Fright Favorites
31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond
Published on 17. September 2020
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7624-9762-1 (ISBN)
Description
Turner Classic Movies presents a festival of film frights, spanning monster greats to modern and classic horror to family-friendly cinematic treats that capture the spirit of Halloween, complete with reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and a trove of images.
Halloween Favourites spotlights 31 essential Halloween-time films, their associated sequels and remakes, and recommendations to expand your seasonal repertoire based on your favourites. Featured titles:
Nosferatu (1922)
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
The Mummy (1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Cat People (1942)
Them (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Birds (1963)
Black Sunday (1960)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
The Haunting (1963)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Exorcist (1972)
Young Frankenstein (1976)
Halloween (1978)
The Shining (1980)
The Thing (1982)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Scream (1996)
Get Out (2017)
Halloween Favourites spotlights 31 essential Halloween-time films, their associated sequels and remakes, and recommendations to expand your seasonal repertoire based on your favourites. Featured titles:
Nosferatu (1922)
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
The Mummy (1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Cat People (1942)
Them (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Birds (1963)
Black Sunday (1960)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
The Haunting (1963)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Exorcist (1972)
Young Frankenstein (1976)
Halloween (1978)
The Shining (1980)
The Thing (1982)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Scream (1996)
Get Out (2017)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Running Press,U.S.
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Trade binding
Illustrations
200 Full-color and black-and-white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
798 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7624-9762-1 (9780762497621)
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David J. Skal is the author of numerous books, including Hollywood Gothic, The Monster Show, and Something in the Blood. His media appearances have included NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Today, A&E Biography, Ancient Mysteries, and many others. Skal lives in Glendale, CA.
Turner Classic Movies is the definitive resource for the greatest movies of all time. We entertain and enlighten to show how the entire spectrum of classic movies, movie history, and movie-making touches us all and influences how we think and live today.
Turner Classic Movies is the definitive resource for the greatest movies of all time. We entertain and enlighten to show how the entire spectrum of classic movies, movie history, and movie-making touches us all and influences how we think and live today.