and \u003ci\u003eFriday the 13th \u003c\/i\u003e(1980) in order to claim that these were formulaic, excessively violent exploitation films, fashioned to satisfy the misogynist fantasies of teenage boys and grind house patrons. However, by examining the commercial logic, strategies and objectives of the American and Canadian independents that produced the films and the companies that distributed them in the US, \u003ci\u003eBlood Money \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates that filmmakers and marketers actually went to extraordinary lengths to make early teen slashers attractive to female youth, to minimize displays of violence, gore and suffering and to invite comparisons to a wide range of post-classical Hollywood's biggest hits; including \u003ci\u003eLove Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFever \u003c\/i\u003e(1977), \u003ci\u003eGrease\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnimal House\u003c\/i\u003e (both 1978). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood Money\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable piece of scholarship that highlights the many forces that helped establish the teen slasher as a key component of the North American film industry's repertoire of youth-market product.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45082613022871,"sku":"9781441117052","price":16494.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781441117052.webp?v=1767263310","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/blood-money-a-history-of-the-first-teen-slasher-film-cycle-9781441117052","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}