MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02008cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2008045518
003 DLC
005 20090702093147.0
008 081017s2009 ctu bc 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008045518
020 $a9781591585404 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aZ5917.H65$bF66 2009$aPN3435
082 00 $a016.80883/8738$222
100 1 $aFonseca, Anthony J.
245 10 $aHooked on horror III :$ba guide to reading interests /$cAnthony J. Fonseca and June Michele Pulliam.
246 3 $aHooked on horror 3 :$ba guide to reading interests
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bLibraries Unlimited,$c2009.
300 $axxiii, 515 p. ;$c26 cm.
490 0 $aGenreflecting advisory series
500 $aRevised ed. of: Hooked on horror. 2nd ed. 2002.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aA definition of horror -- How to use this book -- A brief history of the horror genre and its current trends -- Ghosts and haunted houses : dealing with absences and presences -- Golem, mummies, and zombies : wake up the dead and they'll be cranky -- Vampires and werewolves : children of the night -- Demonic possession, Satanism, black magic, and witches and warlocks : the Devil made me do it -- Mythological monsters and "the old ones" : invoking the dark gods -- Telekinesis and hypnosis : chaos from control -- Small town horror : villages of the damned -- Maniacs and sociopaths, or, The nuclear family explodes : monstrous malcontents bury the hatchet -- Technohorror : evil hospitals, military screw-ups, mad scientists, and alien invasions -- Ecological horror : Mother Nature gets her revenge -- Psychological horror : it's all in your head -- Splatterpunk : the gross out -- Comic horror : laughing at our fears -- Everyday horror : when the mundane becomes monstrous -- Collections and anthologies -- Reference -- Major awards.
650 0 $aHorror tales$vBibliography.
650 0 $aHorror films$vCatalogs.
700 1 $aPulliam, June Michele.