horror films

Briefly discusses the origins of werewolf legends and the portrayal of werewolves in films. Also presents a synopsis of the 1941 film starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and the 1935 film starring Henry Hull.

Recounts the plots of the 1954 film and its two sequels which followed the career of an unfriendly half-man, half-fish creature discovered in a Brazilian lake.

Examines a retelling of the film, a look at mass hysteria, post war status quo and communism that explains events in the movie.

Profiles twenty movie monsters from cinematic history, including the Blob, Christopher Lee as Dracula, King Kong, Jaws, Nosferatu, the zombies from "Night of the Living Dead," and others.

Presents a dramatization of Poe's horror story in which a servant, obsessed with the notion that an old man has an evil eye, murders the innocent victim and then goes insane.

"Provides critical analyses and behind-the-scenes stories for 600 horror, science fiction and fantasy films from the 1960s, when horror cinema flourished. Representative titles include Night of the Living Dead, The Haunting, Masque of the Red Death, Target. Chronicles the explosive growth of horror films and the emergence of directord Polanski, Romero, Coppola and Bogdanovich"--Provided by publisher.