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Universal Studios Monsters

Author : Michael Mallory
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0789318962
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Universal Studios Monsters written by Michael Mallory and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1920s through the 1950s, Universal Studios was Hollywood’s number one studio for horror pictures, haunting movie theaters worldwide with Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, among others. Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror explores all of these enduring characters, chronicling both the mythology behind the films and offering behind-the-scenes insights into how the films were created. Universal Studios Monsters is the most complete record of the horror films of this legendary studio, with biographies of major personalities who were responsible for the most notable monster melodramas in film history. The stories of these films and their creators are told through interviews with surviving actors and studio employees. A lavish photographic record, including many behind-the-scenes shots, completes the story of how these classics were made. This is a volume no fan of imaginative cinema will want to be without.

Universal Horrors

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786491507
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Universal Horrors written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and The Invisible Man, to The Mummy, Paula the Ape Woman, The Creeper, and The Inner Sanctum, the authors offer a definitive study of the 86 films produced during this era and present a general overview of the period. Coverage of the films includes complete cast lists, credits, storyline, behind-the-scenes information, production history, critical analysis, and commentary from the cast and crew (much of it drawn from interviews by Tom Weaver, whom USA Today calls "the king of the monster hunters"). Unique to this edition are a new selection of photographs and poster reproductions and an appendix listing additional films of interest.

Musings on Monsters

Author : Lou Tambone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940589237
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Musings on Monsters written by Lou Tambone and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As children, we fall in love with monsters, and age often fails to dim that freakish fascination. As adults, we examine our youthful passions with a cold eye, but the awful truth remains: we are eternally "Monster Kids." Musings on Monsters, from the editors of Somewhere Beyond the Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica and From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer, gathers together a murderer's row of writers to open the crypt of our childhoods and shine a ray of moonlight on all the creatures, creeps, and crazies of those bygone days of classic horror. So beware, for such fiends as Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, Godzilla, the Cat People, Barnabas Collins, zombies, and even the Devil himself lurk within these pages, scrutinized by experts in the field of monsterism and laid out on the slab for thorough reflections on their supernatural powers to mesmerize children and adults alike. Join us, won't you? Don't be afraid - your ghoulish guides through this nightmarish landscape are at your side... unless, of course, you step off the path. Edited by Rich Handley and Lou Tambone; foreword by Jim Beard; essays by Samuel Agro, Corinna Bechko, Joseph F. Berenato, Joe Bongiorno, Greg Cox, Kelli Fitzpatrick, Glenn Greenberg, Rich Handley, Robert Jeschonek, Ross Johnson, Greg Mitchell, Robert Nejman, Charles Rutledge, Frank Schildiner, Robert Smith?, Matthew Sunrich, and Lou Tambone; and cover by Leah Battle. From Sequart Organization. More info at http: //sequart.org

The Monsters of Classic Horror

Author : Davina Rush
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781506197869
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book The Monsters of Classic Horror written by Davina Rush and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-10 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monsters of classic horror are coming together this Halloween, lurking through the pages of this exciting little pocket guidebook! Enjoy detailed illustrations for each character, while also learning fun facts about their history, superstitious folk lore, literary appearances and film adaptations. Just when you thought you knew all there was to learn about monsters! Book includes illustrations, filmography and information pages for: Dracula, Frankenstein's creation, Doctor Jekyl/Mister Hyde, Witches, Mummy, Zombies, The Headless Horseman, Zombie, Phantom of the opera, Werewolf, Alien and Demon. Fun AND educational entertainment for ages 13 to Adult! *parental discretion is advised* since this is of the "horror" genre You can also purchase the companion coloring book with the same monsters, "The creatures of classic horror."

Monsters from the Vault: Monsters from the Vault: Classic Horror Films Revisited

Author : Orrin Grey
Publisher : Innsmouth Free Press
ISBN 13 : 9781927990186
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Monsters from the Vault: Monsters from the Vault: Classic Horror Films Revisited written by Orrin Grey and published by Innsmouth Free Press. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to the Vault of Secrets, where acclaimed author, skeleton, and monster expert Orrin Grey will be disinterring a bunch of classic (or not-so-classic) vintage horror films for your delectation. Revisiting films from the earliest of the talkies (shot in two-strip Technicolor!) to Bert I. Gordon's 1976 "masterpiece" The Food of the Gods, this volume collects more than four years of Grey's popular Vault of Secrets column on vintage horror cinema, featuring everything from mad scientists to mole people, giant bugs to devil dolls, and more. Thrills, chills, and, of course, plenty of monsters await you within these pages. So dim the lights, grab some popcorn, and get ready for our feature presentation...

