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Horror films can be profound fables of human nature and important works of art, yet many people dismiss them out of hand. 'Horror and the Horror Film' conveys a mature appreciation for horror films along with a comprehensive view of their narrative strategies, their relations to reality and fantasy and their cinematic power. The volume covers the horror film and its subgenres such as the vampire movie from 1896 to the present. It covers the entire genre by considering every kind of monster in it, including the human.

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Bruce F. Kawin's new book is an exceptional primer on our favorite genre. While so many discussions sidestep the essence of horror to discuss its political, social, historical, and purely cinematic implications and impacts, Kawin approaches it at the most essential level... To regurgitate a much-abused cliche, Kawin's knowledge of the horror film is genuinely encyclopedic... 'Horror and the Horror Film' is easy to digest. Its scope, however, is vast. I hope you film professors out there are paying attention. - Mike Segretto, 'Psychobabble' Bruce F. Kawin's new book is an exceptional primer on our favorite genre. While so many discussions sidestep the essence of horror to discuss its political, social, historical, and purely cinematic implications and impacts, Kawin approaches it at the most essential level... To regurgitate a much-abused cliche, Kawin's knowledge of the horror film is genuinely encyclopedic... 'Horror and the Horror Film' is easy to digest. Its scope, however, is vast. I hope you film professors out there are paying attention. - Mike Segretto, 'Psychobabble' Ambitious in its scope, with serious things to say about who we are... Even more impressive than the wide range and scope of titles is how well organized they are into a taxonomy that makes sense and is richly detailed... a book full of history, organized by a true master of detail who cares deeply about the subject... 'Horror and the Horror Film' provides an important map to guide us through the darkness and bring illumination to the unknown. -moviemorlocks.com Ambitious in its scope, with serious things to say about who we are... Even more impressive than the wide range and scope of titles is how well organized they are into a taxonomy that makes sense and is richly detailed... a book full of history, organized by a true master of detail who cares deeply about the subject... 'Horror and the Horror Film' provides an important map to guide us through the darkness and bring illumination to the unknown. -moviemorlocks.com An essential piece of study to place the history [of horror] in the proper perspective. -Rod Lott, bookgasm.com

Bruce F. Kawin's new book is an exceptional primer on our favorite genre. While so many discussions sidestep the essence of horror to discuss its political, social, historical, and purely cinematic implications and impacts, Kawin approaches it at the most essential level... To regurgitate a much-abused cliche, Kawin's knowledge of the horror film is genuinely encyclopedic... 'Horror and the Horror Film' is easy to digest. Its scope, however, is vast. I hope you film professors out there are paying attention. - Mike Segretto, 'Psychobabble' Bruce F. Kawin's new book is an exceptional primer on our favorite genre. While so many discussions sidestep the essence of horror to discuss its political, social, historical, and purely cinematic implications and impacts, Kawin approaches it at the most essential level... To regurgitate a much-abused cliche, Kawin's knowledge of the horror film is genuinely encyclopedic... 'Horror and the Horror Film' is easy to digest. Its scope, however, is vast. I hope you film professors out there are paying attention. - Mike Segretto, 'Psychobabble'

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Bruce F. Kawin is Professor of English and Film at the University of Colorado at Boulder.His books include 'Telling It Again and Again: Repetition in Literature and Film', 'Mindscreen: Bergman, Godard, and First-Person Film', 'The Mind of the Novel: Reflexive Fiction and the Ineffable', 'Faulkner's MGM Screenplays' and 'How Movies Work'. He is also the co-author of 'A Short History of the Movies'.

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