Dark Dreams 2.0

Charles Derry is professor emeritus of motion picture studies at Wright State University. He has written widely on a variety of popular culture topics, including film, television and ideology.

Acknowledgments
Introduction to Dark Dreams 2.0

PART ONE: DARK DREAMS (1977)
Foreword to the Original Edition, by John Russell Taylor
Introduction
1—The Horror of Personality
2—The Horror of Armageddon
3—The Horror of the Demonic

PART TWO: MILLENNIAL NIGHTMARES (2009)
4—A Context; and Why What's Not Happening in American Horror Isn't
5—The Horror of Personality, Revisited
6—Sequels and Insincerity
7—The Horror of the Demonic, Revisited
8—The Horror of Armageddon, Revisited
9—Asian Millennial Horror
10—Postmodern Remakes, the Averted Gaze, and Some Glimmerings of the New
11—Guillermo Del Toro
12—David Cronenberg
13—9/11 and Beyond

Appendix I: A Proposed Canon of Modern Horror
Appendix II: Interviews with Horror Directors: Aldrich, Castle, Harrington, Romero, Friedkin (1977)
Appendix III: Filmographies (Compiled by Thomas G. Kohn)
Notes
Bibliography
Index