An Illustrated History of the Horror Film
By Carlos Clarens
Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1967. 256 pages.
Strange that while horror films were around since the beginning of film, books on this genre did start until quite a few decades later, with this one by Carlos Clarens being one of, if not the first, authors to tackle these kind of films.
Clarens wrote for magazines like Film Quarterly and Films in Review before he wrote this book. Clarens takes us from the birth of the cinema, with Méliès, Edison and the Lumiére Brothers, and ends with the early days of Hammer Films. Clarens knew his film history and mentions countless films throughout this book that even the biggest horror fan might not have heard or. It’s a great one to start a “Need to see” list.
kitleyskrypt.com 