Horror Theory
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Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
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Grady Hendrix
4.26 avg rating — 11,489 ratings 
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Behind the Horror: True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies
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Lee Mellor
3.83 avg rating — 1,978 ratings 4. 
Tentacles Longer Than Night (Horror of Philosophy, #3)
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Eugene Thacker
3.95 avg rating — 352 ratings 
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Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, rev. ed.
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Tony Williams
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 10. 
Uncanny Bodies: The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre
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Robert Spadoni
3.57 avg rating — 54 ratings 10. 
Monsters and Mad Scientists: A Cultural History of the Horror Movie
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Andrew Tudor
3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings 12. 
Gothic Realities: The Impact of Horror Fiction on Modern Culture
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L. Andrew Cooper
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings 
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The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 1966-2006
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Jeff Thompson
3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings 18. 
Contesting the Gothic: Fiction, Genre and Cultural Conflict, 1764–1832 (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, Series Number 33)
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James Watt
3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings 18. 
Hollywood Cauldron: Thirteen Horror Films from the Genre's Golden Age 4.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Rise of Supernatural Fiction, 1762–1800 (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, Series Number 12)
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E.J. Clery
3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings 
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American Gothic: New Interventions in a National Narrative
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Robert K. Martin
3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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When Animals Attack: The 70 Best Horror Movies with Killer Animals
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Vanessa Morgan
3.84 avg rating — 74 ratings 26. 
Technologies of the Gothic in Literature and Culture: Technogothics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Turn to Gruesomeness in American Horror Films, 1931-1936
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Jon Towlson
3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings 30. 
Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares (Ebook PDF)
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S.T. Joshi
4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings 
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The Men Who Made the Monsters (Twayne's Filmmakers Series)
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Paul M. Jensen
3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings 33. ![Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories that Speak to Our Deepest Fears [2 volumes]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1508444586i/36442293._SX100_.jpg)
Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories that Speak to Our Deepest Fears [2 volumes]
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Matt Cardin
4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Alain Silver
3.71 avg rating — 77 ratings 37. 
The Literature Of Terror: The Gothic Tradition, Volume 1
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David Punter
3.94 avg rating — 94 ratings 37. 
The Poe Cinema: A Critical Filmography of Theatrical Releases Based on the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
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Don G. Smith
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 39. 
The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle
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Kelly Hurley
4.21 avg rating — 86 ratings 
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Songs of Love and Death: The Classical American Horror Film of the 1930s liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration 4.52 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Horror Zone: The Cultural Experience of Contemporary Horror Cinema
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Ian Conrich
3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings 50. 
The Fearmakers: The Screen's Directorial Masters of Suspense and Terror
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John McCarty
3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings 52. 
The Revolting Child in Horror Cinema: Youth Rebellion and Queer Spectatorship
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Andrew Scahill
4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings 52. 
Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography of Terror Cinema, 1931-1939
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Bryan Senn
4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings 54. 
Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film 3.81 avg rating — 43 ratings
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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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Dark Visions: Conversations with the Masters of the Horror Film
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Stanley Wiater
3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings 
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La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film
by:
Mikel J. Koven
3.74 avg rating — 76 ratings 
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European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945
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Patricia Allmer
3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings 72. 
J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond
by:
David Kalat
3.78 avg rating — 80 ratings 
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Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953-1968
by:
Kevin Heffernan
3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings 76. 
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Horror Cinema: A Filmography of Their 22 Collaborations
by:
Mark A. Miller
4.82 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946
by:
Tom Weaver
4.40 avg rating — 153 ratings 
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Fear: History of Horror in the Mass Media
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Les Daniels
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings 86. 
More Things Than Are Dreamt Of: Masterpieces of Supernatural Horror
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Alain Silver
3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings 87. 
Nightmare Movies: A Critical Guide to Contemporary Horror Films
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Kim Newman
4.17 avg rating — 632 ratings 88. 
The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh: The Films of George A. Romero
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Paul R. Gagne
4.21 avg rating — 73 ratings 89. 
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The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural
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Jack Sullivan
4.67 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen
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David J. Skal
4.22 avg rating — 528 ratings 94. 
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
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Lisa Kröger
4.06 avg rating — 4,280 ratings 
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Dark Thoughts: On Writing : Advice and Commentary from Fifty Masters of Fear and Suspense
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Stanley Wiater
3.93 avg rating — 56 ratings 97. 
Vampires, Mummies and Liberals: Bram Stoker and the Politics of Popular Fiction
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David Glover
4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings 98. 
Terrors of Uncertainty: The Cultural Context of Horror Fiction
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Joseph Grixti
3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings 
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The Weird Tale: Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft
by:
S.T. Joshi
4.03 avg rating — 192 ratings