Horror in the Early Films of Roger Corman, 1955–1964

Sue Matheson is Professor of English at the University College of the North, Canada.

Sue Matheson's Horror in the Early Films of Roger Corman provides remarkable insight into many of the filmmaker's key works. Applause is in order for a volume we've long needed.

• Introduction: How Roger Corman Made His Films and Never Lost a Dime Sue Matheson (University College of the North, Canada)Part I: Corman’s Early “Grabbers”1. Antagonistic Characters: Gothic Landscapes in the Films of Roger CormanStella Hockenhull (University of Wolverhampton, UK)2. American Fears, Communist Crustaceans: Cold War Anxieties in Roger Corman’s Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)Amanda Riccitelli (Binghamton University, USA)3. Time Travel, Terror and Reel Regression in The Undead (1957) and The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)Gary Forster (De Montfort University, USA)4. “We Would Observe the Future with Gay Confusion”: Mind-Games and Queer Temporality in Roger Corman’s The Undead (1957)Adam Hartman-Whitfield (Binghamton University, USA)5. Rethinking Beauty and Insolence in Roger Corman’s Wasp Woman (1959)Natasha Farrell (Memorial University, USA)Part II: Other Vein to Mine6. Roger Corman’s Little Shop of Hybridities: Genre Mash-Up and Resonant ‘Horror’Kerry Soper (Brigham Young University, USA)7. Dark Humor, Carnival and Camp in Roger Corman’s Horror ComediesSue Matheson (University College of the North, Canada)8. Progressive Democracy in The Intruder (1962), Day the World Ended (1955), It Conquered the World (1956) and Last Woman on Earth (1960)Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Emiliano Aguilar (Independent Scholar, Argentina) and Jorge Traversa (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)Part III: The Moderlode—Corman’s Poe Cycle9. Roger Corman’s Adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe: The Poe Cycle and Vincent PriceFran Pheasant-Kelly (Wolverhampton University, UK)10. Medicine, Madness and Murder: Corman’s Sinister Collaborations with Actor Ray MillandGillian Kelly (Independent Scholar, USA)11. The Pleasure of Terror: The (Pathecolor) Sublime in The Premature Burial (1962) and X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1964)Ethan Lyon (University of Southampton, UK)12. Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)Brian Brems (College of DuPage, USA)13. Fragmented Authorship and the Creative Process of The Terror (1963)Felipe M. Guerra (University of Porto, Portugal)Part IV: Aftermath 14. “Absurd Horror”: Dark Humor, Ambiguity, and the Aesthetics of Dread in Roger Corman’s MashupsPeter Scott Lederer (Rotherham College, UK)About the Contributors Index