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Horror Analysis
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items Do you want to sound smart at the next gathering you attend? Brush up on horror films with this collection of witty, clever, and insightful of nonfiction, ranging from heartfelt personal essays to clinical examinations of popular tropes. Impress your...
Why does the black guy always die first in horror movies? This book delves deep into the roots of the tired old trope and offers a witty and incisive look into black horror cinema.
The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema
Part film analysis, part brutally honest memoir, “House of Psychotic Women” examines the way women and mental illness are portrayed in horror films.
House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography
Horror has always been queer. This collection of essays offers thoughtful analysis on the queerness of horror, as well as how horror has affected the lives of queer youth.
It Came from the Closet: Queer Horror Reflections
Carol Clover delves deep into the way women are treated in horror films, examining tropes like the final girl, the rape-revenge film, and hicksploitation.
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in Horror
Funny, witty, and tongue-in-cheek, Grady Hendrix takes a thoughtful look at the trashy paperback horror that flooded the market in the 70s and 80s.
Paperbacks from Hell: '70s & '80s Horror History
They say that in space, no one can hear you scream. These essays examine the subgenre of space-related horror, diving into well-known films like “Alien,” schlock like “Leprechaun in Space," and forgotten gems like “Solaris.”
Horror in Space: Critical Essays on Film
It's hard to make a horror list and not include Stephen King. “Danse Macabre” is more than just a list of King's favorite horror, it's part memoir and part analysis. Readers get a peek into what inspired one of horror's greatest icons, as well as a l...
Danse Macabre: King, Stephen
There's an episode of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” where Crow asks, “Do you think a lot of guys who make movies have issues with women?” Author Sady Doyle answers Crow with this witty analysis, delving into female monsters, both real and imagined.
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity & Patriarchy
According to every horror movie ever made, the all-American family is under constant threat. Since the 1970s, Hollywood has taken the classic family unit and pitted it against monsters – both external and internal. Author Tony Williams offers a look ...
Hearths of Darkness: Family in American Horror
Author Jonathan Rigby chronicles British horror cinema, starting with early experimental films and working his way up to the folk horror explosion of the 1970s and the rise of the video nasties of the 1980s. This newest edition is a deluxe hardcover ...
English Gothic: Rigby, Jonathan: 9780957648166