The Rough Guide to Horror Movies is a comprehensive guide to the world's most terrifying films. The guide includes all the icons, from Boris Karloff to Wes Craven and Frankenstein to Freddie Kruger, including classics from Argentina, Pakistan, South Africa and the recent chillers from East Asia. The canon of fifty essential horror movies features The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and Switchblade Romance, via Psycho and The Exorcist. Everything you need to know is covered from festivals, adaptations, magazines and merchandise. The guide tells the stories behind the movies that have scared us throughout the twentieth century.

2007-09-21 Interesting book of reference

I bought this book a while ago because I am a big fan of the horror film genre, and although this book will help you find a rough outline of the genre itself it is very good for reference and a list of short insights into various different horror films. I suggest if you want a guide to some of the most renowned Older and Modern Horror films then this is the book to buy.. The book is well written and illustrated.