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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Traces the achievements of such influential counter-culture directors as Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, and John Carpenter, describing how they incorporated modern politics and gritty realism into their films to reinvent the horror film genre in the 1970s.
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"Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
595 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
"Reel Terror is a love letter to the wildly popular yet still misunderstood genre that churns out blockbusters and cult classics year after year. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Paranormal Activity, Konow explores its all-time highs and lows, why the genre has been overlooked, and how horror films just might help us overcome fear. His on-set stories and insights delve into each movie and its effect on American culture. For novices to all out film...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life. Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"An ambitious debut novel by an original young writer, We Eat Our Own blurs the lines between life and art with the story of a film director's unthinkable experiment in the Amazon. When a nameless, struggling actor in 1970s New York gets the call that an enigmatic director wants him for an art film set in the Amazon, he doesn't hesitate: he flies to South America, no questions asked. He quickly realizes he's made a mistake. He's replacing another...
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Series
Publisher
Kaboom!, a division of Boom Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"Ruthie and Ezra Dillon's dad and uncle just bought an old Hollywood movie studio, known for all the best horror flicks of the 50s but those classic on screen monsters have returned to the real world with a vengeance!"--Provided by publisher.
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Chicago saga volume 2
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A fabled lost movie. An increasing body count. How much do you risk for art? Paloma has been watching the Grand Vespertilio Show her entire life. Grand, America's most beloved horror host showcases classic, low-budget and cult horror movies with a flourish, wearing his black tuxedo and hat, but Paloma has noticed something strange about Grand, stranger than his dark make-up and Gothic television set. After Paloma's husband, a homicide detective, discovers...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013, ©2013
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Decades after the filming of a horror movie is halted in the wake of three actor deaths and rumors about a haunted set, Claire, the daughter of a failing studio head, helps with a production on the same site.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
480 pages
Description
When it comes to horror movies, the rules are clear: 1. Avoid abandoned buildings, warehouses, and cabins at all times. 2. Stay together: don't split up, not even just to “check something out.” 3. If there's a murderer on the loose, do not make out with anyone. If only surviving in real life were this easy... New girl Rachel Chavez turns to horror movies for comfort, preferring stabby serial killers and homicidal dolls to the bored rich kids...
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Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"1968: Actress Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Unfortunately, she's on the cusp of slipping into obscurity. When she's offered the lead in a radical new horror film, Gemma believes her luck has finally changed. But L'Etrange Lune's set is not what she expected. The director is eccentric, and the script doesn't make sense. Gemma is determined to make this work. It's her last chance to achieve her dream-but that dream is about to derail her life....
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