{"product_id":"9780883633830","title":"Essential Horror Movies","description":"These are such things as screams are made of! From the black-and-white nightmares etched out  of  the German  Expressionist movement to today's terrifying exercises in cinema verite, the horror film has never gone out of fashion, decade  after  decade. \u003ci\u003e Essential Horror  Movies\u003c\/i\u003e charts the history of the horror film - its creation, development, and evolution-through the movies that have been essential to the growth and continuance of the genre. What  makes  a  horror  movie \"essential\"?  It can be that the silent masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\u003c\/i\u003e  has lost none of its eerie power after almost a century, or that 1931's\u003ci\u003e Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a classic, but also one of  the most influential pictures in the history of Hollywood. It can be that the film established a new form of cinematic storytelling, such as 1945's \u003ci\u003eDead of  Night\u003c\/i\u003e, or  introduced   a  visceral level of screen terror, like 1957's  \u003ci\u003eCurse of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e. Small pictures whose influences belied their budgets—-such  as  \u003ci\u003eNight of  the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e, and  \u003ci\u003eThe  Blair Witch Project\u003c\/i\u003e - were essential to the continuing development of the genre. They, along with many other impactful fright films, are described and analyzed in \u003ci\u003eEssential Horror Movies\u003c\/i\u003e. Lavishly  illustrated   with   color  and   black­ and-white  photographs, many of  them  rare, and featuring insights from the filmmakers themselves and behind-the-scenes information on the making of the films, \u003ci\u003eEssential Horror Movies\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive \"biography\" of  one of the cinema's most popular  and enduring  genres, and a book that offers a frighteningly good time!  ","brand":"Beaux Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370249949245,"sku":"9780883633830","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780883633830_p0.jpg?v=1771585992","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780883633830","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}