(Hardback)

By tracing the production history, contemporary audience response, and lasting cultural influence of each picture, Phillips offers a unique new approach to thinking about the popular attraction to horror films, and the ways in which they reflect both cultural and individual fears.

(Paperback)

By tracing the production history, contemporary audience response, and lasting cultural influence of each picture, Phillips offers a unique new approach to thinking about the popular attraction to horror films, and the ways in which they reflect both cultural and individual fears.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

This expanded second edition offers further reflections on the importance of horror, tracing the cultural history of the American horror film from Dracula (1931) to Get Out (2017), including the changes in horror and horror scholarship in the last 20 years.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

This expanded second edition offers further reflections on the importance of horror, tracing the cultural history of the American horror film from Dracula (1931) to Get Out (2017), including the changes in horror and horror scholarship in the last 20 years.