Two horror films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Picture in 2018, and one of them-The Shape of Water-won. Since
1990, the production of horror films has risen exponentially
worldwide, and in 2013, horror films earned an estimated $400
million in ticket sales. Horror has long been the most popular film
genre, and more horror movies have been made than any other kind.
We need them. We need to be scared, to test ourselves, laugh
inappropriately, scream, and flinch. We need to get through them
and come out, blinking, still in one piece. Lost in the Dark: A
World History of Horror Film is a straightforward history written
for the general reader and student that can serve as a
comprehensive entry-level reference work. The volume provides a
general introduction to the genre, serves as a guidebook to its
film highlights, and celebrates its practitioners, trends, and
stories. Starting with silent-era horror films and ending with
2020's The Invisible Man, Lost in the Dark looks at decades of
horror movies. Author Brad Weismann covers such topics as the roots
of horror in literature and art, monster movies, B-movies, the
destruction of the American censorship system, international
horror, torture porn, zombies, horror comedies, horror in the new
millennium, and critical reception of modern horror. A sweeping
survey that doesn't scrimp on details, Lost in the Dark is sure to
satisfy both the curious and the completist.
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