- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: BFI Publishing (21 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844571645
- ISBN-13: 978-1844571642
- Product Dimensions: 19.5 x 18.3 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 444,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From bloodsucking schoolgirls to flesh-eating zombies, and from psychopathic killers to beasts from hell, "100 European Horror Films" provides a lively and illuminating guide to a hundred key horror movies from the 1920s to the present day. Alongside films from countries particularly associated with horror production - notably Germany, Italy, and Spain - and movies by key horror filmmakers such as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci, "100 European Horror Films" also includes films from countries as diverse as Denmark, Belgium, and the Soviet Union, and filmmakers such as Bergman, Polanski and Claire Denis, more commonly associated with art cinema. The book features entries representing key horror subgenres such as the Italian 'giallo' thrillers of the late 60s and 70s, psychological thrillers, and zombie, cannibal, and vampire movies.Each entry includes a plot synopsis, major credits, and a commentary on the film's significance, together with its production and exhibition history. Films covered in the book include early classics such as Paul Wegener's "The Golem", Robert Wiene's "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", and Murnau's "Nosferatu"; 70s horror favorites such as "Daughters of Darkness", "The Beast", and "Suspiria"; and, notable recent releases such as "The Devil's Backbone", "Malefique", and "The Vanishing".
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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If you wish to delve into Euro horror (and why wouldn't you?) this is a good informed place to start. Here Nosferatu rubs shoulders with Cannibal holocaust and Caligari meets Argento. The reviews are intelligent and respectful. Many obscure titles are mentioned including Viy (a super little Russian movie) and Dark Waters (By Mariano Baino). Most titles are now out on DVD so it's worth getting this before going shopping on Amazon. Enjoy.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I had only seen about ten of the films in this book but wanted to get a lot more horror films so i got this as a guide. The reviews, by a range of authors including critic Kim Newman are excellent and i was able to pick the films that sounded most appealing and find most of them on dvd on amazon.
Out of the three i've read in the series (100 american independent films, 100 soundtracks and this) this one is the best and most consistently absorbing.
Out of the three i've read in the series (100 american independent films, 100 soundtracks and this) this one is the best and most consistently absorbing.
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Consisting of 100 (assuming you hadn't already guessed it from the title) reviews of Euro Horror movies spanning from the silent period right up to the modern day, from the east side of Europe to the west (north and south too), this (physically smaller than expected) book devotes around 2 - 3 pages to each film and is written by a variety of scholars, professors, etc, rather than well known genre journalists such as Kim Newman and the like. Admittedly after reading the opening pages and seeing the 'credentials' of each reviewer up front I wasn't overly optimistic, but whilst there is the occasional dribbling on about gender issues and other kinds of intellectualisation that sometimes drags entertainment straight out of the 'entertainment' category that it was really intended to be a part of, the material itself is generally quite readable and periodically enlightening.
For the films I've seen that are covered (for the record I consider myself to be a fan of this type of material already) there are some nice write-ups (it was cool to see Herzog's version of Nosferatu so well regarded for example), alongside a handful of movies that I'm not particularly familiar with, or haven't heard of at all prior to picking up this book. There were even a few surprise inclusions given the academic nature of the people selecting subjects for this book - for example I was surprised to see Umberto Lenzi in here, Tombs of the Blind Dead (the first part of a series of movies I love watching), Lamberto Bava's Demons, and even some Jean Rollin and Jess Franco. So while you may not be astounded by the presence of Dario Argento (all of his best films are expectedly included) and Mario Bava, there is certainly a good cross-section of directors and movies analysed ensuring that the book really does present a appropriately wide range of Euro Horror to whet the appetites of old and new fans alike.
For the films I've seen that are covered (for the record I consider myself to be a fan of this type of material already) there are some nice write-ups (it was cool to see Herzog's version of Nosferatu so well regarded for example), alongside a handful of movies that I'm not particularly familiar with, or haven't heard of at all prior to picking up this book. There were even a few surprise inclusions given the academic nature of the people selecting subjects for this book - for example I was surprised to see Umberto Lenzi in here, Tombs of the Blind Dead (the first part of a series of movies I love watching), Lamberto Bava's Demons, and even some Jean Rollin and Jess Franco. So while you may not be astounded by the presence of Dario Argento (all of his best films are expectedly included) and Mario Bava, there is certainly a good cross-section of directors and movies analysed ensuring that the book really does present a appropriately wide range of Euro Horror to whet the appetites of old and new fans alike.
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