Description:
Splatter Movies: Breaking the Last Taboo of the Screenby John McCarty
Trade Paperback with glued binding 196 pages. Condition Poor Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition Second printing 1984 with corresponding number line. Worn illustrated wraps on this copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Notably shelf worn. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages show signs of wear and/or age. Covers have tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Binding loose, but book is intact with all pages. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Good reading copy for fans of the horror film genre. In depth explanation of the origins or horror, British and Italian horror, interviews, photos, criticisms of horror, horrors ascent into mainstream, etc.