Shock Value
How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
by Jason Zinoman
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, History, and Fiction.
Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but at the same time that Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorcese were producing their first classic movies, a parallel universe of directors gave birth to the modern horror film. Shock Value tells the unlikely story of how directors like Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, and John Carpenter...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, History, and Fiction.
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Edgar Wright
“Had just read about the genesis of Tobe Hooper's iconic Texas Chainsaw Massacre in this great book on horror masters.”
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