In my last post I provided an update on a volume I contributed to, so I might as well follow that up with another similar project. A while ago I was flattered to have John Kenneth Muir ask me, along with a handful of other writers, to write some brief capsule reviews as a part of critical film commentaries for his book Horror Films of the 1990s (McFarland, forthcoming). The publisher’s website describes the book as follows:
This detailed filmography surveys more than 300 horror films that were released in the years 1990 through 1999. The horror genre’s trends, cliches and patterns of the decade are connected to social and cultural phenomena, such as Y2K fears and the Los Angeles Riots. Among the popular forms of this period were films about serial killers, aliens, conspiracies, and sinister “interlopers,” new monsters who shambled their way into the lives of everyday people to wreak havoc on screen.
This volume comes in at a hefty 832 pages. Judging from the quality of Muir’s previous works such as Horror Films of the 1970s, Horror Films of the 1980s, and Analytical Guide to Television’s One Step Beyond, 1959-1961, I am sure this volume will make a fine addition to the libraries of many horror fans, film students, and university libraries. The book can be pre-ordered and is scheduled for publication in the Fall/Winter 2011.
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