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1	Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover 3.99 avg rating — 3,337 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	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
2	The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 6,772 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	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
3	Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror by Jason Zinoman 3.86 avg rating — 2,665 ratings score: 269, and 3 people voted	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
4	Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th by Peter M. Bracke 4.50 avg rating — 964 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	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
5	Scream Queens: Heroines of the Horrors by Calvin Thomas Beck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	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
6	Wes Craven: The Man and his Nightmares by John Wooley 3.76 avg rating — 303 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	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
7	1000 Women in Horror by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	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
8	The Monster Movies of Universal Studios by James L. Neibaur 3.75 avg rating — 204 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	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
9	A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls: From Real Life to Literature and Movies by Fiona Dodwell (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	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
10	Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror Movie by Gunnar Hansen 4.12 avg rating — 1,109 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	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
11	The Video Nasties Moment: Examining The Films Behind The Scare by Christopher A. Brown 2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	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
12	Splatter Capital by Mark Steven really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	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
13	Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present by Robin R. Means Coleman 4.39 avg rating — 284 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	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
14	A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films by Sinclair McKay 3.73 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	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
15	All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman 4.22 avg rating — 525 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	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
16	Carnal Curses, Disfigured Dreams: Japanese Horror And Bizarre Cinema 1898-1949 by Kagami Jigoku Kobayashi really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	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
17	House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films by Kier-La Janisse 4.43 avg rating — 1,511 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	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
18	Monsters, Demons and Psychopaths: Psychiatry and Horror Film by Fernando Espi Forcen 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	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
19	Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978 to 1986 by Adam Rockoff 3.95 avg rating — 266 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	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
20	They Came from Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema by Caelum Vatnsdal 3.97 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	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
21	Analog Nightmares: The Shot On Video Horror Films of 1982-1995 by Richard Mogg 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	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
22	The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal 4.11 avg rating — 1,527 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	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
23	Screams of Reason: Mad Science in Modern Culture by David J. Skal 3.73 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	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
24	The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films by Meg Hafdahl (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 357 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	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
25	Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre by Alison Peirse (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 127 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	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
26	Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror by James B. Twitchell 3.43 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	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
27	The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film (Texas Film Studies Series) by Barry Keith Grant (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 357 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	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
28	Korean Horror Cinema by Alison Peirse (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	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
29	Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy by S.A. Bradley (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 166 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	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
30	The Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Media by Martin Barker (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	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
31	Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange by Adam Scovell 3.93 avg rating — 247 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	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
32	Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams by Robert Englund 4.05 avg rating — 693 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	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
33	If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell 3.95 avg rating — 18,983 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	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
34	Zombies on Film: The Definitive Story of Undead Cinema by Ozzy Inguanzo 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	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
35	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation by Joseph Lanza 3.35 avg rating — 182 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	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
36	Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies by William Schoell (Goodreads Author) 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	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