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Synopsis / Contents:
Some of the leading lights of the horror genre provide an insight into their favourite scary films in this collection of essays on horror cinema.
Films and contributors include:
NOSFERATU (1922) -- Chaz Brenchley THE BLACKBIRD (1926) -- Simon Clark THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932) -- Basil Copper THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) -- Neil Gaiman I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) -- Les Edwards ORPHEE (1949) -- Peter Atkins LES DIABOLIQUES (1955) -- Brian Aldiss CAROUSEL (1956) -- Jo Fletcher INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) -- Ed Gorman KING KONG (1933) -- Stephen Jones NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1958) -- Jeremy Dyson PSYCHO (1960) -- Jonathan Oliver THE HAUNTING (1963) -- Stephen Gallagher REPULSION (1965) -- Lisa Tuttle THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (1966) -- Stephen Laws THE REPTILE (1966) -- Mark Morris NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) -- Mark Samuels WITCHFINDER GENERAL (1968) -- Christopher Fowler PRETTY POISON (1968) -- Thomas Tessier LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971) -- Kim Newman DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1971) -- Nicholas Royle THE OMEGA MAN (1971) -- James Lovegrove THE WICKER MAN (1972) -- Ian Watson DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) -- Kevin Mullins FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE (1973) -- Mark Gatiss THE OMEN (1976) -- Adam Nevill THE TENANT (1976) -- Joel Lane ERASERHEAD (1977) -- Gavin Williams SUSPIRIA (1977) -- David Howe THE LAST WAVE (1978) -- Elizabeth Hand HALLOWEEN (1978) -- Michael Marshall Smith DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979) -- Simon Pegg ALIEN (1979) -- Tim Lebbon THE SHINING (1980) -- Conrad Williams THE CHANGELING (1980) -- Marie O'Regan THE FOG (1980) -- Kealan Patrick Burke THE THING (1982) -- Muriel Gray VIDEODROME (1983) -- Paul McAuley RAZORBACK (1983) -- China Miéville SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983) -- Peter Crowther THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1984) -- Terry Lamsley DEMONS (1985) -- Marcelle Perks HELLRAISER (1987) -- Paul Kane JACOB'S LADDER (1990) -- Graham Joyce TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992) -- Mark Chadbourn BRAINDEAD (1992) -- Martin Roberts LOST HIGHWAY (1997) -- Ramsey Campbell RINGU (1998) -- Douglas E. Winter THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) -- Justina Robson THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) -- Ariel