Title:
Shock value : how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented modern horror / Jason Zinoman.
ISBN:
9781594203022
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
The Devil's advocate -- The problem with Psycho -- Blood brothers -- Assaulting the audience -- Shock or awe -- The monster problem -- The dance of death -- He likes to watch -- The thing in-between -- Stomaching it -- The fear sickness.
Summary:
Based on unprecedented access to the genre's major players, "New York Times" film critic Zinoman delivers the first definitive account of horror's golden age--the 1970s, when such directors as Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, John Carpenter, and Brian De Palma redefined the genre.
OCLC Number:
ocn681488403
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
