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Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786407552
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people who directed, produced, and starred in the scary and fantastic movies of the genre heyday over thirty years ago created memorable experiences as well as memorable movies. This McFarland Classic brings together over fifty interviews with the directors, producers, actors, and make-up artists of science fiction and horror films of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. From B movies to classics, Samuel Z. Arkoff to Acquanetta, these veteran vampire baits, swamp monsters, and flying saucers attackees share their memories. This classic volume represents the union of two previous volumes: Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers ("more fun than the lovably cheap movies that inspired it"--Booklist/RBB); and Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes ("candid...a must" --ARBA). Together at last, this combined collection of interviews offers a candid and delightful perspective on the movies that still make audiences squeal with fear, and occasionally, howl with laughter.

Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786428589
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of SF and horror films, will there ever be a decade to compare with the 1950s? Actors, directors, producers, and crews prevailed over microbudgets and four-day shooting schedules to create enduring films. This book turns a long-overdue spotlight on many who made memorable contributions to that crowded, exhilarating filmmaking scene. John Agar, Beverly Garland, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Gene Corman, and two dozen more reminisce about the most popular genre titles of the era. Lengthy, in-depth interviews feature canny questions, pointed observations, rare photos, and good fun.

A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786458318
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this jam-packed jamboree of conversations, more than 60 movie veterans describe their experiences on the sets of some of the world’s most beloved sci-fi and horror movies and television series. Including groundbreaking oldies (Flash Gordon, One Million B.C.); 1950s and 1960s milestones (The War of the Worlds, Psycho, House of Usher); classic schlock (Queen of Outer Space, Attack of the Crab Monsters); and cult TV favorites (Lost in Space, Land of the Giants), the discussions offer a frank and fascinating behind-the-scenes look. Among the interviewees: Roger Corman, Pamela Duncan, Richard and Alex Gordon, Tony “Dr. Lao” Randall, Troy Donahue, Sid Melton, Fess Parker, Nan Peterson, Alan Young, John “Bud” Cardos, and dozens more.

Universal Terrors, 1951-1955

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476627762
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Universal Terrors, 1951-1955 written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universal Studios created the first cinematic universe of monsters--Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and others became household names during the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1950s, more modern monsters were created for the Atomic Age, including one-eyed globs from outer space, mutants from the planet Metaluna, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the 100-foot high horror known as Tarantula. This over-the-top history is the definitive retrospective on Universal's horror and science fiction movies of 1951-1955. Standing as a sequel to Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas and John Brunas's Universal Horrors (Second Edition, 2007), it covers eight films: The Strange Door, The Black Castle, It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, Cult of the Cobra and Tarantula. Each receives a richly detailed critical analysis, day-by-day production history, interviews with filmmakers, release information, an essay on the score, and many photographs, including rare behind-the-scenes shots.

Eye on Science Fiction

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786430281
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Eye on Science Fiction written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-04-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The march of the monster movie makers continues in Tom Weaver's ninth book of in-depth interviews with the men and women who made the horror and sci-fi favorites of the 1940s, '50s and '60s. Actors (including Mike Connors, Brett Halsey, Natalie Trundy and Richard Kiel), writers, producers and directors recall legendary genre figures Lugosi, Chaney, Jr., Tod Browning and James Whale; films ranging in quality from The Thing to Macumba Love and Eegah; behind-the-scenes tales of cult TV series (Twilight Zone, Batman, Lost in Space, more) and serials; and, of course, the usual barrage of outlandish movie menaces, this time including the Fly, Flesh Eaters, Monolith Monsters, ape men, voodoo women and spider babies! And all in the candid, no-holds-barred style that has made Weaver "king of the interviewers" (Classic Images)!

Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786482176
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in the era of black-and-white horror and sci-fi movies, "we didn't have special effects, or the money for 'em," says Peter Graves, one of the genre's most popular stars. "But in those days, an unlimited amount of money wouldn't have gotten us much better special effects, because they didn't exist. We had to go with the stories and try to make them as believable as possible, and flash the outlandish things by quickly, so the audience never got a good, in-focus look at them!" Perhaps no films attracted more rabid fans and less critical acclaim than the genre movies of that era. The men and women who made the characters come to life are interviewed here, talking about their work, the behind-the-scenes action, and the impact the movies had on their careers. The interviewees are Gene Barry, Gary Clarke, Gary Conway, Merian C. Cooper, Robert Dix, Donnie Dunagan, Alex Gordon, Peter Graves, Gary Gray, Arch Hall, Jr., Stephen Kandel, Carolyn Kearney, Ken Kolb, Robert L. Lippert, Jr., Jan Merlin, Mary Mitchel, Elliott Reid, Stanley Rubin, Frankie Thomas and Burt Topper. Extensively illustrated.

