Horror

Never watch The Exorcist, Marlena Williams's mother told her, just as she'd been told by her own mother as a Catholic teen in rural Oregon when the horror classic premiered. And like her mother, Mary, Williams watched it anyway. An inheritance passed from mother to daughter, The Exorcist looms large-in popular culture and in Williams's own life, years after Mary's illness and death. In Night Mother, Williams investigates the film not only as a projection of Americans' worst fears in the tumultuous 1970s and a source of enduring tropes around girlhood, faith, and transgression but also as a key to understanding her mother and the world she came from. The essays in Night Mother delve beneath the surface of The Exorcist to reveal the deeper stories the film tells about faith, family, illness, anger, guilt, desire, and death. Whether tracing the career of its young star, Linda Blair, unpacking its most infamous scenes, exploring its problematic depictions of gender and race, or reflecting on the horror of growing up female in America, Williams deftly blends bold personal narrative with shrewd cultural criticism. Night Mother offers fresh insights for both fans of the film and newcomers alike.

Forewords by Gigi Saul Guerrero & Heather BuckleyIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Joshua Millican dreamed of working for a legacyhorror site like Dread Central since he began blogging in the early 2010s. He became a regularcontributor in 2016, Managing Editor in 2018, and through sheer determination and fate, became thesite's Editor in Chief in 2019. But the apex of Millican's career coincided with an unforeseen andunprecedented pandemic.The Dreadful Years is more than just a collection of interviews with the biggest names in mainstreamand independent horror. It's a snapshot of the genre immediately before and after everything changedforever. It's an extended moment that encapsulates the transition between decades, extraordinarypolitical turmoil, and powerful social revolutions. The Dreadful Years is also something of a hybridmemoir as Millican reflects on his personal journeys, his successes and failures, the highs and lows of alife steeped in terror.

Becoming a Warrior is the triumphant memoir of about a shy, 10-year-old girl with a dream who has a dream and perseveres for fifty years to make that dream come true-to make a movie based on Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. Working in the worlds of politics and entertainment, Catherine Hand learned lessons that gave her the courage and strength to navigate through personal tragedies and professional hurdles. She recounts her time spent with the legendary writer/producer Norman Lear and her 25-year-long conversation with L'Engle about the author's treasured book. In 2018, five decades after Hand first read A Wrinkle in Time, Walt Disney Studios released a major motion picture based on the award-winning classic. The movie was directed by Ava DuVernay, written by Jennifer Lee, and starred Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Storm Reid. Becoming a Warrior offers a treasure trove of wisdom and advice for anyone with who has a dream.

A series of micro-collections featuring a selection of peculiar tales from the best in horror and speculative fiction.<BR>From Black Shuck Books and Sean Hogan comes That Fatal Shore, the twenty-ninth in the Black Shuck SHADOWS series.

"When I was being interviewed by Scotty McCoy for his book it was so much fun remembering all the wonderful people that had worked on that film."- Ana Alicia, star of Halloween II (1981) "Halloween III truly has been the gift that keeps on giving as NONE of us anticipated its cult status decades later ... It's all quite surreal - and lots of fun!!"- Stacey Nelkin, star of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) The Ultimate Halloween Movie Experience is a unique and inspiring take on Hollywood's classic Halloween franchise. Horror film aficionado Scotty McCoy has conducted 16 original and insightful interviews with cast and crew members across a large cross-section of Halloween movies and has compiled a highly innovative trivia section at the back of the book to test and expand readers knowledge of the Halloween franchise across the spectrum of films produced. This book is a must - have for all fans of the Halloween films. SCOTTY McCOY is the author of five books, including The Ultimate Friday the 13th Trivia Book. He is the founder of Gravestone Films, and their first film Samhain was released in October 2020. He lives in Woodlawn, Maryland. KIM GOTTLIEB-WALKER is the author of On the Set with John Carpenter and she was the official still photographer for Halloween 1 and 2. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband.

Dead phones, chaos in hospitals, looming nuclear meltdowns: For years, experts all over the world have been warning of a widespread power blackout-and the devastating consequences for society as a whole. However, just as before the Covid-19 pandemic, politicians and the public are hardly aware of the far-reaching risks: A blackout would catch us almost completely unprepared.As for other (supposedly improbable) disruptive events, disaster movies and sci-fi series have long shown what would happen if modern society were to lose its lifeblood. Denis Newiak looks into those filmic fictions for answers to pressing questions:How can we prepare ourselves for the dramatic consequences of such a crisis? And can the collapse of modernity still be stopped?

Army of the Dead: A Film by Zach Snyder: The Making of the Film is the official companion to Zack Snyder's latest zombie film. From the director of Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen, and Man of Steel, comes Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder's eagerly awaited return to the zombie scene, starring Dave Bautista. Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Army of the Dead: A Film By Zach Snyder: The Making of the Film takes readers behind the scenes of this much-anticipated film and reveals the locations, characters, and zombies. The book is full to the brim with exclusive on-set photography, costume designs, storyboards by Zack Snyder, and more, and accompanied by cast and crew interviews.

Haunted Homes is a short but groundbreaking study of homes in horror film and television. While haunted houses can be fun and thrilling, Hollywood horror tends to focus on haunted homes, places where the suburban American dream of safety and comfort has turned into a nightmare. From classic movies like The Old Dark House to contemporary works like Hereditary and the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House, Dahlia Schweitzer explores why haunted homes have become a prime stage for dramatizing anxieties about family, gender, race, and economic collapse. She traces how the haunted home film was intertwined with the expansion of American suburbia, but also explores works like The Witch and The Babadook, which transport the genre to different times and places. This lively and readable study reveals how and why an increasing number of films imagine that home is where the horror is. Watch a video of the author discussing the topic Haunted Homes (https://youtu.be/_irTEfvtZfQ).

Sassan Niasseri widmet sich jenem Genre, das seit Beginn des neuen Jahrtausends Kino und Fernsehen dominiert wie kein anderes: Fantasy im Allgemeinen, und "Sword and Sorcery" im Speziellen, angeführt durch "Der Herr der Ringe" und "Game of Thrones". Die erste Blütezeit des Genres lässt sich klar bestimmen. Ralph Bakshi reüssierte 1978 mit seinem Animationsfilm "Der Herr der Ringe", John Boormans Artussagen-Interpretation "Excalibur" läutete 1981 das Zeitalter des "Sword and Sorcery" ein, und John Milius' "Conan der Barbar" setzte die Welle der Muskelmänner-Filme in Gang: Krieger in Lendenschürzen und Pferdehaarstiefeln,mit Gespielinnen in Korbholz-Bikinis. Aber noch im selben Jahrzehnt ebbte die Welle ab. Was ermöglichte die Renaissance der Zauberer, Drachen und Trolle? Eine Spurensuche von 1978 bis heute.Das Buch enthält Interviews mit Ralph Bakshi (Adult Animation-Pionier, "Der Herr der Ringe")David Bennent (Schauspieler, "Legende")Sven Ole-Thorsen (Schauspieler, Stuntman, "Conan der Barbar")Tami Stronach (Schauspielerin, "Die unendliche Geschichte")Klaus Doldinger (Komponist, "Die unendliche Geschichte")Phil Tippett (Trick-Künstler, "Star Wars", "Jurassic Park")John Carpenter ("Big Trouble in Little Chin

The blockbuster action manga that inspired the epic anime stampedes towards its climax!<BR><BR>ADVANCE OF THE TITANS<BR><BR>After breaking through a stronghold of old friends and enemies, Zeke hands down his plan for the Eldians to Eren. But what Eren was plotting with his rumbling powers leaves his brother in the dust, betrayed and alone once more. Now, with some help from Ymir, a parade of massive Titans are roused from their centuries-long slumber, breaking free of the Walls to answer their founder's call. Where the march leads, only Eren knows...

"Warning: This book is almost impossible to put down." - Tracy Fahey, Author: The Unheimlich ManoeuvreJust how much are we shaped by the entertainment that scares us?Author, blogger, podcaster and lifelong fan of genre Kit Power sets out to answer that question, with a collection of essays that take on the works - and events - that scarred him as a child and young adult. Stephen King’s IT. Hellraiser. The Thing. The Wasp Factory. Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds. Hillsborough. Welding childhood recollection with adult insight and analysis, Power digs deep into his personal reactions and feelings as he attempts to understand his continued fascination with the genre - and the emotion - of Horror. Collecting the first three years of his work for the 12-time BFS nominated review site Gingernuts Of Horror, with each essay revised and expanded, My Life In Horror Volume One represents one fan’s journey through genre - an autobiography via the medium of pop culture."If you want to mainline someone’s utter love and immersion in books, movies and music, with beautifully honest reflections on life, the world, and everything, look no further." Stephen Volk, Screenwriter and Author"My Life In Horror is a loving, enthusiastic, insightful and compulsive read for any fan of the genre. I fully recommend it." - Brian Keene, Horror Grandmaster

