You Are Old Enough Son!

The continuing travels of the author of You're Not Old Enough Son! around fantasy cinema in Britain from 1971 to 2005. The quirky and irreverant views on all the films covered are entirely Barry Atkinson's own!

Son of Guilty Pleasures

Movies covered include: The She Creature, Robot Monster, Omega Man, Frankenstein’s Daughter, Giant Gila Monster, Private Parts, Horror Island, Frankenstein Conquers the World, Strange Door, Juggernaut and many more.

Do You Want It Good Or Tuesday?

In Do You Want It Good or Tuesday? Jimmy Sangster proves that the pen is mightier than the stake as he reflects upon his long and varied film career, from his early apprenticeship in the British industry, through Hammer Films mainstay as first writer and then both producer and director, to a stint in Hollywood and in American television. The wry humour that was often in evidence in his scripts for Hammer and others is here deployed to recount his hilarious adventures in the screen trade, whether it be dealing with nude vampires, an over-amorous Bette Davis or even the Russian mafia!

The Unholy Three

THE UNHOLY THREE: Screen Villains and English Gentlemen is a biographical look at three of the most iconic character actors to have graced the English-speaking screen: George Coulouris, Andre Morell and Dennis Price. Together, they starred in countless horror films, from Womaneater and Man Without a Body to The Mummy's Shroud and Horror Hospital, but all came from more illustrious theatrical backgrounds. THE UNHOLY THREE is a detailed and affectionate study of these three actors and their long and varied careers by John Hamilton, the acclaimed author of Hitchcock's Blonde and Beasts in the Cellar.

Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life

Boris Karloff! – In the 1930s and ’40s, the very utterance of his name struck terror into the hearts of cinemagoers across the globe. Best-known for his roles as the Frankenstein monster and any number of mad scientists in classic thrillers from Universal and others, Karloff off-screen was the epitome of the English gentleman, while his onscreen career stretched over five decades. Scott Allen Nollen’s book is the most thorough, accurate and entertaining chronicle of the famed horror star's fascinating life.

Peter Cushing

A collection of essays examining the work of screen actor Peter Cushing. 56 0f Cushing’s most memorable performances are examined in depth, while the annotated filmography offers capsule comments on his many other roles. Anyone interested in the enormous contribution made by Cushing—arguably the most accomplished actor ever to become a horror star—to British film, and to the cinema in general, will find a great deal of insight and intelligence brought to bear about his work and career within these pages.

Silent Screams - Chronicles of Terror

In Silent Screams, Volume 1 of Steve Haberman's proposed 'Chronicles of Terror', the author pays a loving tribute to silent horror films, works which would form a strong foundation for the filmic terrors to come in the sound era. Among the masterpieces examined in detail are The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Golem, John Barrymore's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Nosferatu, Lon Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera and many more. Fully illustrated with rare stills throughout.

Celluloid Adventures - Good Movies, Bad Timing

Grab the popcorn and get ready for an action-packed read as we explore the cinematic adventures of Tarzan, the King of the Jungle, super spy James Bond, Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral and Hammer's Dracula and Werewolf, plus a dashing assortment of Hollywood's western heroes and villains. Celluloid Adventures will tickle the fancy of action film fans everywhere.

Celluloid Adventures 2 - Artistic Triumphs, Box-Office Bombs

Memories of Hammer

For many, the Golden Age of British horror was the 1950s and 1960s, courtesy of what most fans consider to have been the UK's greatest cinematic export: Hammer Film Productions. What teenager could resist the lure of Technicolor blood, sexy vampires and the heaving bosoms of damsels in distress? Memories of Hammer brings together the reminiscences of the people behind and in front of the cameras at Hammer, including Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Val Guest, James Bernard and Jimmy Sangster.

