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An exhaustive study of the major directors of horror films in the past six decades, a genre always popular but often critically snubbed. For each director there is a complete filmography including television work, a career summary, critical assessment, and behind-the-scenes production information. The book covers not only films both old and new, but also directors from Italy, Spain, Australia, Belgium, and elsewhere. Fifty directors are covered in depth, but there is an additional section on the hopeless, the obscure, the promising, and the up-and-coming.

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uniformly informative, intelligently and critically written...wide ranging in scope --Booklist; exhaustive...astute, witty and generally fun to read --ARBA; excellent analysis...essential --C&RL News; useful reference work is the volume to cover so much territory on a heretofore uncollated subject --Cemetery Dance; the best compilation of its' kind currently available...highly informative --Cornerstone Magazine; At 900 pages, this may be the largest book on horror films. ...a tremendous quantity of facts and valuable quotes. --Neil Barron, Editor of Fantasy and Horror.

"""uniformly informative, intelligently and critically written...wide ranging in scope""--Booklist; ""exhaustive...astute, witty and generally fun to read""--ARBA; ""excellent analysis...essential""--C&RL News; ""useful reference work is the volume to cover so much territory on a heretofore uncollated subject""--Cemetery Dance; ""the best compilation of its' kind currently available...highly informative""--Cornerstone Magazine; ""At 900 pages, this may be the largest book on horror films. ...a tremendous quantity of facts and valuable quotes.""--Neil Barron, Editor of Fantasy and Horror."

uniformly informative, intelligently and critically written...wide ranging in scope --<i>Booklist</i>; exhaustive...astute, witty and generally fun to read --<i>ARBA</i>; excellent analysis...essential --<i>C&RL News</i>; useful reference work is the volume to cover so much territory on a heretofore uncollated subject --<i>Cemetery Dance</i>; the best compilation of its' kind currently available...highly informative --<i>Cornerstone Magazine</i>; At 900 pages, this may be the largest book on horror films. ...a tremendous quantity of facts and valuable quotes. --Neil Barron, Editor of <i>Fantasy and Horror.</i>

useful reference work is the volume to cover so much territory on a heretofore uncollated subject --Cemetery D

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Dennis Fischer has been writing on films for over twenty years. A career educator, he lives in Elk Grove, California.

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