Mythical Monsters

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780439854795
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (547 download)

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Download or read book Mythical Monsters written by Chris McNab and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 96-page book presents 44 legendary monsters from around the world that are as different as they are scary. Each section includes cool monster facts, a slice of fiction to set the stage, and detailed illustrations that bring each frightening fiend to life. Whether reading about movie monsters (Godzilla and Dracula), mythical monsters (Cyclops and Kraken), or modern monsters (Bigfoot and the bogeyman), readers will be fully prepared for a monster encounter of any kind!

Creatures of Classic Horror

Author : Davina Rush
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781482017120
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Creatures of Classic Horror written by Davina Rush and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-03-31 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creatures of classic horror are coming together this Halloween, lurking through the pages of this exciting new coloring book and guide! Enjoy detailed coloring pages for each character, while also learning fun facts about their history, superstitious folk lore, literary appearances and film adaptations. Just when you thought you knew all there was to learn about monsters! Book includes: Dracula, Frankenstein's creation, Doctor Jekyl/Mister Hyde, Witches, Mummy, Zombies, The Headless Horseman, Zombie, Phantom of the opera, Werewolf, Alien and Demon. With a duplicate set of coloring pages to share. Fun AND educational entertainment for ages 13 to Adult! *parental discretion is advised*

Hideous Progeny

Author : Angela Smith
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231527853
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Hideous Progeny written by Angela Smith and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic Hollywood horror, which thrilled audiences with their sheer grotesqueness. Most critics have interpreted these traits as symptoms of sexual repression or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, yet Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations. She finds instead a fascination with eugenics and physical and cognitive debility in the narrative and spectacle of classic 1930s horror, heightened by the viewer's desire for visions of vulnerability and transformation. Reading such films as Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Freaks (1932), and Mad Love (1935) against early-twentieth-century disability discourse and propaganda on racial and biological purity, Smith showcases classic horror's dependence on the narratives of eugenics and physiognomics. She also notes the genre's conflicted and often contradictory visualizations. Smith ultimately locates an indictment of biological determinism in filmmakers' visceral treatments, which take the impossibility of racial improvement and bodily perfection to sensationalistic heights. Playing up the artifice and conventions of disabled monsters, filmmakers exploited the fears and yearnings of their audience, accentuating both the perversity of the medical and scientific gaze and the debilitating experience of watching horror. Classic horror films therefore encourage empathy with the disabled monster, offering captive viewers an unsettling encounter with their own impairment. Smith's work profoundly advances cinema and disability studies, in addition to general histories concerning the construction of social and political attitudes toward the Other.

Monsters from the Vault

Author : Orrin Grey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927990193
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Monsters from the Vault written by Orrin Grey and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to the Vault of Secrets, where acclaimed author, skeleton, and monster expert Orrin Grey will be disinterring a bunch of classic (or not-so-classic) vintage horror films for your delectation. Revisiting films from the earliest of the talkies (shot in two-strip Technicolor!) to Bert I. Gordon's 1976 "masterpiece" The Food of the Gods, this volume collects more than four years of Grey's popular Vault of Secrets column on vintage horror cinema, featuring everything from mad scientists to mole people, giant bugs to devil dolls, and more. Thrills, chills, and, of course, plenty of monsters await you within these pages. So dim the lights, grab some popcorn, and get ready for our feature presentation...

Frankensteins Monster

Author : Cathleen Small
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502609363
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Frankensteins Monster written by Cathleen Small and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818, little did she suspect the monster of her tale would turn into one of the worlds most recognizable and classic horror creatures. There have been other examples of the monster Shelley invented in different cultures; however, her monster and its story have had a lasting impact on pop culture today. This book delves into the world of Shelley, the manifestations of the monster in different cultures around the world, and the effect of the monster on todays society.

Sea of Sorrows

Author : Rich Douek
Publisher : IDW Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1649360150
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Sea of Sorrows written by Rich Douek and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plunge headfirst into the icy waters of dread in this graphic novel of deep sea adventure with a horrific twist! In the aftermath of the Great War, the North Atlantic is ripe for plunder by independent salvage crews. When a former naval officer hires the SS Vagabond, he leads the ship to a sunken U-boat, and a fortune in gold. Tensions mount as the crew prepares to double cross each other, but the darkness of the ocean floor holds deeper terrors than any of them have bargained for! From the creative team behind the Bram Stoker Award-nominated horror graphic novel Road of Bones comes an all-new tale of bone-chilling terror!

Our Old Monsters

Author : Brenda S. Gardenour Walter
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078647680X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Our Old Monsters written by Brenda S. Gardenour Walter and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure in modern horror. These "old monsters" have their origins in Aristotle as studied in the universities of medieval Europe, where Christian scholars reconciled works of natural philosophy and medicine with theological precepts. They codified divine perfection as warm, light, male and associated with the ethereal world beyond the moon, while evil imperfection was cold, dark, female and bound to the corrupt world below the moon. All who did not conform to divine goodness--including un-holy women and Jews--were considered evil and ascribed a melancholic, blood hungry and demonic physiology. This construct was the basis for anti-woman and anti-Jewish discourse that has persisted through modern Western culture. Nowhere is this more evident than in horror films, where the witch, the vampire and the werewolf represent our fear of the inverted other.

