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The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film, updated edition

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"... the definitive guide to what properly messes us up."
― SFX Magazine


"Glasby anatomises horror's scare tactics with keen, lucid clarity across 34 carefully selected main films – classic and pleasingly obscure. 4 Stars."
― Total Film​


The Book of Horror introduces the scariest movies ever made and examines what makes them so frightening.

Horror movies have never been more critically or commercially successful, but there’s only one metric that matters: are they scary? Back in the silent era, ...