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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Book: Danse Macabre

 Book: Danse Macabre

Author: Stephen King

Pages: 512


this is my 135th read for the year

What Amazon Says:
This i a vivi, intelligent, and nostalgic journey through 3 decades of horrow as experienced through the eyes of the most popular writer in the genre.  In 1981, years before he sat down to tackleOn Writing, Stephen King decided to address theb topic of what makes horror horrifying and what makes terror terrifying.  Here, in 10 brilliantly written chapters, King delivers one colorful observation after another about the great stories, books, and films that comprise the horror genre.

This was a pretty good book.  It is from 1981, so I would have loved to read a more updated version from King now as the horror genre has evolved in the last 44 years.  A lot of his references are still favorites that we still enjoy in the tv/movie/film horror genre, but 44 years futher on, I wonder if his list would change.  But this book is well written and delves deep into the details on how he feels about different aspects of horror from the 50s-80s.

Stars: 4


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