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TITLE:
Shock value : how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented modern horror / Jason Zinoman.
Author:
Zinoman, Jason
Pub Date:
c2011.
ISBN:
9781594203022
Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Press, c2011.
Description:
274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The Devil's advocate -- The problem with Psycho -- Blood brothers -- Assaulting the audience -- Shock or awe -- The monster problem -- The dance of death -- He likes to watch -- The thing in-between -- Stomaching it -- The fear sickness.
Abstract:
Based on unprecedented access to the genre's major players, "New York Times" film critic Zinoman delivers the first definitive account of horror's golden age--the 1970s, when such directors as Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, John Carpenter, and Brian De Palma redefined the genre.
Subject:
Horror films -- United States -- History and criticism
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