Behind the horror : true stories that inspired horror movies
(2020)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
791.436164/MELLOR,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 791.436164/MELLOR,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : DK Publishing, 2020
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION

280 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781465492388, 1465492380 :, 1465492380, 9781465492388
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Which case of demonic possession inspired The Exorcist? What horrifying front-page story generated the idea for A Nightmare on Elm Street? Which film was based on the infamous skin-wearing murderer Ed Gein? Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. Behind the Horror dissects these and other bizarre tales to reveal haunting real-life stories of abduction, disappearance, murder, and exorcism."--Amazon

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