Marriott, James, 1972-

Horror films / James Marriott. - London : Virgin Books, 2004. - 298 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Virgin film .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287), filmography (p. 288), and index.

The silent era : Nosferatu, a symphony of horrors (1922) -- Universal monsters : Bride of Frankenstein (1935) -- Killer Bs and 50s paranoia : Invasion of the body snatchers (1956) -- Hammer horror : Dracula (1958) -- Euro-horror and surgical panic : Eyes without a face (1959) -- Horror hits the mainstream : Psycho (1960) -- Things that go bump in the night : The haunting (1963) -- Zombie gut-munchers : Night of the living dead (1968) -- Satanic cinema : Rosemary's baby (1968) -- Possession : The exorcist (1973) -- Psychic terrors : Don't look now (1973) -- Meat movies : The Texas chain saw massacre (1974) -- Murder Italian-style : Deep red (1975) -- Stalk'n'slash, slice'n'dice : Halloween (1978) -- Back to the future : Alien (1979) -- Consuming violence : Cannibal holocaust (1980) -- Body horror : The fly (1986) -- Horror comics : Evil dead 2 (1987) -- Serial-killer cinema : Henry, portrait of a serial killer (1989) -- Haunted Japan : Ring/Ringu (1997).

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Horror films--History and criticism.
Cine de terror --Historia y crítica

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