Science Fiction Horror

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786407557

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Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes by Tom Weaver Pdf

The people who directed, produced, and starred in the scary and fantastic movies of the genre heyday over thirty years ago created memorable experiences as well as memorable movies. This McFarland Classic brings together over fifty interviews with the directors, producers, actors, and make-up artists of science fiction and horror films of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. From B movies to classics, Samuel Z. Arkoff to Acquanetta, these veteran vampire baits, swamp monsters, and flying saucers attackees share their memories. This classic volume represents the union of two previous volumes: Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers ("more fun than the lovably cheap movies that inspired it"--Booklist/RBB); and Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes ("candid...a must" --ARBA). Together at last, this combined collection of interviews offers a candid and delightful perspective on the movies that still make audiences squeal with fear, and occasionally, howl with laughter.

Author : Rick Dakan,Ryan G. Van Cleave
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119839095

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Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies by Rick Dakan,Ryan G. Van Cleave Pdf

Take your shot at becoming the next Tolkien, Asimov, or King with this simple roadmap to transforming your fiction into works of art Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies is your skeleton key to creating the kind of fiction that grips readers and compels them to keep turning pages (even if it's well past their bedtime!) You'll start with the basics of creative writing—including character, plot, and scene—and strategies for creating engaging stories in different forms, such as novels, short stories, scripts, and video games. After that, get beginner-friendly and straightforward advice on worldbuilding, before diving headfirst into genre-specific guidance for science fiction, horror, and fantasy writing. This book also offers: Strategies for editing and revising your next work to get it into tip-top shape for your audience Ways to seek out second opinions from editors, experts, and even sensitivity readers Techniques for marketing and publication, working with agents, and advice for writers going the self-publishing route The perfect beginner's guide for aspiring writers with an interest in horror, fantasy, or science fiction, Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies is the first and last resource you need before you start building your next story about faraway lands, aliens, and fantastic adventures.

Author : Kim Newman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015055183795

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Science Fiction / Horror by Kim Newman Pdf

This new volume provides a varied and diverse overview of trends that have shaped sci-fi/horror film in the last decade.

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786458313

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A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde by Tom Weaver Pdf

In this jam-packed jamboree of conversations, more than 60 movie veterans describe their experiences on the sets of some of the world’s most beloved sci-fi and horror movies and television series. Including groundbreaking oldies (Flash Gordon, One Million B.C.); 1950s and 1960s milestones (The War of the Worlds, Psycho, House of Usher); classic schlock (Queen of Outer Space, Attack of the Crab Monsters); and cult TV favorites (Lost in Space, Land of the Giants), the discussions offer a frank and fascinating behind-the-scenes look. Among the interviewees: Roger Corman, Pamela Duncan, Richard and Alex Gordon, Tony “Dr. Lao” Randall, Troy Donahue, Sid Melton, Fess Parker, Nan Peterson, Alan Young, John “Bud” Cardos, and dozens more.

Author : Carlos Clarens
Publisher : New York : Putnam
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015003757823

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An Illustrated History of the Horror Films by Carlos Clarens Pdf

Author : Ethan Reid
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476773148

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The Undying by Ethan Reid Pdf

THEY HAVE COME FROM THE STARS… In this riveting apocalyptic thriller for fans of The Passage and The Walking Dead, a mysterious event plunges Paris into darkness and a young American must lead her friends to safety—and escape the ravenous “undying” who now roam the crumbling city. Jeanie and Ben arrive in Paris just in time for a festive New Year’s Eve celebration with local friends. They eat and drink and carry on until suddenly, at midnight, all the lights go out. Everywhere they look, buildings and streets are dark, as though the legendary Parisian revelry has somehow short circuited the entire city. By the next morning, all hell has broken loose. Fireballs rain down from the sky, the temperatures are rising, and people run screaming through the streets. Whatever has happened in Paris—rumors are of a comet striking the earth—Jeanie and Ben have no way of knowing how far it has spread, or how much worse it will get. As they attempt to flee the burning Latin Quarter—a harrowing journey that takes them across the city, descending deep into the catacombs, and eventually to a makeshift barracks at the Louvre Museum—Jeanie knows the worst is yet to come. So far, only she has witnessed pale, vampiric survivors who seem to exert a powerful hold on her whenever she catches them in her sights. These cunning, ravenous beings will come to be known as les moribund—the undying—and their numbers increase by the hour. When fate places a newborn boy in her care, Jeanie will stop at nothing to keep the infant safe and get out of Paris—even if it means facing off against the moribund and leaving Ben—and any hope of rescue—behind. **The publisher has provided this ebook to you without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied so that you can enjoy reading it on your personal devices.**

Author : Grover Bentley
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781481763677

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Last Message from Nibiru by Grover Bentley Pdf

The year is 2112: corporations have become nations and the human race has colonized the solar system. But the one thing humanity didnt count on, was Nibiru parking itself in orbit around Earth. Nibiru and the Annunaki have come back to Earth to finish the job they had started so long ago, or so everyone thought. When the planet parked itself in orbit and nothing happened, people began to wonder. Sending in a team of field experts with a battle-hardened marine detachment, humanity finally learns the truth about Nibiru. The reason nothing happened was because the entire population was dead and extremely hungry. Fighting for their lives and constantly on the run, the team slowly begins to reveal the secrets of Nibiru, and with it, the knowledge that the flesh eating locals are the least of their worries

Author : Stuart Galbraith IV
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786421266

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Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films by Stuart Galbraith IV Pdf

This is a detailed analysis of 103 Japanese science fiction, horror and fantasy feature films released theatrically or directly to television in the United States from 1950 through 1992. Each entry provides a plot synopsis, critique, background on the production, contemporary review quotes, and a comparison between the U.S. and Japanese versions. The filmography is arranged by studio and includes American and Japanese titles, release dates and releasing studios; comprehensive production and cast credits; running time; U.S. rating (when appropriate); and alternate titles.

