Macbeth.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (99 pages)
- Devil's Advocates Series .
- Devil's Advocates Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction - Shakespeare's Macbeth -- 1. Polanski and Horror: Rosemary's Baby -- 2. Violence in Macbeth - 'Steeped in blood...' -- 3. The presentation of the supernatural - 'strange things I have in Head' -- 4. Polanski's Macbeth as social commentary - 'None can call our power to account' -- 5. Macbeth and Horror cinema -- Conclusion -- Works Cited.
This book demonstrates how Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) can be read as part of the British Folk tradition, strengthening the reading of the film as a horror movie in its own right through its links to The Wicker Man (1973), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), and Witchfinder General (1968).