Horror is one of the most enduring and controversial of all cinematic genres. Horror films range from the subtle and the poetic to the graphic and the gory but

This is the most complete single-volume guide to the horror movie, from its beginning in the early years of cinema to the big-budget movies of the present day.

“Glasby anatomizes horror’s scare tactics with keen, lucid clarity across 34 carefully selected main films—classic and pleasingly obscure. 4 Stars.” —

During the second half of the 20th century, landmark works of the horror film genre were as much the product of enterprising regional filmmakers as of the major