| Description |
xxiii, 515 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Genreflecting advisory series |
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Genreflecting advisory series.
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| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
A definition of horror -- How to use this book -- A brief history of the horror genre and its current trends -- Ghosts and haunted houses : dealing with presences and absences -- Golem, mummies, and zombies : wake the dead and they'll be cranky -- Vampires and werewolves : children of the night -- Demonic possession, Satanism, black magic, and witches and warlocks : the Devil made me do it -- Mythological monsters and "the old ones" : invoking the dark gods -- Telekinesis and hypnosis : chaos from control -- Small town horror : villages of the damned -- Maniacs and sociopaths, or, The nuclear family explodes : monstrous malcontents bury the hatchet -- Technohorror : evil hospitals, military screw-ups, mad scientists, and alien invasions -- Ecological horror : Mother Nature has her revenge -- Psychological horror : it's all in your head -- Splatterpunk : the gross out -- Comic horror : laughing at our fears -- Everyday horror : when the mundane becomes monstrous -- Collections and anthologies -- Reference -- Major awards. |
| Subject |
Horror tales -- Bibliography.
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Horror films -- Catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Pulliam, June Michele.
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| Added Title |
Hooked on horror three |
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Hooked on horror 3 |
| ISBN |
9781591585404 alkaline paper |
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1591585406 alkaline paper |
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