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The BFI Companion to Horror [Hardcover]

Clive Barker (Foreword), The British Film Institute (Author), Kim Newman (Editor)

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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Continuum (formerly Cassell Academic); 1st Edition edition (5 Dec 1996)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0304332135
ISBN-13: 978-0304332137
Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.6 x 3 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,465,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Focusing primarily on the cinema, but encompassing literature, television, radio, popular music, history and folklore, this text provides a secret history of the horror genre from its pre-cinema beginnings in the 18th-century gothic novel and the Victorian ghost story through 100 years of film. In addition to entries on actors, directors, writers, technicians, horror-themed films and television series, the book provides essays on classic horror characters like Frankenstein and Dracula, and on recurrent situations like decapitation and body-snatching.

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4.0 out of 5 stars valuable reference book, 3 Mar 1999

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This review is from: The BFI Companion to Horror (Cassell Film Studies) (Paperback)

As a writer, I have found Newman's reference book helpful. It includes subjects not addressed elsewhere and does a good job of explaining subjects that have been widely covered.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, 6 July 2002

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This review is from: The BFI Companion to Horror (Cassell Film Studies) (Paperback)

Marvellously comprehensive, with quite a diverse range of topics relating to horror and people who are associated with the genre, and other such entries.
A pretty handy guide for horror film buffs, as this is the major category it covers (couldn't expect more from a "BFI" (British Film Institute) Companion though, could you? :-) ).
On the downside, some of the entries can be a little overcrowded with film titles, but good for the completist, i guess.
I'd love to see further editions, with more up-to-date info (it WAS printed in '96, afterall.)
Defintately a recommended buy.

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