Publisher's Synopsis
This is an examination of the origin of horror films supplying details of their production and conveys by description and illustration some of the pleasure they still give.;The author traces the character development of each myth through the acclaimed Universal Studios treatments of the 1930s and 1940s and the House of Horror remakes of the 50s and 60s.;He also examines their literary sources, including such respected figures as Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley, Lord Byron, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.;This is the first volume in Halliwell's new series, "Halliwell's Moving Pictures".
