{"product_id":"american-nightmares-paolo-zelati-9798887715711","title":"American Nightmares","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough 33 interviews with as many masters of American fantastic cinema, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Nightmares\u003c\/em\u003e traces the evolution of one of the most thrilling and creatively stimulating periods in the history of horror cinema: the New American Horror (mid-1960s to late 1980s). The book compares the artistic, social, and political perspectives of those who, whether consciously or unconsciously, for over thirty years have narrated, criticized, and depicted the changes taking place in American society through fantastic cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interviews are all unpublished, conducted in person by the author between 2003 and 2013, and presented in full in English for the first time. 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Exorcist\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Carpenter (Director, Screenwriter, Composer: \u003cstrong\u003eHalloween\u003c\/strong\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Cronenberg (Director, Screenwriter: \u003cstrong\u003eRabid \u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Don Coscarelli (Director, Screenwriter: \u003cstrong\u003ePhantasm\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeir Zarchi (Director, Screenwriter: \u003cstrong\u003eI spit on your Grave\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Donner (Director, Screenwriter: \u003cstrong\u003eThe Omen\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Dante (Director, Screenwriter: 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Case\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan O'Bannon (Director, Screenwriter: \u003cstrong\u003eReturn of the Living Dead\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Yuzna (Director, Screenwriter: \u003cstrong\u003eSociety\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart Gordon (Director, Screenwriter: \u003cstrong\u003eRe-Animator\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Paoli (Screenwritere: \u003cstrong\u003eRe-Animator\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLloyd Kaufman (Director, Screenwriter, Producer: \u003cstrong\u003eThe Toxic Avenger\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Holland (Director, Screenwriter: \u003cstrong\u003eFright 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