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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!

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre

Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love

Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre

behind the lens

by endless_tbr_list

books that take you behind the scenes of some of the biggest movies

recommendations welcome!

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls and Why We're Still So Obsessed With It

Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

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

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls and Why We're Still So Obsessed With It

Nonfiction About Horror

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

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