Games of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th, and the Films of the Stalker Cycle

Vera Dika

Language: English

Publisher: UNKNO

Published: Jan 2, 1990

Description:

A critical study of the low-budget film formula described as the "stalker" film, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The discussion suggests reasons for its impressive popularity and demonstrates how a generic form is organized to speak a cultural text. Illustrated.