Description: "The book is sensible, highly readable, and concise....[t]his book will best serve as an introduction to the horror genre. Recommended. Lower-/upper-division undergraduates; general readers." -- Choice "[E]xplores the relationship between 10 classic horror films and the cultures they reflect." -- US States News "Phillips analyzes ten landmark horror films, including Dracula , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , The Silence of the Lambs and The Sixth Sense , to discover the ways horror films reflect their cultural contexts and the audiences' fears. In addition to his analyses, Phillips provides a synopsis of each film and describes its production history, contemporary audience response and cultural influence. Although Phillips incorporates the work of other film and cultural critics, he writes for a general audience." -- Reference & Research Book News "Fans of horror and horror movies who wish an intellectual examination of links between horror films and American culture will find professor Kendall R. Phillips' Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture to be most intriguing." -- MBR Bookwatch

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