It Came from Horrorwood

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786482160
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book It Came from Horrorwood written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Weaver's classic fifth volume of interviews is now back in print. Originally published as It Came from Weaver Five in 1996, this collection goes behind the scenes with 20 of the most talkative people of Hollywood's horror, science fiction and serial films of the 1930s through 1960s. Delores Fuller loaned Ed Wood her angora sweater, but didn't fully realize he was a transvestite until Glen or Glenda was released. Tom Hennesy played the title role in Clint Eastwood's first movie--Revenge of the Creature. The interviewees include Fuller, Hennesy, Junior Coghlan, Charlotte Austin, Les Baxter, John Clifford, Mara Corday, Kathleen Crowley, Michael Fox, Anne Gwynne, Linda Harrison, Michael Pate, Gil Perkins, Walter Reed, Joseph F. Robertson, Aubrey Schenck, Sam Sherman, Gloria Stuart, Gregory Walcott and Robert Wise. Also included is "A Salute to Ed Wood," with illustrations by Drew Friedman.

Hollywood Monsters & Creepy Things

Author : Terry Rowan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365462102
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Monsters & Creepy Things written by Terry Rowan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dharma of the Dead

Author : Christopher M. Moreman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476632960
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Dharma of the Dead written by Christopher M. Moreman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increased popularity of zombies in recent years, scholars have considered why the undead have so captured the public imagination. This book argues that the zombie can be viewed as an object of meditation on death, a memento mori that makes the fact of mortality more approachable from what has been described as America’s “death-denying culture.” The existential crisis in zombie apocalyptic fiction brings to the fore the problem of humanity’s search for meaning in an increasingly global and secular world. Zombies are analyzed in the context of Buddhist thought, in contrast with social and religious critiques from other works.

Jock Mahoney

Author : Gene Freese
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786476893
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Jock Mahoney written by Gene Freese and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iowa-born Jock Mahoney was an elite athlete and U.S. Marines fighter pilot prior to falling into a film career. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest stuntmen in movie history, having taken leaps and bounds for Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Randolph Scott, and Gregory Peck. One of the first stuntmen to successfully move into acting, he was the popular star of the 1950s television westerns Range Rider and Yancy Derringer and twice played Tarzan on the big screen, presenting a memorable portrayal of an educated, articulate and mature jungle lord true to author Edgar Rice Burroughs' original vision. Filming in real jungles around the world took a physical toll on Mahoney that transformed him from leading man to burly character actor. He had to overcome the effects of a stroke but true to his tough guy nature rose above it to resume his life's many adventures. Mahoney was beloved by fans at conventions and appearances until his untimely demise in 1989 from a stroke-caused motor vehicle accident.

I Talked with a Zombie

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786452684
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book I Talked with a Zombie written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-01-23 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I talked with a zombie"--it DOES seem like an odd thing to say! But for more than 25 years, Tom Weaver has been chatting up zombies and many other vintage movie monsters, along with the screenwriters, producers, directors and actors responsible for bringing them to life. In this compilation of interviews, 23 more veterans share their stories--strange, frightening and even a little funny--this time with an increased emphasis on genre television series courtesy of the stars of The Time Tunnel; Rocky Jones, Space Ranger; Tom Corbett, Space Cadet; Planet of the Apes; and The Wild Wild West. The many other interviewees include Tandra Quinn (Mesa of Lost Women), Eric Braeden (Colossus: The Forbin Project), Ann Carter (The Curse of the Cat People), Laurie Mitchell (Queen of Outer Space) and monster music maestro Hans J. Salter.

