Laughing, Screaming: Modern Hollywood Horror and Comedy
- ISBN-10
- 0231084641
- ISBN-13
- 9780231084642
- Pages
- 510
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- William Paul
Description
An examination of an extremely popular box office genre - the gross-out movie - Laughing Screaming is a serious study of this unashamedly lowbrow product.
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