Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgments 9
4. 1. Introduction 11
5. 2. Three Major Predecessors 37
6. 3. The Fallow Years: An Assortment of Ghosts 65
7. Seminal Films
8. 4. Ghosts in the City 95
9. 5. Ghosts in the Machine 111
10. 6. Schoolgirl Angst 131
11. 7. Childhood Abuse 149
12. Evolution of the cycle
13. 8. Generic Developments 1: Messages from the Dead 169
14. 9. Spain and History 1: Politics and War 187
15. 10. Hollywood Reinflections 203
16. 11. Asian Variations 221
17. 12. Generic Developments 2: Ghosts in the Woman’s Film 247
18. 13. Ghosts and Institutions 1: South Korea 261
19. 14. Ghosts and Institutions 2: The West 287
20. 15. National Variations 309
21. 16. Anatomy of the Ghost Melodrama 337
22. 17. Spain and History 2: The Franco Legacy and the Catholic Church 363
23. 18. The Return of the British Ghost Film 383
24. 19. Recent US developments and conclusion 415
25. Filmography 439
26. Illustrations 445
27. Bibliography 447
28. Index 453