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MIDNIGHT MARQUEE
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2015/2016 CATALOG
WE KNOW MOVIES!
Midnight Marquee Press • 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 21234
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The Perfect Stocking Stuffer
for Your Favorite Movie Buff!
Coloring Book
8.5 x 11, apx.
50 pages (apx)
$10 Postpaid.
This perfect gift for the classic
horror movie fan will take you
back to those happy childhood
memories of waiting for
Saturday’s horror movies to
come on the television. Over
50 pages of horror film images
just ready for crayons and some
imagination. And the best thing
is—no critics to annoy you!
Table of Contents
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New Titles from MMP
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Italian Horror
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British Cult Cinema
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Biographies and Autobios
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Brit Horrors
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MidMar’s Actors Series
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Histories of Horror Films
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22 Histories of Sci-Fi Films
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Exploitation Horrors
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Guilty Pleasures
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New Titles
FORGOTTEN FACES OF
FANTASTIC FILMS
by James T. Coughlin, 8.5x11, paperback
257 pages, rare photos
Price $25 SALE PRICE $18!
The faces are vivid, for many of us who
are long-time disciples of the Golden Age
of Horror. Indeed, after decades watching
and re-watching the films, they are almost
as engrained on our consciousness as the
iconic stars they supported.
They were a strange and striking repertory,
playing in Hollywood’s nether world
arena of Frankenstein’s Monster, Count
Dracula, the Mummy, the Invisible Man
and the Wolf Man. Each and every one
was a seasoned professional, but his or her
name was usually far below the billing of
a Karloff, Lugosi, Rains or Chaney ... and
sometimes there was no billing at all. Each was aware, often painfully, that capricious
luck was at least as responsible as God-given talent for bestowing celebrity; had fate
been kinder, they might be marquee names, rather than day players. In this book,
Forgotten Faces of Fantastic Films, Dr. JamesT. Coughlin tells their fascinating stories.
Six-Gun Law
by Barry Atkinson, 6x9, paperback 220 pages,
Price $25 SALE PRICE $18!
The modern Western is so intent on portraying the
West as it really was that the end product comes
across as a tedious, dimly photographed exercise
in grime, gloom and doom. Westerns of the 1940s,
1950s and early 1960s may not have been entirely
accurate in their depiction of the Old West, butthey
moved like wildfire and entertained prewar and
postwar audiences by the millions.Sadly, the classic
American Western no longer exists—where good
guys were good and bad guys were bad. The great
Western hero actors of the past have holstered
their six-shooters and ridden off into the fading
sunset. Author Atkinson looks at the Western
career of four of Hollywood’s often overlooked
cowpokes: Randolph Scott, Audie Murphy, Joel
McCrea and George Montgomery, Whatthese
hombres have left behind is a vast body of work
that continues to bring pleasure and enjoyment to
many, many fans of a certain age, and may even
garner a few younger devotees.
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New Titles Continued
British Cult Cinema: THE AMICUS ANTHOLOGY
6x9, 240 pages, $25
SALE PRICE $18
In 1965, the newly-formed Amicus
Productions of filmmaking duo Max J
Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky burst
onto the British fantasy scene with Dr
Terror’s House of Horrors, an anthology
film featuring five tales of suspense and
the supernatural. The success of Dr Terror
encouraged the partners to produce more
of the same and in the years that followed,
Torture Garden, The House That Dripped
Blood, Tales From the Crypt and others
forever associated the name of Amicus
with the anthology horror film.The Amicus
Anthology is an in-depth look at a body of
films which were unique in the annals of
fantasy cinema and featured not only the
talents of horror icons Peter Cushing and
Christopher Lee but those of dozens of the
most famous names on the British screen in
the 1960s and ’70s.
X-CERT 2
The British Independent
Horror Film: 1971-1983
6x9, 298 pages, $25
SALE PRICE $18
NOW!X-CERT2 is the sequel to
X-CERT, which told the story of
Britain’s independent horror film
producers from 1951-1970. In
X-CERT2, the low budget horrors of
the period 1971-1983, when the agelimit for the X certificate was raised to
18, are examined in all their gruesome
detail for the very first time through
exclusive interviews, contemporary
censorship reports and rare glimpses
behind the scenes of some of British
horror’s most infamous shockers. The
definitive companion-piece to X-CERT.
N EW !
Italian Horror
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SPLINTERED VISIONS
LUCIO FULCI AND HIS FILMS
by Troy Howarth • 8.5x11, 366 pages
available in FULL COLOR OR black and white
FULL COLOR $75 • SALE $45
B&W INTERIOR $35, SALE $18
The name Lucio Fulci conjures images of
gore and depravity—derided by critics as a
hack and an imitator and lionized by others
as the “Godfather of Gore.” However, many
fans are unaware of the scope and breadth of
his filmography. From his early days writing
material for popular comics like Totò and
Franco and Ciccio to directing films in such
genres as the musical and the Spaghetti
Western, Lucio Fulci was a filmmaker of
great diversity. Unfortunately, most studies
of Fulci have elected to focus only on a
small part of his career. SPLINTERED
VISIONS changes all of that by providing
an in-depth exploration of Fulci’s
filmography,
beginning with
his work as a
screenwriter
and extending through all of his films as a director. The popular
horror films and thrillers are given ample coverage, but the
lesser-known works are finally put into their proper context.
The most comprehensive overview of Fulci, the man and Fulci,
the filmmaker that has been published in English. The book is
also lavishly illustrated with a number of rare stills, posters and
advertising materials.
B&W edition
THE HAUNTED WORLD OF MARIO BAVA
8.5X11, 208 PAGES, FULL COLOR
Retail Price $45, SALE $35
Mario Bava helped create and define the Italian horror
film. His classic works of the 1960s and 1970s, including Black Sunday, Kill, Baby … Kill! and Lisa and the
Devil, remain among the most colorful and imaginative
in the genre—filled with unforgettable images—Barbara
Steele in Black Sunday, Christopher Lee in The Whip and
the Body, the angelic-looking ghost child of Kill, Baby …
Kill! Bava was a gifted stylist but few have bothered to
look beneath the surface of his work. Updated, revised and
expanded this edition gives a better overview of Bava’s
remarkable legacy as a director and “cinema magician.”
Contains new contributions from Bava’s son, Lamberto
Bava, and Barbara Steele.
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Italian Horror cont.
SO DEADLY, SO PERVERSE
50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
by Troy Howarth
Volume 2: 1974-2013
Afterword by Luugi Cozzi
Retail Price $45, SALE PRICE $35
Volume 1 1963-1973
Introdution by Ernesto Gastaldi
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NERetail
Price $45,
SALE PRICE $35
SO DEADLY SO PERVERSE—The Italian thriller,
known as the giallo to its hardcore devotees, is a
breed of mystery thriller like none other. Taking inspiration from the Edgar Wallace krimis and early,
seminal works by auteurs like Alfred Hitchcock and
Fritz Lang, these colorful and labyrinthine shockers pushed
the envelope of good taste in the 1960s and exploded into glorious excess throughout the 1970s and
’80s. Author Troy Howarth explores the genesis of the genre and traces it to its eventual decline in
this two-volume study. Each title is afforded its own in-depth review, replete with contextual information and biographical data on key players in front of and behind the camera. Volume two, covers 1974
to 2013.
ITALIAN HORROR
By Jim Harper, Paperback $25 SALE $15
An A-Z guide, Italian Horrors covers Italian horror films
released between 1979 and 1994. Why those years? Well,
primarily for convenience. They mark the release dates of
Lucio Fulci’s Zombie, the film that instigated the last great
wave of Italian horror, and Michele Soavi’s Dellamorte Dellamore, the last great Italian horror film. After the release of
Soavi’s film, relatively few new Italian horror movies were
made; the trend had run its course, and such films were no
longer seen as commercially viable. The aim of this work is
to guide the unfamiliar viewer to the best films of the period,
while hopefully steering him or her away from the dross.