Author : Jean-Marc Lofficier,Randy Lofficier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028486004

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French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction by Jean-Marc Lofficier,Randy Lofficier Pdf

Connoisseurs of fantasy, science fiction, and horror have long recognized the important contributions of thousands of French authors, filmmakers, and artists. The volume is divided into two parts. Part I gives historical overviews, complete lists, descriptions, and summaries for works in film, television, radio, animation, comic books, and graphic novels. This section also includes interviews with animation director Rene Laloux and comic book artist Moebius, as well as comments from filmmaker Luc Besson. Biographies are provided for over 200 important contributors to television and graphic arts. Part II covers the major authors and literary trends of French science fiction, fantasy, and horror from the Middle Ages to the present day. (French-Canadians and Belgians are also examined.) There is a biographical dictionary of over 3,000 authors, a section on major French awards, and a complete bibliography. Many illustrations (!) illuminate this thorough presentation.

Author : Laurence Raw
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786490493

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Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960 by Laurence Raw Pdf

This biographical dictionary presents a stellar lineup of talented, versatile character actors who regularly appeared in horror and science fiction films during Hollywood's golden age. Many are well known by genre buffs and casual fans--they include Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Dwight Frye, Rondo Hatton, Dick Miller, J. Carroll Naish, Maria Ouspenskaya, Glenn Strange, Edward Van Sloan, and George Zucco. Some are perhaps not so well known but equally at home in the horror and science fiction films--such as Anthony Carbone, Harry Cording, Rosemary La Planche, Dick Purcell, Elizabeth Russell and Mel Welles. The 96 entries are complete with a biography and in-depth analyses of the actor's best performances--demonstrating how important these personalities were to the success of their genre films.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Horror tales, American
ISBN : 0312914997

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The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lena Nguyen
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780756417307

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We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen Pdf

This psychological sci-fi thriller from a debut author follows one doctor who must discover the source of her crew's madness... or risk succumbing to it herself. Misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to an icy planet in an unexplored galaxy. Her purpose is to observe the thirteen human crew members aboard the ship—all specialists in their own fields—as they assess the colonization potential of the planet, Eos. But frictions develop as Park befriends the androids of the ship, preferring their company over the baffling complexity of humans, while the rest of the crew treats them with suspicion and even outright hostility. Shortly after landing, the crew finds themselves trapped on the ship by a radiation storm, with no means of communication or escape until it passes—and that’s when things begin to fall apart. Park’s patients are falling prey to waking nightmares of helpless, tongueless insanity. The androids are behaving strangely. There are no windows aboard the ship. Paranoia is closing in, and soon Park is forced to confront the fact that nothing—neither her crew, nor their mission, nor the mysterious Eos itself—is as it seems.

Author : Alan Adler
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486234525

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Science-fiction and Horror Movie Posters in Full Color by Alan Adler Pdf

Large, full-color posters for 46 films including King Kong, Godzilla, The Illustrated Man, and more. A bug-eyed bonanza of heroes, heroines, monsters, and assorted other creatures.

Author : Aaron Bunce
Publisher : Necroverse
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 173380952X

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Unleashed: A Science Fiction Horror Adventure by Aaron Bunce Pdf

Welcome to Hyde Station, a mining platform floating in the backwaters of SOL's trade route, where the industry of extracting precious metals from asteroids is big business. Down on his luck and desperate to make quota, Jacoby happens upon a "cherry rock". The kind that wouldn't just meet his quota but put him into a sizable financial bonus. But there's a problem. A scan shows a sizable hollow cavity inside, and company procedures are clear: voids must be drilled and tested for potentially explosive gases. That would mean handing it over to a specialty drilling team, and thus, kissing his payday goodbye. Refusing to hand his financial future away, Jacoby ignores his terminal's warning and stakes his claim. Except, his saw cuts into more than just rock. Something was inside...something alive. Jacoby quickly learns that some rocks are hiding more than just precious minerals and trace metals. And when some things are set loose, there is no putting them back. Mankind will never be the same.

Author : Michael R. Pitts
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786460466

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Allied Artists Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films by Michael R. Pitts Pdf

Between 1952 and 1977, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation released over 80 feature films with horror, science fiction and fantasy themes, several of them featuring such genre stars as Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, John Carradine and Lon Chaney, Jr. Among Allied Artists' contributions are the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the William Castle productions House on Haunted Hill and Macabre. Allied also released the camp favorites Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, From Hell It Came and Queen of Outer Space, and imported European efforts such as Blood and Black Lace and Caltiki the Immortal Monster. Included here are detailed plot synopses and critical analyses of all of the films. Also covered are 22 features, including Little Shop of Horrors, made by other companies and released to television by Allied, and the studio's theatrical double-feature reissue of Paramount's The Blob and Universal's Dinosaurus!