title: To See the Saw Movies: Essays on Torture Porn and Post-9/11 Horror
author: James Aston
description: "an expansive, accessible collection of essays, an assembly that will be of significant interest to scholars engaged in the study of the history, philosophy, and criticism of the horror genre"--<i>Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts</i>.
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  Praise for Relic
  
    
  
  > > “Want to pick up a thriller that arrives with the kinetic energy of a
  > meteor smacking the Earth? Read Relic [for] some of the most riveting
  > passages ever contained between two covers. No debate, no dispute. These
  > guys are masters at scaring the hell out of people.”
  
  \--The Tampa Tribune
  
  > > “Better than anything the theoretically recombinant team of Michael
  > Crichton and Peter Benchley could ever hope to achieve.”
  
  \--Albuquerque Journal
  
  > > “Far above Crichton’s Jurassic Park.”
  
  \--Booklist
  
  > > “What might happen if a creature from Jurassic Park came to New York
  > City.”
  
  \--Chicago Tribune
  
  > > “Wildly cool. ... Thrill hounds couldn’t ask for a creepier environment.
  > ... A thriller staged in the world’s scariest building, with no room for the
  > squeamish.”
  
  \--Kirkus Reviews
  
  > > “Jaws takes Manhattan.”
  
  \--San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle
  
  > > “Relic is a straight thriller. That’s like saying, however, that Die Hard
  > was just another act