Studies in Groovy Gothic Cinema: Trash, Horror, and the Hemispheric Sixties
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Description
In Studies in Groovy Gothic Cinema, Antonio Barrenechea launches an inquiry into inter-American exploitation cinema-a horror cinema which captured the rise of '60s counterculture and youth-oriented lifestyles-as it harnessed the cultural zeitgeist through gratuitous depictions of sex, blood, and music.
Despite the genre's cultural impact, Barrenechea argues, its association with vulgar taste, shoestring budgets, and cheap thrills makes it often overlooked in existing cinema history and scholarship. This book places film studies and comparative American studies into a new conversation involving exploitation cinema, targeting an American hemispheric tradition and considering how art and trash intersect in undisciplined ways.
ISBN
9781666948868
Publication Date
2026
Publisher
Bloomsbury
City
New York
Keywords
Horror films, Monster films, South America, Mexico, Canada, United States
Disciplines
American Film Studies | Critical and Cultural Studies | Film and Media Studies
Recommended Citation
Barrenechea, Antonio, "Studies in Groovy Gothic Cinema: Trash, Horror, and the Hemispheric Sixties" (2026). English & Linguistics Books. 4.
https://scholar.umw.edu/elc_books/4