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The Book Of Lists: Horror (2008)

by Amy Wallace(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061537268 (ISBN13: 9780061537264)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: Works almost as a reference book, at least in a basic way to catch me up on my classic and recent horror movies. I don't like the Hostel series- too much morality, not enough gore- but Eli Roth did compile a good list of groin accidents (but uses Cannibal Holocaust 3 times- it's a great movie, but come on!) The Italian movies list is good, as are a few of the book lists. Steven King has some obvious, then some interesting recommendations. There's a great list of Mexican movies I now need to see. I wanted a list of Lovecraft movies. This book got me to see Fulci's Zombi 2 - which is brilliant for its eyeball scene and zombie vs. shark vs. naked lady scene.
review 2: Some of the lists are good, and contain films I haven't heard of or from genres I am not that int... moreo (especially in things like the list of "women in terror" sub-genre films). Unfortunately, the bad is really bad-no talent ass wipes with terrible stuff to their credit enlightening you to exactly why they make terrible films. Probably the primo example of this is Eli Roth's list, which is, predictably, of "The Top Ten Genital Mutilations in Film", with each entry loving laid out-both the film, and Roth's reaction to it. God I hate that tool. There is also a very large section of horror literature lists, and these seemed less prone to be full of retards. Worth a borrow from your local library if you're looking to find some new titles with a few laughs thrown in. less

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