I would order this book with caution. McFarland deserves credit for publishing works that attempt a scholarly look at horror/fantasy films, but are notoriously high-priced.
I special-ordered "Terence Fisher: Horror, Myth and Religion" at my local bookseller, and was sorely disappointed when it came in and I saw how thin it was (208 pages.) But I felt obligated to purchase it, and the title and synposis intrigued me nonetheless. When I got it home and cracked it open, more disappointment ensued - it read more like an average college thesis than the work of a competent scholar/author.
McFarland has released a lot of books - surely some of them are good, hopefully this one will be.