Horror for weenies : everything you need to know about the films you're too scared to watch
(2024)
By:
Hughes, Emily C.
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
791.436164/HUGHES,E
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2024]
©2024
©2024
DESCRIPTION
271 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781683694250, 1683694252 :, 1683694252, 9781683694250
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: Why horror matters -- Preface: Horror cinema's early years -- The 1960s and 1970s : horror in upheaval -- The 1980s and 1990s : doom and boom -- The 2000s and 2010s : toward the unknown -- More horror resources
"A guide to the horror movie genre for people too afraid to watch horror movies, including plot summaries and key scene descriptions for twenty-five influential films, as well as analysis of each film's role in the genre and in pop culture"--