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The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies
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Ideal for horror film enthusiasts, scholars of cult cinema, and anyone interested in the history and global variety of slasher movies.
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See moreAn engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher and splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters.
An engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher and splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters.
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An engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher and splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters.
Here you will find the low-down on over 250 movies with entries from 23 different countries. The index, which includes every movie mentioned in the A-Z and accompanying notes, runs to 540 movies.
The book includes the list of video nasties which the UK government attempted to ban.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781780330365
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 October 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Robinson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 34.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 360g
Pages: 528
About the Author
Peter Normanton is the editor of The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics along with twenty- eight issues of the horror comics fan publication From the Tomb. He is currently writing a series of short biographies for PS Publication's fifteen-volume Harvey Horrors.
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