Fright Favorites
Title | Fright Favorites PDF eBook |
Author | David J. Skal |
Publisher | Running Press Adult |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2020-09-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0762497602 |
Turner Classic Movies presents a collection of monster greats, modern and classic horror, and family-friendly cinematic treats that capture the spirit of Halloween, complete with reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and iconic images. Fright Favorites spotlights 31 essential Halloween-time films, their associated sequels and remakes, and recommendations to expand your seasonal repertoire based on your favorites. Featured titles include Nosferatu (1922), Dracula (1931), Cat People (1942), Them (1953), House on Haunted Hill (1959), Black Sunday (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Young Frankenstein (1976), Beetlejuice (1988), Get Out (2017), and many more.
The Book of Top Ten Horror Lists
Title | The Book of Top Ten Horror Lists PDF eBook |
Author | Charles F. Rosenay |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2021-08-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781629337647 |
Top 10 lists from celebrities!
A Pictorial History of Horror Movies
Title | A Pictorial History of Horror Movies PDF eBook |
Author | Denis Gifford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Horror films |
ISBN | 9780600373087 |
The Best Horror of the Year
Title | The Best Horror of the Year PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Datlow |
Publisher | Night Shade Books |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 2021-11-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1597806641 |
From Ellen Datlow (“the venerable queen of horror anthologies” (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes thrilling stories, the best horror stories available. For more than four decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the thirteenth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, and many others. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers.
TCM Underground
Title | TCM Underground PDF eBook |
Author | Millie De Chirico |
Publisher | Running Press Adult |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 2022-10-25 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0762480017 |
Based on the Turner Classic Movies series, TCM Underground is the movie-lover's guide to 50 of the most campy, kitschy, shocking, and weirdly wonderful cult films you need to see. In the pages of this book, you'll explore this unique order of films—primarily from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s—with insightful reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, subgenre sidebars, and full-color and black-and-white photography throughout. Go along for the ride with new takes on crime films, including The Honeymoon Killers and The Harder They Come. Witness one-of-a-kind horror in Bill Gunn's landmark vampire film Ganja and Hess and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s infamous and indescribable Hausu. Absorb the boundary-pushing documentary-style trilogy The Decline of Western Civilization, which throws you into indelible moments in the punk and metal music scenes. And marvel at pure '80s oddities like Mac and Me and The Garbage Pail Kids. From Possession to Polyester and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls to Xanadu, no two films are alike in this compendium. Just sit back and prepare to be surprised, amused, and entertained by this celebration of the stars, filmmakers, and stories behind fifty of the most beguiling and unforgettable movies ever to hit the screen.
Nosferatu in the 21st Century
Title | Nosferatu in the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Bacon |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2022-12-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1800855176 |
‘Nosferatu’ in the 21st Century is a celebration and a critical study of F. W. Murnau’s seminal vampire film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens on the 100th anniversary of its release in 1922.The movie remains a dark mirror to the troubled world we live in seeing it as striking and important in the 2020s as it was a century ago. The unmistakable image of Count Orlok has traveled from his dilapidated castle in old world Transylvania into the futuristic depths of outerspace in Star Trek and beyondas the all-consuming shadow of the vampire spreads ever wider throughout contemporary popular culture. This innovative collection of essays, with a foreword by renowned Dracula expert Gary D. Rhodes, brings together experts in the field alongside creative artists to explore the ongoing impact of Murnau’s groundbreaking movie as it has been adapted, reinterpreted, and recreated across multiple mediums from theatre, performance and film, to gaming, music and even drag. As such, ‘Nosferatu’ in the 21st Century is not only a timely and essential book about Murnau’s film but also illuminates the times that produced it and the world it continues to influence.
The Frankenstein Catalog
Title | The Frankenstein Catalog PDF eBook |
Author | Donald F. Glut |
Publisher | |
Pages | 552 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |