Frightfest Guide To Monster Movies
Frightfest Guide To Monster Movies Monsters have been a part of human culture since we first gained the ability to tell stories. From its beginnings, the cinema has provided a venue to visualize…
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Frightfest Guide To Monster Movies
Monsters have been a part of human culture since we first gained the ability to tell stories. From its beginnings, the cinema has provided a venue to visualize monsters in all their fearsome and sometimes strangely sympathetic glory. They represent everything from our deepest fears to our feelings of alienation and estrangement.
And now the entire spectrum of screen creatures is gathered in one volume. They have become some of the moviesa (TM) most unforgettable, enduring and popular characters. 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 Frankensteina (TM)s Monster and the Mummy, to the big bugs, atomic mutants and space invaders that terrorized the a (TM)50s, to the kaiju of Japan and the