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	Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film 3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soul of Wes Craven by Joseph Maddrey (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Craven (foreword) 4.37 avg rating — 39 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Corners of the Old Dominion: A Virginia Horrors Anthology by Joseph Maddrey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Rook (Editor), Brian Keene (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simply Eliot (Great Lives Book 15) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Beyond Fear: Reflections on Stephen King, Wes Craven, and George Romero's Living Dead 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adapting Stephen King: Volume 2, Night Shift from Short Stories to Screenplays 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Quick, the Dead and the Revived: The Many Lives of the Western Film 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Folk Horror has become a popular subgenre in recent years, thanks to films like THE WITCH and MIDSOMMAR. Cinematic ancestors include WITCHFINDER GENERAL, THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW, and THE WICKER MAN (the “holy trinity” of folk horror films), and literary forerunners include classic short stories by Arthur Machen (“The White People,” “The Three Imposters,” “The Great God Pan”), M.R. James (“Th

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