British Cult Cinema
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THE HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN
6x9, 240 pages Retail price $25—SALE $15
In 1957, Hammer released The Curse of Frankenstein and
changed the face of horror cinema, and made international
stars of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. In the years
that followed, the company made six more Frankenstein
films and a television pilot, all but two of them starring
Cushing as the callous and amoral Baron Frankenstein.
Author Bruce Hallenbeck explores the many cinematic
experiments of the baron who, along the way, made “Creatures” of Lee, Don Megowan, Michael Gwynn, wrestler
Kiwi Kingston, Susan Denberg, Freddie Jones and David
Prowse in a series unique in the annals of British horror.
The Hammer Frankenstein relates the story of how Hammer Films, and director Terence Fisher, made a movie
“monster” that endures to this day...
THE HAMMER VAMPIRE
An in-depth examination of how Hammer changed a
genre forever. Hammer may not have invented the vampire film, but its technicians and actors certainly perfected it. The screen vampire as we know and love it today,
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to True Blood, would not
have existed in its present form but for a series of 16
Gothic horror films produced by Hammer between 1958
and 1974. Hammer’s greatest contribution to the vampire
film may have been in its evolution of the female of the
species the seductive vampire woman, who ultimately
proved to be far more deadly than the male...
HAMMER Fantasy & SCI-FI
Hammer has long been synonymous with horror, but was
also responsible for some of the best fantasy and science
fiction films made in the UK. From the terrors of The Quatermass Xperiment through the prehistoric menace of One
Million Years BC to the prophetic satire of Moon Zero
Two, Hammer put every bit as much style and creativity
(and more money) into its fantasy features as it did into its
Gothic horrors. Bruce G Hallenbeck explores the history
of Hammer’s many ventures into science-fantasy, setting
them in the context of the genre as a whole and providing
the reader with a wealth of intriguing background detail,
as well as dozens of rare photos from private collections.
Foreword by Martine Beswicke.
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British Cult Cinema cont.
X-CERPTS
The 1950s and ’60s were the era of the ‘X’-certificate,
when the emergent British horror film was equally represented by the work of a number of independent producers who between them created some of the most memorable thrillers of the period. This was the time when
madmen stalked the Circus of Horrors, Jack the Ripper
rubbed shoulders with Peeping Tom, and cinemagoers
were invited to walk the Corridors of Blood, enter the
Theatre of Death and set foot on the Island of Terror...
In X-CERT, the “Adults Only” horror films that inspired
the nightmares of a generation are examined in detail for
the very first time through exclusive interviews, contemporary censorship reports and rare glimpses behind the
scenes--complete with over 200 stills!
URBAN TERRORS
The Golden Age of British Horror Cinema was long gone,
but like all the best monsters, the genre has risen from the
grave. Urban Terrors is the first book to fully examine the
British horror film revival, documenting and analysing the
more than 100 movies that were commercially released between 1997 and 2008. It reveals how the changes in technology have enabled more people to make films, how changes
in distribution —from VHS to DVD to VOD—are enabling
more people to watch them, and how the mainstream media
has failed to spot and comment upon this largely-undocumented phenomenon. And it examines how these new kinds
of horror films have dealt with issues like disenfranchised
youth, class division and social exclusion...
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MIND WARP!
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Roger Corman’s New World Pictures
The year is 1969. After making his hugely-successful series
of Poe movies with Vincent Price, producer-director Roger
Corman set up shop as New World Pictures. For the next
13 years, Corman was the driving force behind some of the
best-known fantasy and exploitation films of the 1970s and
early ’80s—while his company kicked off the careers of
directors like James Cameron, Jonathan Demme and Ron
Howard. Mind Warp chronicles the amazing history of Corman’s New World—the films, the facts and the fantastic
feats of budget ingenuity! The ultimate guide to drive-in
thrills and chills at their best.
BIOS
GLENDA FARRELL
HOLLYWOOD’S HARDBOILED DAME
By Neil Pettigrew
Paperback $25 SALE $18!
Torchy Blane: Model for Superman’s Lois
Lane. Five-foot-three firecracker. Smart,
adventurous blonde. Gimme girl. Wry eyes,
pouty kisser. Wicked wisecrack. Sly double
take. Fast-talking, no-nonsense, straightshooting, standup, hardboiled dame. Anyone
for Glenda? As often as she played a blonde,
Glenda Farrell actually had light brown hair
and dark gray eyes. And regardless of the
hundreds of witty one-liners she tossed off in
countless films, she really wasn’t hardboiled
at all.
Glenda Farrell is written by noted film
historian Scott Nollen, who turns his pen to
one of Tinseltown’s most delightful leading
ladies, one who never got the recognition
she deserved. The book will be 6x9 with
many photos of the lovely Farrell.
LIONEL ATWILL:
THE EXQUISITE VILLAIN
By Neil Pettigrew
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Lionel Atwill: The Exquisite Villain
contains a vast amount of new information
which was discovered by author Neil
Pettigrew on the controversial Golden Age
of Hollywood star Lionel Atwill. Atwill
starred in many classic films including
Captain Blood, To B or Not to Be, Mystery
of the Wax Museum, Murder in the Zoo,
Mark of the Vampire and many, many
more. The biography also contains many
never before seen photographs and was
written with the participation of Lionel
Atwill’s relatives, including a Foreword by
Atwill’s son, Lionel A. Atwill
Lionel Atwill, looks at the life and films
of Hollywood’s “exquisite villain.” The
book is 6x9 and contains over 300 photos
and is over 320 pages.
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BIOS CONT. •
ROSEMARY DECAMP:
HOLLYWOOD’S MADDEST DOCTORS:
TIGERS IN MY LAP
A Biography of Lionel Atwill, Colin Clive and
By Rosemary DeCamp,
George Zucco
By Gregory Mank; Paperback $25 SALE $15!
Actress Rosemary
Finally a biography on those titans of terror
DeCamp
writes
from the Golden Age of Horror Films: Lionel
with wit and charm
Atwill (Doctor X, Mystery of the Wax Museum),
of her life and work
Colin Clive (Frankenstein) and George Zucco
in films and televi(The Flying Serpent).
sion in her delightMank delves into the lives and careers of
ful autobiography.
three of the actors who helped shape the modFans of radio, film
ern horror film. A thrilling and involving story
and television will
as the reader delves
not be able to put
into the Hollywood of
down this engagthe 1930s and 1940s
ing work by one of
and discovers a cast
Hollywood’s conof characters whose
summate professionals.
tragic lives or distressing careers brought
WILLIAM FOX:
about their downfall.
A STORY OF EARLY HOLLYWOOD
Fans of the golden age
By Susan Fox and Donald Rossellini;
of horror films will not
Hardcover $35 SALE $15!
want to miss this story
William Fox: A Story of Early Hollywood is a
of Lionel Atwill, Cofascinating look at the behind-the-scenes workings
lin Clive and George
of early Hollywood and the power plays that led to
Zucco, three of Hollywood’s Maddest Doctors.
the downfall of one of Tinsel-Town’s brilliant pioneers, William
ROBERT CLARKE: TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Fox, founder
Clarke and Tom Weaver,
of Fox Films,
which evolved
Actor, director, producer... Robert Clarke worked
into 20th Cenin movies in Hollywood from 1944 until 1965.
tury Fox. The
Appearing in all genres—Horror, Sci-Fi, Weststory of Fox’s
erns, Swashbucklers, Dramas—Clarke rememrise and fall is
bers such Hollywood legends as John Wayne,
an eye-opening
Bela Lugosi, “Gabby” Hayes, Greer Garson, Bolook at the cutris Karloff, Alan Ladd, Clark Gable and directors
throat dealings
like Edgar G. Ulmer and
of everyone
Ida Lupino.
f r o m F o x ’s
Clarke reminisces
close business
about cult classics Hidassociates to
eous Sun Demon and
the telephone
The Man from Planet
companies that
X, as well as his other
worked together to force the founder of Fox Films
genre favorites.
out of his own company.
