The Book of Horror

The Anatomy of Fear in Film, updated edition

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<p>"... the definitive guide to what properly messes us up." <b><br>- SFX Magazine</b><br><br>"Glasby anatomises horror's scare tactics with keen, lucid clarity across 34 carefully selected main films – classic and pleasingly obscure. 4 Stars."<b><br>- Total Film</b><br><br><b><i>The Book of Horror </i>introduces the scariest movies ever made and examines what makes them so frightening.</b><br><br>Horror movies have never been more critically or commercially successful, but there’s only one metric that matters:<b> are they scary?</b> Back in the silent era, viewers thrilled at <i>Frankenstein </i>and <i>Dracula. </i>Today, the monsters may have changed, but the instinct remains the same: to seek out the <b>unspeakable</b>, ride the <b>adrenaline rush</b> and <b>play out our fears</b> in the safety of the cinema.<br><br><i>The Book of Horror </i>focuses on the <b>most frightening films</b> of the post-war era –from <b><i>Psycho </i></b>(1960) to <i><b>Longlegs</b></i> (2024) – examining exactly <b>how they scare us</b> across a series of key categories. Each chapter explores a seminal horror film in depth, charting its <b>scariest moments </b>with <b>infographics</b> and identifying the related works you need to see. <br><br>Including references to more than <b>100 classic and contemporary horror films</b> from around the globe, and striking illustrations from Barney Bodoano, this is a rich and compelling guide to<b> the scariest films ever made</b>.</p><p><b>The films:</b><br><i>Psycho</i> (1960), <i>The Innocents</i> (1961), <i>The Haunting</i> (1963), <i>Don’t Look Now</i> (1973), <i>The Exorcist</i> (1973), <i>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre</i> (1974), <i>Who Can Kill a Child?</i> (1976), <i>Suspiria</i> (1977), <i>Halloween</i> (1978), <i>The Shining</i> (1980), <i>The Entity</i> (1982), <i>Angst</i> (1983), <i>Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer</i> (1990), <i>Ring</i> (1998), <i>The Blair Witch Project</i> (1999), <i>The Others</i> (2001), <i>The Eye</i> (2002),

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EAN

9781836009399

Sprache

Englisch

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Maße

253 x 196 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

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