Adam Rockoff: 2 books
The Horror of It All
One Moviegoer's Love Affair with Masked Maniacs, Frightened Virgins, and the Living Dead...
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Pop culture history meets blood-soaked memoir as Adam Rockoff, “a passionate fan of the horror genre in all its forms,” (The New York Times) recalls a life spent watching blockbuster slasher films, cult classics, and everything in between.
Horror films have simultaneously captivated and...
Going to Pieces
The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
John Carpenter’s Halloween, released on October 25, 1978, marked the beginning of the horror film’s most colorful, controversial, and successful offshoot—the slasher film. Loved by fans and reviled by critics for its iconic psychopaths, gory special effects, brainless teenagers in peril, and...