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History of Horror

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ISBN-10: 0813547962

ISBN-13: 9780813547961

Edition: 2010

Authors: Wheeler Winston Dixon

List price: $37.95
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Ever since horror leapt from popular fiction to the silver screen in the late 1890s, viewers have experienced fear and pleasure in exquisite combination. Wheeler Winston Dixon'sA History of Horroris the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of this ever-popular film genre. Arranged by decades, with outliers and franchise films overlapping some years, this one-stop sourcebook unearths the historical origins of characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman and their various incarnations in film from the silent era to comedic sequels.A History of Horrorexplores how the horror film fits into the Hollywood studio system and how its enormous success in American and European…    
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Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 8/24/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English