Reddit reviews The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror; Revised Edition with a New Afterword
We found 6 Reddit comments about The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror; Revised Edition with a New Afterword. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal is everything you need.
This is a good one: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror
The Monster Show was interesting and so was On Monsters.
Monster Show by David Skal
It is exactly that, a look at how society influenced horror films.
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Try The Monster Show. I loved it. Touches on everything from the first horror films of the 20's, the Universal classics, the monster boom of the 50's, hammer films, 80's slashers, and contemporary films. Even has a whole chapter on the rise of the horror tv hosts.
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