Matt Glasby

The Book of Horror

The Anatomy of Fear in Film, updated edition
Illustrator: Bodoano, Barney

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Book of Horror introduces the reader to the scariest movies ever made and examines the factors that make them so frightening.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 196mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 850g
• ISBN-13: 9781836009399
• ISBN-10: 1836009399
• Artikelnr.: 72737973

Autorenporträt

Matt Glasby is an international film journalist, author and member of the London Critics' Circle. His work appears in GQ, Total Film and SFX among other publications, and he the associate editor of Vera magazine. He has written two books: Britpop Cinema: From Trainspotting To This Is England (Intellect, 2019) and A–Z Great Film Directors (Cassell, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Scare Tactics
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 (2014)
Terrified (2017)
Hereditary (2018)
It Chapter Two (2019)
Host (2020)
Talk to Me (2022)
Longlegs (2024)
Index
Acknowledgments