Historical Dictionary of Horror Cinema

If you rate films by their aesthetic or intellectual content, horror films will certainly not appear at the top of the list. But if you rate films by their popular appeal or their returns at the box office, they will quickly rise to the top-at least some of them. Ever since the cinema has existed, so have horror films. Today there is sure to be at least one showing at a neighborhood theater, as well as a couple on late-night television. So this latest volume in the cinema subseries caters to an extremely large clientele, including many whose passion for this genre is unbounded and who want nothing more than to be frightened out of their wits-by Dracula and Frankenstein, mummies and werewolves, and more sophisticated fare such as The Omen and The Exorcist. Their tastes have been satisfied and refined by some of the finest (and a few of the worst) actors, directors, and producers in the business.









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