TY - BOOK AU - Schneider,Steven Jay AU - Duncan,Paul AU - Müller,Jürgen TI - Horror cinema T2 - Bibliotheca universalis SN - 9783836561853 (hardcover) AV - PN 1995.9 H816 2021 U1 - 791.436164 PY - 2021///] CY - Köln PB - Taschen KW - Horror films KW - History and criticism KW - Cine de terror KW - Historia y crítica KW - Monstruos en el cine KW - Ciencia en el cine KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - fast N1 - "The best scary movies of all time"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 630-631) N2 - Get ready to quake in fear with this revised and expanded edition of our history of horror cinema. This chilling volume packs 640 pages full with the finest slashers, ghosts, zombies, cannibals, and more, curating the very creepiest screen creations from the flickering spooks of the 1920s to the special-effect terrors of the 21st century. Across 10 illustrated chapters, the compendium gets under the skin of some of horror's favorite figures and themes, whether the sci-fi dystopia, the haunted house, the female killer, or the werewolf. Each classic device is explored in aesthetic and historical terms, probing horror's manipulation of archetypal human fears as much as socially and culturally specific anxieties ER -