Oh: The Little Book of Scary Movies, Gebunden

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Horror films, monster movies, creature features, alien adventure - you name it, we have it!

Scary movies have been exciting audiences from the big screen to the smallest for decades. History is rammed with examples from the silent era, think 1922's "Nosferatu, to cultural anxieties, the monsters of Universal Studios in the 1930s, atomic-age creature features in the 1950s, slasher flicks in the 1970s-80s, and elevated / psychological horror ("Get Out ," "Hereditary") in the 2010s-20s. Tough, attractive, immune to criticism and always courting controversy, horror is the SUV of the film world. It's also formulaic, inexpensive and as easy to sell as it is to watch - well, when it isn't watched behind hands over eyes. Horror is Hollywood's most consistent moneymaker even as it shape-shifts.

Packed with memorable quotes, facts and myths, cursed sets and innovations, The Little Book of Scary Movies has a sharp, beady eye on the horror landscape - and on the readers.

Sample Quotes

"Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre." - John Carpenter, director The Thing

"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones." - Stephen King, author The Shining

Sample Fact

Psycho invented the horror spoiler-blocker. Hitchcock banned theatres from letting latecomers in after showtime - wild for 1960, when people would stroll in whenever. He also told the cast not to spill the ending, and reportedly bought up copies of the source novel to keep people from finding out who dies in the shower.