MONSTER MOVIES by Emma Westwood

Published: 23rd July 2008, publisher Pocket Essentials

Paperback

ISBN: 978-1-84243-251-8

www.pocketessentials.co.uk/film/monstermovies

A spine-chilling celebration of cinema's ultimate tales of terror

Featuring exclusive filmmaker interviews with Roger Corman, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Bong Joon-Ho, Greg McLean, Ryuhei Kitmamura and Adam Simon

From the year dot, things that go bump in the night have coloured our collective storytelling experience. The hypothetical 'monster', in whatever guise or otherworldly shape it may take, is the manifestation of our fears and social paranoias, and an effective watchdog for making sure we all toe the line.

Through literature, the monster has found a lasting legacy but, through cinema, it has developed from black & white into full Technicolor glory making the monster movie an enduring document of social times, movements, fears and desires. This book peels back the flesh on a few monsters that have tingled our spines and caused more than a nightmare over the past 100 years.

Praise for Monster Movies

"Emma Westwood knows her movie monsters."

Rue Morgue Magazine (Canada)

"Support Emma Westwood by buying this book so that she will be able to write a 'coffee table' book on monster movies. You will be glad you did."

Shriekfreak Quarterly (USA)

"Emma has produced the handiest guide to monster flicks ever. I was so impressed that I brought her in to write for Fangoria.com."

Scott Licina, Vice President, Fangoria Entertainment (USA)

"The perspective of a horror fan rather that 'just' a writer."

horrornews.net

"Essential is indeed what this book is."

Morpheus Tales (UK)

"[Westwood] writes enthusiastically about her subject and her love for all things terrifying."

netribution.co.uk

"Excellent."

themonstersnextdoor.com (USA)

"Wonderfully wicked discourses."

Shriekfreak Quarterly (USA)