Fans will enjoy
Clarke’s refreshing candor and realistic look at
his varied film career.
ORDER EARLY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
DWIGHT FRYE’S LAST LAUGH
By Jim Coughlin, Gregory William Mank Paperback $25 SALE $15!
Dwight Frye’s Last
Laugh details the
dramatic rise and fall
of the actor who won
immortality as the
giggling Renfield of
Dracula and the sadistic hunchback of
Frankenstein.
Authorized
by Dwight’s son
Dwight David, the
book includes detailed information
of Frye’s early stage
work, his Broadway triumphs and his ghoulish
typecasting in Hollywood—which ironically
assured him a posthumous cult status among
horror film disciples.
BIOS cont.
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AMONG THE RUGGED PEAKS:
AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF
CARLA LAEMMLE
By Rick Atkins,
paperback, $25 SALE $15!
NEW COVER
Carla
Laemmle
has led numerous lives during
her 90-plus years.
She appeared with
Lon Chaney in
The Phantom of
the Opera, as was
a passenger in the
coach traveling
the Borgo Pass in
1931’s Dracula.
This bio presents an intriguing portrait of a life
lived in the strange place that is Hollywood.
IB MELCHIOR: MAN OF IMAGINATION
By Robert Skotak,
paperback $25 SALE $15!
If you are only interested in reading about old science fiction movies, then this book is not for you.
For this book contains a lot of dull
stuff about a man
who touched the
beating heart of
another; stepped
into the cold of
outer space; witnessed the horrors of Dachau;
directed early TV;
was a war hero;
was
knighted;
worked on lasers;
broke a 400 yearBORIS KARLOFF:
old cipher; wrestled lions; can kill with a pencil;
A GENTLEMAN’S LIFE
worked with rockets and the Rockettes. Was spy
Scott A. Nollen; $25.00
and counterspy, an actor, singer, set designer. He
paperback SALE $15!
speaks six languages; is a novelist and has been
The authorized biography with the participation
a gourmet chef; and—incidentally—wrote or
of Sara Jane Karloff
directed a bunch of science fiction movies that
Hopefully this critically praised book is the most
many of us have enjoyed!
thorough, accurate and entertaining chronicle of
So perhaps you’ll want to read this book
Boris Karloff’s life. Perhaps a few Karloff mysterafter all.
ies have been solved.
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BIOS cont.
MANTAN THE FUNNYMAN: THE LIVES
AND TIMES OF MANTAN MORELAND
By Michael H. Price,
paperback, $25 SALE $15!
Mantan Moreland would happily wield his
charm and charisma as second banana in a
slew of films of
the 1930s and
’40s and along
the way managed
to save many
poverty row horror and mystery
movies. He was
an ample match
for movie villains. Moreland
found his place
in the spotlight,
if not quite the
sun, during the waxed-and-waning years of
the Great God A mighty Depression.
PAUL NASCHY:
MEMOIRS OF A WOLFMAN
By Paul Naschy
Paperback $25, SALE $15!
AUTOGRAPHED BOOKPLATE
There has never been a filmmaker like Paul
Naschy. .If we just speak of the horror genre,
Paul Naschy is a distinctive talent. Perhaps one
shouldn’t step on the carefully protected toes
of the familiar horror “kings” of the past and
present, but Naschy
is their equal, and
in terms of involvement in the genre—
as a screenwriter,
director and producer—he outdistances
every one of them.
This autobiography is Naschy’s
manifesto of will
and dedication. It
is also a great read,
filled with engaging anecdotes, earthy asides,
written with ease and intelligence, brimming
with soul and a heart sometimes suffering, all
the time passionate.
THE CINEMA OF SINATRA
By Scott Allen Nollen; Paperback $25
SALE $15!
This book is the first to cover Frank Sinatra’s film
career thoroughly and prove that, indeed, he was
one of America’s finest screen performers. Alos,
his recordings are examined in detail to show how
his musical and cinematic talents were
inextricably linked.
His social and political values are covered at some length.
To understand many
of his films—particularly those he influenced, produced
and directed—one
must be aware of his
beliefs and actions, particularly those during the
mid-1940s and his later friendship and support
of John F. Kennedy, told accurately for the first
time).
VERA-ELLEN:
THE MAGIC AND THE MYSTERY
By David Soren; Paperback $25, SALE $15!
Vera-Ellen should have been one of Broadway
and Hollywood’s most enduring stars. She was a
fine dramatic and light comedic actress, and was
considered by a number of authorities to be the
greatest all-around dancer of her generation. And
for a brief moment in 1950, she was an American household name. She could do tap, toe, adagio, modern, comic, partnered, prop, and Apache
dancing and acrobatics. She could also sing well
enough to be featured on Broadway and television. Her obsessive
perfectionism was
legendary; nobody
worked harder on
a routine or accomplished it with
greater attention to
detait, her routines
seem
effortless,
as if she were expressing
herself
spontaneously.
BIOS cont.
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AMERICAN SCARY
Conversations with the Kings, Queens
and Jesters of Late-Night Horror TV
by Michael Monahan
Paperback 8.5.x10.25, 240 pages, $25, SALE $15!
This book is for all those Monster Kids who remember
those long weekdays anxiously awaiting the weekend and
the thrills and chills of another monster movie—brought to
them courtesy of their local horror host. Inside you will find
a celebration of local TV personalities and their connection
to the community. With corporate ownership poised to snuff
out local broadcast identity, it’s important to remember a
time when that cool TV guy said your name on the air, read
your letter, showed your art, announced your birthday, made
you laugh and showed monster movies! Interviews include:
Vampira, Zacherley, Dr. E. Nick Witty, Baron Daemon, Big Chuck, Tim Conway, Lil’ John,
Christopher Coffin, Chilly Billy, Bob Wilkins and Bob Shaw, Count Gore De Vol, Svengoolie, The Ghoul, Dr. Creep, Fritz the Nite Owl, Son of Svengoolie, Crematia Mortem, Stella,
Commander USA, Son of Ghoul, Joe Bob Briggs, Zomboo
FRITZ VON ERICH: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY
Paperback, 6x9, 292 pages, $25, SALE $15!
In Fritz Von Erich: Triumph and Tragedy, author Donald G. Smith brings to the page the account of how a
Depression baby, born in Texas to the local sheriff and
his homemaker wife, became a high school football
hero and eventually ended up in the flash, glam and
often dangerous world of professional wrestling. Jack
Adkisson married the love of his life at age 21, dropped
out of college and worked a series of odd jobs from
fireman to debt collector. With a child on the way he received a phone call that would change his life. Professional Wrestling had discovered Jack Adkisson, soon
to become uber villain Fritz Von Erich, whose deadly
Iron Claw would destroy his many opponents while
finding time to spawn a wrestling dynasty—with a little help from his wife Doris! In this book, Smith gives a balanced and unbiased look at the life of one of Pro-Wrestling’s
greatest villains and major promoters.
BRETT HALSEY
ART OR INSTINCT IN THE MOVIES
By John B. Murray, paperback, $25 SALE $15!
Brett Halsey is mainly known for his work in spaghetti Westerns and Italian adventure films, but also classics like Return
of the Fly and Return to Peyton Place. When one examines
Hollywood and European genre movies together, it becomes
clear that Brett Halsey has fashioned an impressive body of
work.