"Warning: This book is almost impossible to put down." - Tracy Fahey, Author: The Unheimlich ManoeuvreJust how much are we shaped by the entertainment that scares us?Author, blogger, podcaster and lifelong fan of genre Kit Power sets out to answer that question, with a collection of essays that take on the works - and events - that scarred him as a child and young adult. Stephen King’s IT. Hellraiser. The Thing. The Wasp Factory. Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds. Hillsborough. Welding childhood recollection with adult insight and analysis, Power digs deep into his personal reactions and feelings as he attempts to understand his continued fascination with the genre - and the emotion - of Horror. Collecting the first three years of his work for the 12-time BFS nominated review site Gingernuts Of Horror, with each essay revised and expanded, My Life In Horror Volume One represents one fan’s journey through genre - an autobiography via the medium of pop culture."If you want to mainline someone’s utter love and immersion in books, movies and music, with beautifully honest reflections on life, the world, and everything, look no further." Stephen Volk, Screenwriter and Author"My Life In Horror is a loving, enthusiastic, insightful and compulsive read for any fan of the genre. I fully recommend it." - Brian Keene, Horror Grandmaster

A collector's edition of over 350 Color photos from the award winning motion picture Tales of Frankenstein - Four gruesome stories spanning a century, in an all star cast, in classic Frankenstein style. Celebrating the 200 year anniversary of Mary Shelley's original "Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus.". With man-made monsters, mad labs and madder scientists. Castles, crypts, and creeping cadaver parts. Brain transplants and body snatching. Vampires, vixens and villagers with torches. And a gorilla too! The legend of "Frankenstein" is known throughout the world, as written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in her classic novel… How, more than two centuries ago, a scientist named Victor Frankenstein created - from corpses - and brought to life an immortal Monster. Now 200 years later the Frankenstein saga continues with 4 wonderfully written new stories based on the legend.

What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity continue to stride across the modern world? In this book, the first in-depth study of how post-classical societies use the creatures from ancient myth, Liz Gloyn reveals the trends behind how we have used monsters since the 1950s to the present day, and considers why they have remained such a powerful presence in our shared cultural imagination. She presents a new model for interpreting the extraordinary vitality that classical monsters have shown, and their enormous adaptability in finding places to dwell in popular culture without sacrificing their connection to the ancient world. Her argument takes her readers through a comprehensive tour of monsters on film and television, from the much-loved creations of Ray Harryhausen in Clash of the Titans to the monster of the week in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before looking in detail at the afterlives of the Medusa and the Minotaur. She develops a broad theory of the ancient monster and its life after antiquity, investigating its relation to gender, genre and space to offer a bold and novel exploration of what keeps drawing us back to these mythical beasts. From the siren to the centaur, all monster lovers will find something to enjoy in this stimulating and accessible book.

Science fiction and fantasy are often thought of as stereotypically male genres, yet both have a long and celebrated history of female creators, characters, and fans. In particular, the science fiction and fantasy heroine is a recognized figure made popular in media such as Alien, The Terminator, and Buffy, The Vampire Slayer. Though imperfect, she is strong and definitely does not need to be saved by a man. This figure has had an undeniable influence on The Hunger Games, Divergent, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and many other, more recent female-led book and movie franchises. Despite their popularity, these fictional women have received inconsistent scholarly interest. This collection of new essays is intended to help fill a gap in the serious discussion of women and gender in science fiction and fantasy. The contributors are scholars, teachers, practicing writers, and other professionals in fields related to the genre. Critically examining the depiction of women and gender in science fiction and fantasy on both page and screen, they focus on characters who are as varied as they are interesting, and who range from vampire slayers to time travelers, witches, and spacefarers.

