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Author | Jason Zinoman |
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Language | English |
Subject | Film criticism |
Published | 2011 (The Penguin Press) |
Publication place | United States |
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Pages | 274 |
ISBN | 978-1-59420-302-2 |
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror is a 2011 American book by Jason Zinoman. It traces the evolution of horror films as they began to focus on more reality-based, less campy subjects during the late 1960s and early 1970s.