The Rough Guide to Horror Movies is a comprehensive guide to the world's
scariest films. Conjuring up vampires, monsters, ghosts and zombies, it
tells the stories behind the movies that have frightened us from the
birth of cinema to the present day.

Features include:

The canon: The lowdown on 50 essential horror movies, from The Cabinet
of Dr. Caligari to Scream, via Psycho, The Exorcist and The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre.with dozens more films reviewed in brief throughout
the book

The icons: The directors, the actors and the best of the monsters,
including Roger Corman, Boris Karloff, Dracula and Freddy Krueger

The origins: The influence of fairy tales, gothic novels, "penny
dreadfuls" and Stephen King
The history: How horror has been revolutionized during the past hundred
years by sound, television, video and special effects and has become one
of cinema's most popular and profitable genres Around the world:
Including classics from Mexico, Spain and Australia and the recent
chillers from East Asia

And everything else you need to know: Websites, festivals, magazines
and merchandise

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