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by Стивен Кинг


  Now before you decide to clout me upside the lead or to scream "Do we have to eat this shit again?" let me point out to you what my wife pointed out to my son on the day of the turkey sandwiches: there are hundreds of different recipes for turkey, but they all taste like turkey.

  And coupled with that, she said, it is a shame to waste good things.

  This is not to say that my article in Oui was so paralyzingly great or that my thoughts on Ramsey Campbell were so deathless that they deserved to be preserved in a book; it is only to say that, while my thoughts and feelings on the genre I've spent most of my life working in may have evolved or shifted somewhat in perspective, they haven't really changed. That change may come, but since there has only been a passage of four years since I originally stated many of my feelings about horror and terror in the Night Shift introduction, it would be surprising-even suspect-if I were to suddenly deny everything I had written previous to this book.

  In my own defense, I'll add that Danse Macabre gave me the space to develop some of these ideas in more detail than I had ever been given before, and for that I must thank Bill Thompson and Everest House. In no case did I simply reheat something I had written before; I tried as hard as I could to develop each idea as fully as possible without beating it into the ground. In some cases, I may have done just that, though, and all I can do in such cases is to beg your indulgence.

  And I think that really is the end. Thank you again for coming with me, and rest you well.

  But, being who I am and what I am, I cannot find it in my heart to wish you pleasant dreams . . .

  APPENDIX 1

  THE FILMS

  Below is a list of roughly one hundred fantasy/horror films tied together by their time and their excellence. All were released during the period 1950-1980, and all of them seem to me to be particularly interesting in one way or another; if I may say so without sounding like an Academy Awards presenter, all of them have contributed something of value to the genre. You will find my own personal favorites marked with an asterisk ( * ). Special thanks are due to Kirby McCauley, who provided invaluable help with the list.

  TITLE DIRECTOR YEAR The Abominable Dr. Phibes Robert Fuest 1971

  *Alien Ridley Scott 1979

  Asylum Roy Ward Baker 1972

  The Bad Seed Mervyn LeRoy 1956

  The Birds Alfred Hitchcock 1963

  The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Dario Argento 1969

  *Black Sunday Mario Bava 1961

  *The Brood David Cronentberg 1979

  Burnt Offerings Dan Curtis 1976

  Burn Witch Burn Sidney Hayers 1962

  *The Cage Walter Graumann 1961

  *Carrie Brian De Palma 1976

  The Conqueror Worm Michael Reeves 1968

  *Creature from the Black Lagoon Jack Arnold 1954

  *The Creeping Unknown Val Guest 1955

  *Curse of the Demon Jacques Tourneur 1957

  The Day of the Triiffids Steve Sekely 1963

  *Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero 1979

  The Deadly Beer Freddie Francis 1967

  Deep Red Dario Argento ?

