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Fascinating to get to the modern era in this book, because it makes me wonder which of these movies will endure the way ones from previous decades have. Like, I don't think a second edition of this book in 30 years would have The Conjuring in it (the way it didn't bother with, say, Friday the 13th) (no offense to either series) (okay, some offense to Friday the 13th)

Weird sideswipe at Re-Animator and Evil Dead in the discussion of 28 Days Later?? (Also, I don't think either of those are zombie movies, but I am admittedly persnickity about those 2 movies, my beloveds)

Gotta say, I have never considered that Leatherface has 2 faces - I have always assumed that he just isn't great at applying makeup for dinner!

I'm listening to this not as a titular weenie, but as someone who watches A Lot of horror; so, not to be a jerk, but Psycho doesn't -really- come up much in the discussion of proto-slashers. It's going to be an interesting listen!

Absolutely loved this book since I cannot watch certain horror movies.

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Enjoy!

ALL THE STARS! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I can‘t even watch the super-brief commercial previews for scary shit - and itisallscaryshit this time of year, y‘all - so I felt like this book was published exclusively for sissy ol‘ me! Excellently narrated. I appreciated the tone, the information, the cool little details and history, and some surprisingly insightful psychology related to the genre of horror. The books recs within are a hard pass for me, but fun! 👻

This was so much fun! 25 horror films were broken down plot point by point (so if you‘re afraid to watch, you kind of don‘t have to), plus interesting tidbits from the set and cultural impact analysis. Also — each film included a handful of fiction novels to read “instead”. So basically, this horror nerd‘s TBR has increased a ton.

My thanks to Tantor Audio for this ARC audiobook! Felt like a fun podcast series. 🎃