Giallo!: Genre, Modernity, and Detection in Italian Horror Cinema (Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema)
By: Alexia Kannas
3.75
Format: 167 pages, Hardcover
Italian giallo films have a peculiar allure. Taking their name from the Italian for "yellow"— refle…
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1. House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
By: Kier-la Janisse
4.44
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
House of Psychotic Women is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploi… read more
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- horror
"The truth, and the threat it poses, can be too overwhelming to bear, and for many women in the aftermath of the sexual revolution, the truth was that their experiences were being dismissed by the men…"-Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
2. High-Rise
By: J.G. Ballard
3.61
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battleg… read more
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"Togetherness is beating up an empty elevator."-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise
"this was an environment built, not for man, but for man's absence."-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise
"In effect, the apartment block was a small vertical city, its two thousand inhabitants boxed up into the sky.j.g."-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise
"Not for the first time Laing reflected that he and his neighbors were eager for trouble as the most effective means of enlarging their sex lives."-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise
3. Ripley's Game (Ripley, #3)
By: Patricia Highsmith
2.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle a… read more
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4. The Name of the Game Is Death (Drake, #1)
By: Dan J. Marlowe
3.87
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
"Two guys with guts and a go-to-hell-with-you-Jack regard for consequences have about three chances… read more
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5. The Cutie (Hard Case Crime #53)
By: Donald E. Westlake
4.26
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Originally published in 1960 as The Mercenaries. SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY Mavis St. P… read more
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6. Psycho
By: Robert Bloch
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy … read more
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7. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more
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8. Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
By: Carol J. Clover
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film … read more
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- nonfiction
- film
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9. Say It With Bullets (Hard Case Crime #18)
By: Richard Pitts Powell
3.44
Format: 336 pages,
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10. Web of Murder
By: Harry Whittington
3.80
Format: None pages,
""She'd be better off dead!" Laura cried. "She's too rich, she's too fat. She chews her bank accoun… read more
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11. The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
By: Anne-Marie O'Connor
3.90
Format: 205 pages,
The Lady in Gold, considered an unforgettable masterpiece, one of the twentieth century's most reco… read more
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12. The Sour Lemon Score (Parker, #12)
By: Donald E. Westlake , Richard Stark
4.08
Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bank robberies should run like clockwork, right? If your name’s Parker, you expect nothing less. Un… read more
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13. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By: Angela Carter
3.92
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more
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"Her hair falls down like tears"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"ordered me a sky from a florist"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My spite was sharp as broken glass"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
14. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
By: John Le Carré
4.06
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, … read more
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"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"Good intelligence work, Control had always preached, was gradual and rested on a kind of gentleness."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
15. Plunder Squad (Parker, #15)
By: Richard Stark
4.05
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Hearing the click behind him, Parker threw his glass straight back over his right shoulder and dove… read more
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16. The Hot Spot
By: Charles Williams
4.57
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
A dark, brooding masterpiece of guilt, greed, and lust in a town ripe for felony. Madox wasn't all … read more
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17. A Haven for the Damned
By: Harry Whittington
3.87
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
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18. Suspiria
By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
As one of the most globally recognisable instances of 20th century Eurohorror, Dario Argento's Susp… read more
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19. Silver Nitrate
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.61
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more
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20. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
By: Mallory O'Meara
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick—one of Disney’s first… read more
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"Having a new tattoo really sucks,"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"To the privileged, equality feels like oppression"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"One hundred percent of the top American films of 1954, the year Creature from the Black Lagoon was released, were directed by men. Ninety-six percent of the top American films for 2016, the year I st…"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"Milicent Patrick’s final resting place is in every single Creature from the Black Lagoon T-shirt, every Metaluna Mutant toy, every VHS tape of Fantasia, every DVD of The Shape of Water. It’s on the d…"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
21. Giallo!: Genre, Modernity, and Detection in Italian Horror Cinema (Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema)
By: Alexia Kannas
3.75
Format: 167 pages, Hardcover
Italian giallo films have a peculiar allure. Taking their name from the Italian for "yellow"— refle… read more
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