Essential
Horror Movies: Matinee Monsters to Cult
Classics
By Michael Mallory
Universe Publishing / ISBN: 978-0-7893-2942-4 October
2015 / $40.00 US & CAN
Hardcover / 228 pages
300 color & b/w photographs / 9” x 12”
The day this book showed up on our doorstep we were furiously flipping through it. Being the monster-phile that I am I couldn't help but gaze at the amazing and vibrant pics in this huge and beautiful book, Michael Mallory’s ESSENTIALHORROR MOVIES: MATINEE MONSTERS TO CULT CLASSICS. This terrifyingly illustrated volume of the
greatest, scariest, and most influential fright films is sure to be become a coffee table classic. It doesn't take much to get me to open a monster book but plopping Frankenstein, Reagan from THE EXORCIST, The Cryptkeeper, PHANTOM, Chucky and more on the cover is a surefire way to do it! Immediately upon opening the book you are assaulted with a great barrage of colorful horror posters and photos and black and white stills that really set the mood. The closer we get to Halloween, the more relevant it becomes. Part Heritage Horror Auctions poster book and part chronicle this book has all the bases covered.
ESSENTIAL
HORROR MOVIES chronicles a century’s worth of cinematic terror: from silent masterpieces like The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari (1920) to Golden Era classics like Dracula (1931) and such richly colored shockers as House of Wax (1953) and groundbreaking independent thrillers, Night of the Living Dead (1968),
Mallory goes on to spotlight modern horrors from the devilish trio of Rosemary’s Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), The Omen (1976), The
Amityville Horror (1979) and The
Shining (1980). With Alien
(1979), we learned that in space no one can hear you scream and no one wanted
to go into the water with Jaws
(1975). And, how can we forget the likes of Leatherface, Michael Myers, Jason
Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Pinhead?
Behind-the-scenes facts, trivia, and photos complete the story of these essential motion
pictures. Mallory’s tome is not simply a catalog of horror films; it is a study
of where the genre came from, how it has progressed, and what motion pictures
have contributed to that evolution, set against a backdrop of cultural history.
Anyone who has ever loved to be scared by a truly great masterpiece of
terror—or even a film that strives for nothing more than to provide the
audience with spooky, campy fun—will find ESSENTIAL HORROR MOVIES a great addition to your collection!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Mallory is an
internationally-recognized authority on film history and animation. He has written six non-fiction books on
popular culture subjects, as well as some 600 magazine and newspaper articles.
His books include Hanna-Barbera Cartoons,
Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of
Horror, and X-Men: The Characters and
Their Universe, and he has contributed to other volumes including Animation Art, The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons, and the Walt’s People series and co-authored the
memoirs of animation legend Iwao Takamoto.
Mallory has been interviewed by many news outlets, including E!
Entertainment Television, BBC Radio, CBC Radio, The New York Times, TV Guide,
and USA
PUBLICATION DATE: October
2015
more info at: WWW.RIZZOLIUSA.COM
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