If you love horror it's a must! It is very well written and beautifully put together, illustrations are amazing! It takes every film apart minute by minute, scene by scene and explains the science of horror, a very curious read! I didn't see all of them films myself, but still did enjoy it a lot, if you're a horror lover you're in for a treat!

I only needed to read a few paragraphs before I decided to pre-order a physical copy of this book. The Introduction and "Scare Tactics" sections explain how movies qualified for this collection, and preface how they will be analyzed and rated. The author uses a really detailed and interesting rating system that assigns a symbol to each of seven scare tactics - Dead space, the subliminal, the unexpected, the grotesque, dread, the uncanny, and the unstoppable. Each of these is explained before we begin with the first movie discussed - Psycho. Each movie's section contains details such as release date, director, and cast. Rather than summarizing the movie (if you're reading this book, you've probably seen most or all of these), it gives cultural context and rates specific timestamps and scenes on a Scare Rating scale from 1-10. It also has a table that rates the movie on a scale of 1-10 for each of the Scare Tactics. Finally, it wraps up with a Further Viewing section that recommends films (in a few different decades!) that can be viewed as similar to the movie at hand. This book is so well structured and organized, visually interesting, gives a concrete but fun way to consider each of the films, and is a definite must for any fan of horror. Thank you for the opportunity to read this book in advance - I look forward to adding it to my collection when it comes out on 9/22.

This book is a treat for horror fans. I’ve seen most of the movies discussed here and the author’s analysis was eye-opening. The Shining is one of my favorite films, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen it and Matt Glasby made me notice new things. As per its subtitle, The Anatomy of Fear in Film, there are all kinds of horror movies here: Ghost stories, slasher flicks, supernatural villains and serial killers; commercial and not widely known; foreign and domestic. The illustrations are gorgeous and the charts that track the tension throughout the films are fun to check out. The author also uses a system to code the ways that the tension is achieved. Even the films that I haven’t seen captured my interest and made me want to stream them asap. The Book of Horror is an innovative way to look at scary movies.
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley/White Lion Publishing!

I LOVE classic horror movies, so when I saw this I knew I had to read it! This book was so fun and chockful of information! Very informative, well written and covers EVERYTHING! I am definitely going to get a hard copy for myself, and it will make a great gift for a few people I know!

**I received and voluntarily read an e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

I love breaking down and studying films, so I jumped at the opportunity to read and review this book.

Obviously, it doesn't contain every horror movie ever made, but the ones it lists are each studied in detail. The intro opens up with what makes a good horror movie work and why some movies that are classified as horror aren't truly horror films.

The book balances nicely between almost academic level discussions on what works and what doesn't, but it also manages to be approachable and you can sense the author's love of horror films in every sentence.

This book would be a great one to give to any horror movie fan or filmmaker you know.

The Book of Horror by Matt Glasby is a perfect book for all horror fans who would like to know more about their favourite classic horror films. Informative and interesting.

I'm a huge horror fan and I loved this book! It really goes into depth on the tactics used to create a scary environment.

I definitely recommend this one if you like horror.

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this E-book to review via Netgalley.

DING DONG DARLING thank you so much NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange of a honest review.

OMG this book is a MUST READ for every horror lover. It’s amazing; the way it picks (with a good, solid system) a carefully chosen selection of horror movies and explains simply but with great knowledge WHY they’re scary.
I LOVED the selection. I’m extremely happy for that I have seen almost all of them, and obviously I wrote down the few I haven’t watched. Extra kudos for adding some ‘international’ movies there. Everyone should watch The orphanage.

The edition is FLAWLESS, MARVELOUS, BEAUTIFUL and I want to buy this book and display it, opened, on a top shelf. I would have chosen a different cover, tho.

Congrats to the author! Amazing book.

The Book of Horror is an amazing dissection of what makes horror movies scary.
The book starts off with a more general information on suspense in movies and later looks at iconic horror movies in detail, examining how different things contribute to the movie being horrifying and dreadful.
It was a curious read, although I wasn't as interested in reading about movies that I haven't seen yet. The descriptions of the scenes from the movies, while quite good, are much better if you've seen the movie already and know exactly how the scene played out.
I definitely recommend the book to any movie and horror lovers.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion for providing me with an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.*

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. Unfortunately and disappointingly, I do not have the capabilities to read it in the protected pdf format. Thank you.