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1) Dracula
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Since its original publication in 1897, Dracula has spoken aloud some of our deepest cultural anxieties: fear of sexuality, xenophobia, homophobia, and distrust of The Other. Award-winning writer Alexander Chee places these fears in today's context in a fascinating new introduction to the Restless Classics edition, gorgeously illustrated by Kaitlin Chan. One of the most culturally recognizable and pervasive characters ever written, Stoker's Count...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
368 pages ; illustrations : 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick-one of Disney's first female animators and the only woman in history to create one of Hollywood's classic movie monsters.
As a teenager, Mallory O'Meara was thrilled to discover that one of her favorite movies, Creature from the Black Lagoon, featured a monster designed by a woman, Milicent Patrick. But for someone who should have been hailed as a pioneer in the genre,...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Gallery Books trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xli, 459 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author addresses the topic of what makes horror horrifying and what makes terror terrifying. King delivers one colorful observation after another about the great stories, books and films that comprise the horror genre.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
vii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In October 1957, Screen Gems made numerous horror movies available to local television stations around the country as part of a package of films called Shock Theater. These movies became a huge sensation with TV viewers, as did the horror hosts who introduced the films and offered insight-often humorous-into the plots, the actors, and the directors. This history of hosted horror walks readers through the best TV horror films, beginning with the 1930s...
Author
Publisher
Castle Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
842 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems features all of Edgar Allan Poes classic fiction. It includes "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Black Cat," and other tales of madness and mania, the revenge classics "The Cask of Amontillado" and "Hop Frog", the gothic chillers "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Mask of the Red Death", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter," all featuring detective C. August...
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Weird fiction wouldn't exist without the women who created it. Meet the female authors who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales. And find out why their own stories are equally intriguing. Monster, She Wrote shares the stories of women past and present who invented horror, speculative, and weird fiction and made it great. You'll meet celebrated icons (Ann Radcliffe, V.C. Andrews), forgotten wordsmiths (Eli Coltor, Ruby Jean...
Author
Publisher
Thunder Bay Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
143 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
50 creepy drinks inspired by horror stories. Whether it's an entire cinema jumping in unison at "Get Out" or a gory B-movie marathon with friends, a horror film always feels like an event--and any good event deserves a decent drink. 'Chilling Cocktails' is a compendium of cocktails inspired by some of the most significant horror films and books, from 'Alien' to 'Dracula,' 'Hereditary' to 'Halloween,' and more. Each recipe is accompanied by dark and...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
267 pages, : 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The roots of modern horror are found in the First World War. It was the most devastating event to occur in the early 1900s, with 38 million dead and 17 million wounded in the most grotesque of ways, owing to the new machines brought to war. If Downton Abbey showed the ripple effect of this catastrophe above stairs, Wasteland reveals how it made its way into the darker corners of our psyche on the bloody battlefield, the screaming asylum, and desolated...
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
254 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades... if you dare. Hear shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary's Baby. Complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles, this unforgettable...
Author
Series
The Library of America volume 204
Publisher
Distributed in the United States by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
827 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
319 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Landis presents a personal celebration of the greatest monsters ever to rampage across the silver screen. He also explores the origins of vampires, zombies, and werewolves; reveals the secrets of legendary special-effects wizards; and converses with leading movie makers. Open your eyes to a fascinating world of movies: some classics, some quirky, some forgotten, and some unforgettable crazy!
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Counterpoint edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"With Dark Carnivals, author W. Scott Poole, an expert in horror and its impact on American history, reveals how the horror genre as a way of seeing the world has become one of the most incisive critiques of America and its history and influence around the globe"--
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Weird Women, edited by award-winning anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger, collects some of the finest tales of terror by authors as legendary as Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Charlotte Hilman Perkins, alongside works of writers who were the bestsellers and critical favorites of their time-- Marie Corelli, Ellen Glasgow, Charlotte Riddell-- and lesser known authors who are deserving of contemporary recognition.
19) Frankenstein
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
336 p.
Language
English
Description
Norton critical edition. The 1818 text, contexts, nineteenth-century responses, modern criticism. Includes bibliographical references. Edited by J. Paul Hunter.