num_pages: 400
description: "Danse Macabre" is a unique combination of fantasy and autobiography, of classic horror writing honed to an unforgettable edge; an analysis of horror, terror and the supernatural in films, television and books by the bestselling master of the genre — Stephen King. Ranging across the whole spectrum of horror in popular culture and going back to the seminal classics of Count Dracula and Frankenstein, Stephen King describes in his ideas how horror works on many levels, and how he brings it to bear in his own inimitable novels.
language: English
title: Danse Macabre
titlecomplete: Danse Macabre
genres: Essays, Biography, Film, Reference, Horror, Nonfiction, Writing, History, Literary Criticism, Books About Books
ratings_count: 28289
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Non-Fiction Book, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Related Non-fiction
publisher: Berkley