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Screamplays
ISBN: 0345394291
ISBN-13: 9780345394293
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 1997
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Pages: 545
Publisher's Notes
SCENE BY SCENE . . . SCREAM BY SCREAM* Bedtime becomes a dread time for a little girl whose brave cat is her only protection against a grotesque elf . . . * Four psychic investigators risk their sanity--and their lives--to match wits with the most horrifying evil ever to possess a house. . . .* Alone in the wilderness, with a "five-minute headstart," beautiful young attorney Kim Sanders is running for her life from the serial killer called "The Butcher" . . .You dont need a movie theater or a VCR to savor the best in cinematic terror and suspense. All you need is your own imagination and this collection of spine-tingling scripts by the titans of shock storytelling. Whether youre a movie buff or a thriller freak, youll savor these seven full-length film and TV scenarios, including Stephen Kings "General," Richard Mathesons "The Legend of Hell House," and Richard Laymon's "The Hunted," plus chilling works by Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale, and Ed Gorman. With a fascinating introduction on fright films by #1 bestselling author Dean Koontz.
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SCREAMPLAYS
CHIZMAR, RICHARD (EDT)/ GREENBERG, MARTIN (EDT)
BALLANTINE/FAWCETT. 1997. TRADE PAPERBACK. GOOD CONDITION. ( more information)
Offered by Montclair Book Center (United States)
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Screamplays
Greenberg, Martin H.; Chizmar, Richard (editor)
Ballantine Publishing Group; New York, NY. Very Good; First Edition; Trade Paperback. 1997. UNREAD, but has some shelf rub and bump. no sun no damp no ink not torn. about 550 pp. With never-before-published teleplays by Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Matheson and Others . ( more information)
Offered by aridium books (United States)
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Scream Plays
Chizmar, Richard (Edited By.)
New York: Del Rey Book, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ( more information)
Offered by Oddball Books (United States)
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