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This work repeatedly hypothesized that the horrors of WWI directly influenced modern horror. It certainly changed society‘s views and influenced all mediums of art during and after the war. You can see how it changed things, but the author didn‘t do a convincing job of making the direct link to today‘s horror. The book lost some steam by the end and devolved into a monotonous book and movie review. I love horror though, so it was interesting - 4/5

That's super relevant and disconcerting

Saw this book at my local indie.The horrors of war are obvious but the cultural ramifications ripple out in infinite ways.I can‘t wait to read it.

Poole discusses the effects of WWI on horror fiction and (mostly) films. Especially disturbing is a chapter on how the rhetoric of horror was appropriated between the wars by European nationalists. Disturbing because dang, but it sounds familiar. Lots to chew on, and lots of insightful stories about giants of early 20th-century horror. Recommended.

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This book is about how World War I, influencer of so much of the twentieth and twenty-first century, also influenced horror conventions across film, literature, and visual art. I went in thinking this book would restrict itself to cinema, but learned at least as much about "weird" fiction (especially Lovecraft), surrealism (Dali was a fascist sympathizer?), and even influences on poets like Eliot and Pound. Recommended #wwi #horror

I'm not a huge horror fan (I scare too easily), but I do love history #FridayReads