- Fangoria's
101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen: A Celebration of
the World's Most Unheralded Fright Flicks - As the leading
name in the world of horror, Fangoria magazine has been the
source of information for fans of fright flicks for more than
twenty years—covering feature films, video games, comic
books, collectibles, and all aspects of horror entertainment.
Working closely with Fangoria’s experts, including Editor
in Chief Anthony Timpone, Adam Lukeman has compiled a must-have
guide for casual horror fans and hardcore horror junkies with
Fangoria’s 101 Best Horror Films You’ve Never
Seen. With a brief synopsis for each of the included films,
lists of cast and crew, “Terror Trivia,” and little-known
facts about these lesser-known but must-see gems, Fangoria’s
101 Best Horror Films You’ve Never Seen offers a feast
of gruesome information. Featured here are flicks that were
dumped by their distributors or were initially flops, like
Cherry Falls, Manhunter, and Pumpkinhead, foreign winners
such as Cronos, The Vanishing, and Funny Games, and straight-to-video
sleepers waiting to be discovered, including Shadowbuilder,
Jack Be Nimble, and Nomads. There are even surprise entries
directed by industry giants—movies like George A. Romero’s
Day of the Dead, Brian De Palma’s Sisters, or Dario
Argento’s Opera—that are frequently overshadowed
by the filmmakers’ other, better-known works but are
worthy of further examination.
- The
Amazing, Colossal Book of Horror Trivia: Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About Scary Movies but Were Afraid to Ask
- This book will haunt you--until you get the answers right.
It is a devilishly delightful collection of 1,814 questions
and answers about the best and worst horror films ever made.
From the silent movies of the 1920s to the scream queens of
the 1990s, the topics range from vampires to werewolves to
haunted houses and mad scientists to creature features and
giant apes. More than 160 photographs infest the pages
of The Amazing, Colossal Book of Horror Trivia, including
the greats of horror cinema like Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff,
Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Fay Wray, Ingrid
Pitt, and Barbara Steele. In addition to listings of the Top
5 films per subject, Lampley, Beck, and Clark have also noted
the highlights from the lives and works of the legendary stars
and directors who have made this genre popular across the
century. You'll never sleep without a nightlight again.
- Television
Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other
Denizens of the Late Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed
- Midnight, 1954. A striking woman in a torn black dress slinks
down a cobwebbed, candelabrad corridor. She stops, shrieks
hysterically into the camera, then solemnly says, "Good
evening, I am Vampira." Her real name is Maila Nurmi
and she was the first in a long line of television horror
movie hosts, commonly seen on independent stations late-night
"grade Z" offerings dressed as some zany ghoul or
mad scientist. This book covers the major hosts in detail,
along with styles and show themes. Merchandise tie-in and
fan reactions are also chronicled. The appendices list film
and record credits.
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