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Death Lines
Lauren Jane Barnett
其他書名
Walking London's Horror History
出版
MIT Press
, 2023-05-09
主題
Travel / Special Interest / General
Travel / Europe / Great Britain
Performing Arts / Film / Genres / Horror
ISBN
1913689387
9781913689384
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KMJNEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The first walking guide to London’s role in the evolution of horror cinema, inspired by the city’s dark histories and labyrinthine architectures.
Death Lines
is the first walking guide to London’s role in the evolution of horror cinema, inspired by the city’s dark histories, labyrinthine architectures, atmospheric streetscapes, and uncanny denizens. Its eight walks lead you on a series of richly researched yet undeniably chilling tours through Chelsea, Notting Hill, Westminster, Bloomsbury, Covent Garden, and the East End, along the haunted banks of the river Thames, and down into the depths of the London Underground railway.
Each tour weaves together London’s stories and takes the reader to magnificent, eerie, and sometimes disconcertingly ordinary corners of the city, unearthing the literature, legends, and history behind classics like
Peeping Tom
and
An American Werewolf in London
, and lesser-known works such as mind-control melodrama
The Sorcerers
;
Gorgo
, Britain’s answer to
Godzilla
; tube terror
Death Line
; and Bela Lugosi's mesmeric vehicle
The Dark Eyes of London
. Tinged with humor, social critique, and more than a few scares,
Death Lines
delights in revealing the hidden and often surprising relationship between the city and the dark cinematic visions it has evoked. Whether read on the streets or from the comfort of the grave,
Death Lines
is a treat for all cinephiles, horror fans, and lovers of London lore.