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BRIT HORRORS
MIDNIGHT MARQUEE STUDIO SERIES: HAMMER
Paperback, 6x9, 274 pages, $25, SALE $15
With the re-emergence of Hammer we wanted to look back at our old
faves and wallow in fond memories. Here we offer a series of chapters,
by the best genre writers, on our favorite Hammers. Chapters include:
Hammer Films and the Resurrection of Dracula: Peter Cushing, Terence Fisher and Hammer’s Vampire: Christopher Lee, Count Dracula
and Hammer Films: Peter Cushing and Van Helsing: The Dracula
Films with No Dracula!:Hammer’s Hunt For A New Vein of Vampire
Film: Three Semi-Classics from the 1970s: Why the 1970s Bite: Let
Me In: The Return of Hammer: and the Spirit of Val Lewton: Evolving Worlds of Hammer’s Baron Frankenstein: X—The Unknown;Val
Guest and Nigel Kneale: Hammer’s Dynamic Duo; Surviving the Lost
Worlds of Hammer; The Hammer Factory: Hammer Films, Corman
Style; The Abominable Snowman;The Curse of the Werewolf; The
Devil Rides Out; Christopher Lee Is The Mummy; Peter Cushing Is
Kharismatic; Hammer Films Unearth The Mummy; The Phantom of the Opera; Paranormic and Nightmare; To the Devil… a Daughter; Hammer Declares War; Night Creatures
THE SHRIEKING SIXTIES
8.25x10.5, 220 pages, $25.00 SALE PRICE $15!!!
The Shrieking Sixties documents the British horror boom of the
1960s. Edited by Darrell Buxton (U.K. horror expert and critic)
and written by a variety of contributors, including Mike Hodges
(Fangoria), the book features informative and lively reviews of
150 creepy, macabre and downright scary movies. From Hammer’s Brides of Dracula and Plague of the Zombies, to cult classics like Witchfinder General and Scream and Scream Again, The
Shrieking Sixties runs the gruesome gamut. Of particular note is
the book’s coverage of 1969 shocker Night, After Night, After
Night, revealing daring new information about this ahead-of-itstime proto-slasher. The Shrieking Sixties seems set to become a
vital, essential addition to any fright film fan’s library.
YOU’RE NOT OLD ENOUGH SON
By Barry Atkinson, paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15 NEW COVER
Atkinson chronicles his childhood adventures as an underage Brit horror
film fanatic, who, along with his best chums, schemed to sneak into Xrated horror films such as Them!, Tarantula, Rodan, Dracula, Atom Age
Vampire. Boomer horror film fans longing for
those filmic glory days of yesteryear won’t want
to miss this heartfelt tribute and follow up:
YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH SON:
Further Irreverent Recollections of the Horror/
Science Fiction/Fantasy Scene
in the British Cinema, 1971-2005.
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Another look at more modern horror films, well if you consider 1970s
modern, but this time from one of the original monster kids who watches
all new horror films rather than refusing to watch anything made after
1965 (and you know who you are!). Check it out and you may find a
whole slew of new must see movies!
BRIT HORRORS cont.
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CHRISTOPHER LEE:
TALL, DARK AND GRUESOME
By Christopher Lee
w/AUTOGRAPHED BOOKPLATE
Paperback $50
What a life Christopher Lee has led! This book tells
it all, both early history and film career, tracing the
Hammer years and beyond, and finally concluding
with his most recent films made up to 1999, when
the volume was released. Featuring over 150 photographs, many personally chosen by Mr. Lee from
his own collection.
Christopher Lee:
A Legacy of Horror and Terror DVD $10
DVD of 1999 Monster Rally Talk
Mr. Lee spoke over 2 hours at Monster Rally,
his only US conveniton appearance ever!
Sound isn’t great because it was recorded
live, but for fans of Lee it is a must have!
INGRID PITT:
DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN
by Ingrid Pitt; Paperback $25, SALE $15
An argument could be made on which of the
two is stranger and more exciting, mysterious,
terrifying and eclectic—the reel adventures of
movie star Ingrid Pitt or the real life adventures of Ingrid Pitt.
Ingrid Pitt: Darkness Before Dawn will
help you find an answer to that argument as
you follow the life
story of the amazTUESDAY’S CHILD: IMOGEN HASSALL
ing Ingrid—from
by Dan Leissner; paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15 the
terror-filled
years in a ConThis loving tribute to
centration Camp,
’60s English media
hardships after the
war, breaking into
fave Imogen Hasacting, becoming
sall is a story of the
a wife and mother,
human tragedy of a
worldwide
adwarm and caring but
ventures, making
broken woman whose
movies, writing
small film career and
and theatre. This memoir of a life filled with
party-girl media ceterror and tears and ultimately joy and laughlebrity led to her ultiter will paint a picture of Ingrid Pitt you will
mate downfall.
not soon forget.
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BRIT HORRORS cont.
THE REMARKABLE MICHAEL REEVES by
John Murray; paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Mike Reeves, a public schoolboy in the late 1950s,
visits the local cinema every Saturday. There he
worships Hollywood
movies,
especially
those made by Don
Siegel and Roger
Corman. He dreams
of emulating them.
Ten years later, having directed only
three films, including
Witchfinder General,
for a total budget less
than £200,000, Mike
Reeves is dead.
Author
John
B. Murray tells film fans about The Remarkable
Michael Reeves and His Short and Tragic Life in
this intriguing biography of the talented but fragile filmmaker, whose death at an early age assured
him eternal cult status among horror film fans.
MICHAEL RIPPER UNMASKED
AUTOGRAPHED BOOKPLATE
Often if you blinked your eyes you missed his performance. After he’s
poured the drinks,
dug the graves, interrogated the suspects
or delivered his fares
to their destinations,
he disappeared from
the screen.
But whatever the
size of the role, Michael Ripper made
an impression of film
audiences with his
charm and ready wit.
His work in the British theatre, film and television industry have made him a household name in
England... but his sparkling performances in Hammer films have made him a legend to horror film
fans everywhere.
This biography details the life and career of
this wonderful character actor.
JIMMY SANGSTER
DO YOU WANT IT GOOD OR TUESDAY?
NEW COVER paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Jimmy Sangster
proves the pen is
mightier than the
stake as he reflects
upon his film career from his early
apprenticeship in
the British film
industry to Hammer Films mainstay and then to a
stint in Hollywood
and television.“Mr.
Sangster’s auto-biography is written
with the same flair that made him a successful
and respected film writer, as he takes us on a
witty, informative and honest ride from Hammer
Horror to American network television.”—Tom
Johnson, author Hammer Films: An Exhaustive
Filmography
PETER CUSHING
, paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Midnight Marquee offers a collection examining the work of Peter Cushing.
The chapters in this volume by MidMar’s
staff of genre historians put the emphasis
squarely on the performer himself. Not only do
we analyze indepth 56 of
Cushing’s performances, but
the annotated
filmography
offers capsule
comments
about
most
of his other
roles. Anyone
interested
in
the enormous
contributions
to horror film
by the “Gentle
Man of Horror”—will find a great deal of insight and intelligence within these pages.
BRIT HORRORS cont.
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MEMORIES OF HAMMER
For many fans the Golden Age of Horror occurred courtesy, not of
Universal, but from what those fans consider England’s greatest export, Hammer Film Productions. Memories of Hammer contains transcriptions of the guest talks presented at the past FANEX conventions.
The book brings fans the reminiscences of the people in front of and
behind the cameras at Hammer including: James Bernard, Martine
Beswicke, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Francis, Val Guest, Christopher
Lee, Suzanna Leigh, Ingrid Pitt, Jimmy
Sangster, Barbara Shelley, Yutte Stensgaard and Virginia Wetherell. An absolute must for Hammer fans.
THE UNHOLY THREE: GEORGE COULOURIS,
DENNIS PRICE and ANDRE MORELL
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15 NEW COVER
You will find the answers to many questions and more as you read about
the stage and film careers and lives of Dennis Price, George Coulouris and
Andre Morell.
What do Dennis Price, George Coulouris and Andre Morell have in common? They all essayed very different but quite remarkabl screen villains.
FANEX FILES: HAMMER FILMS DVD
$10.00
FANEX interviews featuring Hammer film stars make this look at Hammer films fresh
and entertaining. Features Veronica Carlson, Ingrid Pitt, Christopher Lee, James Bernard,
Jimmy Sangster, Freddie Francis, Caroline Munro, Yutte Stensgaard and many more of
your Hammer faves.