The Fandom Fifty is a one-of-a-kind exploration into the lives of people who make science fiction conventions a magical place to be. Fans from all walks of life come together to create a dynamic time and place where people can share their passions and knowledge of all things science fiction.The Fandom Fifty includes interviews with convention committee members, artists, authors, costumers, panelists, and entertainers who are frequently found at the Farpoint, Shore Leave, and Balticon conventions.To round out this dedicated group, the book also includes Super Fans, attendees of the cons who bring their own unique flavor into the mix. There are even interviews with young adults who were raised in fandom.The participants in The Fandom Fifty share delightful recollections of their special moments at conventions and reveal their commitment to and love for fandom.So, sit back, put your feet up, and meet the fascinating people of the Fandom Fifty.

In Dining with Madmen: Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror, author Thomas Fahy explores America's preoccupation with body weight, processed foods, and pollution through the lens of horror. Conspicuous consumption may have communicated success in the eighties, but only if it did not become visible on the body. American society had come to view fatness as a horrifying transformation--it exposed the potential harm of junk food, gave life to the promises of workout and diet culture, and represented the country's worst consumer impulses, inviting questions about the personal and environmental consequences of excess.While changing into a vampire or a zombie often represented widespread fears about addiction and overeating, it also played into concerns about pollution. Ozone depletion, acid rain, and toxic waste already demonstrated the irrevocable harm being done to the planet. The horror genre--from A Nightmare on Elm Street to American Psycho--responded by presenting this damage as an urgent problem, and, through the sudden violence of killers, vampires, and zombies, it depicted the consequences of inaction as terrifying.Whether through Hannibal Lecter's cannibalism, a vampire's thirst for blood in The Queen of the Damned and The Lost Boys, or an overwhelming number of zombies in George Romero's Day of the Dead, 1980s horror uses out-of-control hunger to capture deep-seated concerns about the physical and material consequences of unchecked consumption. Its presentation of American appetites resonated powerfully for audiences preoccupied with body size, food choices, and pollution. And its use of bodily change, alongside the bloodlust of killers and the desolate landscapes of apocalyptic fiction, demanded a recognition of the potentially horrifying impact of consumerism on nature, society, and the self.

When Lieutenant Uhura took her place on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek, the actress Nichelle Nichols went where no African American woman had ever gone before. Yet several decades passed before many other black women began playing significant roles in speculative (i.e., science fiction, fantasy, and horror) film and television-a troubling omission, given that these genres offer significant opportunities for reinventing social constructs such as race, gender, and class. Challenging cinema's history of stereotyping or erasing black women on-screen, Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before showcases twenty-first-century examples that portray them as central figures of action and agency. Writing for fans as well as scholars, Diana Adesola Mafe looks at representations of black womanhood and girlhood in American and British speculative film and television, including 28 Days Later, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Children of Men, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Firefly, and Doctor Who: Series 3. Each of these has a subversive black female character in its main cast, and Mafe draws on critical race, postcolonial, and gender theories to explore each film and show, placing the black female characters at the center of the analysis and demonstrating their agency. The first full study of black female characters in speculative film and television, Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before shows why heroines such as Lex in AVP and Zoë in Firefly are inspiring a generation of fans, just as Uhura did.

In his 50-year movie career Ted White has had roles alongside, and doubled, such stars as John Wayne, Clark Gable, James Garner, Rock Hudson and many others. In addition to playing Jason in "Friday the 13th: The final Chapter" he has played good guys and bad guys in dozens of films and TV shows. As movies and TV shows changed he schooled himself in the filmmaking arts and has become a valued second unit director, stunt coordinator and sought-after stuntman. His biography is filled with stories of famous leading men and women, some fun, some sad but always interesting and exciting.

Throughout the making of the eight Harry Potter movies, designers and craftspeople were tasked with creating fabulous chocolate-fantasy feasts, flying brooms, enchanted maps, and much more, in addition to numerous magical items necessary in a wizard’s everyday life—for example, newspapers with moving photos, vicious textbooks, and Howlers. Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault chronicles the work of the graphics department in creating vibrant and imaginative labels for potions bottles, brooms, and candy; the creation of Quidditch Quaffles, Bludgers, and Golden Snitches, lovingly crafted by the prop making team; and the stunning inventiveness used by the entire crew to create a rich, bewitched filmic universe.Accompanying the captivating text are never-before-seen art and design concepts, unit photography, and other filmmaking secrets from the Warner Bros. archive. This striking full-color compendium includes two exclusive bonus inserts—a booklet showcasing the design of The Tales of Beedle the Bard prop and a Black Family Tapestry poster—as well as many more surprises.