Dark Magic: Scary Movies According to Reverse Shot

What makes a movie scary? The writers of Reverse Shot, a publication of Museum of the Moving Image, have been trying to figure that out for twenty years. In this anthology of writing from the past two decades, bursting with chilling movie recommendations from the silent era to today, Reverse Shot goes deep into the dark recesses of horror cinema to try and put words to the formless fear that grips all lovers of the genre. For a film to truly scare us, whether via momentary jolt or lingering dread, is some kind of dark magic. Published by Museum of the Moving Image. Featuring 53 films, including: Night of the Demon, Ghost Story of Yotsuya, The Thing, The Blair Witch Project,  Host, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dead of Night, Onibaba, Cure, Angst, Carrie, Penda's Fen, Red Rooms, Vampyr, Tall Shadows of the Wind, Paperhouse, Lake Mungo, and  more.