Film Adaptations - Horror/Supernatural - Part II

[Valancourt Books]

Here's some more film adaptations of books we've reprinted or ones we'll be reprinting in 2015.



The Monster Club (1976) by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, with a new introduction by Stephen Jones

Adapted for film in 1981 starring Vincent Price, John Carradine, and Donald Pleasence. The Monster Club manages to retain much of the humor and campiness of the book and adds a very colorful soundtrack. The movie was recently released on blu-ray.

Learn more about the book and the movie at the links below:
http://www.valancourtbooks.com/the-mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mon...



The Entity (1978) by Frank De Felitta, with a new introduction by Gemma Files

Filmed in 1978 and starring Barbara Hershey, The Entity has gained a following but doesn't quite live up to the book. The suspense is broken up by too much repetitiveness. repetitiveness. repetitiveness. Hershey is phenomenal as always so it might be worth checking out if you haven't seen it. This was also recently released on blu-ray.

Learn more about the book and the movie at the links below:
http://www.valancourtbooks.com/the-en...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entity

Titles on our 2015 list that have film adaptations:



Fengriffen: A Chilling Tale (1970) by David Case, edited by Stephen Jones

In 1973 Fengriffen was filmed as And Now the Screaming Starts starring Peter Cushing. I'm still waiting for this to pop-up on Netflix or Hulu. I've not had a chance to see the film yet.

Learn more about movie at the link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Now...!



The Cook (1965) by Harry Kressing

Directed by major theatrical producer Harold Prince, The Cook was filmed as Something for Everyone, a black comedy starring Angela Lansbury and Michael York. It looks very promising but I've yet to track down a copy.

Learn more about movie at the link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somethi...



The Godsend (1975) by Bernard Taylor

Bernard Taylor's debut novel was filmed in 1980 starring a bunch of people I'm not familiar with. I haven't seen the movie since the late 80s so I can't comment on its faithfulness to the book. The book is excellent, though. :)



Burnt Offerings (1973) by Robert Marasco

I'm sure this is the movie everyone is most familiar with! Featuring an excellent cast, Burnt Offerings was filmed in 1976, directed by Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows) and starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith and Anthony James as the chauffeur everyone would love to catch a ride with.

For the most part the movie is pretty faithful to the book. The movie adds an extra character or two, but I won't say which ones.

This concludes today's broadcast.

[Valancourt Books]

Oops, here's links to The Godsend and Burnt Offerings. Blame it on the wine!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080802/?...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_O...

[Tom]

I am thinking I need to read The Entity. I remember vaguely not being allowed to read it when I was a kid. That didn't usuallly stop me but that one got away from me!

[Valancourt Books]

Tom, For a large book The Entity is a very quick read. You'll enjoy it.

Thanks Randolph :)

[Char]

I remember reading The Entity in high school. Luckily, no adult I knew had read it, or it would have been taken away from me, I'm sure. :)

The Godsend looks interesting and Burnt Offerings truly scared the hell out of me. *shudder*
Nothing much does that to me anymore. :(

[Ronald]

Fengrifin is a Gothic novella, excellently constructed and marvelously written. I think members of this group would like it.

[Joanne]

I read The Entity, The Godsend and Burnt Offerings the first time around and it's great to see them available again for a new audience

[Char]

Joanne wrote: "I read The Entity, The Godsend and Burnt Offerings the first time around and it's great to see them available again for a new audience"

Nice, Joanne! I'm reading The Godsend now and having a great time with it. :)