Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media [Hardcover]

Les Daniels (Author)

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Publication Date: 1975

0684143429

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• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons (1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684143429
• ISBN-13: 978-0684143422
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,932,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Every Horror Fanatic Should Have This Book, October 19, 1999

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H. Powell "hlp2" (Reynoldsburg, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media (Quality Paperbacks) (Paperback)

A superb treatise on horror as developed in all of the artistic media of Western civilization from remotest antiquity to the "Creature Features" of 50's and 60's TV and the Satan craze in films of the 70's. Daniels in a sense updates H.P.Lovecraft's excellent essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature", although he addresses film, radio programs (like "Inner Sanctum"), psychedelic rock music, TV, and comic books with equal erudition (HPL, unfortunately, did not live long enough to witness the flowering of these media forms). The book was originally published in 1975, and I can't help but wonder if Mr.Daniels has any plans to update this remarkable work (it would be interesting to see his take on the "slasher films" of the 80's and the "death metal" scene in rock, among other subjects). All in all, a very well done survey of the manifestations of a society's anxieties via its diverse media throughout the ages.