Shock Value (book)

Shock Value
AuthorJason Zinoman
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFilm criticism
Published2011 (The Penguin Press)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages274
ISBN978-1-59420-302-2

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror is a 2011 American book by Jason Zinoman. It traces the evolution of horror films as they began to focus on more reality-based, less campy subjects during the late 1960s and early 1970s.