{"product_id":"hammer-films-psychological-thrillers-1950-1972-9780786474714","title":"Hammer Films' Psychological Thrillers, 1950-1972","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Huckvale\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hammer Film's is justly famous for Gothic horror but the company also excelled in the psychological thriller. Influenced by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Alfred Hitchcock, Hammer created its own approach to this genre in some of the company's very best films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book takes a chronological, film-by-film approach to all of Hammer's thrillers. Well-known classics such as Seth Holt's \u003ci\u003eThe Nanny\u003c\/i\u003e (1965) and \u003ci\u003eTaste of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e (1961) are discussed, together with less well known but equally brilliant films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Full Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e (dir. Val Guest, 1960) and Michael Carreras' \u003ci\u003eManiac\u003c\/i\u003e (1963). The films' literary ancestry, reflection of British society and relation to psychological theories of Freud and Jung, architectural metaphor, sexuality, religion, and even Nazi atrocities are all fully explored.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46499704602775,"sku":"9780786474714","price":2833.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786474714.webp?v=1769193562","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hammer-films-psychological-thrillers-1950-1972-9780786474714","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}