Euro Gothic
Book description
Euro Gothic is the most extensive survey of Continental horror cinema ever published. From the Expressionist reveries of the Weimar Republic to the transgressive nightmares smuggled past the Franco regime, via surrealist Gallic fever-dreams and psychedelic shockers from Cinecitta, Jonathan Rigby applies his incisive scrutiny to the most important European…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Euro Gothic as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
An engagingly written, erudite, and intelligent critical history of horror films made in Europe from silent cinema to the modern day.
Rigby is one of the best scholars of the horror genre and gives closer critical attention to some of the classics produced in Italy, France, Spain, and Germany. You may not agree with all of his critical opinions, but his expertise is never in doubt.
From Leon's list on European horror films.
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