Description
Uncover the twisted tales that inspired the big screen's greatest screams. Which case of demonic possession inspired The Exorcist? What horrifying front-page story generated the idea for A Nightmare on Elm Street? Which film was based on the infamous skin-wearing murderer Ed Gein? Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. Behind the Horror dissects these and other bizarre tales to reveal haunting real-life stories of abduction, disappearance, murder, and exorcism.
Author: Lee Mellor
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Published: 07/28/2020
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781465492388
ISBN10: 1465492380
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Historical
- Performing Arts | Film | Genres | Horror
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
Author: Lee Mellor
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Published: 07/28/2020
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781465492388
ISBN10: 1465492380
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Historical
- Performing Arts | Film | Genres | Horror
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
About the Author
Lee Mellor, Ph.D. is a criminologist, lecturer, musician, and the author of seven books on crime. He received his doctorate from Montreal's Concordia University after specializing in abnormal homicide and sex crimes. As the chair of the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases' academic committee, he has consulted with police on cold cases in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Ohio, and London, Ontario. He resides in Ontario, Canada.