Fragments of Fear: An Illustrated History of British Horror Films
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"Fragments of Fear examines a wide range of British horror films and the stories behind them. The early melodramas of Tod Slaughter right through to Hammer and their rivals Tigon and Amicus, plus mavericks like Michael Reeves, sex/horror director Peter Walker and more recent talents such as Clive Barker, director of "Hellraiser", are all discussed. Films studied range in scope from the sadism of "Peeping Tom" to the mutant SF of "A Clockwork Orange" and the softcore porn/horror of Jose Larraz' "Vampyres".
Lavishly illustrated throughout, author Andy Boot unravels a tangled history and discovers many little-known gems amid the more familiar images of Hammer, including a wealth of exploitational cinema. Fragments of Fear establishes the British horror movie as a genre which can easily stand up to its more lauded American counterpart in the depth and diversity of its scope."
--From the back cover
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The Anatomist
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Anniversary
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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Behemoth the Sea Monster
1959 — a.k.a. The Giant Behemoth, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Bespoke Overcoat
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Birthday Party
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Caretaker
1963 — a.k.a. The Guest, in 0 top lists Check -
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Circus of Horrors
1960 — a.k.a. Phantom of the Circus, in 0 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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The Corpse
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
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Corridors of Blood
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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Crimes at the Dark House
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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
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Crucible of Terror
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
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Curse of the Fly
1965, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Curse of the Werewolf
1961, in 1 top list Check -
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The Curse of the Wraydons
1946 — a.k.a. Strangler's Morgue, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Damned
1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 — a.k.a. The Day the Sky Caught Fire, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Deadly Bees
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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Déjà Vu
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
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Die Screaming Marianne
1971 — a.k.a. Die, Beautiful Marianne, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Doctor and the Devils
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968, in 1 top list Check -
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The Face at the Window
1932, in 0 top lists Check -
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First Man Into Space
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969, in 1 top list Check -
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Full Circle
1977 — a.k.a. The Haunting of Julia, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Ghoul
1933, in 0 top lists Check -
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Gorgo
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Greed of William Hart
1948 — a.k.a. Horror Maniacs, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Halfway House
1944, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Man Behind the Mask
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
1935 — a.k.a. Phantom Ship, in 0 top lists Check -
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No Blade of Grass
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Paperhouse
1988, in 1 top list Check -
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Paranoiac
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
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Persecution
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Phantom of the Opera
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
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Room to Let
1950, in 0 top lists Check -
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Schizo
1976 — a.k.a. Amok, in 0 top lists Check -
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Stolen Face
1952, in 1 top list Check -
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A Study in Terror
1965 — a.k.a. Fog, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
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Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970, in 1 top list Check -
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The Tomb of Ligeia
1964, in 1 top list Check -
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Twisted Nerve
1968, in 0 top lists Check
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