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Nonfiction: The Horror Genre

by SkywardStrange

Nonfiction books about the mechanics, psychology, and other aspects of the horror genre.

Recommendations are always welcome!

The Exorcist Effect: Horror, Religion, and Demonic Belief

Where Nightmares Come From

Hauntology: Ghosts of Futures Past

Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula

The Exorcist Effect: Horror, Religion, and Demonic Belief

Where Nightmares Come From

On and About Horror

Books that discuss the horror genre in literature and cinema

Horror: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Horror: A Literary History

Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre

Horror: The 100 Best Books

Horror: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Horror: A Literary History

Brain Food (from kale to popcorn)

by SheReadsAtMidnight

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us

The Philosophy of Horror

Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us

pre-2000s queer horror

older horror with lgbtq+ characters and/or authors and books that question gender and sexuality

The Earth Wire and Other Stories

The Elementals

The Ghost Stories of E F Benson

Let the Right One In

The Earth Wire and Other Stories

The Elementals

Horror Academia

by slimshaedy92

Books about the horror genre from an academic lens because we need more of those!!

Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us

Gothic dreams and nightmares

Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11: Horror, Exploitation, and the Cinema of Sensation (War Culture)

Monsters in the closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (Inside Popular Film)

Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us

Gothic dreams and nightmares

On Cinema and Movies

Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror

Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy

Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops

Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror

Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

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