All About Horror
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
by:
Peter M. Bracke
4.50 avg rating — 923 ratings 3. 
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
by:
Mallory O'Meara
3.96 avg rating — 6,508 ratings 4. 
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
by:
Jason Zinoman
3.86 avg rating — 2,604 ratings 
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Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror Movie
by:
Gunnar Hansen
4.12 avg rating — 1,053 ratings 
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The Video Nasties Moment: Examining The Films Behind The Scare liked it 3.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present 4.38 avg rating — 257 ratings
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A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films by Sinclair McKay (2007-05-25)
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Sinclair McKay
3.71 avg rating — 63 ratings 13. 
All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger
by:
Lloyd Kaufman
4.22 avg rating — 516 ratings 14. 
Carnal Curses, Disfigured Dreams: Japanese Horror And Bizarre Cinema 1898-1949 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
by:
Kier-la Janisse
4.44 avg rating — 1,302 ratings 
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Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978 to 1986
by:
Adam Rockoff
3.97 avg rating — 258 ratings 
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They Came from Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema
by:
Caelum Vatnsdal
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings 20. 
Analog Nightmares: The Shot On Video Horror Films of 1982-1995
by:
Richard Mogg
4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings 21. 
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The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films
by:
Meg Hafdahl
3.82 avg rating — 336 ratings 
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The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film (Texas Film Studies Series) 4.10 avg rating — 346 ratings
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Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy
by:
S.A. Bradley
4.04 avg rating — 165 ratings 
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Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams
by:
Robert Englund
4.04 avg rating — 671 ratings 32. 
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
by:
Bruce Campbell
3.95 avg rating — 18,644 ratings 33. 
Zombies on Film: The Definitive Story of Undead Cinema
by:
Ozzy Inguanzo
4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings 34. 
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation
by:
Joseph Lanza
3.35 avg rating — 173 ratings 35. 
Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies
by:
William Schoell
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 12 ratings