Shock Value How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror

Name: Shock Value How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
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ISBN: 9780143121367

ISBN-10: 0143121367

ISBN-13: 9780143121367

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jason Zinoman

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Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but at the same time that Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorcese were producing their first classic movies, a parallel universe of directors gave birth to the modern horror film. Shock Value tells the unlikely story of how directors like Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, and John Carpenter revolutionized the genre in the 1970s, plumbing their deepest anxieties to bring a gritty realism and political edge to their craft. From Rosemary’s Baby to Halloween, the films they unleashed on the world created a template for horror that has been relentlessly imitated but rarely matched. Based on unprecedented access to the genre’s major…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.41" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English