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Danse Macabre
by Stephen King
Nonfiction. 1950's - 1980 horror. Good resource.
Story: In this book, Stephen King examines the horror genre in movies, TV and books from an academic standpoint.
Language: Unlike typical King fiction, this book is hefty with long chapters. Broken down by media then examples, King analyzes the genre along with society and uses footnotes and tangents freely. In he back are appendices featuring important movies and books from the time period.
Characters: Most people will with have seen or read many of the movies, shows and books mentioned and will recognize names and characters from Psycho, the Exorcist and Ray Bradbury titles. Other less well known titles and characters will fill the gaps and King provides lengthy explanations of each source.
While this book was published in 1981, it still contains valid and key information of the 50's to 1980 that any book published nowadays would be forced to condense. A quality look at the horror genre of what are now modern classics.
Story: In this book, Stephen King examines the horror genre in movies, TV and books from an academic standpoint.
Language: Unlike typical King fiction, this book is hefty with long chapters. Broken down by media then examples, King analyzes the genre along with society and uses footnotes and tangents freely. In he back are appendices featuring important movies and books from the time period.
Characters: Most people will with have seen or read many of the movies, shows and books mentioned and will recognize names and characters from Psycho, the Exorcist and Ray Bradbury titles. Other less well known titles and characters will fill the gaps and King provides lengthy explanations of each source.
While this book was published in 1981, it still contains valid and key information of the 50's to 1980 that any book published nowadays would be forced to condense. A quality look at the horror genre of what are now modern classics.