Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by devinsf
The Horror Reader by Ken Gelder
4.0
This book is a bizarre gem: a collection of lengthy academic essays centered around Horror movies and "Horror" in general. It's organized into a-dozen-or-so broader topics, on which there will be 2 or 3 essays. The individual essays cover quite a bit of ground within this broad heading; from a single film, to larger bodies of work (eg Italian horror, or 1980s Chinese demon movies), or other structural (one is a history of the zine culture which developed around under-the-radar and B movies), or use one or two movies to discuss broader cultural interfaces with a specific idea.
Be warned that most of the writing here is straight-up academic... so be prepared for lots of 10ยข words and references to texts you might not be familiar with. However, I can safely say the content was absolutely interesting enough to wade through this style of writing (which is not normally my cup of tea).
Be warned that most of the writing here is straight-up academic... so be prepared for lots of 10ยข words and references to texts you might not be familiar with. However, I can safely say the content was absolutely interesting enough to wade through this style of writing (which is not normally my cup of tea).