Classic Monsters Unleashed

Author : James Aquilone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781957133003
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Classic Monsters Unleashed written by James Aquilone and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of famous monsters in a new horror anthology featuring Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, and many others.Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Moreau, the Headless Horseman, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, the Wicked Witch of the West-they're all here, in this collection of horror short stories that reimagine, subvert, and pay homage to our favorite monsters and creatures.Written by the biggest names in the genre-including Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Morton, Owl Goingback, Richard Christian Matheson, Seanan McGuire, Maurice Broaddus, Dacre Stoker, Seanan McGuire, Linda D. Addison, Alessandro Manzetti, Tim Waggoner, John Palisano, Mercedes Yardley, Lucy A. Snyder, Gary A. Braunbeck, Rena Mason, and Monique Snyman.And monstrously illustrated by Colton Worley and Mister Sam Shearon.

Dr. Acula's Reel Monsters

Author : Forrest Ackerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781497598584
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Dr. Acula's Reel Monsters written by Forrest Ackerman and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MEET THE REAL "REEL MONSTERS"The crawling hand of The Beast with Five Fingers...The human fiend of The Body Snatcher...The blood-thirsty vampire of Black Sabbath...The alien menace of The Saucer Men...The murderous "normal" of Freaks...The walking horror of The Monkey's Paw...The living dead cadavers of Re-Animator...The demonic child of The Twilight Zone...Step with Dr. Acula through the mirror into the literary land of dark developments. Your destination is Horror House, right next door to Mystery Mansion, located at the busy intersection of Scream Street and Beastman Blvd. Your guides are Robert Louis Stevenson, H. P. Lovecraft, Tod Robbins, W. W. Jacobs, Paul Fairman, W. F. Harvey, Alexis Tolstoy, and Jerome Bixby. The bookshelves inside are filled with their most terrifying tales. They are the primal source of all the monster stories ever filmed. The bookends are shrunken heads.Take this book off the shelf. Open up Dr. Acula's Reel Monsters and curl up where the light is brightest. Don't mind the ghosts, they're just here to read over your shoulder. They're mostly harmless - we think!A Famous Monsters of Filmland Book

Writing Monsters

Author : Philip Athans
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1599638088
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Writing Monsters written by Philip Athans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters are more than things that go bump in the night... Monsters are lurking in the woods, beneath the waves, and within our favorite books, films, and games--and there are good reasons why they appear so often. Monsters are manifestations of our fears and symbols of our society--not to mention they're a lot of fun--but each should serve a purpose and enhance the themes and tension in your fiction. In Writing Monsters, best-selling author Philip Athans uses classic examples from books, films, and the world around us to explore what makes monsters memorable--and terrifying. You'll learn what monsters can (and should) represent in your story and how to create monsters from the ground up. Writing Monsters includes: • In-depth discussions of where monsters come from, what they symbolize, and how to best portray them in fiction • Informative overviews of famous monsters, archetypes, and legendary creatures • A Monster Creation Form to help you create your monster from scratch • An annotated version of H.P. Lovecraft's chilling story "The Unnamable" Whether you write fantasy, science fiction, or horror, your vampires, ghouls, aliens, and trolls need to be both compelling and meaningful. With Writing Monsters, you can craft creatures that will wreak havoc in your stories and haunt your readers' imaginations--and nightmares.

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.

Classic Horror

Author : Anne DeLong
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Classic Horror written by Anne DeLong and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable resource for readers exploring the classic horror genre, this book presents primary source documents alongside analysis in an examination of the social, political, and economic factors reflected in 19th century Gothic literature. The nineteenth century was a time of social, cultural, and economic change; revolutionary scientific developments; and enduring imaginative works. This book explores the classic horror genre of Gothic literature in its historical and social contexts. It contains chapters on four major works of classic horror, with each chapter providing a mix of background information, primary source historical documents, and analysis that will appeal as much to high school and college students as to lovers of literature and the Victorian era. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is contextualized through documents pertaining to British imperialism, Antarctic Exploration, and the burgeoning environmentalist movement. Shelley's Frankenstein is explored through sections on galvanism, electricity, grave robbing, and the vitalist debate. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is read through explanations of nineteenth-century drug use and addiction and early theories of psychology and criminology. Stoker's Dracula is studied with reference to such topics as mesmerism, clairvoyance, alienism, medical ethics, xenophobia, and Victorian pseudoscience.