The Book of Horror

<P>"... the definitive guide to what properly messes us up." <B><br>― SFX Magazine</B><br><br>"Glasby anatomises horror's scare tactics with keen, lucid clarity across 34 carefully selected main films – classic and pleasingly obscure. 4 Stars."<B><br>― Total Film​</B><br><br><B><I>The Book of Horror </I>introduces the scariest movies ever made and examines what makes them so frightening.</B><br><br>Horror movies have never been more critically or commercially successful, but there’s only one metric that matters:<B> are they scary?</B> Back in the silent era, viewers thrilled at <I>Frankenstein </I>and <I>Dracula. </I>Today, the monsters may have changed, but the instinct remains the same: to seek out the <B>unspeakable</B>, ride the <B>adrenaline rush</B> and <B>play out our fears</B> in the safety of the cinema.<br><br><I>The Book of Horror </I>focuses on the <B>most frightening films</B> of the post-war era –<B> </B>from <B><I>Psycho </I></B>(1960) to <I><B>Longlegs</B></I> (2024) – examining exactly <B>how they scare us</B> across a series of key categories. Each chapter explores a seminal horror film in depth, charting its <B>scariest moments </B>with <B>infographics</B> and identifying the related works you need to see. <br><br>Including references to more than <B>100 classic and contemporary horror films</B> from around the globe, and striking illustrations from Barney Bodoano, this is a rich and compelling guide to<B> the scariest films ever made</B>.  </P><P><B>The films:</B><br><I>Psycho</I> (1960), <I>The Innocents</I> (1961), <I>The Haunting</I> (1963), <I>Don’t Look Now</I> (1973), <I>The Exorcist</I> (1973), <I>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre</I> (1974), <I>Who Can Kill a Child?</I> (1976), <I>Suspiria</I> (1977), <I>Halloween</I> (1978), <I>The Shining</I> (1980), <I>The Entity</I> (1982), <I>Angst</I> (1983), <I>Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer</I> (1990), <I>Ring</I> (1998), <I>The Blair Witch Project</I> (1999), <I>The Others</I> (2001), <I>The Eye</I> (2002), <I>Ju-On: The Grudge</I> (2002), <I>Shutter</I> (2004), <I>The Descent</I> (2005), <I>Wolf Creek</I> (2005), <I>The Orphanage</I> (2007), <I>[Rec]</I> (2007), <I>The Strangers</I> (2008), <I>Lake Mungo</I> (2008), <I>Martyrs</I> (2008), <I>The Innkeepers</I> (2011), <I>Banshee Chapter</I> (2013), <I>Oculus</I> (2013), <I>The Babadook</I> (2014), <I>It Follows</I> (2015), <I>Terrified</I> (2017), <I>Hereditary</I> (2018), <I>It Chapter Two</I> (2019), <I>Host</I> (2020),<I>Talk to Me </I>(2022), <I>Longlegs</I> (2024)</P>