100 American Horror Films

"[A] well-plotted survey." Total FilmIn 100 American Horror Films, Barry Keith Grant presents entries on 100 films from one of American cinema''s longest-standing, most diverse and most popular genres, representing its rich history from the silent era - D.W. Griffith''s The Avenging Conscience of 1915 - to contemporary productions - Jordan Peele''s 2017 Get Out. In his introduction, Grant provides an overview of the genre¿s history, a context for the films addressed in the individual entries, and discusses the specific relations between American culture and horror. All of the entries are informed by the question of what makes the specific film being discussed a horror film, the importance of its place within the history of the genre, and, where relevant, the film is also contextualized within specifically American culture and history. Each entry also considers the film¿s most salient textual features, provides important insight into its production, an