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1. The black guy dies first: black horror cinema from fodder to Oscar

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Author:
Means Coleman, Robin R., 1969-
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HORROR NONFICTION RECOMMENDATION
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
791.43 MEANS
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
791.43 MEANS
Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
791.43 MEANS
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"The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the Oscar-​winning cinematic heights of Get Out and beyond. This eye-opening book delves into the themes, tropes, and traits that have come to characterize Black roles in horror since 1968, a year in which race made national headlines in iconic moments from the enactment of the 1968 Civil Rights Act and Martin Luther King Jr.'s...

2. It came from the closet: queer reflections on horror

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4.5 stars
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Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
791.43 ITCAM
Middlecreek Community - Adult Non-Fiction
791.43 ITCAM
Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
791.43 ITCAM
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"Twenty-five narrative essays by contemporary LGBTQ writers reflecting on queerness in horror film, from Hitchcock to HALLOWEEN"--

3. My heart is a chainsaw

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Author:
Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-
Series:
Indian Lake trilogy volume 1.
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3.4 stars
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"In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. "Some girls just don't know how to die..." Shirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw, written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones, called "a literary...