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Title: 100 European Horror Films (BFI Screen Guides)
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Author: Steven Jay Schneider
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• Posted on 2008-07-15
  A Good Euro-Horror Survey
  
  This collection of reviews, edited by Steven Jay Schneider, covers one hundred European horror films from 1919 ("The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari") to 2004 ("The Ordeal"). The bulk of the movies considered are from the Sixties through the Eighties and include most of the seminal works of the continent from that period. There's a heavy emphasis on the Italian gialli (a lot of Bava and Argento) and the Italo-Spanish school of zombie and vampire flicks. The UK is not European enough for this book, so you won't find anything English here--meaning the entire Hammer and Amicus output is absent. But the book does go beyond Italy, Spain, and France to consider a few titles from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and elsewhere. And there are certainly a good number of movies from the more recent past, the Nineties and onwards (most recognizably the French "High Tension" from 2003).
  
  The reviewers skew heavily to the academic side and come mostly from the US, Canada, and the UK. About the only name recognizable to the layman is the dangerously omnipresent and multi-talented Kim Newman. Most of the essays (virtually none of which exceed two pages) are written for the average reader, but a few of the authors can't help themselves and slip into jargon more suited for journals on transgressive gender studies about The Other.
  
  The book has a pretty nice index and a good selection of black-and-white photos scattered throughout, and brief CVs for the contributors.
  
  This won't be your thing if you really are keen on the Anglo-American side of horror movies, but it's definitely got a ton of material on the output from Western Europe, and certainly should help you find a few movies you'll want to hunt down and see.
  
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• Posted on 2008-01-19
  An Excellent Presentation of Eurohorror Films
  
  This book presents a rare opportunity for the reader to learn about some of the most significant Eurohorror films which were produced in Europe. The films addressed in this book originated from Italy, Germany, Spain, France, and Belgium. Several prominent writers and scholars wrote the articles which discussed each film at depth. This publication is an absolute must for aficionados to learn about horror films which were made in Europe. The articles are both educational and an excellent aid to guide readers to decide which films of this type they might wish to explore in the DVD market. Each article focuses on a single film with a total of one hundred articles zeroing on one hundred different Eurohorror films. I assure you that you will be delighted with this book and find yourself referring to it repeatedly.
  
  
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