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Ready-made reading for the genre's most fervent enthusiasts. -- Rod Lott, flickattack.com Some important rarely tackled topics finally get their much deserved academics treatment, such as the influences between Italian giallo and the American slasher, commonly taken for granted among fans and critics but rarely investigated in greater detail. Also helpful are essays on rural giallo, the neglected poor cousin of the more prominent urban type, and on animal cruelty in cannibal flicks, with its moral quandaries and aesthetic justifications. -- Dejan Ognjanovic, Rue Morgue

Ready-made reading for the genre's most fervent enthusiasts. -- Rod Lott, flickattack.com Some important rarely tackled topics finally get their much deserved academics treatment, such as the influences between Italian giallo and the American slasher, commonly taken for granted among fans and critics but rarely investigated in greater detail. Also helpful are essays on rural giallo, the neglected poor cousin of the more prominent urban type, and on animal cruelty in cannibal flicks, with its moral quandaries and aesthetic justifications. -- Dejan Ognjanovic, Rue Morgue Under the elegant stewardship of Stefano Baschiera and Russ Hunter, the analysis and discussion of the genre here demonstrates both info-heavy enthusiasm and intelligence from the various contributors...the study is bang up to date in its examination of recent developments in the field, such as the gruesome Necrostorm product. For anyone interested in the genre, it's essential reading. -- Barry Forshaw

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Stefano Baschiera is Professor of Film Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. He is the co-editor of Italian Horror Cinema (2016, EUP), Film and Domestic Space (2020, EUP) and World Cinema on Demand (2022, Bloomsbury). Russ Hunter is a Senior Lecturer in Film & Television at the University of Northumbria. His research is focused upon Italian genre cinema, critical reception, and European horror cinema.

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