AMICUS HORRORS:
TALES FROM THE FILMMAKER’S CRYPT
by Brian McFadden, paperback, 6x9, $25
British Amicus was second only to Hammer in producing
impressive horror hits, yet it was Hammer that received most
of the publicity, while Amicus kept a low profile, content with
high box-office returns. Today it remains the same. While
many books are devoted to Hammer, coverage on Amicus
finds the studio treated as an independent production companies that turned out genre films. However, Amicus was anything but. This book provides a snapshot of a London where
a company owned by two New Yorkers could set up shop,
produce glossy horror films with major stars, keep the budgets
low and turn a tidy profit. Author McFadden visited Amicus
at a time when the company was producing many of the better
horror films to come out of Britain. He watched as some of
these films were being made and spoke with the people involved. This volume allows McFadden a chance to share those experiences with classic horror film fans—both young and old.
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MidMar’s Actors Series
LON CHANEY, JR.
Our most requested entry in the Actors Series.
We examine the films
of Chaney, Jr., delving into pivotal films
of Lon Chaney’s career
(including Of Mice and
Men, B-Westerns, &
low-budget horror/exploitations,
character
performances in A-productions & TV).By having different authors offer
distinct reflections and individual insights, and by
including several firsthand interviews from people
who worked with Chaney, Jr., we hope to offer the
most complete and balanced portrait yet seen of
Lon Chaney, Jr., working actor.
PETER LORRE
NEW COVER
While the other entries in Actor’s Series
were predominantly
horror film actors,
Peter Lorre
was
never actually considered a horror film
star. Instead, it was
Lorre’s persona, that
of a quirky, deviant
little man, sometimes
charming,
sometimes boiling over with venom, that made
him a perfect match for horror films. Lorre felt
just as comfortable enacting supporting roles in
A films as he did starring in the Bs. This book
takes a look at films such as M, Mad Love, The
BORIS KARLOFF
Face Behind the Mask, The Maltese Falcon,
The Raven and The Comedy of Terrors as well
Gary and Sue Svehla as many more films that made Peter Lorre a film
have revised another one legend.
of MidMar’s early titles.
While the text remains the
same, the layout has been
VINCENT PRICE
completely redone with
many more photos. While The fourth volume in the highly acclaimed Midthere are many books on night Marquee Actors Series covers
the legendary Boris, this is the film work
one that looks specifically of
horror
at his films with in-depth icon Vincent
analyses of his best cinemagtic work.
Price. In addition to his
BELA LUGOSI
films, there is
(Revised) paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
a chapter deBela Lugosi was the first voted to his
book published by MMP radio
work
in 1995. Lugosi is one of and another
our favorite legends of covering the
the Golden Age of Hor- stage play Diror. As our writers attest, versions and
Lugosi was a very gifted Delights. The
actor, who appeared in book also inonly a few, quality ve- cludes a never
hicles, but even the worst before
pubLugosi film is better than lished interview with Mr. Price by historian/aumost of the dreck passing for horror films today. thor Lawrence French. A must for Vincent Price
lovers.
HISTORIES OF HORROR FILMS
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TOME OF TERROR:
Horror Films of the 1930s
by Christopher Workman and Troy Howarth
8 1/2 X 11, 266 pages, filled with photos
Retail Price $35, SALE PRICE $25
TOME OF TERROR—From the earliest days of cinema to the
contemporary excesses of the Cineplex, the horror genre has
exuded a fascination for audiences across the globe. Authors
Chris Workman and Troy Howarth have undertaken the ambitious prospect of examining the evolution of the horror film
from its origins in this multi-volume series. Things kick off
with volume one, which is devoted to the 1930s. From Universal monsters to King Kong and forgotten obscurities from Europe and beyond, THE TOME OF TERROR: HORROR FILMS
OF THE 1930s provides a comprehensive and in-depth examination of the horror cinema in the 1930s.
The second volume, devoted to the 1920s, will follow in 2015.
CHRONICLES OF TERROR: SILENT SCREAMS
By Steve Haberman; 6x9 paperback Retail $25 SALE $15
Manmade monsters, vampires, soulless robots, Satanists, witches, sex
killers, deformed maniacs, mad scientists, giant dinosaurs, ghosts and
the Devil himself were all sujects of the first two decades of film.Silent
Screams offers a loving tribute to silent horror films, which form a strong
foundation for the filmic terrors yet to come.
CINEMATIC HAUNTINGS
8 1/2 x 10 1/5 paperback, $35, FULL COLOR SALE $20
Edited by Gary and Susan Svehla. The history of ghost cinema, as well as the
haunting literature upon which the films are often based, is a noble tradition.
Ghost films go back as far as the era of the Silents. This Midnight Marquee
Press volume presents respected film writers’ personal analyses of their favorite ghost films. Not necessarily the best of the genre, but always films of merit.
The Mt. Everest of ghost films—the acclaimed classics—The Uninvited, The
Innocents, The Haunting—are of course included.
MONSTERS, MUTANTS AND HEAVENLY CREATURES
by Tom Weaver, 8.25x10.5, full color, 138 pages
$35.00 SALE PRICE $20!!! FULL COLOR
Inside Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures you will find the
Confession of 14 Classic Sci-Fi/Horrormeisters! Wonder what it was
like to work with Mighty Joe Young? What married life with The Fly
was like? Why It Came from Outer Space? Tom Weaver tracks down
William Alland Creature from the Black Lagoon, Marie Windsor and
Cat-Women of the Moon, and Serial King William Witney looks back
at his cliffhanger career. Plus other anecdotes and reminiscences-in a
book that’s bound to change forever the way you look at your favorite
monster movies!
HISTORIES OF HORROR FILMS CONT.
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REEL MAD DOCTORS
FULL COLOR paper, $35 , SALE PRICE $20
by Gary J. Svehla, Barry Atkinson, Steven Thornton
For every popular monster lies one or more monstermakers who dare to
dabble in God’s domain. Whether these whack cases are attempting to
create new life from assorted body parts, an army of monsters capable of
conquering the world or defeat old age and death, our favorite mad doctors
always entertain. Here is a celebration of the mad doctor in the movies.
Movies need the active participation of the dreaded mad doc—the deluded
mind that precipitates all the mayhem. In the world of fantastic cinema,
it’s such evil minds that we celebrate!
SPAWN OF SKULL ISLAND
By Turner with Goldner, Price, Turner; Hardcover $40 SALE $15
George E. Turner’s The Making of King Kong was the last word on the American
Classic—the definitive primary-source history, written with authority and reverence and an enduring sense of wonder. In 1975 he began compiling notes for a
revision. Spawn of Skull Island is the result. The source-book is contained here,
intact but for the occasional correction, along with the generous expansion that
the author had envisioned. Spawn of Skull Island remains what historian John Michlig has termed “the
best source for information on the classic 1933 film and its sequels.” To say nothing of Kong’s earliest
ancestors and it’s many takeoffs, knockoff and rip-offs.
WE BELONG DEAD: FRANKENSTEIN ON FILM
Frankenstein’s Monster, over the course of the 20th century, became all
things to all people. He was the loner, the tortured outsider to whom most of
us could relate. He was the symbol of fear and of death, the creature better
off dead. Whether we look at Frankenstein’s Monster as the bogeyman,
as metaphor, as kindred spirit, or as society’s mirror, the fact remains that
Mary Shelley knew not what she wrought during that haunted summer of
1816, and this volume tries to explain, looking at both cinema past and
present, the meaning of Boris Karloff’s immortal words from 1935’s Bride
of Frankenstein—“We belong dead!”
HUMAN MONSTERS
By Michael Price with George Turner, Paperback $25 SALE $15
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. The Old Dark
House, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Black Cat, The Black Room and The Walking
Dead are included. Also Mark of the Vampire, Human Monster, The Boogie Man
Will Get You, and Black Friday are exhumed for readers’ examination. The authors
also cover some less well-known films.
RISE AND FALL OF THE HORROR FILM
by David Soren, FULL COLOR paperback, 8.5 x 10.25 $35 SALE $20
It is essential that future filmmakers and critics realize the tremendous debt that the
horror film owes to the history of art. Beginning with the relationship between Georges Melies and his Academic contemporaries such as Bouguereau, and the influence
of Symbolist, Dada, and Surrealist art on filmmakers such as Vigo and Cocteau, this
book takes an important look at the correlation between horror films and art.
