Table of Contents

Preface vii

1 Introduction: Horror-Movie Histories 1

Part I Genre History

2 Facts, Figures and Frightful Fiends 17

3 Genre History I: 1931 - 1960 27

4 Genre History II: 1961 - 1984 48

Part II Narrative Resources

5 Narratives 81

6 Events - Characters - Settings 106

Part III Science, Supernature, Psyche

7 Mad Science 133

8 Lurkers at the Threshold 158

9 The Sleep of Reason 185

10 Conclusion: Security and Paranoia 211

Subject/Name Index 225

Index of Film Titles 231

About the Author

Andrew Tudor is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York. He was film critic for New Society from 1975 to 1982 and has been chairman of York Film Theatre for more than ten years.