[Annotatie]: The best-selling author offers a subjective tour of favorite books, films, and television programs which have met his criteria for great horror, examines the attractions and satisfactions of horror stories, and recounts his own vital encounter with horror. Reprint.[Inhoudsopgave]: Forenote9(6)October 4, 1957, and an Invitation to Dance15(14)Tales of the Hook29(31)Tales of the Tarot60(29)An Annoying Autobiographical Pause89(22)Radio and the Set of Reality111(20)The Modern American Horror Movie---Text and Subtext131(64)The Horror Movie as Junk Food195(16)The Glass Teat, or, This Monster Was Brought to You by Gainesburgers211(30)Horror Fiction241(120)The Last Waltz---Horror and Morality, Horror and Magic361(20)Afterword381(4)Appendix 1. The Films385(4)Appendix 2. The Books389(4)Index393
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