HISTORIES OF HORROR FILMS cont.
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BITCHES, BIMBOS AND VIRGINS:
WOMEN IN THE HORROR FILM
Edited by Gary and Susan Svehla
8 1/2 x 10 1/5 paperback, $20 SALE $15
The history of women in the horror cinema, profiling their evolution from coffee maker to scientist, from seductress and victim to
kick-ass heroine, and finally detailing their emergence as well-drawn
characters who play important roles in horror movie history—past,
present and future. Chapters include: • 150 Years of Women and
Horror: • He Done Her Wrong • Dracula’s Daughter and Mark of
the Vampire • The Golden Age of the Scream Queen • Empowered
Women in the Val Lewton Canon • Bad Girls Meet Bad Ends • Attack
of the Alien Women from Outer Space! • The Women of Hammer Films • Queen Bitches of the Universe • Horror’s Honor List of Scream Queens • Women to Die for • Attack of the Movie Poster Pin-Up
Girls • Middle Earth’s Heroines • Movies Featuring Our Favorite Queens of Evil • Dominatrix Divas
SHADOW PLAY:
Philosophy and Psychology of the Modern Horror Film
6x9 paperback, $25, SALE $15!
We like to maintain control, and there’s an abundant element of control in
the movie-going experience. The plot isn’t a mystery, nor is the suspension
of disbelief as intense as it is in dreams. The outcome isn’t ruled by chance.
Therefore, we can rest assured that we have control over our delusions. Author Willy Greer delves into the dark psychology of the modern horror film to
scare up those terrifying images that still manage to make us afraid of things
that go bump in the night.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S LONDON
by Gary Giblin, 6x9 Paperback $25 SALE $15
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight you are going to visit one of the
world’s most famous cities. If you’re lucky, you may even see a corpse floating down the Thames. For tonight we shall visit: ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S
LONDON
Now you can follow in the footsteps of Hitch, from Scotland Yard and
the Royal Albert Hall to the Tower Bridge and the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral. There was a hardly a corner of London that Hitchcock didn’t visit and
they’re all here—over 200 of them—from the site
of his birth in 1899 to the cathedral where he was
memorialized in 1980.
HITCHCOCK BECOMES HITCHCOCK
by Paul Jensen, NEW COVER 6x9 paperback, $25, SALE $15!
Many critics to assume that Hitchcock’s career began in 1934 with The
Man Who Knew Too Much. These critics dismiss his early features—eight
silent and four sound—and imply that he was merely marking time until
his “true” creative personality emerged. For 10 years Hitchcock made
substantial, mature features that reveal an impressive consistency in
content and form. This book examines those all important films.
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HISTORIES OF SCI-FI FILMS
ATOMIC AGE CINEMA
by Barry Atkinson 6x9, 318 pages
Retail price $25—SALE PRICE $15
Atkinson (You’re Not Old Enough Son; Indie Horrors!) presents us
with a buffet of delights, from the rare to the unusual. Although the
classics get a mention, the author concentrates mainly on the neglected
titles, many not seen for decades, giving them a much-needed public
airing. Readers will indulge in chapters devoted to: Comparisons between Japanese monster movies and their Americanized counterparts!
Scarce, unseen American, British and foreign horror, sci-fi, fantasy
features! Stone Age women of the “B” variety! A couple of out-andout schlock classics! The Abominable Snowman in the 1950s! Guilty
pleasures! Toho’s forgotten monsters! Dr. Jekyll’s evil offspring! British science fiction and noir thrillers of the ’50s! Jungle Jim! Chaney,
Karloff and Lugosi in the 1950s! Universal’s Best Creature! All this
and much, much more in a fresh evaluation of what most fans and critics now recognize as the pivotal decade for horror, sci-fi and fantasy.
FANTASTIC JOURNEYS: SCI-FI MEMORIES
Edited by Gary and Susan Svehla • 6x9, Paperback, $25 SALE $15
Fantastic Journeys is comprised of FANEX film convention guest talks and
question and answer sessions, which were held over 16 years. We have also
included lists of Top-5s... Ray Harryhausen, John Agar, Samuel Z. Arkoff,
Richard Gordon, Acquanetta, Russell Johnson, Robet Wise and Kevin McCarthy are some of the sci-fi masters whose genre movie memories are included
in this tribute to sci-fi films, past and present. We also include our Favorite
Science Films by Decade, plus much more.
MASSACRED BY MOTHER NATURE
by Lee Gambin, 6x9, 222 pages Retail price $25—SALE PRICE $15
Lee Gambin examines the extremely popular subgenre of the ecologically
themed horror film, or, the natural horror film. Since Alfred Hitchcock gave us
The Birds, the natural horror film (where animals or insects cause tremendous
damage to the human population) is a much-loved subgenre, but one seldom
referenced. This book offers insightful critiques on numerous films such as
Them!, Squirm, Orca, The Pack, The Day of the Animals, Prophecy, Tentacles and many more. Over 100 titles are discussed and Gambin thoroughly
scrutinizes the social and political impact of these films, dissects fundamental stock standards of this subgenre, as well as offers informative anecdotes
relating to the production of these diverse movies. He critiques specific narrative devices and offers an analysis of performance, audience appreciation
and filmmaking craft.
FANEX FILES: SAMUEL Z. ARKOFF
DVD $10
This DVD pays tribute to the man who spawned a teenage rite of passage with his B double features that were often featured at drive-in
theaters, the mecca for teens looking for some alone time. Includes
interviews and film clips.
HORRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
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AS LONG AS THEY’RE LAUGHING:
GROUCHO MARX AND YOU BET YOUR LIFE
NEW COVER By Robert Dwan • Paperback $25 SALE $15
Finally, a funny book about Groucho Marx! You Bet Your Life was
unique. The program’s distinction and quality, however, resulted primarily
from its giving Groucho Marx an opportunity to exercise his unique skills
without the restraints that broadcasting at that time otherwise imposed.
Groucho’s principal resource was his talent
as an improvisers of verbal comedy. Dwan
will keep the reader giggling with his stories
about You Bet Your Life.
CELLULOID ADVENTURES: GOOD MOVIES, BAD TIMING
By Nicholas Anez, paperback, $25 SALE $15
Grab the popcorn and get ready for an action-packed read as we ex-
plore the cinematic adventures of Tarzan, the King of the Jungle, Super
Spy James Bond, Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral, Hammer’s Dracula and
Werewolf, plus a dashing assortment of Hollywood’s Western Heroes
and Villains. Celluloid Adventures will
tickle the fancy of action film fans everywhere.
CELLULOID ADVENTURES 2:
ARTISTIC TRIUMPHS...BOX-OFFICE BOMBS
by Nicholas Anez, 6x9 paperback, $25, SALE $15
In Celluloid Adventures: Good Movies Bad Timing, films were discussed
that had received scathing reviews and were considered box-office
bombs. These films deserved a better fate at the time of their release, and
hopefully this volume will garner them a little of the respect they so richly
deserve. Titles include: Pitfall, In a Lonely Place, Try and Get Me! (aka
The Sound of Fury), The Egyptian,
The Last Hunt, The Singer Not the
Song, The Last Sunset, Cape Fear, First Men in the Moon, The
Chase, and The Quiller Memorandum.
HOLLYWOOD’S TOP DOG
By Deborah Painter, paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Man’s Best Friend also happens to be one of Hollywood’s Best
Friends as Deborah Painter examines the contribution to the silver screen by lovable, talented and brave stars of the cinema:
Hollywood’s Top Dogs. Their bark was silent but their impact
was great as you meet the canine stars of the early silent movies
and then trot through time with the likes of Peter the Great, RinTin-Tin, Ace, Flash, Lightnin’, Lad, Lassie and Benji. These
heroes are brave, pure and offer unequivocal love and devotion,
and in today’s depressing world, it’s nice to find some real heroes of the silver screen.’’
