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Blatty, William Peter Fear Friedkin, William Horror films History and criticism Horror films Psychological aspects Horror films United States History and criticism Horror tales History and criticism Horror tales, American History and criticism Motion picture audiences Psychology SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media StudiesNelson, Victoria.
Contents: White dog, the prequel : between imagination and belief -- Faux Catholic : a Gothick subgenre from Monk Lewis to Dan Brown -- Gothick God : the worshipful world of Horror Fandom -- Decommissioning Satan : in favor of his man-god whelps -- Gothick romance : the danse macabre of women -- The bright God beckons : the new vampire romance -- Postapocalyptic Gothick : that means zombies (and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 NelsonNesseth, Nina
Summary: "Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth is a pop-science look at fear, how and why horror films get under our skin, and why we keep coming back for more. Do you like scary movies? Have you ever wondered why? Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why. In Nightmare Fuel, Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology. How do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4309 DOUGifford, Denis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hamlyn 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4309 GIFSegaloff, Nat
Summary: On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was released. Moviegoers braved hours-long lines in winter weather to see it. Half a century later, the movie that both inspired and transcends the modern horror genre has lost none of its power to terrify and unsettle. Segaloff reveals the complete story of this cultural phenomenon, from the real-life exorcism in 1949 Maryland that inspired William Peter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 SEGDauber, Jeremy
Summary: "Columbia professor and cultural historian Jeremy Dauber takes readers to the startling origins of the horror genre in the United States, from the lingering influence of the European Gothic to the enslaved insurrection tales and the apocryphal chroniclesof colonial settlers kidnapped by Native Americans"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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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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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2011