Title:
Danse macabre
Author:
Edition:
Gallery books trade paperback edition
Publication Date:
2010
1981
Publication Information:
New York : Gallery Books, 2010.
©1981
Physical Description:
xli, 459 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781439170984
Abstract:
Stephen King addresses the topic of what makes horror horrifying and what makes terror terrifying. King delivers one colorful observation after another about the great stories, books and films that comprise of the horror genre--from Frankenstein and Dracula to The exorcist, The twilight zone and Earth vs. The flying saucers.-- Publisher description.
General Note:
"Includes a new essay, 'What's scary'"--cover.
Contents:
What's scary: forenote to the 2010 edition -- Forenote to the original edition -- Forenote to the 1983 edition -- October 4, 1957, and an invitation to dance -- Tales of the hook -- Tales of the tarot -- An annoying autobiographical pause -- Radio and the set of reality -- The modern American horror movie: text and subtext -- The horror movie as junk food -- The glass teat, or, this monster was brought to you by Gainesburgers -- Horror fiction -- The last waltz: horror and morality, horror and magic -- Appendix 1: Films -- Appendix 2: Books.
Language:
English
