Author: Gavin Baddeley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913051020
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Award-winning filmmaker Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate, Tales of Halloween) surveys the last 120 years of the ghost movie genre and reviews the 200 most memorable titles from across the globe. From timeless classics to recent blockbusters, quirky indies to international sensations, hidden gems to oddities, each of these movies has in some way contributed to the development of the ghost movie as we know it, in all its incarnations and cultural variants.
The Rough Guide to Horror Movies
Author: Alan Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843535218
Category : Horror films
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the origins and history of horror motion pictures, identifies and reviews fifty essential movies, includes a look at key actors, actresses, and directors, and discusses related Web sites, festivals, and magazines.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843535218
Category : Horror films
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the origins and history of horror motion pictures, identifies and reviews fifty essential movies, includes a look at key actors, actresses, and directors, and discusses related Web sites, festivals, and magazines.
Something More Than Night
Author: Kim Newman
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1789097746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
With his signature wit, the award-winning author of Anno Dracula, Kim Newman, reimagines the lives of Raymond Chandler and Boris Karloff in this daring and horrifying tale. 'If more mysteries were written like this, I’d read more mysteries.' - Grady Hendrix, author of The Final Girl Support Group Hollywood, the late 1930s. Raymond Chandler writes detective stories for pulp magazines, and drinks more than he should. Boris Karloff plays monsters in the movies. Together, they investigate mysterious matters in a town run by human and inhuman monsters. Joh Devlin, an investigator for the DA’s office who scores high on insubordination, enlists the pair to work a case that threatens to expose Hollywood’s most horrific secrets. Together they will find out more than they should about the way this town works. And about each other. And, oh yes, monsters aren’t just for the movies.
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1789097746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
With his signature wit, the award-winning author of Anno Dracula, Kim Newman, reimagines the lives of Raymond Chandler and Boris Karloff in this daring and horrifying tale. 'If more mysteries were written like this, I’d read more mysteries.' - Grady Hendrix, author of The Final Girl Support Group Hollywood, the late 1930s. Raymond Chandler writes detective stories for pulp magazines, and drinks more than he should. Boris Karloff plays monsters in the movies. Together, they investigate mysterious matters in a town run by human and inhuman monsters. Joh Devlin, an investigator for the DA’s office who scores high on insubordination, enlists the pair to work a case that threatens to expose Hollywood’s most horrific secrets. Together they will find out more than they should about the way this town works. And about each other. And, oh yes, monsters aren’t just for the movies.
Frightfest Guide to Ghost Movies
Author: Axelle Carolyn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781903254974
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Award-winning filmmaker Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate, Tales of Halloween) surveys the last 120 years of the ghost movie genre and reviews the 200 most memorable titles from across the globe. From timeless classics to recent blockbusters, quirky indies to international sensations, hidden gems to oddities, each of these movies has in some way contributed to the development of the ghost movie as we know it, in all its incarnations and cultural variants.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781903254974
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Award-winning filmmaker Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate, Tales of Halloween) surveys the last 120 years of the ghost movie genre and reviews the 200 most memorable titles from across the globe. From timeless classics to recent blockbusters, quirky indies to international sensations, hidden gems to oddities, each of these movies has in some way contributed to the development of the ghost movie as we know it, in all its incarnations and cultural variants.