Shock Value : How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
, by Zinoman, JasonNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780143121367 | 0143121367
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/29/2012
Based on unprecedented access to the genre's major players, "New York Times" film critic Zinoman delivers the first definitive account of horror's golden age--the 1970s, when such directors as Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, John Carpenter, and Brian De Palma redefined the genre.