Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls

Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls
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Publisher : Carnival Comics
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9781513653372
ISBN-13 : 1513653377
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls by : Michael H. Price

Carnival Comics proudly presents... Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls in a digital format for the first time ever! Michael H. Price's acclaimed graphic-novel adaptation of the classic indie chiller-film is back in print with a full-scale restoration and expansion -- the comic-book treatment that moved Stephen King to rave: "It's as nightmarish and unnerving as the movie... I'm in awe of your accomplishment." Originally commissioned by filmmaker Herk Harvey to mark the reissue of his 1962 CARNIVAL OF SOULS, Price's graphic-novel version has taken on a life of its own. Gasp in horror as Mr. Price's great storytelling, intertwines with Todd Camp's wickedly good artistry, to scare the life out of you. In addition to Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls, you get a collection of some of Michael H. Price and Todd Camp's classic horror gems! Nearly 300 pages of tricks and treats for all! Carnival of Souls is a registered trademark owned by Carnival Comics.

The 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen

The 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen
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Publisher : ECW Press
Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 9781554905409
ISBN-13 : 1554905400
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen by : Richard Crouse

Offbeat movie buffs, discerning video renters, and critical viewers will benefit from this roll call of the best overlooked films of the last 70 years. Richard Crouse, film critic and host of televisions award-winning Reel to Real, details his favorite films, from the sublime Monsoon Wedding to the ridiculous Eegah! The Name Written in Blood. Each movie is featured with a detailed description of plot, notable trivia tidbits, critical reviews, and interviews with actors and filmmakers. Featured interviews include Bill Wyman on a little-known Rolling Stones documentary, schlockmeister Lloyd Kaufman on the history of the Toxic Avenger, reclusive writer and director Hampton Fancher on his film The Minus Man, and B-movie hero Bruce Campbell on playing Elvis Presley in Bubba Ho-Tep. Sidebars feature quirky details, including legal disclaimers and memorable quotes.

Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes

Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 900
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ISBN-10 : 0786407557
ISBN-13 : 9780786407552
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes by : Tom Weaver

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.

The Definitive Guide to Horror Movies

The Definitive Guide to Horror Movies
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Publisher : Carlton Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1787391396
ISBN-13 : 9781787391390
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The Definitive Guide to Horror Movies by : Kim Newman

Two seasoned, top horror experts lead the way through more than a century of fear with authority, humor, and encyclopedic knowledge. Packed with images of the most terrifying scenes in cinema history, this fully updated volume--with reviews right up to 2017--traces the genre decade by decade, providing a witty and informative critique of more than 300 movies from all around the world, plus TV series and literature too. Kim Newman and James Marriott discuss both neglected gems and big-budget duds, from Frankenstein and Peeping Tom to It Follows, Get Out, The Babadook, and Mother , as well as material from countries as far afield as Japan and Brazil. These movies will continue to shock and delight viewers with their inventiveness and flair. Diehard and new horror fans will enjoy this superb, eye-opening look at their favorite genre.

I Was a Monster Movie Maker

I Was a Monster Movie Maker
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 0786462655
ISBN-13 : 9780786462650
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis I Was a Monster Movie Maker by : Tom Weaver

Phil Brown, who played Luke Skywalker's uncle in Star Wars, said, "In my long life in films, there are ones I'm proud of and those I'm not proud of. The Jungle Captive and Weird Woman fall into the latter category." House of Wax co-star Paul Picerni was fired by the film's director when he refused to put his head in a working guillotine during a climactic fight scene. Packed with wonderful tidbits, this volume collects 22 interviews with the moviemakers responsible for bringing such films as This Island Earth, The Haunting, Carnival of Souls, Pit and the Pendulum, House of Wax, Tarzan the Ape Man, The Black Cat, Them! and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to the movie screen. Faith Domergue, Michael Forest, Anne Helm, Candace Hilligoss, Suzanna Leigh, Norman Lloyd, Maureen O'Sullivan, Shirley Ulmer, Dana Wynter and many more are interviewed.

The Highway Horror Film

The Highway Horror Film
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 9781137391209
ISBN-13 : 1137391200
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The Highway Horror Film by : Bernice M. Murphy

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.

The Aesthetics of Disengagement

The Aesthetics of Disengagement
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 0816645396
ISBN-13 : 9780816645398
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The Aesthetics of Disengagement by : Christine Ross

Reveals the artistic subjectivity of the scientific notion of depression.

Damnable Tales

Damnable Tales
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Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 9781800180611
ISBN-13 : 1800180616
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Damnable Tales by : Richard Wells

This richly illustrated anthology gathers together classic short stories from masters of supernatural fiction including M. R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu and Arthur Machen, alongside lesser-known voices in the field including Eleanor Scott and Margery Lawrence, and popular writers less bound to the horror genre, such as Thomas Hardy and E. F. Benson. These are damnable tales, selected and beautifully illustrated by Richard Wells. They stalk the moors at night, the deep forests, cornered fields and dusky churchyards, the narrow lanes and old ways of these ancient places, drawing upon the haunted landscapes of folk-horror – a now widely used term first applied to a series of British films from the late 1960s and 1970s: Witchfinder General (1968), Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971), and The Wicker Man (1973). But as this collection shows, writers of uncanny fiction were dabbling in the dark side of folklore long before. These twenty-two stories take the reader beyond the safety and familiarity of the town into the isolated and untamed wilderness. Unholy rites, witches’ curses, sinister village traditions and ancient horrors that lurk within the landscape all combine to remind us that the shiny modern, urban world might not have all the answers...

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9780374711214
ISBN-13 : 0374711216
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by : Rivka Galchen

Drawing on real historical documents but infused with the intensity of imagination, sly humor, and intellectual fire for which award-winning author Rivka Galchen’s writing is known, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch is a tale for our time—the story of how a community becomes implicated in collective aggression and hysterical fear. The year is 1619, in the German duchy of Württemberg. Plague is spreading. The Thirty Years War has begun, and fear and suspicion are in the air throughout the Holy Roman Empire. In the small town of Leonberg, Katherina Kepler is accused of being a witch. An illiterate widow, Katherina is known by her neighbors for her herbal remedies and the success of her children, including her eldest, Johannes, who is the Imperial Mathematician and renowned author of the laws of planetary motion. It’s enough to make anyone jealous, and Katherina has done herself no favors by being out and about and in everyone’s business. So when the deranged and insipid Ursula Reinbold (or as Katherina calls her, the Werewolf) accuses Katherina of offering her a bitter, witchy drink that has made her ill, Katherina is in trouble. Her scientist son must turn his attention from the music of the spheres to the job of defending his mother. Facing the threat of financial ruin, torture, and even execution, Katherina tells her side of the story to her friend and next-door neighbor Simon, a reclusive widower imperiled by his own secrets. Provocative and entertaining, Galchen’s bold new novel touchingly illuminates a society, and a family, undone by superstition, the state, and the mortal convulsions of history.