Reading
Movies
Note: Interested in horror scholarship? These books represent the diverse and challenging conversations taking place in the field. More information about each title can be found by clicking on an author's name.
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| Rachel Adams | Sarah Arnold | Harry M. Benshoff | Kyle William Bishop |
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| Fred Botting | S.A. Bradley | Aviva Briefel | Noel Carroll |
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| Wickham Clayton | Carol J. Clover | Robin Means R. Coleman | Ian Conrich |
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| Barbara Creed | Vera Dika | Mark Edmundson | Darren Elliott-Smith |
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| Thomas Fahy | Carroll L. Fry | Barry Keith Grant | Jack Halberstam |
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| Erin Harrington | Cynthia Hendershot | Dawn Keetley | D. Keetley & A. Tenga |
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| Adam Lowenstein | Richard Nowell | Kendal Phillips | Isabel Cristina Pinedo |
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| Xavier Aldana Reyes | Adam Rockoff | David J. Skal | Angela Smith |
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| Bryan Turnock | Kevin J. Wetmore | Natalie Wilson | Robin Wood |
Essential Films
Note: Want to dive into horror films but aren't quite sure where to start? This list is an overview of all the genre has to offer and is a useful starting point for new viewers. For more information about a film, click on its title.
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| Dracula (1931) | Freaks (1932) | Thirteen Women (1932) | King Kong(1933) |
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| Dracula's Daughter (1936) | Cat People (1942) | Scared to Death (1947) | House of Wax (1953) |
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| The Bad Seed (1956) | Psycho (1960) | Carnival of Souls (1962) | Blood & Black Lace (1964) |
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| Lady in a Cage (1964) | Strait-Jacket (1964) | The Nanny (1965) | Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
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| Bay of Blood (1971) | Alice Sweet Alice (1974) | Black Christmas (1974) | Deep Red (1975) |
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| Jaws (1975) | Carrie (1976) | Halloween (1978) | The Shining (1980) |
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| Sleepaway Camp (1983) | Pet Sematary (1989) | Candyman (1992) | Scream (1996) |
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| Blair Witch (1999) | Behind the Mask (2006) | Drag Me to Hell (2009) | The Conjuring (2013) |
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| The Babadook (2014) | The Final Girls (2015) | Hush (2016) | Pyewacket (2017) |
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| Get Out (2017) | A Quiet Place (2018) | Hereditary (2018) | Summer of 84 (2018) |
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| Unsane (2018) | The Perfection (2019) | Midsommar (2019) | Ready or Not (2019) |
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| The Hunt (2020) | The Invisible Man (2020) | The Lodge (2020) | Relic (2020) |