Product Description \nTwo horror films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018, and one of them―The Shape of Water―won. Since 1990, the production of horror films has risen exponentially worldwide, and in 2013, horror films earned an estimated $400 million in ticket sales. Horror has long been the most popular film genre, and more horror movies have been made than any other kind. We need them. We need to be scared, to test ourselves, laugh inappropriately, scream, and flinch. We need to get through them and come out, blinking, still in one piece. Lost in the Dark: A World History of Horror Film is a straightforward history written for the general reader and student that can serve as a comprehensive reference work. The volume provides a general introduction to the genre, serves as a guidebook to its film highlights, and celebrates its practitioners, trends, and stories. Starting with silent-era horror films and ending with 2020’s The Invisible Man, Lost in the Dark looks at decades of horror movies. Author Brad Weismann covers such topics as the roots of horror in literature and art, monster movies, B-movies, the destruction of the American censorship system, international horror, torture porn, zombies, horror comedies, horror in the new millennium, and critical reception of modern horror. A sweeping survey that doesn’t scrimp on details, Lost in the Dark is sure to satisfy both the curious and the completist.\n Review \nFrom biblical ghost stories to the pioneering\n Haunted Castle to the Oscar-winning\nGet Out,\nLost in the Dark: A World History of Horror Film is the definitive history of horror. The book dissects horror’s growth, step-by-step, from hiding behind dark curtains into the zeitgeist of respected art. People have a\nneed for horror, a\nneed to be scared. The art of horror is just as important culturally worldwide as it is on an individually personal level. Love it or hate it, everyone has an opinion about horror. Brad Weismann’s book shows exactly why horror ignites that fire in us all. -- Greg Kershaw, Horror Fuel\n Book Description \nBrad Weismann?s\nLost in the Dark is an astonishingly expansive and accessible primer on the history of horror movies, tracing a path from its earliest origins to the most current offerings. Spanning the globe and covering more subgenres than you can count on two hands, this is an essential addition to any horror lover?s reference library. Whether you?re a seasoned genre vet or only just starting your journey,\nLost in the Dark offers up an entire world?s worth of fright films waiting for you to discover. -- Stacie Ponder, writer behind the long-running horror blog Final Girl, columnist for Rue Morgue magazine, and cohost of the Gaylords of Darkness podcast\n About the Author \nBrad Weismann is an award-winning writer and editor. His work has appeared in such publications as\nSenses of Cinema,\nFilm International,\nBackstage,\nMuso,\nParterre,\n5280,\nEnCompass, and in the volume\n100 Years of Soviet Cinema. He was selected by the Library of Congress to contribute explanatory essays to its National Recording Registry.