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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"1968: Actress Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Unfortunately, she's on the cusp of slipping into obscurity. When she's offered the lead in a radical new horror film, Gemma believes her luck has finally changed. But L'Etrange Lune's set is not what she expected. The director is eccentric, and the script doesn't make sense. Gemma is determined to make this work. It's her last chance to achieve her dream-but that dream is about to derail her life....
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Turner Classic Movies presents a collection of monster greats, modern and classic horror, and family-friendly cinematic treats that capture the spirit of Halloween, complete with reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and iconic images. Halloween Favorites spotlights 31 essential Halloween-time films, their associated sequels and remakes, and recommendations to expand your seasonal repertoire based on your favorites" --Amazon.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life. Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in...
Author
Series
Chicago saga volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Paloma has been watching the Grand Vespertilio Show her entire life. Grand, America's most beloved horror host showcases classic, low-budget and cult horror movies with a flourish, wearing his black tuxedo and hat, but Paloma has noticed something strange about Grand, stranger than his dark make-up and Gothic television set. After Paloma's husband, a homicide detective, discovers an obscure movie poster pinned on a mutilated corpse on stage at the...
7) Run time
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A last-minute replacement on the set of Final Draft, a psychological horror flick being filmed in remote West Cork, former soap-star Adele Rafferty is grateful for the job. But she begins having second thoughts when eerie events in the script start happening in real life.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"If you love film that scares, and want to believe that zombies, vampires, and other deadly and terrifying creatures could be real, let Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence take you to the world where horror and science meet. How would a zombie really decompose in Night of the Living Dead? What is the science behind the night terrors that inspired the creation of Freddy Krueger? How does modern medicine and therapy differ from what would have been offered...
Author
Language
English
Description
1902, the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara are obsessed with each other and with Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. The girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. Their bodies are discovered in a nearby apple orchard, with a copy of Mary's book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. within five years three more people die on the property--...
11) I kissed a girl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A warm, witty, and effortlessly charming LGBTQIA+ romcom with Young Adult crossover appeal. Lilah Silver is an up-and-coming actress who longs to break out from the B-rate horror flicks she's known for. When she gets the chance to star in her first lead role, she'll need some major help from makeup artist and special effects guru Noa Birnbaum to shine brighter than all the rest. But can the major chemistry brewing over long hours spent together ever...
12) The third hotel
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shortly after Clare arrives in Havana, Cuba, to attend the annual Festival of New Latin American Cinema, she finds her husband, Richard, standing outside a museum. He's wearing a white linen suit she's never seen before, and he's supposed to be dead. Grief-stricken and baffled, Clare tails Richard, a horror film scholar, through the newly tourist-filled streets of Havana, clocking his every move. As the distinction between reality and fantasy blurs,...
Publisher
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
1 video cassette (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
A rebellious teenager is treated by a psychiatrist for his aggression, but the treatment is worse than the "disease." The teen becomes a werewolf and begins a murder spree that makes his past behavior seem like a stroll in the park!
15) Horror films
Author
Series
Publisher
Monarch Press
Pub. Date
[1976]
Physical Desc
xi, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 595 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the definitive heavy metal history, Bang Your Head, a behind-the-scenes look a century of horror films Reel Terror is a love letter to the wildly popular yet still misunderstood genre that churns out blockbusters and cult classics year after year. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Paranormal Activity, Konow explores its all-time highs and lows, why the genre has been overlooked, and how horror films just might help us overcome...
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Arranged by decades, this 1-stop sourcebook unearths the historical origins of characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman and their various incarnations in film from the silent era to comedic sequels. A History of Horror explores how the horror film fits into the Hollywood studio system and how its enormous success in American and European culture expanded globally. Dixon examines key periods in the horror film- in which basic precepts...
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1982, Crippen High School was the scene of a series of brutal murders. The killer was never caught. Now a low-budget film crew has returned to Crippen High to film the story of what actually happened. But when members of the production are stalked and slaughtered one-by-one, it appears that the depraved maniac is back. Who will survive the massacre? And what will be left of their careers?
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