The Horror Movie Survival Guide [Paperback]

Matteo Molinari (Author), Jim Kamm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 2001

From the scream of Psycho to the psycho of Scream-The Horror Movie Survival Guide is your essential source for information on the creatures and monsters that darken your daydreams and stalk your nightmares. Separated into five identifiable categories-aliens, beasts, creations, psychopaths, and the supernatural-each horrific entity is presented with a full description, an overview of unnatural habits, and tips on how to destroy it.

This essential survival guide also includes:

• A directory of the scariest films
• 30 photos of the creepiest monsters
• Body count index of the deadliest killers
• Feeding habits of the hungriest eaters
• Trivia on the biggest blockbusters: Alien, The Blair Witch Project, The Blob, Dracula, The Fly, Frankenstein, Halloween, Jaws, John Carpenter's The Thing, Jurassic Park, King Kong, Little Shop of Horrors, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Terminator, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, War of the Worlds... and many more.

So the next time you're confronted by the supernatural, the extraterrestrial, or the unclassifiable, look in here for all the facts-and run like hell!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Dracula, Chucky, Godzilla, Annie Wilkes and the living dead are revered and revealed in The Horror Movie Survival Guide, an engagingly silly book in which the authors claim, "Horror movies are texts to be studied, lessons in survival." Hovering between metaphor and spoof ("No, it's not `just a movie' "), Matteo Molinari and Jim Kamm cite hundreds of films as they dispense information on identifying a given alien, beast or psychopath; what to expect from it; how to defend yourself (if this is even a possibility); and in what movie(s) it has appeared. Photos.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (April 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425178412
• ISBN-13: 978-0425178416
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally funny and a must read!!, November 6, 2002

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Eric Hyde (DeKalb, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Horror Movie Survival Guide (Paperback)

This book is hilarious. It runs downs numerous monsters/killers from well known and not so well known horror and sci-fi movies. The run down has the movie it was from, a quote from the film, the habitat, origin, behavior, cravings, how dangerous they are, how to kill them, their current status, and the body count of their victims. That is all well and good, but they way they explain some of is it done in a very humorus way. I'll be honest and say I wasn't expecting much when I ordered it, because I got it with another order. But when I started reading it, I was incredibly happy that I got it. I highly recommend it!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great survival book for Horror fans, March 19, 2004

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This review is from: The Horror Movie Survival Guide (Paperback)

It doesen't get any better than this, this book covers monsters, psycho's, aliens, Zombies, mutants and anything else you can think of. Be prepared for what ever lurks out inthe woods, under your bed, in your town, or under your sink it's all here! Enjoy!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is awesome!!!!!!, June 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Horror Movie Survival Guide (Paperback)

This book is good readin'.Even though it doesn't cover every single movie ever made, the selection of monsters was great.If you have ran out of horror movies to see, get this. Note:If anybody knows where to find the film Basket Case, include it in your review. Note 2: You can find a lot of these films at Blockbuster.