The Book Of Horror: The Anatomy Of Fear In Film

The Book Of Horror: The Anatomy Of Fear In Film

The Book of Horror?ntroduces you to the scariest movies ever made and examines the factors that make them so frightening. Horror movies have never been more critically or commercially successful, but there?s only one metric that matters: are they scary? Back in the silent era, viewers thrilled at?rankenstein and Dracula.?oday, the monsters may have changed, but the instinct remains the same: to seek out the unspeakable, ride the adrenaline rush and play out our fears in the safety of the cinema.The Book of Horror focuses on the most frightening films of the post-war era -?rom Psycho?1960) to It?hapter Two?2019) -?xamining exactly how they scare us across a series of key categories. Each chapter explores a seminal horror film in depth, charting its scariest moments with infographics and identifying the related works you need to see.?Including references to more than?00 classic and contemporary horror films?rom around the globe,?nd striking illustrations from Barney Bodoano, this is? rich and compelling guide to the scariest films ever made.?The films:Psycho (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Haunting (1963), Don?t Look Now (1973),?he 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 (2015), Terrified (2017), Hereditary (2018), It Chapter Two (2019)ReviewGlasby anatomises horror's scare tactics with keen, lucid clarity across 34 carefully selected main films - classic and pleasingly obscure. 4 Stars. - Total Film'...thoughtful, engagingly written, moodily illustrated compendium of terrors...' - Through The Trees"An ideal gift for any fan of horror in your life." - Darren Paltrowitz, Jewish Journal'The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film?s a feast for the eyes as well as the mind and bound to delight any horror fan. Heartily recommended!' - Horrified...this is the definitive guide to what properly messes us up. - SFX MagazineAbout the AuthorMatt Glasby is an international film journalist, author and member of the London Critics' Circle. His work appears in?Q, Total Film?nd?FX among other publications, and he the?ssociate editor of Vera magazine. He has written two books:?ritpop Cinema: From Trainspotting To?his Is England (Intellect, 2019) and A-Z Great Film Directors (Cassell, 2015).