Shock value : how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented mo...
Shock value : how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented mo...
Shock value : how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented modern horror / Jason Zinoman.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N791.43616/35
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English
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Physical content
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.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
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.
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Shock value : how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented modern horror / Jason Zinoman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-262) and index.
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N791.43616/35
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74Vvr7Jq3xll
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvr7Jq3xll
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1594203024
9781594203022
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791.43617
791.436164
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991011293599702626
