From Booklist
At the 2004 British Fantasy Convention, editor Morris floated the idea of having 50 horror writers write about personal favorite horror movies and encountered such responsiveness that here it is, already. Horror mavens should devour it and yell for more. With maybe two exceptions, the essays are excellent, even when all the writer, in this case, Kevin Mullins, does is synopsize--in this case, the quietly but extremely scary
Don't Look Now. Most contributors are British, most are barely known in America, and many are also comedy writers and performers, one of whom provocatively says that the procedures for getting laughs and screams are alike. Famous names include Neil Gaiman (on
Bride of Frankenstein), China Mieville (on
Razorback, about a giant pig), Ramsey Campbell (on
Lost Highway), and Brian Aldiss (on
Les Diaboliques). The lesser names are just as good and better, infectiously enthusiastic about the likes of
The Plague of the Zombies, astonishingly cogent when the choice is
Carousel (yes, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical), aesthetically engaging on
The Blair Witch Project. Ray OlsonCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
