Author(s): Alan Jones

Film & TV

The Rough Guide to Horror Movies is a comprehensive guide to the world's scariest films. Conjuring up vampires, monsters, ghosts and zombies, it tells the stories behind the movies that have frightened us from the birth of cinema to the present day. Features include:

• The canon: The lowdown on 50 essential horror movies, from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Scream, via Psycho, The Exorcist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre