Brad Weismann is an award-winning writer and editor. His work has appeared in such publications as Senses of Cinema, Film International, Backstage, Muso, Parterre, 5280, and Boulder Magazine. His first book, Lost in the Dark: A World History of Horror Film was published by the University Press of Mississippi. He contributed to the critical collection 100 Years of Soviet Cinema, and he was chosen by the Library of Congress to contribute explanatory essays to its National Recording Registry.

"Considering the massive scope, this photobook is surprisingly succinct, informative, and helpful as an overview of horror films."

• WORLD MAP OF HORRORINTRODUCTIONSHADOWY SILENCEHorror Before SoundBROWNING AND CHANEYThe Father of Freaks and the Man of a Thousand FacesMONSTER CENTRALThe Great Horror Cycles BeginCRANKING OUT THE CREEPIESHorror in the 1930s and 1940sVAL LEWTON AND THE TERRORS OF THE UNSEENATOMIC-AGE MONSTERSThe Sci-Fi/Horror BoomBLOOD AND BOSOMSThe Success of Hammer HorrorTHE MOMENT OF SHOCKPsycho and Peeping TomTHE CORMAN POES AND THE PEERLESS VINCENT PRICEHORROR, ITALIAN STYLEALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE, 1960–1975BLOODY ENGLANDHammer’s CompetitorsTHE SLEEP OF REASONHorror in SpanishGODZILLA & COFar East Horror in TransitionPOLANSKI, COFFIN JOE, AND OTHERSCLARK, CRAVEN, CARPENTER, AND CRONENBERGMAINSTREAM HORROR OR: BRING THE KIDS!J- AND K-HORROR, AND OTHER ASIAN ENTRIESTHE PROBLEM OF TORTURE PORNZOMBIES!THERE’S USUALLY A GORILLAHorror-ComediesMASTERS FOR A NEW MILLENNIUMIS HORROR LEGIT?POST-HORROR AND BEYONDGLOSSARYSubgenres of HorrorNOTESIMAGE CREDITSBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brad Weismann is an award-winning writer and editor. His work has appeared in such publications as Senses of Cinema, Film International, Backstage, Muso, Parterre, 5280, and Boulder Magazine. His first book, Lost in the Dark: A World History of Horror Film was published by the University Press of Mississippi. He contributed to the critical collection 100 Years of Soviet Cinema, and he was chosen by the Library of Congress to contribute explanatory essays to its National Recording Registry.

"Considering the massive scope, this photobook is surprisingly succinct, informative, and helpful as an overview of horror films."

• WORLD MAP OF HORRORINTRODUCTIONSHADOWY SILENCEHorror Before SoundBROWNING AND CHANEYThe Father of Freaks and the Man of a Thousand FacesMONSTER CENTRALThe Great Horror Cycles BeginCRANKING OUT THE CREEPIESHorror in the 1930s and 1940sVAL LEWTON AND THE TERRORS OF THE UNSEENATOMIC-AGE MONSTERSThe Sci-Fi/Horror BoomBLOOD AND BOSOMSThe Success of Hammer HorrorTHE MOMENT OF SHOCKPsycho and Peeping TomTHE CORMAN POES AND THE PEERLESS VINCENT PRICEHORROR, ITALIAN STYLEALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE, 1960–1975BLOODY ENGLANDHammer’s CompetitorsTHE SLEEP OF REASONHorror in SpanishGODZILLA & COFar East Horror in TransitionPOLANSKI, COFFIN JOE, AND OTHERSCLARK, CRAVEN, CARPENTER, AND CRONENBERGMAINSTREAM HORROR OR: BRING THE KIDS!J- AND K-HORROR, AND OTHER ASIAN ENTRIESTHE PROBLEM OF TORTURE PORNZOMBIES!THERE’S USUALLY A GORILLAHorror-ComediesMASTERS FOR A NEW MILLENNIUMIS HORROR LEGIT?POST-HORROR AND BEYONDGLOSSARYSubgenres of HorrorNOTESIMAGE CREDITSBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXABOUT THE AUTHOR