John Landis Presents The Library of Horror – Haunted Houses

John Landis Presents The Library of Horror – Haunted Houses
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-10 : 9780744030938
ISBN-13 : 0744030935
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Download or read book John Landis Presents The Library of Horror – Haunted Houses written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic haunted house ghost stories curated by world-renowned filmmaker and horror genre expert John Landis. This beautifully presented, highly collectible anthology features ghost stories that have enthralled, terrified and inspired readers decade after decade. Some are relatively well known; others are long-lost treasures, awaiting rediscovery. The selection includes tales of terror by Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, and Percival Landon; studies of creeping dread by Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James; short, sharp shockers by Ambrose Bierce, M.R. James and Lafcadio Hearn; and comedic masterpieces by Oscar Wilde and Saki. Mr. Landis' own introduction explores each tale's fascinating impact on the contemporary horror genre. Step inside these ghost-ridden repositories of supernatural evil, if you dare... "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." H. P. Lovecraft


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