Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror
From the 1920s through the 1950s, Universal Studios was Hollywood’s number one studio for horror pictures, haunting movie theaters worldwide with Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, among others. Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror explores all of these enduring characters, chronicling both the mythology behind the films and offering behind-the-scenes insights into how the films were created. Universal Studios Monsters is the most complete record of the...
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From the 1920s through the 1950s, Universal Studios was Hollywood’s number one studio for horror pictures, haunting movie theaters worldwide with Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, among others. Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror explores all of these enduring characters, chronicling both the mythology behind the films and offering behind-the-scenes insights into how the films were created. Universal Studios Monsters is the most complete record of the horror films of this legendary studio, with biographies of major personalities who were responsible for the most notable monster melodramas in film history. The stories of these films and their creators are told through interviews with surviving actors and studio employees. A lavish photographic record, including many behind-the-scenes shots, completes the story of how these classics were made. This is a volume no fan of imaginative cinema will want to be without.
\ From Barnes & NobleUniversal Studios was a house of horrors. In fact, insiders nicknamed the studio "Universal Horrors" in recognition of its steady lineup of monsters and weird creature invasions. The obsession began, as Michael Mallory notes, with classics like The Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, then proceeded to much mixed fare, including various incarnations of Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. While others garnered Oscars, Universal racked up ticket sales with such classics as The Invisible Man's Revenge and The Mummy. Michael Mallory's truly ultimate tribute to "Universal Horrors" leaves no terrifying stone unturned: This lavish coffee-table pictorial features hundreds of reproductions of colorful posters, behind-the-scenes shots, and a thoroughly fascinating text. Definitive and entertaining.\ \
