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101: Horror Movies You Must see Before You Die Steven Jay Schneider

101: Horror Movies You Must see Before You Die By Steven Jay Schneider

101: Horror Movies You Must see Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider


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Whether it be internal demons, real-life vampires, anonymous serial killers, crazed spouses, vengeful ghosts, or Satan himself, horror films have gripped audiences and filmmakers alike since the very beginnings of cinema. This title gives you an appreciation of the horror film genres.

101: Horror Movies You Must see Before You Die Summary

101: Horror Movies You Must see Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider

As any horror fan knows, the genre isn't limited to ghouls, blood, and gore, but is as broad as cinema itself. Discover the haunting pull of the other side in movies like The Sixth Sense, Cat People, Poltergeist and Don't Look Now. Brave the perils of nature in Jaws, The Birds, and Alien. Learn that people aren't always as they seem, as in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peeping Tom, Psycho, and The Shining. Confront evil in human form--The Last House on the Left, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Friday the 13th--and in its purer distillation in Rosemary's Baby, The Omen and The Exorcist.101 Horror Films You Must See Before You Die gives you a thorough appreciation of the genre, because it approaches the subject chronologically. You'll move through gothic classics like James Whale's The Old Dark House (1932) and Terence Fisher's Dracula (1958), to zombie movies like Dawn of the Dead (1978) and 28 Days Later (2002). All the sub-genres are covered too, from Eyes Without a Face (mad scientist), The Howling (werewolf), Nightmare on Elm Street (slasher), to The Silence of the Lambs (serial killer). And you'll learn that it's not just American teenagers who are horror-film fodder. There are classic horror films from Japan (Onibaba), Russia(Vij), Italy (Suspiria), France (Les Diaboliques), Belgium (Man Bites Dog), Germany (M), and the Netherlands (The Vanishing). Immerse yourself in the most compelling of movie genres. Prepare to be possessed--and whatever you do, don't answer the phone...

About Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider is a film critic, scholar, and producer with MA degrees in Philosophy and Cinema Studies from Harvard University and New York University, respectively. An expert in horror films, he is the general editor of the best-selling 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. He has written and and edited a number of books on the horror , including Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe (Fab Press), New Hollywood Violence (Manchester UP), 100 European Horror Films (British Film Institute), Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud's Worst Nightmares (Cambridge UP), Traditions in World Cinema (Edinburgh UP), and The Horror Film (Taschen). He has recently moved to Hollywood to produce movies of his own, including one with Wes Craven and the sequel to White Noise.

Table of Contents

The film reviews appear in chronological order, highlighting the development of the genre and the impact that early artists had on later directors, actors, and technicians. The introduction, written by a well-known expert in the field, defines the genre and explores major thematic and historical developments within it. Each in-depth review is illustrated with a poster advertising the film and an evocative movie still. 28 Days Later... The Abominable Dr. Phibes An American Werewolf in London Audition The Bad Seed The Beyond The Birds The Black Cat Blacula The Blair Witch Project Bram Stoker's Dracula Bride of Frankenstein The Brood The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Candyman Cannibal Holocaust Carnival of Souls Carrie Cat People A Chinese Ghost Story The Curse of Frankenstein Daughters of Darkness Dawn of the Dead Deathdream Deep Red The Descent The Devil Rides Out The Devil's Backbone Dellamorte Dellamorte Les Diaboliques Don't Look Now Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dracula Dressed to Kill Eraserhead Evil Dead II Eyes Without a Face The Exorcist Frankenstein Freaks Friday the 13th The Golem Halloween The Haunting Haxan Hellraiser Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer High Tension The Hills Have Eyes The Horror of Dracula The Howling Hour of the Wolf The Hunger Gojira The Innocents Island of Lost Souls I Walked With a Zombie Jacob's Ladder Jaws Ju-on King Kong The Last House on the Left M Man Bites Dog Mask of the Demon The Masque of the Red Death Night of the Living Dead A Nightmare on Elm Street Nosferatu (1922) Nosferatu (1979) The Old Dark House The Omen Onibaba The Orphanage The Others Peeping Tom Phantasm The Phantom of the Opera Poltergeist Psycho Re-Animator Repulsion Ringu Rosemary's Baby Saw Scream The Shining The Sixth Sense The Silence of the Lambs Suspiria A Tale of Two Sisters The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Tingler Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Vampyr The Vanishing Vij What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? White Zombie The Wicker Man The Wolf Man

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GOR001729224
9781844036738
1844036731
101: Horror Movies You Must see Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Octopus Publishing Group
20090406
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