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HORRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD cont.
DANCING WITH A STAR: THE MAXINE BARRAT STORY
By Kristin Baggelaar • 6x9, Paperback $25 SALE $15
Her story is the stuff of dreams—riveting, exotic, passionate—from fracturing
her back as a child in a dance recital fall that put her in a full body cast for
almost half a year, to sneaking into Radio City Music Hall as a teenager to
watch her idol Ginger Rogers on the silver screen; to dancing in the arms of
Gene Kelly in her first Broadway show; to appearing in a second Broadway
production costumed in yards and yards of flowing white silk in a winter
gown and ermine-lined hood, specially designed for her by renowned Vincente Minnelli. Barrat also .starred with Kathryn Grayson, Mickey Rooney,
Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, Lena
Horne, Donna Reed and more, in what has been called “M-G-M at its Best,”
Thousands Cheer. A must for musical fans!
IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE MOVIES
By Gary J. and Susan Svehla, 6x9, Paperback $25 SALE $15
It wouldn’t seem like Christmas if we didn’t spend some quality time with
Jimmy Stewart and the folks of Bedford Falls or the March sisters. Scrooge
is always a welcome guest in our home during the festive season, as well as
newcomers such as Clark Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
and Ralphie and his quest for a BB gun in the seminal A Christmas Story, a
film that has justifiably attained classic Christmas status. We decided it was
time we share our love of the season and our favorite Christmas movies with
other holiday cinema fans.
POPCORN PROZAC: MOVIES TO CURE THE RECESSION DEPRESSION
By Gary J. and Susan Svehla, FULL COLOR 8.5 x 10.25 paperback, $35 SALE $20!
BROKE, TIRED, STRESSED, WAR, ANGST, APATHY...Oh my God,
we’re so depressed! So we’re here to advise you to forget your troubles
and get happy at the movies. We’re going to follow our own advice and
make some popcorn, gather up our never-depressed dog Buddy (he
likes the popcorn), and have a cheer-ourselves-up movie marathon. So
read the book, pick the movies and enjoy some Popcorn Prozac Chapters include:
• Random Grumpiness on the State of the World and the Movies that
Will Cheer Us Up • Movies That Make Me HAPPY!! • Midnight Marquee’s Top Movies to Fight the Recession Depression • It’s a Love Story: Our Favorite Romantic Scenes • Movies We Must Have if We Were
Lost on a Desert Island!
Robert Wise: American Filmmaker
DVD $10
DVD covers the film career of Academy-Award
winning director Robert Wise. Includes film
clips and an interview with Wise conducted at
FANEX 10. A Fascinating look at this talented
filmmaker.
EXPLOITATION HORRORS
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THE EUROSPY GUIDE
By Matt Blake and David Deal
paperback $25 SALE $15
In the mid-1960s, the whole world went spy crazy.
Cinemas were filled with secret agents, glamorous femmes fatales and
demented villains. This
book examine the more
obscure ’60s spy mania.
What’s more fun than
delving into the life of a
slick secret agent, who
can charm the chicks &
beat up the bad guys. Today we need a hero who is
able to do something about
the things that we, have no
CHRIS ALEXANDER’S
power over. That, of course, and the fact that the
BLOOD SPATTERED BOOK
FULL COLOR paperback , $35 SALE $17.50 films are bloody good fun.
Blood Spattered Book
spotlights selections of FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE GOLDEN AGE
OF THE EXPLOITATION FILM
film writer Alexander’s
by Felicia Feaster and Brett Wood,
favorite fever dreams;
Paperback $25.00 SALE $15
underrated horror, dark
fantasy and cult genre Forbidden Fruit: offers the first thorough examination of the exploitation cinpictures that aren’t quite
ema while capturing the demainstream and in some
vious spirit of this renegade
cases are woefully obfilm movement. Abounding
scure and/or unfairly mawith anecdotes, character
ligned by others.
sketches and insights, Forbidden Fruit offers vivid deDRUMS OF TERROR:
pictions of exploitation kings
Voodoo in the Cinema
and con-men, detailed readby Bryan Senn Paperback
ings of the films themselves
$25 SALE $15
and the unique stretch of American history that inDrums...chronicles, critiques
spired them.
and explores every theatricalMINDS OF FEAR:
ly released, English-language
30 Cult Classics of the Modern Horror Film
voodoo movie to date.
paperback $25.00 SALE $15
Callum Waddell spent years inTHE ED WOOD AWARDS
terviewing the horror filmmakDVD $10
Filmed at Monster Rally, ers featured in Minds of Fear.
The Ed Wood Awards Commentary from horrorhonored the worst mov- meisters Landis, Cronenberg,
ies ever made, hosted by Craven, Bill Condon, Scott
Spiegel, H.G.Lewis, Tobe
Ted Bohus and Fred Ray
Hooper, Guillermo Del Toro,
the DVD includes clips Bob Clark, Sean Cunningham,
of the badest of the bad!. and many others offers readers
an in-depth look at 30 modern horror film classics.
ATTACK OF THE B QUEENS
A celebration of women
in horror films from Birth
of the B-Film through the
1950s. Linnea Quigley looks
at Hammer Films, Brinke
Stevens discusses The Art of
Screaming, Debbie Rochon
offers Sequels A Go-Go,
and other chapters discuss
Corman Heroines, Glam
Babes from Outer Space, Into the Post Modern
Era and Queen Bitches of the Universe. Short
interviews with B Queens are also included.
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EXPLOITATION—Forgotten Horrors & Guilty Pleasures
FORGOTTEN HORRORS:
THE DEFINITIVE EDITION
By Turner and Price;
Paperback $25 SALE $15
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.
FORGOTTEN HORRORS 2:
By Price with Turner;
Hold on to your hats as we
cover gems such as: The
Lion Man; Thunderbolt;
The Leavenworth Case;
Prison Shadows; Kliou
(The Tiger); Robinson
Crusoe of Clipper Island;
African Holiday; Blake of
Scotland Yard; Larceny
on the Air; The Devil Diamond; Hit the Saddle; The
Girl from Scotland Yard.
FORGOTTEN HORRORS 4
By Price and Wooley;
paperback $25 SALE
$15
FH4 picks up where FH3
left off and covers the
years 1947 and 1948.
Titles include series such
as Jungle Jim, the Falcon
and Philo Vance, plus
Dragnet, Inner Sanctum,
The Creeper, Blonde Ice,
The Cobra Strikes, Scared
to Death and The Ghost
Goes Wild.
GUILTY PLEASURES
OF THE HOR- ROR FILM
Paperback, $25 SALE $15
Writers defend horror films
that have been trashed by film
critics and horror film fans.
Titles covered include Maniac
(1934), Sh! The Octopus, Voodoo Man, Unknown Island,
Scared Stiff, Indestructible
Man, Rodan, The Tingler,
Flesh Eaters, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, King
Kong (1976) and Dune.
SON OF GUILTY PLEASURES
OF THE HORROR FILM
In this second volume of cinematic guilty pleasures, our
writers again eloquently explain why movies which the
majority of viewers consider subpar are so very
special as movie experiences to them personally.
The She Creature, Robot
Monster, Omega Man,
Frankenstein’s Daughter, Giant Gila Monster,
Private Parts, Horror
Island, Frankenstein
Conquers the World,
Strange Door, Juggernaut and many other curious choices.
Both books are edited by Gary & Sue Svehla.
FORGOTTEN HORRORS 3:
By Price and Wooley W/Turner;
The 3rd book in the acclaimed series covers forgotten films from 1943 through 1946 and includes an
extensive annotations, marginalia and addenda to
prior volumes. Films such
as Haunted Ranch, The
Ape Man, Ghosts on the
Loose, Women in Bondage, the Charlie Chan
films, Fog Island, The
Tiger Woman, etc. are
covered, as well as many
other poverty row and
low-budget films of the
1940s.
