The Book of Horror (eBook)

The Anatomy of Fear in Film

Matt Glasby (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
176 Seiten
White Lion Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7112-5179-3 (ISBN)

Infos

... the definitive guide to what properly messes us up.SFX MagazineGlasby anatomises horrors scare tactics with keen, lucid clarity across 34 carefully selected main films classic and pleasingly obscure.4 Stars.Total FilmThe Book of Horrorintroduces you to the scariest movies ever made and examines what makes them so frightening. Horror movies have never been more critically or commercially successful, but there's only one metric that matters: are they scary? Back in the silent era, viewers thrilled atFrankenstein and Dracula.Today, the monsters may have changed, but the instinct remains the same: to seek out the unspeakable, ride the adrenaline rush and play out our fears in the safety of the cinema.The Book of Horror focuses on the most frightening films of the post-war era from Psycho(1960) to ItChapter Two(2019) examining exactly how they scare us across a series of key categories. Each chapter explores a seminal horror film in depth, charting its scariest moments with infographics and identifying the related works you need to see. Including references to more than100 classic and contemporary horror filmsfrom around the globe,and striking illustrations from Barney Bodoano, this isa rich and compelling guide to the scariest films ever made.The films:Psycho (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Haunting (1963), Don't Look Now (1973),The Exorcist (1973), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Who Can Kill a Child? (1976), Suspiria (1977), Halloween (1978), The Shining (1980), The Entity (1982), Angst (1983), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990), Ring (1998), The Blair Witch Project (1999), The Others (2001), The Eye (2002), Ju-On: The Grudge (2002), Shutter (2004), The Descent (2005), Wolf Creek (2005), The Orphanage (2007), [Rec] (2007), The Strangers (2008), Lake Mungo (2008), Martyrs (2008), The Innkeepers (2011), Banshee Chapter (2013), Oculus (2013), The Babadook (2014), It Follows (2015), Terrified (2017), Hereditary (2018), It Chapter Two (2019)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.9.2020
• Illustrationen: Barney Bodoano
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 2000s • 20th century • 60s • 70s • 80s • 90s • alfred hitchock • Angst • a quiet place • a quiet place part II • ART • Banshee Chapter • Beautiful • Best • books • Books bestseller 2020 • Bucket List • bucket list book • buffs • Candyman • Cinema • Cinematography • classic horror films • classic horror movies • Dario Argento • David Lynch • Don't Look Now • Editing • eighties • Elements • Factors • fear • Film • Film Books • film lovers • filmmaking • Films • frightening • Ghost Stories • gifts • gifts for horror fans • gifts for men who have everything • Guide • guide 2020 • Guillermo del Toro • Halloween • halloween kills • haunting • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer • Hereditary • History • Horror • horror books • horror cinema book • horror film book • horror films • Horror graphic novel • horror movie guide • horror movie reference books • horror movies • horror movies an illustrated survey • horror movies book • horror movies books • Ideas • Illustration • It: Chapter Two • It Follows • John Carpenter • Jordan Peele • Ju-On: The Grudge • Lake Mungo • Lighting • Making • Martyrs • moviegoers • movie lovers • Movies • movies of the • must-watch • new releases books 2020 • nineties • Noir • Noughties • oculus • Psycho • Psychology • reads • Rec • Retro • Ringu • scare tactics • scariest films ever • scariest movies ever • scary books • scary stories • Seventies • Short Stories • shutter • Sixties • Slasher • Stephen King • Storytelling • striking • Studies • supervillain • Suspiria • terrified • Terror • The Babadook • The Blair Witch Project • The Conjuring • the conjuring 3 • the descent • The Entity • The Exorcist • the Eye • The Grudge • The Haunting • The Innkeepers • The Innocents • The Orphanage • Theory and Practice • The Others • The Ring • The Shining • the strangers • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre • Thrillers • Top • to watch • Twentieth century • Wes Craven • what to watch • Who Can Kill A Child? • wolf creek
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-5179-7 / 0711251797
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-5179-3 / 9780711251793