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

4.0

This was a well reasearched love letter to horror movies. (If you're not a fan of horror movies, I wouldn't recommend reading this - it won't change your mind about them.) If you are a fan of horror movies, a lot of this information may already be known to you. What won't be is the content of the interviews that Zinoman conducted, and that's what makes this book shine - he manages to take historical timelines and tie them into the personal struggles of directors that many horror fans know and love. We all know that many horror films of the 70s and 80s have a lot to do with current events of the day, but seing them tie into directors' lives and personal backgrounds was a really interesting factoid.

This is a super niche book, but if you're a fan of said niche, pick it up.