Shock value
Subtitle: how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented modern horror
By: Jason Zinoman
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780715642986
Subjects: Horror films; History and criticism
Description: Hollywood in the 1970s often brings to mind directors such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola. But the decade was also horror's 'golden age', producing classics like Rosemary's Baby, Carrie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween by directors who would become famous and achieve massive box office success.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.