Summer 2020: ENGL 439: The Classic Horror Film

ENGL 439: The Classic Horror Film
ENGL 439: The Classic Horror Film

SUMMER 2020: Classic Horror Films during Pre-Session in English 439/839

This class covers the horror film between 1930 to 1970, a period in cinema history that saw worldwide change in the film medium, and an unprecedented growth in the horror film, as well as experimentation within the film medium itself.

See twenty classic horror films in just three weeks.

All films will be seen on the big screen.

Films screened include the original versions of FRANKENSTEIN, DRACULA, THE WOLFMAN, THE MUMMY, SON OF DRACULA, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE UNDYING MONSTER, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, THE DEVIL COMMANDS, HOUSE OF WAX, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, HORROR OF DRACULA, HALLOWEEN, CARRIE and many more.

Class meets Monday - Friday 9:30AM – 12:20PM during Pre-Session from May 18 – June 5, 2020 in RVB 123; the small Ross Theater. Requirements: daily attendance, screenings, discussion, readings, three five page papers.

More details at: https://www.unl.edu/english/home