The Amazing, Colossal Book of Horror Trivia

by Lampley, Jonathan Malcolm; Beck, Ken; Clark, Jim; Ackerman, Forrest J.

• ISBN13: 9781581820454
• ISBN10: 1581820453
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Cumberland House

Summary

From the silent movies of the 1920s to the scream queens of the 1990s, the topics in this book range from vampires and werewolves to haunted houses and mad scientists to creature features and giant apes. The Amazing, Colossal Book of Horror Trivia also includes highlights from the lives and works of the greats and near-greats of horror cinema: Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, Fay Wray, Barbara Steele, Roger Corman, and others. You'll never sleep without a nightlight again. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jonathan Malcolm Lampley teaches at Middle Tennessee State University and writes for such magazines as Scarlet Street, Midnight Marquee, and Movie Club. Ken Beck is an editor and writer for the Nashville Tennessean and an author of numerous books on television shows and movies. Jim Clark, who founded The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club, is a freelance writer and author. All three authors live in Middle Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 13
Introduction	p. 15
Dracula and Other Vampires	p. 18
Frankenstein's Monsters	p. 40
Man into Beast	p. 54
Ghosts and Haunted Houses	p. 66
Witches and Warlocks	p. 76
The Undead	p. 88
Psychos, Slashers, and Serial Killers	p. 106
Mad Doctors and Weird Scientists	p. 118
Demons and Devils	p. 134
Screams of Laughter	p. 146
Deadlier Than the Male	p. 156
Monkey Shines	p. 172
They Came from Another Planet	p. 180
Big Bugs and Giant Reptiles	p. 190
Those Horrible Teen Years	p. 206
Television Horror Shows	p. 216
Cauldron of Heebie-Jeebies	p. 232
Bibliography	p. 250
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