Vincent Price

Vincent Price, gregarious and accommodating to his fans, nevertheless was an immensely private man and little of his life outside of film has been revealed. Vincent Price focuses on the man as well as the actor and analyses all of the great Price performances to create an intriguing profile of a cinematic icon. Containing lengthy interviews with Price himself (conducted in the 1970s and 1980s), the book is comprised of essays on the actor, coupled with his own acerbic reflections on making the films that are discussed at length. It paints a unique and fascinating portrait of one of the most gifted professionals to have graced the horror film stage.

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre made many horror film appearances, but he was never actually considered a horror film star. Instead, it was Lorre's persona - that of the quirky, deviant little man that he portrayed for Fritz Lang in M - that made him a perfect match for horror films. Lorre felt just as comfortable enacting supporting roles as he did starring in 'B' features of his own, or latterly working for Roger Corman in movies like Tales of Terror and The Raven. PETER LORRE is a range of diverse essays covering every facet of this unique actor's illustrious screen career.

Human Monsters

Monster villainy in the Hollywood horror film explored and analysed in depth in this classic volume by genre experts Price and Turner. Fully illustrated throughout, with a Foreword by King Kong's Fay Wray and an Afterword by Vincent Price.

Bela Lugosi

The first entry in the Midnight Marquee Actors Series offers in-depth analyses of 32 of the films that helped to create Bela Lugosi's cinematic persona as one of the first true horror film legends. This book covers Lugosi's films from the pre-Draculaearly sound era, details his Universal and 1930s' classics, and explores his stint on ‘poverty row’ at Monogram and PRC in the 1940s, as well as his much discussed film work for Edward D. Wood, Jr. in the 1950s.

Memoirs of a Wolfman

There has never been a filmmaker like Spain’s Paul Naschy (Jacinto Molina). Naschy's involvement in cinema spans 40-years and counting, as actor, writer, director and producer. In terms of the number of films in which he has been involved variously as Wolfman, Monster, Dr Jekyll and the like, Naschy is the equal of all the horror ‘kings’ past and present for his enthusiasm for the genre as well as sheer prodigiousness of output. This autobiography is a tribute to his will and dedication. It is also a great read, filled with engaging anecdotes, earthy asides, written with ease and intelligence, brimming with soul and a heart sometimes suffering, all the time passionate.

Italian Horror

Italian Horror examines in-depth Italian horror films made between 1979 and 1994. Why those years? - They mark the release dates of Lucio Fulci's Zombie, the film that instigated the last great wave of Italian horror, and Michele Soavi's Dellamorte dellamore, the last great Italian horror film. These years, and the films they produced, have attracted little serious study, and the aim of Harper’s book is to guide the unfamiliar viewer towards the best films of the period while hopefully avoiding the dross!

Minds of Fear: A Dialogue with 3O Modern Masters of Horror

Author Calum Waddell spent many years interviewing the cutting-edge horror film­makers who talk candidly in Minds of Fear. The result is an exclusive commentary on the fright-filled classics of shockmeisters such as John Landis, David Cronenberg, Wes Craven, Bill Condon, Scott Spiegel, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Tobe Hooper, Guillermo Del Toro, Bob Clark, Sean Cunningham, David Naughton, Chuck Russell, Jack Sholder, Lewis Teague and others.

You're Next - Loss of Identity in the Horror Film

Fear of the dark, fear of death, fear of the unknown and the unseen. Commentators have analysed at length these terrors of the psyche and how they figure prominently in the horror film. But one particular fear, one particular fate worse than death, which manifests itself time and again, has rarely been discussed in detail or depth. Loss of identity.. You’re Next! examines the ways in which this fundamental terror is visited upon characters in films, providing a fresh perspective on why losing the defining aspects of our lives can be so profoundly frightening...

Alfred Hitchcock's London

Gary Giblin takes film fans on a tour of the London locations featured in the films of Alfred Hitchcock. London landmarks influenced the motifs in all of Hitchcock’s films, even those shot in the US, and the book is interspersed with fascinating facts about the films and their stars, as well as giving visiting hours for the landmarks themselves. Whether you are an habitual traveller or merely an armchair tourist, you will find much to enjoy in this guided tour.

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