A review by melias6
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror by Jason Zinoman

4.0

A quick read that I found particularly informative about Dan O'Bannon's inspirations for Alien and his influence on New Horror. For anyone who's read or watched a documentary about the making of films like Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, there isn't much that will be new about goings-on behind the scenes. Taken as a whole, though, Zinoman is very persuasive about this particularly strong and terrifying run of horror classics.