Price and Turner provide another addition to the Forgotten Horrors series with this look at the not-so-forgotten horror film classics of the 1930s-1950s. Karloff’s treasures such as The Old Dark House, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Black Cat, The Black Room and The Walking Dead are included. Bela Lugosi’s entertaining films such as Mark of the Vampire, Human Monster, The Boogie Man Will Get You, and Black Friday are exhumed for readers' examination. Lionel Atwill, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney, Frederic March, John Barrymore also have films included in this companion to the Forgotten Horrors series. The authors also cover some less well-known films, which, although more obscure are not forgotten. Films such as The Ancient Mariner, The Charlatan, Cross Country Cruise, Show Them No Mercy and The Spider’s Web are a few examples. Horror film lovers will not want to miss this worthy addition to the world of Forgotten Horrors.
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An Excellent Book About Movie Villains!!!,
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Having read Forgotten Horrors several times I was so looking forward to
this book and it didn't disappoint. Fans of George E. Turner and Michael H. Price will know what to expect - loads of amazing film knowledge about 60 movies dealing with "human" monsters. I wasn't sure what to expect but a quick glance at some of the titles I was familiar with and I knew. Erich Von Stroheim's masterful performance as an egotistical ventriloquist who eventually succumbs to madness in "The Great Gabbo" , an early talkie psychological thriller - with about 7 musical numbers to appease the public's insatiable (in 1929) desire for musicals. Lionel Atwill is Eric Gorman, an insanely jealous zoologist, who is always thinking of new ways to dispose of his wife's lovers, in "Murders in the Zoo" (1933) - the first scene is unbelievable. Women are also represented - Anne Baxter in the little known "Guest in the House" (1944) - it was also known as "Satan in Skirts" - almost a dress rehearsal for "All About Eve". She plays a "sweet" girl with a heart condition taken in by her doctor's family - almost too late they realise she is a psychopath (the audience cottons on much quicker). Laraine Day's tour de force performance in "The Locket" (1946) - a film that critics and the public found hard to understand at the time, told as a flashback within a flashback within a flashback. Every film has a detailed cast list, a synopsis and an essay about the background of each film. The book also features films from all studios major and minor, classics like "The Old Dark House" (1932), "Dragonwyck" (1946) to unknowns like "Mystery Ranch" (1932), "Who is Hope Schuyler?" (1942). There are some oddities - "Uncivilised" (1936), an Australian film, which apparently had a huge influence on Paul Hogan's "Crocodile Dundee". "Sweeney Todd - Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (1936) - which brings long over due attention to the career of Todd Slaughter. There are also 2 appraisals of films I wouldn't have looked twice at - "Broken Blossoms" (1936) - a British remake of D.W. Griffith's legendary 1919 film, apparently he went to England to direct it but disagreements made the deal fall through. Also the remake of "M" (1951) - I have never been interested in seeing this but the article makes me want to. For people familiar with the authors' work, this book makes compelling reading.
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