The Book of Lists: Horror: An All-New
Collection Featuring Stephen King,
Eli Roth, Ray Bradbury, and More,
with an Introduction by Gahan Wilson
by Scott Bradley
Wonderful
The phenomenally popular Book of Lists series has sold millions of copies
from coast to coast, enthralling trivia aficionados with fascinating infobits
about simply everything! Now the latest edition turns an evil eye toward the
strange, the blood-curdling, and the macabre with spine-tingling fun facts
from the dark side of entertainment. Chock-full of creepy information from
the netherworlds of movies, TV, literature, video games, comic books, and
graphic novels, The Book of Lists: Horror offers a blood-feast of forbidden
knowledge that horror fans are hungry to devour, including:

Stephen Kings Ten Favorite Horror Novels or Short Stories—learn what
scares the master! Top Six Grossing Horror Movies of All Time in the
United States— which big shocks translated into big bucks? Top Ten
Horror-Themed Rock n Roll Songs—maybe it is ?devils music after all!
And much, much more! Drawing on its authors extensive knowledge and
contributions from the (living) legends and greatest names in the horror
and dark fantasy genres, The Book of Lists: Horror is a scream—an
irresistible compendium of all things mysterious, terrifying, and gory . . .
and so entertaining, its scary!
Personal Review: The Book of Lists: Horror: An All-New
Collection Featuring Stephen King, Eli Roth, Ray Bradbury, and
More, with an Introduction by Gahan Wilson by Scott Bradley
The world is a complicated place, and one of the ways we try to make
order out of chaos is by dividing things into lists. Even with Amazon, users
are exposed to myriad lists: not merely the best seller lists, but also heaps
of lists by customers who create rosters of books, movies or other items
organized in a particular fashion. Certainly the list has been around for a
long time, but it really became a phenomenon with The Book of Lists and
its successors. One of the newest of these books is The Book of Lists:
Horror, and following its format, I present my review in list form.
SECTIONS OF THE BOOK:
1. Movies ("Fear on the Silver Screen): This section, taking up just over
half of the book, is filled with lists created by various people associated
with the horror genre. Among other lists, there are the horror films that
most influenced Ray Bradbury's youth; the five common tactical errors
made in horror films (e.g., confirm your kills); ten movie fates worse than
death; and the top ten horror movie surgical blunders. Some of the lists
are weak, others are interesting, and no doubt you will find your own
movies that fit in a list (for example, I would include one character's fate in
the movie Wolf Creek to fit into the "worse than death" list). The real
strength of this section is that it can give you a number of ideas for new
movies to see.
2. Books ("The Literature of Dread"): This section takes up another
quarter of the book and many of the same comments apply as with the
movies. Of course, for every horror movie (using the very loose definition
of horror in this book), there are probably a dozen books, so there is even
a greater chance that the lists will neglect some novel or story. When we
get a list of five horror novels set in Venice, you can tell that this section
may be stretched a little further than needed.
3. Music ("A Little Nightmare Music"): This section is brief and
appropriately so. And there's no reference to Warren Zevon's Werewolves
of London.

4. Miscellaneous ("A Miscellany of Terrors"): This grab bag is the largest
of the minor (last three) sections. Comic books, TV horror hosts (such as
Vampira) and even drinks are here (Zombie or Bloody Mary, anyone?).
5. Fan Submitted Lists ("Shrieks from the Gallery"): This section has lists
from non-pros, but even the ones from kids sometimes surpass the ones
elsewhere in the book. The nicest list here includes a bunch of old pulp
covers; they're fun to look at, even if the pictures are a bit small.
Overall, this is the literary equivalent of a bag of potato chips. Even if not
every list is spectacular, you can't stop with just one. There may not be a
lot of nutritional value, but even a guilty pleasure is a pleasure
nonetheless.
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