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Lädt ... The Essential Monster Movie Guidevon Stephen Graham Jones
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Literaturhinweise zu diesem Werk aus externen Quellen. Wikipedia auf Englisch (16)An A-Z guide to all the great movie monsters, among them: vampires, werewolves, zombies, Frankenstein's Monster and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Each of the 2000 reviews includes important cast and credit information, together with hundreds of mini-biographies of key actors and technicians. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Essential starts with an over-long introduction by “Mr. Filmonster” [author:Forrest J Ackerman]. (Ackerman was the founder and long-time publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland, the most successful SF/horror film magazine of all time.) In this personal memoir, Ackerman discusses his love for monster movies and what he considers the archetypes of the monster film (vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein monster, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, zombies, mummies, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Phantom of the Opera, Quasimodo, and King Kong). I imagine the essay would be far more interesting to someone who knew less about monster movies, but it bored me.
Luckily, it is the only boring part of The Essential Monster Movie Guide. Filled with wonderful film images, including the missing spider footage from King Kong and a Frankenstein monster scene from the little known 3-D short film, Third Dimensional Murder, and mini-bios of prominent people from monster filmdom, this book is creature movie fan’s delight.
The meat of this book centers around the monster movie types mentioned by Ackerman. And it is with the movie reviews themselves that Jones really shines. His critiques are often right on. How could you argue with a man who says that King Kong (1933) is the greatest monster movie of all time? ( )