The Mammoth Book of Body Horror

ISBN-10: 1780330448
ISBN-13: 9781780330440
Category: Fiction
Pages: 160
Language: English
Published: 2012-03-01
Publisher: Robinson
Authors: Paul Kane, Marie O'Regan

Description

A gripping collection which offers for the first time a chronological overview of the popular contemporary sub-genre of body horror, from Edgar Allan Poe to Christopher Fowler, with contributions from leading horror writers, including Stephen King, George Langelaan and Neil Gaiman. The collection includes the stories behind seminal body horror movies, John Carpenter's The Thing, David Cronenberg's The Fly and Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator.

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