101 Scariest Movies Ever Made
Hardback, 339 pages
Each film is presented, from #101 all the way to the number one single most frightening film on the planet, in a fun format packed with quotes, critical reviews, cast lists, synopses, and more! Here you will find cannibals, psychos, monsters, and weirdos - and that's just the team of writers and film historians who collaborated on this unique project. Join these fiends as they examine horror films from the silent era to the modern age and rate them on just how much creepiness is contained within. Truly, these are the finest examples of the horror genre to ever play across the silver screen.
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Six Reels UnderBy David Del Valle Paperback, 251 pages
Six Reels Under is a continuation of David Del Valle's first collection of offbeat Hollywood adventures, Lost Horizons Beneath the Hollywood Sign, but this time around targeting the films and personalities that influenced a generation of Baby Boomers. From the first televised broadcast of genre classics such as Dracula's Daughter on Shock Theater to the resurrection of the long lost first 'mad Lab' epic, The Magician, on TCM, Hemlock Price: £19.95 Add to Basket |
Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces:The Universal Pictures Repertory Company Paperback, 293 pages
This book is a tribute to the 68 men and women whose names appeared in small print below the stars, and who graced hundreds of films with their diversified performances. More often than not these films, be they star-studded spectacles or poverty row quickies, would be that much the better for their presence. Hemlock Price: £19.95 Add to Basket |
The Unknown Peter Cushingby Michael G McGlasson Paperback, 107 pages
More than six years in the writing, The Unknown Peter Cushing explores areas related to the life and career of Peter Wilton Cushing by focussing on his familial acting legacy, his early stage career, and his life with his beloved Helen Beck Cushing. Peter Cushing was much more than an actor: he was also a talented painter, model-maker, author, book-lover and poet. The Unknown Peter Cushing reveals new facts about Peter's acting ancestry via a journey through time from the early 1700s and up to his early days as a stage actor when he met his Helen, the guiding force of his life and source of his creative spirit. Hemlock Price: £16.95 Add to Basket |
Interviews Too Shocking to PrintBy Justin Humphreys
Interviews Too Shocking to Print! collects conversations with some of horror and science fiction cinema's finest directors and writers, along with other outstanding talents. The interviewees' films range from the mightiest blockbusters to esoteric drive-in arcana, but they are united by the imagination. Their creations represent some of the freshest, most popular, vital, and inventive works in fantastic filmmaking. Paperback Hemlock Price: £19.95 Add to Basket |
The New Horror Handbookby AS Beeman
The New Horror Handbook introduces you to the leaders of the ‘new horror’ movement, including Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), Greg McLean (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) and John Fawcett (Ginger Snaps, The Dark). Beeman’s Handbook also looks at what's happening on the fringes of modern horror, where you will meet Steve Niles, of comic book hit 30 Days of Night, Rodrigo Gudino, who started Rue Morgue magazine, filmmaker Joe Monks and others! Large format, 234pp, Paperback Hemlock Price: £16.95 Add to Basket |
Frankenstein: A Playby John L Balderston & Garrett Fort Original Script and Background Analysis
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and the man he creates in an unorthodox scientific experiment. The novel spawned several stage versions and before production started on Universal’s 1931 film, John L Balderston wrote a new adaptation of Frankenstein with screenwriter Garrett Fort. Although it was never performed on a stage, it remains an important document in American theatre history. Discover the thrills that were originally meant for 1930s’ Depression-era audiences in this faithfully-reproduced version of Balderston and Fort’s play. 105pp. Hemlock Price: £17.95 Add to Basket |
The Invisible Manby RC Sherriff & Gregory William Mank Original Script and Background Analysis
‘Power... Power to walk into the gold vaults of nations, amidst the secrets of kings, into the Holy of Holies! Power to make multitudes run squealing in terror, at the touch of my little invisible finger!’ - Claude Rains as The Invisible Man. Includes the shooting script, pressbook and an introduction by Jessica Rains. ‘Anyone who cares about classic monster movies will find a treasure trove of information, rare photos, and meticulous detail.’ -- Leonard Maltin. 197pp. Hemlock Price: £17.95 Add to Basket |
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