SERIALS
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CLASSIC CLIFFHANGERS: VOL 1, 1914-1940
By Hank Davis, paperback $25 SALE $15
Even today, movie serials continue to enchant movie fans. The
innocence, energy and undeniable skill that permeate every reel
of these chapter plays is a tribute to the true pioneers of gorilla filmmaking make ’em fast, make ’em as good as possible
with as little as possible, and make ’em fun. The best serials
are classic examples of early American low-budget filmmaking. The bad ones are silly and stilted, but always charming and
sometimes bizarre. At the very least, they offer a window into
another time and place. And with the state the world is in today,
it’s a very welcome place where the good guys always win, the
kid saves the day and the hero gets the girl.
CLASSIC CLIFFHANGERS VOL 2, 1941-1955
By Hank Davis, paperback $25 SALE $15
Serials can be both entertaining and informative. It is exactly those
same two goals we hope to achieve with this second volume of
Classic Cliffhangers. The goal of the book is to entertain as well
as encourage audiences to be entertained by movie serials. Lord
knows, that’s what they were made for. But this book will also
inform about the people on both sides of the camera, as well as
the producers who hired them and the world in which all this
happened. These are movie serials. It’s OK to appreciate their
art and laugh at their lunacy. Not all the laughs were intended,
but that shouldn’t stop us. This isn’t grimly serious business.
Most of the serials were made for a young Saturday matinee
audience, who were much less sophisticated than the savvy
film fan of today. There is something wrong if we can’t laugh,
as well as nod our heads in appreciation, at what these skilled
professionals have accomplished, often under
very trying conditions
and with ridiculously
low budgets.
SINISTER SERIALS
OF KARLOFF, LUGOSI & CHANEY, JR.
By Leonard J. Kohl; Paperback $25.00 SALE $15
An in-depth look at the film serials of the kings of horror;
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, Jr. Includes information on The Hope Diamond Mystery, King of the Kongo,
The Phantom Creeps, Undersea Kingdom and much more.
Contains many rare photos. A must for fans of serials.
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A-Z HORROR/SCI-FI FILM GUIDES
HORROR 101: THE A-LIST OF
HORROR FILMS AND MONSTER MOVIES
edited by Aaron Christensen, paperback $25 SALE $15
320 pages * with 122 photos from * 110 films covered in * 101 essays by * 78
horror fans from * 12 different countries
Bringing a refreshingly egalitarian approach to the subject, Horror 101 collects
musings on our favorite chillers by the fans themselves. “Watch more monster
movies!”—Joe Dante
INDIE HORRORS
The Unmissable, the Acceptible and the Forgettable
by Barry Atkinson paperback $25 SALE $15
Welcome to the wonderful world of the independent, cut-price horror,
sci- fi and fantasy movies. Movies where the aliens are, Alien rip-offs;
actors display the emotions of cardboard cut-outs; music is more or less
non-existent; where direction veers from the sublime to the ridiculous;
plots are plagiarized from high-profile productions; special effects that
aren’t that special; the level of gore has to be seen to be believed; the hero
a wooden hunk & the heroine a bimbo; dialogue is stilted and cheapo ethics
immortalized by Edward D. Wood, Jr., Jerry Warren and their ilk are still
being kept alive and well by courtesy of Nu Image, Asylum, American
World Pictures. But before we all pronounce sentence, start to sneer, utter
hoots of derision and sweep this lot under the carpet, let’s pause for a second and take stock of these
fascinatingly guilty delights alongside top-rate (but still classed as independent) movies.
LOSS OF IDENTITY IN TH HORROR FILM aka I Lost My Mind in the Movies
Edited by Anthony Ambrogio, paperback $25 SALE $15
Fear of the dark, fear of death, fear of the unknown and the unseen. Commentators have analyzed at length these terrors of the psyche and how
they figure prominently in the horror film. But one particular fear, one
particular fate worse than death, which manifests itself time and again, has
rarely been discussed in detail or depth. Loss of identity, submergence of
self, death of the soul under various names and in various guises befalls
individuals trapped in a horror/sf/fantasy universe. Loss of Identity
provides an examination of the ways in which this fundamental terror
is visited upon people in the movies. It provides a new perspective on,
and greater understanding of, the films that employ it, and perhaps this
book will lead to a deeper appreciation of what it means to be human and
why losing that defining aspect of our lives is so profoundly frightening.
Terror in the Tropics and
Terror in the Pharaoh’s Tomb
DVDs $10
filmed in black and white with PD appearances
by Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and other horror favorites. Produced and Directed by Gary and Sue
Svehla. About as much fun as you can have for
$10.
FICTION/MISC.
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BELA LUGOSI AND THE HOUSE OF DOOM
By Dwight Kemper, paperback $20 SALE $15
A&C meet Frankenstein is in production and there’s strange doings afoot at Universal: a
phantom arsonist and an escaped Nazi scientist are on the loose and will kill to keep their
secrets. Karloff and Rathbone are keeping a secret from Lugosi, and he doesn’t like it
one bit! Lugosi enlists the aid of Lou Costello as his Watson. They soon cross paths with
wolf man Lon Chaney, Jr., monster man Glenn Strange, and mysterious beauty Lenore
Auber. It isn’t long before Lugosi and Costello uncover the shocking secret behind...the
House of Doom.
WHO FRAMED BORIS KARLOFF
By Dwight Kemper, paperback $20 SALE $15
It is 1938 and there is murder afoot on the set of Son of Frankenstein Boris
Karloff has been framed for murder! He joins forces with Basil Rathbone and
a gleeful Bela Lugosi. It’s a case of the legends of horror meet the three stooges
as our daring heroes search for a missing movie mogul and
end up crossing swords with the Hollywood Mob.
COOL CAT
By Dan Leissner, paperback $20 SALE $15
Catherine Cat Warburton is the black sheep of a rich and powerful family, living
on the West Coast. Blonde and beautiful, her interests are Soul music, guns and
fast cars. When she is not hanging out at the beach, Cat goes
undercover for a highly secret private agency, as a daring crime
fighter. She embarks on a weird, way-out roller-coaster ride of
strange excitements, peril and adventure as she tackles rednecks and Black Militants;
pimps and pushers; crooked cops; secret armies; and an invasion from Outer Space!
DRUMS OF THE LOST GODS
By Dan Leissner, paperback $20 SALE $15
Drums... is a pulp cliffhanger set in South America in the ’30s. An assorted band of
adventurers travel into the sacred mountains in search of ancient civilizations and vanished cities of gold. Soldiers-of-fortune spar with Amazon warrior women, while missionaries try to teach
the natives to play cricket. Meanwhile, arriors of antiquity wage war against a robot army from outer space!
A GALLERY OF STARS
By Jack Lane, paperback, $25 SALE $15
Jack Lane, the Brown Derby’s resident caricaturist, has written this book which brings to
life the charisma, the glamour, the happiness and the tears that made the Brown Derby a
true Hollywood legend. His caricatures of stars such as Bob Hope, George Burns, Cary
Grant, Carol Burnett, Gene Autry, Lucille Ball and many other stars of the Golden Age
of Hollywood are beautifully reproduced.
The Cure All
’Way Out Wonderful World of Horby John Tydings, 6x9 paperback,
ror, Fantasy and Sci-Fi Trivia.
140 pages $20, Sale Price $10
By Keith Hedges, paperback $10 A philosophical treatise involvIf you are a typical movie faning the meaning of life and
boy, you will love this trivia whether life is worth all the pain
book. Finally, all those years in and heartbreak it entails. By the
front of the TV will pay off!
compelling conclusion, the author
introduces his Cure All for finding
the true meaning of our existence.
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Midnight Madness has something for fans of all ages as we hear from the
people who made the movies, and from the fans and historians whose
love of the genre keeps the creatures of the night on the silver screen.
Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills,
chills and magic of the movies.
Midnight Marquee 50th
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Features the history of MidMar, a
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today. Plus artwork by Allen K.,
Robert Knox, David Ludwig, David
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