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" Shock value : "
Jason Zinoman
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BL
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694777
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b516966
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| Main Entry
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Zinoman, Jason
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| Title & Author
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Shock value : : how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented modern horror /\ Jason Zinoman
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| Publication Statement
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New York, N.Y. :: Penguin Press,, 2011
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274 pages, [8] pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0143121367 (pbk.)
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: 1594203024
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: 9780143121367 (pbk.)
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: 9781594203022
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and index
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| Contents
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The Devil's advocate -- The problem with Psycho -- Blood brothers -- Assaulting the audience -- Shock or awe -- The monster problem -- The dance of death -- He likes to watch -- The thing in-between -- Stomaching it -- The fear sickness
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| Abstract
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Based on unprecedented access to the genre's major players, "New York Times" film critic Zinoman delivers the first definitive account of horror's golden age--the 1970s, when such directors as Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, John Carpenter, and Brian De Palma redefined the genre
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Horror films-- United States-- History and criticism
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| LC Classification
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PN1995.9.H6Z56 2011
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PN1995.9.H6Z56 2011
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