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FOCUS ON HORROR FILM
by Huss, Roy; Ross, T. J. (editors) (Ray Bradbury; Frank McConnell; R. H. W. Dillard; Bram Stoker; Roy Huss; Ernest Jones; Jack Kerouac; Mary Shelley; Michel Perez; Raymond Durgnat; Stephen Farber; X. J. Kennedy; Claude Ollier; Lawrence Alloway)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (vi) 186 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This contains: Introduction by T. J. Ross; Chronology; The Horror Domain: Ghoulies and Ghosties by Curtis Harrington; Rough Beasts Slouching by Frank McConnell; The Pageantry of Death by R. H. W. Dillard. Gothic Horror: Two Archetypes: The Frankenstein Monster and the Vampire: Brides of Dracula by Bram Stoker; Vampire's Progress: Dracula from Novel to Film via Broadway by Roy Huss; On the Nightmare of Bloodsucking by Ernest Jones; Nosferatu by Jack Kerouac; Frankenstein Meets the Edison Company; The Monster's Lost Paradise by Mary Shelley; Almost Eve: The Creation Scene in The Bride of Frankenstein by Roy Huss; Modern Gothic: Jekyll and Hyde and the Cruel Cinema by Michel Perez; Eyes without a Face by Raymond Durgnat; The New American Gothic by Stephen Farber. Monster Terror: Beauty and the Beast by William Troy; Who Killed King Kong by X. J. Kennedy; A King in New York by Claude Ollier; Monster Films by Lawrence Alloway; Society and the Monster by John D. Denne; The Puritan Despair by Michel Perez; Gobble Gobble One of Us by John Thomas. Psychological Thriller: A New Ending to Rosemary's Baby by Ray Bradbury; Val Lewton and the School of Shudders by Manny Farber; The Terror of the Surreal by Carl Belz; Polanski, Repulsion and the New Mythology by T. J. Ross; and Targets: An Unshielding Darkness by Brian Henerson; followed by a filmography, a bibliography and an index..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 228216
- Title
- FOCUS ON HORROR FILM
- Author
- Huss, Roy; Ross, T. J. (editors) (Ray Bradbury; Frank McConnell; R. H. W. Dillard; Bram Stoker; Roy Huss; Ernest Jones; Jack Kerouac; Mary Shelley; Michel Perez; Raymond Durgnat; Stephen Farber; X. J. Kennedy; Claude Ollier; Lawrence Alloway)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- movie; film; motion picture; cinema; tie in; supernatural literature; dark fantasy; terror; noir; lovecraft; arkham; cthulhu; ghost; haunting; gothic; suspense; occult; macabre; dark gods; halloween; hallowe'en; killing; murder; magic; good; evil;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horror;
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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