Now a terrifying motion picture!: twenty-five classic works of horror adapted from book to film

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This work explores the relationship between twenty-five enduring works of horror literature and the classic films that have been adapted from them. Each chapter delves into the historical and cultural background of a particular type of horror--hauntings, zombies, aliens and more--and provides an overview of a specific work's critical and popular reception"--Provided by publisher;Introduction -- Altered states -- The Amityville horror -- The birds -- Dead ringers -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- The exorcist -- The fly -- Frankenstein -- Freaks -- From hell -- Ghost story -- The hound of the Baskervilles -- Jaws -- The masque of the red death -- The night stalker -- The ninth gate -- Nosferatu -- The phantom of the opera -- Psycho -- Re-animator -- The serpent and the rainbow -- The shining -- Sleepy Hollow -- The thing from another world -- Village of the damned Introduction -- Altered states -- The Amityville horror -- The birds -- Dead ringers -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- The exorcist -- The fly -- Frankenstein -- Freaks -- From hell -- Ghost story -- The hound of the Baskervilles -- Jaws -- The masque of the red death -- The night stalker -- The ninth gate -- Nosferatu -- The phantom of the opera -- Psycho -- Re-animator -- The serpent and the rainbow -- The shining -- Sleepy Hollow -- The thing from another world -- Village of the damned