Cinematic Horrors Galore
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Happy Halloween everybody! For your spooky enjoyment, please enjoy this selection of library materials on the art of the horror film. Curl up with a book on a dark and dreary evening, or choose a VHS or DVD for late-night viewing at the library. Plus, we’re open until 1AM on Halloween night! Just don’t go down to the basement…
Stuff to read - lots more to choose from in our catalog:
- Sound Design for American Horror Films (Thesis)
- Making a Monster: The Creation of Screen Characters by the Great Makeup Artists
- Cult Horror Films: from Attack of the 50 foot woman to Zombies of Mora Tau
- Horror Poster Art
- Horror International (about horror films worldwide)
- Hollywood Horror: From Gothic to Cosmic
- Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986
- Gorehound’s Guide to Splatter Films (two books): The 1980s and the 1960s and 1970s
- The Changing Vampire of Film and Television : A Critical Study of the Growth of a Genre
- Zombie Culture: Autopsies of the Living Dead
Stuff to watch:
- Poltergeist
- Psycho
- The Exorcist
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Night of the Living Dead
- Nosferatu
- Frankenstein
- American Movie (about the making of a “no budget” horror film)
What are some of your favorite horror classics? Is there a book or film that the library should have, but doesn’t? Tell us about it by leaving a comment below!
