Containing 21 stories by 10 masters of horror, HORROR'S CLASSIC MASTERS: REMASTERED enables today's reading audience to experience some of the all-time greatest tales of terror. These versions were painstakingly revised to remain faithful to the atmosphere, characterizations, and pacing of the originals, but with more modern, easy to read language. Readers will enjoy a balanced blend of ghosts, monsters and murderers; supernaturalism and realism; with classics like ÒThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow,Ó ÒThe Pit and the Pendulum,Ó ÒThe MonkeyÕs Paw,Ó and more.
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In this collection of short stories we get a fresh perspective and a wonderful point of view that is understandable and even shall I dare to say, palatable? It's really nice to see someone trying to turn what we're supposed to like into something that we will end up liking. Give these stories a second chance, you just might find that you really do like the classics. -- Frank Bascombe, Ain't It Cool News
Magnificently written. Having read most of the originals, I was impressed at how well and how closely these versions maintained the essence of the classic authors. -- Michael Smerconish, Philadelphia Daily News columnist, author of Flying Blind and Muzzled
The people who created this book have done so because they love the original stories, and because they want to share them with a wider audience. This is obvious based upon the careful attention to aspects of storytelling that can be found in these rewrites. It is equally obvious that these stories are tributes to the originals, and to the authors who gave birth to them. I have to admit that despite being an aficionado of horror, myself, I had read very few of these stories before now. I thoroughly enjoyed the modernized versions of these stories and I thank the editors for taking the effort to make them easily readable to all. -- J.C. Spink, Benderspink Productions, producers of the films The Ring, The Ring 2, Red Eye, A History of Violence, The Butterfly Effect
Magnificently written. Having read most of the originals, I was impressed at how well and how closely these versions maintained the essence of the classic authors. -- Michael Smerconish, Philadelphia Daily News columnist, author of Flying Blind and Muzzled
The people who created this book have done so because they love the original stories, and because they want to share them with a wider audience. This is obvious based upon the careful attention to aspects of storytelling that can be found in these rewrites. It is equally obvious that these stories are tributes to the originals, and to the authors who gave birth to them. I have to admit that despite being an aficionado of horror, myself, I had read very few of these stories before now. I thoroughly enjoyed the modernized versions of these stories and I thank the editors for taking the effort to make them easily readable to all. -- J.C. Spink, Benderspink Productions, producers of the films The Ring, The Ring 2, Red Eye, A History of Violence, The Butterfly Effect
From the Publisher
In an example of life imitating art, Horror's Classic Masters: Remastered has taken a cue from Hollywood's propensity for remaking classic movies, and has revised some of history's greatest short horror stories for today's audience. Some of the greatest horror writers are represented, including Edgar Allan Poe ("The Black Cat", "The Pit and the Pendulum"), Bram Stoker ("The Judge's House"), Washington Irving ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"), W.W. Jacobs ("The Monkey's Paw"), and H.G. Wells ("Valley of the Spiders").
Editor Kurt S. Michaels sees his work not as rewriting the greats, but as almost translating a foreign language. No changes have been made to these stories, other than in grammar and word choice, thereby maintaining the pacing, imagery, and characterization of the originals. However, by viewing these tales through a fresh pair of eyes, fans of the classics will discover nuances they had never noticed before, and new readers will have their own eyes opened to a wealth of classic horror tales.
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I loved this book. It's the kind of book you can read over and over, because the stories are so good. I have similar books, but they're written for kids. This is the first one I came across, other than comic book adaptations, that is designed for a grownup. Most of the stories creeped the heck out of me, even ones I read before. The artwork was a nice touch, too.
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