Monster Movie Memories: From Movie Palace To Drive In contains Spotlights on favorite monster movies Of The 30's - 60's, the great ones! From campy wonders like "Billy The Kid VS Dracula" to fabulous Universal offerings such as "Bride Of Frankenstein," it's all about the movies we love and remember! Each movie spotlight also includes the bio of actors and filmmakers who made the movies happen, from amazing special FX artists like to Paul Blaisdel to famous directors and producers such as Roger Corman and William Castle. Monster Movie Memories also contains chapters on weird and wild theater gimmicks, advertising art the history of movie houses, movie palaces, drive-in theaters and more! If you are a horror film history and trivia fan, this book was written just for you!
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Author Cheryl Duran is co-executive producer of horror / comedy film Stop It, You’re Killing Me, author of horror film books: The Monster Club.Com Guide To Horror (Jona Books 2001) and Monster News - The Book (Monster News / The Monster Club.Com 2002). Cheryl has also served as producer of Sacramento’s premiere horror convention, Carnival of Horrors, and as executive producer alongside Reggie Bannister, (Reg) of Phantasm fame and horror hostess, Vampi, The Vegetarian Vampire on Nightmarez Café cable television show. Cheryl currently acts as editor of Monster News fanzine and Monster News Online.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
First I should let you know that I provided the artwork for the cover, hence my possible bias. I had no part in creating the content for the book though, and I was really pleased with it once my copy arrived.
Cheryl Duran is a one-woman horror industry in the Sacramento area, and she's accomplished more than most people I know put together. Her books, much like her Monster Club.com, and newsletters, are basically love letters to the great classic horror films many of us grew up with. Her style isn't to focus too heavily on one subject or another, as she's got a lot to say about many different films.
Monster Movie Memories is a great reference guide both for the horror novice and for the old school horror fan. It can both introduce and remind the reader of many great films that are all worthy of a private late-night horror show.
Horror host Mr. Lobo provides a nice introduction to start things off right. This is a fun read and the mood is kept light.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This book brings back memories. If you are a fan of Famous Monsters Of Filmland, love movies like Frankenstein, Konga and House Of Wax, get out the popcorn because this book will please. Monster Movie Memories is basically a list of beloved movies from the forties, fifties and sixties that includes a short summary, trivia and other ins and outs on each movie and a look at a prolific person that was involved with each. The first part of the book is made up of short, informative chapters on movie palace, theater, drive in and other pertinent history to this type of movie. Although the chapters were short, I found some information in here that I have not come across anywhere else. Monster Movie Memories is a fun, light-hearted, reflective book and a must for real classic monster movie fanatics.
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I just read the "search inside" bits and just had to have it, so I ordered it with 'one click shopping'! If you're a "Monster Kid" who grew up loving Creature Double Feature, Universal Monsters, Hammer Films, or the like, than this book is for you! The book appears to concentrate on the evolution of the monster movie industry on our culture, and it's really fasinating, as many of us enjoyed only one era or another of the culture. For example I discovered monster mania in the mid 70's- lots of reruns and old throw aways by then, but this book tells me what I missed from the earlier era. I can't wait to receive it !!
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Poorly researched data; factual errors
I just received my copy yesterday and am up to the beginning of the "D" section (the movies are listed alphabetically) and I've already been disappointed by numerous factual errors... Read more
Published on July 8, 2006 by Roger L. Belton
One of the most enjoyable books in my collection
Thank goodness books like this are being written! Monster Movie Memories starts out with a few short chapters in the beginning about subjects ranging from movie theater history to... Read more
Published on January 25, 2006 by Bookworm
Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover - or Title
I so looked forward to this book! Sounded great, reading all those memories,experiences and and recollections of "golden era" horror films. Read more
Published on December 8, 2005 by R. Rudd
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The very first movie houses were actually town halls and other large places that could be rented and utilized for film presentation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poster tag, killer shrews, saucer men, wasp woman, mole people, lobby cards, genre films, monster movies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, New York, Christopher Lee, Roger Corman, Peter Cushing, Twilight Zone, House of Wax, Night Gallery, William Castle, Alfred Hitchcock, Bride of Frankenstein, Jerry Lewis, King Kong, The Raven, Peter Lorre, Ray Milland, Black Lagoon, Bob Hope, Cat People, Hammer Studios, Teenage Werewolf, The Old Dark House, Charles Laughton New!
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The very first movie houses were actually town halls and other large places that could be rented and utilized for film presentation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poster tag, killer shrews, saucer men, wasp woman, mole people, lobby cards, genre films, monster movies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, New York, Christopher Lee, Roger Corman, Peter Cushing, Twilight Zone, House of Wax, Night Gallery, William Castle, Alfred Hitchcock, Bride of Frankenstein, Jerry Lewis, King Kong, The Raven, Peter Lorre, Ray Milland, Black Lagoon, Bob Hope, Cat People, Hammer Studios, Teenage Werewolf, The Old Dark House, Charles Laughton New!
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- Tales of Terror: Ten Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe on page 76, page 155, and page 178
- Invisible Man, The (scholastic Classics) by H.G. Wells on page 109, and page 110
- Twilight Zone by Rod Serling on page 13, and page 143
- The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson on page 100, and page 124
- HAUNTED HOUSE (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading ; 33) by Disney Book Club on page 182, and page 196
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- Monster News: The Book by Cheryl Duran on 5 pages
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