Turner and Price turn back the curtains of obscurity and peer into Hollywood's Forgotten Horrors in this long awaited update to their original ground-breaking work. The authors do their best to expose Grim Reapers such as Ghosts, Phantoms, Jungle Manglers and Old-fashioned Murderers as they examine Cinematic Horrors from 1929 through 1937 in Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition.
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Turner and Price turn back the curtains of obscurity and peer into Hollywood's Forgotten Horrors in this long awaited update to their original ground-breaking work. The authors do their best to expose Grim Reapers such as Ghosts, Phantoms, Jungle Manglers and Old-fashioned Murderers as they examine Cinematic Horrors from 1929 through 1937 in Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition.
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George E. Turner is the former editor of American Cinematographer and has written a number of books including The Making of King Kong. Michael H. Price is a former film critic and has written several books and contributed to Midnight Marquee Press' Lon Chaney, Jr., and It's Christman Time at the Movies.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the all time great film books,
By Eric Miller (tulsa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition (Paperback)
This is seriously the best book on movies I've ever read. With a few exceptions--"White Zombie," "Murder by Television"--these films are totally unknown. Until now.Every movie in here was put out by the lesser-known studios--Monogram,Mascot,Chesterfield,ect. The book covers a wide range of sub-genres, from jungle exploitation films to action serials to sinister westerns, so long as there are vague horror elements. The authors have done a great service, and their writing style is very eloquent. By all means purchase this and seek out some of these films.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent overview of some forgotten films,
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This review is from: Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition (Paperback)
If you love obscure ,low budget movies,this is the book for you.It's obvious that the authors have a great deal of affection for these movies.My only complaint is they include a few too many movies that aren't really horror in my opinion-westerns with some spooky touches,etc.All in all,though,this is an excellent book.
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poverty row, sound engineer, feature version, sound supervisor, set decorations, electrical effects, sound recordist, seven reels, Jésus Topéte, scarlet ring, screen adaptation, six reels, musical supervisor, Ramón Peréda, additional dialogue, jungle justice, devil monster, bat men, film editor, supervising editor, comedy relief, matte shots, dialogue director, early talkies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Definitive Edition, Running Time, Forgotten Horrors, Musical Director, Assistant Director, Art Director, Abe Meyer, Nat Levine, Production Manager, Sound Recording, Sound System, Lee Zahler, Mischa Auer, New York, Yakima Canutt, Henry Hall, John Elliott, Wyndham Gittens, The Phantom, Bela Lugosi, Robert Frazer, White Zombie, George Hayes, Mascot Pictures Corp, Special Effects Browse Sample Pages:
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