Shock value
Subtitle: how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented modern horror
By: Jason Zinoman
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781594203022
Subjects: History and criticism; Horror films
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Devil's advocate; title: The problem with Psycho; title: Blood brothers; title: Assaulting the audience; title: Shock or awe; title: The monster problem; title: The dance of death; title: He likes to watch; title: The thing in-between; title: Stomaching it; title: The fear sickness.