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Situating The Craft within the teen horror revival of the 1990s, Miranda Corcoran analyses the film within the context of nineties popular and political culture, while also discussing its treatment of issues such as race, gender, sexuality and class.

The Masque of the Red Death (1964), the seventh collaboration between producer-director Roger Corman and horror icon Vincent Price, became the crowning achievement for both men, their masterpiece.

Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991) opens with a shot of water andclimaxes on a raging river. The director's love of fear cinema, his Catholicism and filmmaking techniques shift Cape Fear into terrifying psychological and psychosexual waters.

With new exclusive input from writer, director and star Alice Lowe, the text also looks at the production's inception and development, assesses its debts to cult British cinema, and inspects its umbilical connections to Rosemary's Baby, Alien, Village of the Damned and many other 'Monstrous Child' silver screen features.

In this Devil's Advocates, horror scholar Kevin Wetmore examines what elements in the film are truly terrifying, how the filmmakers' claims of being based on a true story hold up against the actual history of the haunting and the Warrens, and the relationship between The Conjuring and the many films in its universe.

Harry Kumel's cult classic Daughters of Darkness (1971) is a vampire film like no other. Kat Ellinger explores the film's association with fairy tales, the Gothic and fantastic tradition, as well as delving into aspects of the legend of Countess Bathory, traditional vampire lore, and much more. The book also contains new and exclusive interviews.

Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace (1964) is a legendary title, and is commonly considered as the archetypal giallo. This book explores its production history, putting it within the context of the Italian film industry of the period and includes plenty of previously unheard-of data.

Shivers (1975) was David Cronenberg's first commercial feature and his first horror film. Luke Aspell's analysis addresses shot composition, lighting, cinematographic texture, sound, the use of stock music, editing, costume, make-up, optical work, the screenplay, the casting, and the direction of the actors.

Released in 1932, The Mummy moved Universal horror into a land of deserts, pyramids, and long-lost tombs. This book examines the roots of The Mummy. It shows how the film shares many motifs with the work of writers such as H. Rider Haggard and discusses how The Mummy drew upon a contemporary vogue for all things ancient Egyptian.

Fritz Lang's M (1931), is one of the earliest serial killer films and laid the foundation for future horror movies and thrillers. Samm Deighan explores the way Lang uses horror and thriller tropes, particularly in terms of how M functions as a bridge between German Expressionism and Hollywood's growing fixation on sympathetic killers in the 40s.

Undoubtedly the most notorious title in director Ken Russell s controversial filmography, this Devil s Advocate considers historical context of The Devils, its authorship and adaptation, its generic hybridity and its reception and censorship travails.

Released in cinemas in 1982, Creepshow is typically regarded as a minor entry both in the film output of George A. Romero, and adaptations of the works of Stephen King. Creepshow is here reassessed by Simon Brown, who examines the making and release of the film and its legacy through a comic book adaptation and two sequels.

In the years since the release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, there has begun to be a gradual wave of reappraisal and appreciation, resulting in this new Devil's Advocate.

This study of Roger Corman's House of Usher explores the film's narrative structure and imagery. Evert van Leeuwen shows how the use of specific techniques creates and sustains the atmosphere of gothic decay and situates horror icon Vincent Price's performance in the context of the Romantic misfit and the postwar countercultural antihero.

Amid a recent resurgence in horror films, It Follows stands out. David Robert Mitchell reinvents genre bromides while simultaneously embracing and challenging tropes that audiences and filmmakers rely on too heavily. Joshua Grimm shows how this film helped reinvent the rules of horror, particularly along the lines of genre, style, sex, and gender.

Rarely does a remake outshine its original but David Cronenberg's reimagining of The Fly (1986) is one of those exceptions. This book teases out the intricate DNA of The Fly and how it represents the personalities of many authors, including Man-as-God tales stretching back to Frankenstein. Includes interviews with cast and crew.

Overlooked upon its release in 1995, In the Mouth of Madness has since developed a healthy reputation. While numerous books and essays have been written about John Carpenter's work, very little has focused exclusively on this film. This book redresses this, positioning this overlooked masterpiece as essential Carpenter.

Don't Look Now (1973), `a ghost story for adults', stands apart from the more explicitly violent horror films of the 1970s. Jessica Gildersleeve puts the film in the context of mid-century literary anxious narratives, arguing that it represents a crossover between 1970s literature and film and a cultural commentary on the modern family.

Taking a fresh look at The Shining (1980), this book situates the film within the history of the horror genre. It explores Stanley Kubrick's filmmaking style, use of dark humor, and ambiguous approach to supernatural storytelling and analyzes the choices made in adapting King's book.