Now a terrifying motion picture! twenty-five classic works of horror adapted from book to film /

"This work explores the relationship between twenty-five enduring works of horror literature and the classic films that have been adapted from them. Each chapter delves into the historical and cultural background of a particular type of horror--hauntings, zombies, aliens and more--and provides...

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Main Author: Broderick, James F., 1963-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2012.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Altered states
  • The Amityville horror
  • The birds
  • Dead ringers
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • The exorcist
  • The fly
  • Frankenstein
  • Freaks
  • From hell
  • Ghost story
  • The hound of the Baskervilles
  • Jaws
  • The masque of the red death
  • The night stalker
  • The ninth gate
  • Nosferatu
  • The phantom of the opera
  • Psycho
  • Re-animator
  • The serpent and the rainbow
  • The shining
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • The thing from another world
  • Village of the damned.