Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror - Softcover

Barker, Clive

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9780061053672: Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061053678 ISBN 13: 9780061053672

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

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The master of the macabre provides a frightening foray into his sinister world of horror, detailing his influences, sources, and secrets ranging from serial killers to cannibalism, in the companion to the critically acclaimed BBC television series. Reprint. TV tie-in.

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Review:

This splashy, high-concept book with glossy pages (designed to accompany a BBC-TV series) is not so much an encyclopedia, as a colour scrapbook of Clive Barker's horror obsessions. After an introduction in which Barker examines such questions as "What is horror?" and "Why does it fascinate us?", the book takes the form of 26 heavily illustrated historical essays about assorted topics in the genre--one for each letter of the alphabet (eg, "B is for Beelzebub"). The pictures include numerous paintings and drawings by Barker, stills from movies, movie posters, author/director bio inserts and photographs of all types. Topics covered include : serial killers, H.P. Lovecraft, Dennis Wheatley, John Carpenter, H.R. Giger, Grand Guignol, make-up, killer clowns, killer kids, body horror, Japanese monsters, Barbara Steele, Shirley Jackson, fairy tales and sculptor Franz Messerschmidt. A fun toy for horror buffs!

Synopsis:

In this illustrated volume, Clive Barker, the modern master of horror, takes the reader on an intimate tour of his personal sources and secrets. Meet serial killers and serious authors, outlaw directors and rebel artists, legendary monsters and movie stars from "Psycho" to "Silence of the Lambs".

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