Download or read book A History of Horror, 2nd Edition written by Wheeler Winston Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Horror, 2nd Edition, with rare stills from classic films, is the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of the ever-popular horror film genre. Chronologically examining over fifty horror films from key periods, this one-stop sourcebook unearths the historical origins of legendary characters and explores how the genre fits into the Hollywood studio system and how its enormous success in American and European culture expanded globally over time.