HORROR FILM CLASS SYLLABUS, SUMMER 2019
OVERVIEW OF THE HORROR FILM PROJECT
THE HORROR FILM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
THE VAMPIRE FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
DRACULA (1931): DIRECTOR TOD BROWNING
NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979): DIRECTOR WERNER HERZOG
NEAR DARK (1987): DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008): DIRECTOR TOMAS ALFREDSON
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2013): DIRECTOR JIM JARMUSCH
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: DIRECTORS JERMAINE CLEMENT AND TAIKA WAITITI
THE SLASHER FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
PSYCHO (1960): DIRECTOR ALFRED HITCHCOCK
HALLOWEEN (1978): DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER
FRIDAY THE 13TH, PARTS 1-3 (1980-1982): DIRECTORS SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM AND STEVE MINER
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984): DIRECTOR WES CRAVEN
YOU’RE NEXT (2011): DIRECTOR ADAM WINGARD
REVENGE (2017): DIRECTOR CORALIE FARGEAT
THE SUPERNATURAL HORROR FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968): DIRECTOR ROMAN POLANSKI
THE EXORCIST (1973): DIRECTOR WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
THE SHINING (1980): DIRECTOR STANLEY KUBRICK
EVIL DEAD II (1987): DIRECTOR SAM RAIMI
THE WITCH (2015): DIRECTOR ROBERT EGGERS
HEREDITARY (2018): DIRECTOR ARI ASTER
THE POSTMODERN HORROR FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
POSTMODERNISM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
THE LOST BOYS (1987): DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER
SCREAM (1996): DIRECTOR WES CRAVEN
DRAG ME TO HELL (2009): DIRECTOR SAM RAIMI
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012): DIRECTOR DREW GODDARD
IT FOLLOWS (2014): DIRECTOR DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL
