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The book offers an in-depth analysis of the Cloverfield franchise, highlighting its innovative approach to horror and its commentary on personal and collective trauma in the wake of 9/11. It examines the franchise's evolution through its sequels, 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Cloverfield Paradox, assessing their successes and failures in relation to the original film. Author Steffen Hantke contextualizes Cloverfield within postmillennial Hollywood, exploring its impact on blockbuster filmmaking and the ongoing fascination with apocalyptic narratives in today's cinema.

AuszugSeit der Ausstrahlung der ersten Folge am 17. September 1966 haben die sieben Folgen der westdeutschen Fernsehserie Raumpatrouille: Die Phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion ihren Platz in der deutschen Populärkultur des 20. Jahrhunderts eingenommen. Angesichts ihres betrachtlichen Charmes kann man sagen, dass die Serie trotz ihres Alters heute ebenso beliebt ist wie damals. Es ist ein seltenes Stück Science-Fiction made in Germany. Der ersten Ausstrahlung in der ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) folgte ein beträchtliches Publikum. Zu diesem ursprünglichen Publikum ist im Laufe der Jahre eine wachsende Fangemeinde von Zuschauern hinzugekommen.

Exploring the intersection of science fiction and horror, this book delves into how these genres evolved during the Cold War era to reflect societal anxieties. It highlights key films that utilized sci-fi elements to address and alleviate fears surrounding nuclear threats and societal change. Through in-depth analysis, it examines the cultural impact of these films, showcasing how they provided a lens for audiences to confront their fears while simultaneously entertaining them. The work offers a fresh perspective on genre evolution and its relevance to historical context.

"Caligari's Heirs: The German Cinema of Fear after 1945 is a collection of essays that provides analyses of a variety of German horror films from the early postwar years to the present. The essays in this collection focus on individual films and directors and takes on larger historical issues - from the Nazis in postwar years to the heavy toll of German reunification. To round out this captivating work, Steffen Hantke also includes interviews with Jorg Buttgereit, Robert Sigl, and Nico Hoffmann, contemporary German horror film directors working in both cinema and television."--Jacket

Under the influence of Thomas Pynchon, a generation of postmodern American writers has explored the theme of conspiracy and paranoia, its origins in contemporary American culture, and its political and ideological ramifications. This intense preoccupation with paranoid forms of conceptual organization has helped critics to represent postmodernism as a coherent phenomenon and define it as a period. While for many readers the assumption of periodic homogeneity is still valid, postmodern fiction has, in fact, been diversifying rapidly in the course of its development over the last 20 years. In the works of Don DeLillo and Joseph McElroy, a new set of narrative premises, which mark a significant paradigmatic shift within postmodern American fiction, has begun to emerge from the dialogic interplay with Pynchonesque paranoia.