Attack of the Monster Movie Makers: Interviews With 20 Genre Giants

by Tom Weaver

Twenty horror and science fiction moviemakers--both in front of and behind the camera--reminisce about some of their great (and not so great ) films. Merry Anders, Charles Bennett, Ben Chapman, Herman Cohen, Robert Day, Val Guest, Susan Hart, Candace Hilligoss, Rose Hobart, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Jacques Marquette, Cameron Mitchell, Ed Nelson, William Phipps, Vincent Price, Ann Robinson, Herbert Rudley, Harry Spalding, Kenneth Tobey, and Lupita Tovar reflect on their work in such movies as Berserk, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Cat-Women of the Moon and many other movies. Some interviews were previously published.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1994

Reviews

[Horror DNA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tom Weaver has enjoyed a lengthy career writing about the horror genre through his reference guides and countless magazine contributions. His interviews are thorough and informative but presented conversationally, as though he is simply visiting with an old friend. Weaver expertly guides the talk in a way that allows him to ask his questions in an informal manner, and likely he receives a more detailed answer than if he had approached the subject as a journalist would. Twenty years ago, he published Attack of the Monster Movie Makers, a collection of interviews with filmmakers who work on both sides of the camera. Now the book has been re-released through McFarland Publishing and will surely please fans who are familiar with horror movies and might be looking for a different perspective than those provided by the usual suspects.

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