FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies (Dark Heart of Cinema, 2)

The Frightfest Guide to Monster Movies

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FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies (Dark Heart of Cinema, 2)

The Frightfest Guide to Monster Movies

Written by Michael Gingold
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Monster MoviesMonsters have been a part of human culture since we first gained the ability to tell stories. They allow us to deal with everything from our deepest fears and anxieties to our own feelings of alienation and estrangement. And from its beginnings, the cinema has provided a venue to visualize monsters in all their fearsome, threatening and, sometimes, strangely sympathetic glory. They have become some of the movies' most unforgettable, enduring, and popular characters. Now the entire spectrum of screen creatures is gathered in one volume.In The Frightfest Guide to Monster Movies, celebrated writer, editor and critic Michael Gingold starts in the silent era and traces the history of the genre all the way through to the present day. From Universal Studios legends such as Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolf Man, to the big bugs, atomic mutants, and space invaders that terrorized the '50s, to the kaiju of Japan and the full-colour fiends from Hammer, to the ecological nightmares of the '70s and '80s, to the CG creatures and updated favourites of more recent years -- they're all here.This book presents 200 of the most frightening, fantastical, and even funny creature features from across the globe. Detailed reviews, with fascinating facts and critical analysis, are illustrated with a ghoulish gallery of scary stills and petrifying posters representing the remarkable range of monster movies. Renowned cult film maker Frank Henenlotter, creator of some of the screen's most idiosyncratic and bizarre beings, contributes the forward.A whole world and grisly galaxy of creatures great and small, spawned from space, the supernatural and strange science, the beginning of time, beyond imagination and beneath the sea, await in The Frightfest Guide to Monster Movies. Dare you confront the beasts within?

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Pages 240
Language Eng
Published October 15, 2017
ISBN 34649580
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Michael Gingold is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Michael Gingold enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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