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Post-war cinema saw a rapid rise in the production of B-movies - low-budget genre films dealing with such subjects as horror, science fiction, juvenile delinquency and beatniks, bad girls and women in prison, bikers, gangsters, jungle terror, mondo, drug...

A seductive journey into horror based on "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde". JACKIE, (Gabriella Hall) a lonely and shy telemarketer in her late twenties, gets a phone call informing her that her uncle has just passed away and she is the only...

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most innovative, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to early 1990s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and...

Reality, Magic, and Other Lies: Fairy-Tale Film Truths explores connections and discontinuities between lies and truths in fairy-tale films to directly address the current politics of fairy tale and reality. Since the Enlightenment, notions of magic and...

Examining how horror and science fiction films from the 1950s to the present invent and explore fictional "us-versus-them" scenarios, this book analyzes how such films employ allegory and/or satire to interrogate the causes and consequences of ...

THE SHARK IS ROARING:THE STORY OF JAWS: THE REVENGE  Jaws the Revenge is known as the film that killed off the Jaws franchise. But after 35 years, what is the legacy of this much-maligned aquatic horror?  The Shark Is Roaring: The Story of...

In 1996, a movie came along that changed the face of horror films forever. Initial signs indicated Scream being a flop upon its release in theaters, but it quickly became a word-of-mouth phenomenon spawning multiple sequels, a television series, and...

H.M. WYNANT'S EIGHT-DECADE CAREER FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOODCO-STARRING OLIVIER, HEPBURN, FLYNN, STEIGER, BRONSON, GABLE, LANCASTER, BATMAN, AND MANY, MANY MORE. Whether you know H.M. Wynant or not, this book is for anyone who wants to know, experience,...

Infamous filmmaker Uwe Boll tells the incredible story of his life and great success as a self-made man in Uwe Boll Raw: A Memoir, his first book in English.Born in Wermelskirchen, Germany in 1965 as the son of a chemical technician, Uwe Boll hardly had...

Between March and September of 1951, three very different films launched a new Hollywood genre, the alien invasion feature, defining our cultural expectations for extraterrestrial contact in the process. Where The Thing from Another World gives us...

Between March and September of 1951, three very different films launched a new Hollywood genre, the alien invasion feature, defining our cultural expectations for extraterrestrial contact in the process. Where The Thing from Another World gives us...

THE SHARK IS ROARING:THE STORY OF JAWS: THE REVENGE  Jaws the Revenge is known as the film that killed off the Jaws franchise. But after 35 years, what is the legacy of this much-maligned aquatic horror?  The Shark Is Roaring: The Story of...

In 1973, The Exorcist shocked the world and became the most popular and successful horror film ever made.In 1977, Exorcist II: The Heretic shocked the world in a very different way...becoming a laughing stock.How did it happen? Why did a major motion...

 The Full Story of the Greatest Art Deco Horror/Comedy/Romance/Musicals Ever Made!*Winner of the Rondo Award*In The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and its sequel, Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972), horror great Vincent Price starred as vaudevillian...

A Remembrance of Things Past ........... The joey ZoneStephen Jones, The Art of Pulp Horror.Stories with Soul   ........... Géza A. G. ReillyDarrell Schweitzer, The Mysteries of the Faceless King and The Last Heretic.A Few Drops of Claret ...

The end of the world may be upon us, but it certainly is taking its sweet time playing out. The walkers on The Walking Dead have been "walking" for nearly a decade. There are now dozens of apocalyptic television shows and we use the "end times" to...

IN A WORLD FULL OF TENS BE ANELEVENLines separating philosophy, psychology, mysticism and spirituality all blend together in the metaphysical soup that is served up by Joshua Free in this unique approach to exploring spiritual techniques for developing...

The Halloween Society, founded in the late 1980s, transformed monster masks from disposable products to bonafide works of art. Now its colorful history and dramatic influence is documented in Ron Magid's two-volume memoir, The Halloween Society...

The Halloween Society, founded in the late 1980s, transformed monster masks from disposable products to bonafide works of art. Now its colorful history and dramatic influence is documented in Ron Magid's two-volume memoir, The Halloween Society...

The boiling point of human blood is approximately 100.5 degrees Celsius (212.9 degrees Fahrenheit). Flesh itself does not 'melt' per say but it can be vaporised, dried out, and eventually turned to ash. So, if organic material literally cannot melt, why...

ALL-NEW stories of coulrophobia(Fear of Clowns) from some of the most talented horror writers alive!Featuring Graham Masterton & Karolina Mogielska, Aron Beauregard, V. Castro, Adam Cesare, Clay McLeod Chapman, Rachel Harrison, Jonathan Janz,...

