Author : Peter Normanton
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 38,49 MB
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1780330413
An engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher and splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters. Here you will find the low-down on over 250 movies with entries from 23 different countries. The index, which includes every movie mentioned in the A-Z and accompanying notes, runs to 540 movies. The book includes the list of video nasties which the UK government attempted to ban.
Author : Peter Normanton
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786720729
Bringing together the finest names in comic book horror, this volume features nearly 50 comics that caused a furor in the US and sparked legislation to crack down on explicit horror—from the 1940s to the 21st century. Includes names like Steve Niles, Pete Von Sholly, Michael Kaluta, Mike Ploog, Rudy Palais, Rand Holmes, Vincent Locke, Frank Brunner, and many more. Reproduced in black and white for this brand-new collection.
Author : Peter Normanton
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1780330413
An engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher and splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters. Here you will find the low-down on over 250 movies with entries from 23 different countries. The index, which includes every movie mentioned in the A-Z and accompanying notes, runs to 540 movies. The book includes the list of video nasties which the UK government attempted to ban.
Author : Nat Brehmer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 13,29 MB
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476676305
This book is a comprehensive history of the most successful straight-to-video horror franchise of all time: Puppet Master. It provides an in-depth exploration of all 14 films to date--including a made-for-TV crossover and a theatrical reboot--and the action figures, comics, and other merchandise that have helped to keep the brand alive for the past 30 years. Puppet Master was the first film for independent producer extraordinaire Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment, launching a franchise and a micro-budget studio that have both continued to this day. What led to the film's success? How did a little movie about killer puppets, designed to cater to the then-booming video market, wind up surviving video stores themselves? How did a series that had never even had a theatrical entry wind up with an unusually successful toy series? All of these questions are answered within these pages. Featuring new interviews with some of the biggest creative minds behind the franchise, as well as dozens of behind-the-scenes photos, this book is the ultimate guide to horror's most murderous marionettes.
Author : Bernice M. Murphy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 18,37 MB
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137391200
The Highway Horror Film argues that 'Highway Horror' is a hither-to overlooked sub-genre of the American horror movie. In these films, the American landscape is by its very accessibility rendered terrifyingly hostile, and encounters with other travellers almost always have sinister outcomes.
Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 14,27 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0292745745
From reviews of the third edition: “Film Genre Reader III lives up to the high expectations set by its predecessors, providing an accessible and relatively comprehensive look at genre studies. The anthology’s consideration of the advantages and challenges of genre studies, as well as its inclusion of various film genres and methodological approaches, presents a pedagogically useful overview.” —Scope Since 1986, Film Genre Reader has been the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold. Barry Keith Grant has again revised and updated the book to reflect the most recent developments in genre study. This fourth edition adds new essays on genre definition and cycles, action movies, science fiction, and heritage films, along with a comprehensive and updated bibliography. The volume includes more than thirty essays by some of film’s most distinguished critics and scholars of popular cinema, including Charles Ramírez Berg, John G. Cawelti, Celestino Deleyto, David Desser, Thomas Elsaesser, Steve Neale, Thomas Schatz, Paul Schrader, Vivian Sobchack, Janet Staiger, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.
Author : Aaron Christensen
Publisher : Midnight Marquee Press, Incorporated
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 33,99 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781887664790
The A-List of Horror Films and Monster Movies 320 pages * with 122 photos from * 110 films covered in * 101 essays by * 78 horror fans from * 12 different countries Bringing a refreshingly egalitarian approach to the subject, Horror 101 collects musings on our favorite chillers not by the expected assortment of critics and filmmakers, but the audience... the fans themselves. Young and old, male and female, located all over the globe. From Alien through The Wicker Man, each entry brings a breath of fresh air to the consideration of seminal movies many of us thought had been analyzed to death. As editor Aaron Christensen puts it, "Keep America strong! Watch more monster movies!-- Joe Dante, director, The Howling, Piranha, Gremlins These are not just fanboys that like their gore and monsters; rather they are passionate folks who give great insight to all things horror and the macabre. --Tiffany Shepis, scream queen, Tromeo & Juliet, The Hazing, Nightmare Man I LOVE this book!! -- Elaine Lamkin, bloody-disgusting.com ...a book of enthusiasm. It reminds us why we love horror movies... -- Michael W. Mayo, author, VideoHound's Horror Show Horror 101 is the primer every sci-fi and horror student needs for a compelling and intellectual glimpse into the classroom of genre movies. After digesting this, you will never again get an "F" -- unless it stands for "Film-lover." -- John Stanley, author, Creature Features and I Was a TV Horror Hos
Author : Jacob Gustafson
Publisher :
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 22,64 MB
Release : 2020-08-09
Category :
ISBN :
Welcome to the wild world of Awful Awesome cinema. In over 100 reviews, this book explores Horror genre films released from the 1980's to today that are so bad, they're good. These are films that are hilariously terrible and make for a great night of movie watching with friends. Monsters, slashers, mutants, sharks, witches, and werewolves await you as you explore the often ignored world of low budget, direct to video, trash films made with lots of heart but not a lot of money. Films include Rock N Roll Nightmare, Shark Attack 3, and Suburban Sasquatch and films from studios like The Asylum, AGFA, and New Horizons. So stock up on crosses, load up the silver bullets, put on your running shoes, and get out of the water, because this is going to be a wild ride!
Author : Steve Alten
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250251591
In MEG: Generations, Steve Alten New York Times bestselling author continues his terrifying series. MEG: GENERATIONS opens where MEG: NIGHTSTALKERS left off. The Liopleurodon offspring has been moved to a holding tank aboard the Dubai-Land transport ship, Tonga for its journey to the Middle East. While the Crown Prince’s investors gawk at the creature, below deck in the tanker’s hold, another captured beast is awakened from its drug-induced state and goes on a rampage. The vessel sinks, the Lio escapes At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Stephen Thrower
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
From Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill) to Eli Roth (Hostel), the young guns of modern Hollywood just can't get enough of that exploitation film high. That's because, between 1970 and 1985, American Exploitation movies went berserk. Nightmare USA is the reader's guide to what lies beyond the mainstream of American horror, dispelling the shadows to meet the men and women behind 15 years of screen terror: The Exploitation Independents! Ranging from cult favourites like I Drink Your Blood to stylish mind-benders like Messiah of Evil.
