LECTURES & LITERATURE

    Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood and invented modern horror

    Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood and invented modern horror

    Presented by Gershman Y at Gershman Y

    October 27, 2011


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    Love classic horror films like The Exorcist, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween, and Alien? If so, then you’ll love New York Times critic Jason Zinoman’s book Shock Value which looks in depth at the years between 1968 and 1979 when a handful of outcasts and oddballs revolutionized the industry. Zinoman will share never-before-told stories about the making of these classic films and how men like Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, and John Carpenter, among others, took one of the most potent and influential emotions in our culture—fear—and turned it on its head. Halloween-inspired treats will be served.
     


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        Gershman Y

        401 S. Broad Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19147

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        $5

        Info Phone: events.gershmany.org

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        October 27, 2011

        Times:

        7 pm

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