The horror of it all
Subtitle: one moviegoer's love affair with masked maniacs, frightened virgins, and the living dead...
By: Adam Rockoff
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781476761831; 9781476761879
Subjects: Motion pictures; Social life and customs; History and criticism; Horror films; History
Description: Horror films have simultaneously captivated and terrified audiences for generations, racking up billions of dollars at the box office and infusing our nightmares. Rockoff traces the highs and lows of the horror genre through the lens of his own obsessive fandom, born in the aisles of his local video store and nurtured with a steady diet of cable trash. He recalls a life spent watching blockbuster slasher films, cult classics, and everything in between.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Crawling to Babylon; title: Slasherama; title: Horror High; title: Terror on tape, or, How I turned down a hand job for ninety minutes of bloodthirsty mutants, killer kids, homicidal hillbillies, demonic priests, and Eurotrash; title: Sounds of the devil; title: Making steak from sacred cows; title: Reality bites; title: Friends in low places; title: Postmodern blues; title: A decade that dripped blood.