Are you a Supernatural fan? Have you followed the cult American TV series from the outset? Or, perhaps, you have only recently discovered Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) and his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) as they battle against monsters, demons and...

Directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth) and starring Scarlett Johansson, the 2013 film Under the Skin contains elements of science fiction and fantasy, horror, mystery, and thriller. Arguably the most compelling of Johansson's career, the...

Move over, Creature Features! Step aside, Elvira! Down in front, Svengoolie! You've never seen a horror host show like Creepy Koffee Movie Time!Fueled by a surf rock house band and packed with beauties, burlesque and booze, this weekly movie party was...

Here be tales of vampires, werewolves, demons, and grave robbers... Of the terrifying cinematic exploits of the Masters of Horror: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi Lon Chaney Jr. ... and even the bewitching Veronica Lake. Where Does Imagination End and...

Here be tales of vampires, werewolves, demons, and grave robbers... Of the terrifying cinematic exploits of the Masters of Horror: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi Lon Chaney Jr. ... and even the bewitching Veronica Lake. Where Does Imagination End and...

Since his death in 1969, Boris Karloff has remained one of Hollywood's most famous performers, having shot to fame and entering film history as the Monster in Frankenstein, the 1931 Universal classic. He is still revered for his commitment to the craft...

Since his death in 1969, Boris Karloff has remained one of Hollywood's most famous performers, having shot to fame and entering film history as the Monster in Frankenstein, the 1931 Universal classic. He is still revered for his commitment to the craft...

Stephen King's fiction has formed the basis of more motion picture adaptations than any other living author. Over half a century since his earliest publications, Hollywood filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake, and reboot King's stories,...

In October 1957, Screen Gems made numerous horror movies available to local television stations around the country as part of a package of films called Shock Theater. These movies became a huge sensation with TV viewers, as did the horror hosts who...

Aliens: They have taken the form of immigrants, invaders, lovers, heroes, cute creatures that want our candy or monsters that want our flesh. For more than a century, movies and television shows have speculated about the form and motives of alien life...

Famous for being deathly serious, the vampire genre has a consistent yet often critically overlooked subgenre--the comedic spoof and satire. This is the first book dedicated entirely to documenting and analyzing the vampire comedy on film and...

Vampires are arguably the most popular and most paradoxical of gothic monsters: life draining yet passionate, feared yet fascinating, dead yet immortal. Vampire content produces exquisitely suspenseful stories that, combined with motion picture...

From Rosemary's Baby (1968) to The Witch (2015), horror films use religious entities to both inspire and combat fear and to call into question or affirm the moral order. Churches provide sanctuary, clergy cast out evil, religious icons become weapons,...

The zombie--popular culture's undead darling--shows no signs of stopping. But as it develops to suit changing audience tastes, its characteristics transform. This collection of new essays examines the latest incarnation, the romantic zombie, a...

This book offers a pioneering critical history of Brazilian science fiction (SF) cinema, from its first appearances in the mid-twentieth century to the present. Though frequently overlooked by scholars, SF cinema from the Global South has reinvigorated...

Anime Studies: Media-Specific Approaches to Neon Genesis Evangelion aims at advancing the study of anime, understood as largely TV-based genre fiction rendered in cel, or cel-look, animation with a strong affinity to participatory cultures and media...

Begleite die gruseligen und unheimlichen Monster in eine furchterregende Welt, in der deine schlimmsten Albträume zum Leben erwachen!Mit 41 schockierenden Illustrationen kannst du dich in diesem erschreckenden Malbuch durch ein beunruhigendes Abenteuer...

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery...

Post-war cinema saw a rapid rise in the production of B-movies - low-budget genre films dealing with such subjects as horror, science fiction, juvenile delinquency and beatniks, bad girls and women in prison, bikers, gangsters, jungle terror, mondo, drug...

The lights go down. 90 minutes from now, your feeble mind will never be the same. Thoughts of flowers, puppy dogs, and serene shopping malls will be replaced with ghosts in your TV, zombies tearing your flesh, and chainsaws ripping through your chest!...

Have you ever watched Unmasked Part 25? Xtro II? How about Screamtime or Bloodstream? Have you ever sat through The House That Vanished or Persecution? What about Sleepwalker or The Shout? In this book we will shine a light on some of the lesser viewed...

In the same way that Italian post-war film poster art set new standards of innovation, so the Italian lobby card, or fotobusta, would also become renowned for pushing the boundaries of promotional design. Classic Italian lobby cards from the unfettered...

In the same way that Italian post-war film poster art set new standards of innovation, so the Italian lobby card, or fotobusta, would also become renowned for pushing the boundaries of promotional design. Classic Italian lobby cards from the unfettered...