Horror Film History

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    • True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies
    • By: Dr. Lee Mellor
    • Narrated by: Adam Sims
    • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 07-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 320 ratings
    • Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs....

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    • Gender in the Modern Horror Film
    • By: Carol J. Clover
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
    • From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s....

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    • By: Wheeler Winston Dixon
    • Narrated by: Aaron Henkin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-12
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Ever since horror leapt from popular fiction to the silver screen in the late 1890s, viewers have experienced fear and pleasure in exquisite combination....

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    • The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
    • By: W. Scott Poole
    • Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
    • Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 302 ratings
    • Historian and Bram Stoker Award nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of history, technology, and art that gave us modern horror films and literature....

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    • Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sixteen Candles, Revenge of the Nerds, The Karate Kid, The Breakfast Club, Dead Poets Society, and Everything in Between
    • By: James King
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers, and where future superstars got their big break....

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    • The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television
    • By: Foster Hirsch
    • Narrated by: Foster Hirsch
    • Length: 36 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system—set against the boom of the post-WW II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age—and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts....

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    • A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present
    • By: Robin R. Means Coleman
    • Narrated by: Julienne Irons
    • Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 05-16-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. This book offers a comprehensive chronological survey of Black horror from the 1890s to present day....

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    • How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
    • By: Jason Zinoman
    • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 300 ratings
    • While Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola were making their first classic movies, a parallel universe of directors gave birth to the modern horror film....

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    • An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
    • By: Kier-La Janisse
    • Narrated by: Kier-La Janisse
    • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • House of Psychotic Women is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films....

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    • One Moviegoer’s Love Affair with Masked Maniacs, Frightened Virgins, and the Living Dead…
    • By: Adam Rockoff
    • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
    • Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 05-19-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 91 ratings
    • The Horror of It All is a memoir from the front lines of the industry that dissects (and occasionally defends) the hugely popular phenomenon of scary movies....

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    • By: Stephen Graham Jones
    • Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
    • Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 12-19-18
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 100 ratings
    • In an average suburban town in Texas, homecoming princess Lindsay barely escaped death at the hands of a brutal, sadistic murderer in a Michael Jackson mask. Up on the cliff, she was rescued by a horse and bravely defeated the killer....

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    • A Monster Kid's History of Horror Memories and Experiences
    • By: B Harrison Smith
    • Narrated by: B Harrison Smith
    • Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • I was a “Monster Kid” and “The Weird Kid, The Horror Movie Kid.” I found out early…horror is always personal. Now I make horror for a living. It shouldn’t just be WATCHED. Horror should be ENJOYED....

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    • By: David Thomson
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 08-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Murder and the Movies admits us into what Thomson calls "a warped triangle": the creator working out a compelling death; the killer doing his and her best; and the entranced spectator trying to cling to life and a proper sense of decency....

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    • 50 Years of Fear
    • By: Nat Segaloff
    • Narrated by: Joe Hempel
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 07-25-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • The Exorcist Legacy reveals the complete story of this cultural phenomenon, from the real-life exorcism in 1949 Maryland that inspired William Peter Blatty's bestselling novel on which the movie is based, to its many sequels, prequels, TV series, and homages....

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    • Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
    • By: Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris
    • Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
    • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the Oscar-​winning cinematic heights of Get Out and beyond....

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    • What Horror Movies Teach Us About Navigating the Human Experience
    • By: Chris Grosso, Preston Fassel
    • Narrated by: Joe Hempel
    • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Based on very real and practical commentary, life experience, and occasionally, tongue-in-cheek-misfortunes of horror legends, Necessary Death explores how the horror genre offers individuals a unique opportunity for insight and understanding of their own lives....

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    • Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film
    • By: Kendall R. Phillips
    • Narrated by: Scotty Drake
    • Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 11-20-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • A Nightmare on Elm Street. Halloween. Night of the Living Dead. These films have been indelibly stamped on moviegoers' psyches and are now considered seminal works of horror....

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    • True Stories that Inspired Horror Movies
    • By: Dr Lee Mellor
    • Narrated by: Adam Sims
    • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 07-16-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killer who inspired Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs....

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