  *Deliverance John Boorman 1972

  *dementia-13 Francis Coppola 1963

  Diabolique Henri-Georges Clouzot1955

  Doctor Terror's House of Horrors Freddie Francis 1965

  Don't Look Now Nicholas Roeg 1973

  *Duel Steven Spielberg 1971

  *Enemy from Space Val Guest 1957

  Eraserhead David Lynch 1978

  *The Exorcist William Friedkin 1973

  The Exterminating Angel Luis Bunuel 1963

  Eye of the Cat David Lowell Rich 1969

  The Fly Kurt Neumann 1958

  *Frenzy Alfred Hitchcock 1972

  The Fury Brian De Palma 1978

  Gorgo Eugene Lourie 1961

  *Halloween John Carpenter 1978

  *The Haunting Robert Wise 1963

  The H-Man Inoshiro Honda 1958

  Horrors of the Black Museum Arthur Crabtree 1959

  Hour of the Wolf Ingmar Bergman 1967

  The House that Dripped Blood Peter Duffell 1970

  Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte Robert Aldrich 1965

  *I Bury the Living Albert Band 1958

  The Incredible Shrinking Man Jack Arnold 1957

  *Invasion of the Body Snatchers Don Siegel 1956

  Invasion of the Body Snatchers Philip Kaufman 1978

  I Saw What You Did William Castle 1965

  *It Came from Outer Space Jack Arnold 1953

  It! The Terror from Beyond Space Edward L. Cahn 1958

  *Jaws Steven Spielberg 1975

  The Killer Shrews Ken Curtis 1959

  Last Summer Frank Perry 1969

  *Let's Scare Jessica to Death John Hancock 1971

  Macabre William Castle 1958

  *Martin George A. Romero 1977

  The Masque of the Red Death Roger Corman 1964

  Night Must Fall Karel Reisz 1964

  *The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton 1955

  *Night of the Living Dead George A. Romero 1968

  Not of This Earth Roger Corman 1956

  No Way to Treat a Lady Jack Smight 1968

  Panic in the Year Zero Ray Milland 1962

  *Picnic at Hanging Rock Peter Weir 1978

  The Pit and the Pendulum Roger Corman 1961

  *Psycho Alfred Hitchcock 1960

  *Rabid David Cronenberg 1976

  Race with the Devil Jack Starrett 1975

  *Repulsion Roman Polanski 1965

  *Rituals ? 1978

  *Rosemary's Baby Roman Polanski 1968

  Salem's Lot Tobe Hooper 1979

  Seance on a Wet Afternoon Bryan Forties 1964

  Seizure Oliver Stone 1975

  *The Seventh Seal Ingmar Bergman 1956

  *Sisters Brian De Palma 1973

  *The Shining Stanley Kubrick 1980

  The Shout Jerzy Skolimowski 1979

  Someone's Watching Me John Carpenter 1978

  The Stepford Wives Bryan Forties 1975

  Strait-Jacket William Castle 1964

  Suddenly Last Summer Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1960

  *Suspiria Dario Argento 1977

  *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Tobe Hooper 1974

  *Them! Gordon Douglas 1954

  They Came from Within David Cronenberg 1975

  *The Thing Christian Nyby 1951

  The Tomb of Ligeia Roger Corman 1965

  Trilogy of Terror Dan Curtis 1975

  Village of the Damned Wolf Rilla 1960

  *Wait Until Dark Terence Young 1967

  *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Robert Aldrich 1961

  When Michael Calls Philip Leacock 1971

  The Wicker Man Robin Hardy 1973

  Willard Daniel Mann 1971

  *X-the Man with the X-Ray Eyes Roger Corman 1963

  X the Unknown Leslie Norman 1956

  APPENDIX 2

  THE BOOKS

  Below is a list of roughly one hundred books-novels and collections-which span the period we have been discussing. They are listed alphabetically according to author. As with my list of films, you may not find all of these to your taste, but all seem-to me, at least-important to the genre we have been discussing. Thanks again to Kirby McCauley, who helped with the list, and a special tip of the hat to "Fast Eddie" Melder, who owns a pub in North Lovell and who put up with our wild talk until well past closing time.

  Once again, I've marked with an asterisk ( * ) books which I felt were particularly important.

  Richard Adams. The Plague Dogs; Watership Down*

  Robert Aickman. Cold Hand in Mine; Painted Devils

  Marcel Ayme. The Walker through Walls

  Beryl Bainbridge. Harriet Said

  J. G. Ballard. Concrete Island*; High Rise

  Charles Beaumont. Hunger*; The Magic Man

  Robert Bloch. Pleasant Dreams*; Psycho*

  Ray Bradbury. Dandelion Wine; Something Wicked This Way Comes*; The October Country

 
; Joseph Payne Brennan. The Shapes of Midnight*

  Frederic Brown. Nightmares and Geezenstacks*

  Edward Bryant. Among the Dead

  Janet Caird. The Loch

  Ramsey Campbell. Demons By Daylight; The Doll Who Ate His Mother*; The Parasite*

  Suzy McKee Charnas. The Vampire Tapestry

  Julio Cortazar. The End of the Game and Other Stories

  Harry Crews. A Feast of Snakes

  Roald Dahl. Kiss Kiss*; Someone Like You*

  Les Daniels. The Black Castle

  Stephen R. Donaldson. The Thomas Covenant Trilogy (3 vols.)*

  Daphne Du Maurier. Don't Look Now

  Harlan Ellison. Deathbird Stories*; Strange Wine*

  John Farris. All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By

  Charles G. Finney. The Ghosts of Manacle

  Jack Finney. The Body Snatchers*; I Love Galesburg in the Springtime; The Third Level*; Time and Again*

  William Golding. Lord of the Flies*

  Edward Gorey. Amphigorey; Amphigorey Too

  Charles L. Grant. The Hour of the Oxrun Dead; The Sound of Midnight*

  Davis Grubb. Twelve Tales of Horror*

  William H. Hallahan. The Keeper of the Children; The Search for Joseph Tully

  James Herbert. The Fog; The Spear*; The Survivor

  William Hjortsberg. Falling Angel*

  Shirley Jackson. The Haunting of Hill House*; The Lottery and Others*; The Sundial

  Gerald Kersh. Men Without Bones*

  Russell Kirk. The Princess of All Lands

  Nigel Kneale. Tomato Caine

  William Kotzwinkle. Dr. Rat*

  Jerry Kozinski. The Painted Bird*

  Fritz Leiber. Our Lady of Darkness*

  Ursula LeGuin. The Lathe of Heaven*; Orsinian Tales

  Ira Levin. Rosemary's Baby*; The Stepford Wives

  John D. MacDonald. The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything

  Bernard Malamud. The Magic Barrel*; The Natural

  Robert Marasco. Burnt Offerings*

  Gabriel Maria Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude

  Richard Matheson. Hell House; I Am Legend*; Shock II; The Shrinking Man*; A Stir of Echoes

  Michael McDowell. The Amulet*; Cold Moon Over Babylon*

  Ian McEwen. The Cement Garden

  John Metcalf. The Feasting Dead

  Iris Murdoch. The Unicorn

  Joyce Carol Oates. Nightside*

  Flannery O'Connor. A Good Man Is Hard to Find*

  Mervyn Peake. The Gormenghast Trilogy (3 volumes) Thomas Pynchon. V.*

  Edogawa Rampo. Tales of Mystery and Imagination

  Jean Ray. Ghouls in My Grave

  Anne Rice. Interview with the Vampire

  Philip Roth. The Breast

  Ray Russell. Sardonicus*

  Joan Samson. The Auctioneer*

  William Sansom. The Collected Stories of William Sansom

  Sarban. Ringstones; The Sound of His Horn*

  Anne Rivers Siddons. The House Next Door*

  Isaac Bashevis Singer. The Seance and Other Stories*

  Martin Cruz Smith. Nightwing

  Peter Straub. Ghost Story*; If You Could See Me Now; Julia; Shadowland*

  Theodore Sturgeon. Caviar; The Dreaming jewels; Some of Your Blood*

  Thomas Tessier. The Nightwalker

  Paul Theroux. The Black House

  Thomas Tryon. The Other*

  Les Whitten. Progeny of the Adder*

  Thomas Williams. Tsuga's Children*

  Gahan Wilson. I Paint What I See

  T. M. Wright. Strange Seed*

  John Wyndham. The Chrysalids; The Day of the Triffids*

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