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How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive | Craig DiLouie

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This one was so boring. I struggled getting through it most of the time. It should be called "how to make a horror movie" that's it, no and survive.The entire book goes on and on how to make and direct a horror film. I didn't like the characters because there wasn't any substance to them other than making/starring in a horror movie. And the monologs, sooo many monologs. Then the build-up to the gory ending, and then some deaths happen off page!2/5

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Robotswithpersonality

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar | Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

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Everything I wanted it to be.
The focus is on Black cinematic horror, but to address the subject well, it also dips into Black cinematic history beyond horror, and the Black experience in America, historical and present day. There is some coverage of international releases, but the book is primarily talking about US films and the minutiae reflecting the particular racism of each decade as it affects the output of Black horror cinema, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? including tropes and minority within minority representation.
I'm glad for the structure the book provides, outlining the multiple ways the egregious past has limited representation and creativity and the hopeful outlook for the future, while in no way letting present day America off the hook for all the ways it still needs to improve on screen and in real life for Back Americans. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? Two things surprised me.
1) How funny the text is as a whole. Yes, it deals with serious topics throughout, but the authors' experienced media critic angle adds a superlative quality to the writing - I don't think we went more than five pages before someone else was getting roasted for poor creative output or racist thinking. The few word puns that made their way into the text were choice. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 4/? 2) The formatting of the book itself. The heavy, glossy pages remind me of a cross between a bird guide and a tour guide, though there are relatively few images included given that is usually the reason for such a paper choice.
The many lists and trivia inserts with their own formatting and occasional graphics reminded me of a magazine you'd get at the theatre, all the information goes further to emphasizing the point the authors want to make 2w

Robotswithpersonality 5/? in that associated chapter, but it's a welcome change in comparison to other non-fiction texts I've picked up outside university.

Less a critique and more a heads up for anyone who plans to read it linearly rather than dip into particular chapters - you're going to encounter duplicate information about films. I believe this was done so that anybody picking the book up anywhere, whether they'd seen a certain film or not, 2w

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 would know what it contained and why it was being discussed as an exemplar (this book is a rich text for examples for each point made). Don't let the authors' effort to be thorough distract from the important information being relayed.

⚠️Mention of racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia 2w

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Robotswithpersonality

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar | Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

What truth?

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Robotswithpersonality

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar | Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

WTF! Part 4 😏

Nebklvr That is hilarious 2w

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Robotswithpersonality

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar | Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

WTF! Part 3 🫢😆

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Robotswithpersonality

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar | Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

WTF! Part 2. 😆🫢

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Robotswithpersonality

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar | Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

WTF?! 😆 Yeah, I'm going to spend half this book outraged and the other half in hysterics of one kind or another.

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Bec_lectic

Horror Movie | Paul Tremblay

so-so

This book started out strong but kind of fizzled in the middle for me. I liked the screenplay aspect of how the book was written in parts as it made me imagine the scenes vividly. But outside the screenplay sections, the story just tanked for me. In the end I couldn‘t wait to just finish the book and wasn‘t very interested in how it would end.

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Bookwomble

A Pictorial History of Horror Movies | Denis Gifford

I check the charity book table at my local shop more in hope than expectation of finding anything I'd be interested in amongst the old cook books, mountains of Jeremy Clarkson drivel and biographies of disgraced celebrities, but today I was rewarded for my perseverance with these two schlocky '70s tomes! 🖤🧌💚💀❤️🧛🏻‍♀️💚🧟‍♀️🖤 😱😁

LeahBergen Cool! 2mo

The_Book_Ninja Still got my Gifford 🙂 1mo

Bookwomble @LeahBergen Cool, but not as cool as @The_Book_Ninja who has his copy from back in the day! 😎 1mo

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