Bad

<p><b>Examines the many forms of cinematic badness over the past one hundred years from Nosferatu to The Talented Mr. Ripley.</b></p><p>Violence and corruption sell big especially since the birth of action cinema but even from cinema's earliest days the public has been delighted to be stunned by screen representations of negativity in all its forms-evil monstrosity corruption ugliness villainy and darkness. Bad examines the long line of thieves rapists varmints codgers dodgers manipulators exploiters conmen killers vamps liars demons cold-blooded megalomaniacs and warmhearted flakes that populate cinematic narrative. From Nosferatu to The Talented Mr. Ripley the contributors consider a wide range of genres and use a variety of critical approaches to examine evil villainy and immorality in twentieth-century film.</p>