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vii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"If you love film that scares, and want to believe that zombies, vampires, and other deadly and terrifying creatures could be real, let Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence ... take you to the world where horror and science meet. How would a zombie really decompose in Night of the Living Dead? ... What is the science behind the night terrors that inspired the creation of Freddy Krueger? ... How does modern medicine and therapy differ from what would have...
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269 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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The legends have persisted for decades of a lost horror film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi that was never released. Rumor has it that, for reasons long forgotten, powerful forces suppressed the firm and burned all known prints. Nobody now living has seen the finished film. But that may no longer be true...Film researcher Sandy Allen is invited to a screening of a newly discovered sole-surviving print, but then the film disappears and the...
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360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Packed with images of the most terrifying scenes in cinema history, this fully updated volume -- with reviews right up to 2013 -- traces the genre decade by decade, providing a witty and informative critique of more than 300 movies from all around the world, and TV series, too.
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274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Based on unprecedented access to the genre's major players, "New York Times" film critic Zinoman delivers the first definitive account of horror's golden age--the 1970s, when such directors as Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, John Carpenter, and Brian De Palma redefined the genre.
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256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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English
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This magnificent companion to The Art of Horror , from the same creative team behind that award-winning illustrated volume, looks at the entire history of the horror film, from the silent era right up to the latest releases and trends. Through a series of informative chapters and fascinating sidebars chronologically charting the evolution of horror movies for more than a century, profusely illustrated throughout with over 600 rare and unique images...
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623 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A century after the macabre deaths of several students at a New England girls' boarding school, the release of a sensational book on the school's history inspires a horror film adaptation that renews suspicions of a curse when the cast and crew arrive at the long-abandoned building.
1902, the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara are obsessed with each other and with Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. The girls establish...
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English
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"A warm, witty, and effortlessly charming LGBTQIA+ romcom with Young Adult crossover appeal. Lilah Silver is an up-and-coming actress who longs to break out from the B-rate horror flicks she's known for. When she gets the chance to star in her first lead role, she'll need some major help from makeup artist and special effects guru Noa Birnbaum to shine brighter than all the rest. But can the major chemistry brewing over long hours spent together ever...
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•Features dozens of detailed interviews with directors, producers, F/X pros, and more
•Horror movies get better distribution deals-so they're great for independent filmmakers
•Entertaining and informative, packed with insightful and sometimes hilarious anecdotes.
Everyone who's ever longed to make their very own horror movie needs a copy of Splatter Flicks, a comprehensive guide that shows aspiring filmmakers exactly how today's most successful...
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208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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English
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On New Year's Day 1818, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein was first published in an anonymous three-volume edition of 500 copies. Some thought the book was too radical in implication. A few found the central theme intriguing ... no-one predicted its success. This book, celebrating the two hundredth birthday of Frankenstein, traces, in colourful and engaging ways, the journey of Shelley's Frankenstein from limited edition literature to the bloodstream...
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88 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Español
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Billie B. Brown va al cine con su amiga Rebecca y sus hermanas mayores, que eligen una peli de miedo. Intentando hacerse la valiente, Billie B. accede a verla, pero luego lo pasa fatal. Como también lo pasa mal cuando sus padres le dicen que no puede tener un poni o un perrito. ¿Conseguirá Billie B. la mascota de sus sueños o se quedará sin ella? ¡Descubre las aventuras de Billie B. en las dos historias que incluye este divertido libro!
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Olivia plans to spend her summer in the Catskills, binge-watching horror movies and chatting with her online friend Elm, but things get complicated when she sends Elm her best friend's picture and she runs into the last person she thought she would ever see in real life.
Olivia's summer plans are to binge-watch horror movies and chat with her online friend, Elm. Olivia and Elm have never shared details, apart from their ages and their mutual interest...
14) Silver nitrate
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English
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"Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives -- even if...
15) Scream site
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English
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Future investigative reporter Sabrina, fourteen, researches a popular website where people post horror videos, hoping to prove they are not as real as they seem until her sister, a big fan of the site, disappears.
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310 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"An ambitious debut novel by an original young writer, We Eat Our Own blurs the lines between life and art with the story of a film director's unthinkable experiment in the Amazon. When a nameless, struggling actor in 1970s New York gets the call that an enigmatic director wants him for an art film set in the Amazon, he doesn't hesitate: he flies to South America, no questions asked. He quickly realizes he's made a mistake. He's replacing another...
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Squish volume no. 6
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91 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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English
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Afraid to watch horror movies with his friend, Pod, Squish the amoeba feels better after learning that even comic book superheroes get scared sometimes.
18) Scream VI
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1 videodisc (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In the sixth installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start afresh in New York City.
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362 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Haunting of Hill House meets found-footage horror in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the power of family ties and the trauma that lurks there. When Sophia Galich was twelve, she starred in her older sister Layla's amateur horror movie Vermillion, which recorded raw footage of her very real reactions to scenes her sister concocted in their old Californian house on the coast -- Cashore House. In the years after the film's release, Sophia's...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"After defeating the Demogorgon, Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Will struggle to adjust back to normal life, but just when their friendships begin to crack, new kid Joey Kim helps them come to terms with the supernatural horrors they experienced by making a zombie movie."--Provided by publisher.
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