I Walked With a Zombie

Author : Clive Dawson
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 183764490X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book I Walked With a Zombie written by Clive Dawson and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Val Lewton's second feature for RKO Radio Pictures, was described by critic Robin Wood as 'perhaps the most delicate poetic fantasy in the American Cinema.' Following immediately in the wake of the groundbreaking Cat People (1942), Zombie pioneered an even more radical narrative approach yet proved to be the critical and commercial equal of its predecessor, cementing the reputation of both Lewton and his director, Jacques Tourneur. Despite the lurid, studio-imposed title, I Walked with a Zombie is a subtle and ambiguous visual poem that advanced a daring condemnation of slavery and colonialism at a time when such themes were being actively suppressed by government censors. Clive Dawson charts the complex development and production of the project, essential to understanding the concerns of the filmmakers in the context of wartime Hollywood, then analyses the film in detail, referencing a broad range of academic studies of the audio-visual text and distilling new insight into its layers of meaning. Finally, he explores the film's reception, and the influence it exerted on the horror genre and beyond. Extensive primary research has uncovered a wealth of previously unpublished new material that solves many unanswered questions and dispels various myths about this utterly unique film.

Theatricality in the Horror Film

Author : André Loiselle
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1785271296
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Theatricality in the Horror Film written by André Loiselle and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horror film generally presents a situation where normality is threatened by a monster. From this premise, Theatricality in the Horror Film argues that scary movies often create their terrifying effects stylistically and structurally through a radical break with the realism of normality in the form of monstrous theatricality. Theatricality in the horror fi lm expresses itself in many ways. For example, it comes across in the physical performance of monstrosity: the overthe-top performance of a chainsaw-wielding serial killer whose nefarious gestures terrify both his victims within the film and the audience in the cinema. Theatrical artifice can also appear as a stagy cemetery with broken-down tombstones and twisted, gnarly trees, or through the use of violently aberrant filmic techniques, or in the oppressive claustrophobia of a single-room setting reminiscent of classical drama. Any performative element of a film that flaunts its difference from what is deemed realistic or normal on screen might qualify as an instance of theatrical artifice, creating an intense affect in the audience. This book argues that the artificiality of the frightening spectacle is at the heart of the dark pleasures of horror.

The Creature Chronicles

Author : Tom Weaver,
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476615802
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Creature Chronicles written by Tom Weaver, and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the final addition to Universal's "royal family" of movie monsters: the Creature from the Black Lagoon. With his scaly armor, razor claws and a face only a mother octopus could love, this Amazon denizen was perhaps the most fearsome beast in the history of Hollywood's Studio of Horrors. But he also possessed a sympathetic quality which elevated him fathoms above the many aquatic monsters who swam in his wake. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Gill Man and his mid-1950s film career (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature, The Creature Walks Among Us) is collected in this book, packed to the gills with hour-by-hour production histories, cast bios, analyses, explorations of the music, script-to-screen comparisons, in-depth interviews and an ocean of fin-tastic photos.

Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic

Author : Elizabeth McCarthy
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476663149
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic written by Elizabeth McCarthy and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years horror and gothic themes have penetrated mainstream popular culture in a manner unseen since the horror boom of the 1970s. Primetime television viewers who before might not have shown interest in such late-night fare now happily settle down after dinner to watch zombie or serial killer shows. This collection of 54 biographical essays examines many overlooked and underrated figures who have played a role in the ever expanding world of horror and gothic entertainment. The contributors push the boundaries of how we define these terms, bringing into the discussion such diverse figures as singer-songwriter Tom Waits, occultist Dion Fortune, author Charles Beaumont, historian and bishop Gregory of Tours and video game designer Shinji Mikami.

Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786428570
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-eight terrific interviews with some of the sharpest and most talkative stars and movie makers of the classic (and c-r-a-z-y!) SF and horror films of the past: Richard Matheson, Janet Leigh, Acquanetta, Hazel Court, Kim Hunter and others reminisce at length and with great good humor about their days on the sets of Psycho, Planet of the Apes, Superman; the Poe, Hammer and Lewton films, and exploitation greats like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

Hollywood Cauldron

Author : Gregory William Mank
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462558
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Cauldron written by Gregory William Mank and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen of Hollywood's horror classics in detail: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The Old Dark House(1932), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), Mark of the Vampire (1935), Mad Love (1935), The Black Room (1935), The Walking Dead (1936), Cat People (1942), Bluebeard (1944), The Lodger (1944), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), Hangover Square (1945) and Bedlam (1946). From original interviews and research, the styles of the various studios (from giant M-G-M to Poverty Row's PRC), along with the performers, directors, and backstage events, are examined.