There is Phil Hardy's _The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror_ (Its SF counterpart was used as a textbook for a course on SF films I took). Alsom there is _Necronomicon 1_, though that does not deal strictly with horror, and includes some porno, with stills, and there is _Men, Women, & Chainsaws_, which is not always accurate (It claims the Evil Dead kids eat each other's spew, which is utterly false.) Scott On Thu, 15 Oct 1998 [log in to unmask] wrote: > after hiding from the threat for some years i've decided to face > the monster and have agreed to teach a course on horror films > in the spring . . . while i know at least some of the interesting work > on the genre, a lot of what i know is fairly advanced, certainly > too complicated for non specialist undergrads most of whom > will be taking the course simply to fulfill a humanities distribution > requirement . . . > > can anyone recommend materials [a book or, perhaps even better, > a number of essays] that would provide appropriate background > reading for such a course . . . to the extent that the material touches on > [or tackles] the latent gender issues in the genre i would be especially > grateful > > thanks much > > mike frank > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama. > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite