Sleeping with the lights on : the unsettling story of horror /

Fear is one of the most primal emotions, and one of the hardest to reason with and dispel. So why do we scare ourselves? Delving into the darkest corners of horror literature, films, and plays, Darryl Jones explores its monsters and its psychological chills, discussing why horror stories disturb us,...

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Main Author: Jones, Darryl, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1: Monsters; Vampires; Zombies; 2: The Occult and the Supernatural; The Devil; Ghosts and Spirits; 3: Horror and the Body; Metamorphosis; Body Horror; 'Torture Porn'; 4: Horror and the Mind; 'Madman!'; The Double; Psychos and Slashers: The Serial Killer; 5: Science and Horror; Mad Science; Technophobia 6: Afterword: Horror Since the Millennium.