- History and criticism, Horror films, New York Times reviewed, Horror films, history and criticism
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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Classical in form, earnest, cool and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 261
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, Penguin Press
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9788415405399
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