Classic Horror Films and the Literature That Inspired Them
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9896-3 (ISBN)
Classic horror films such as Dracula, Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray are based on famous novels. Less well known-even to avid horror fans-are the many other memorable films based on literary works. Beginning in the silent era and continuing to the present, numerous horror films found their inspiration in novels, novellas, short stories and poems, though many of these written works are long forgotten.
This book examines 43 works of literature-from the famous to the obscure-that provided the basis for 62 horror films. Both the written works and the films are analyzed critically, with an emphasis on the symbiosis between the two.
Ron Backer is an attorney who has previously written for law reviews and other legal publications. An avid fan of both mysteries and movies, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2. “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
3. “The Queen of Spades” by Alexander Pushkin
4. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
5. Dracula and “Dracula’s Guest” by Bram Stoker
6. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
7. The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham
8. “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
9. “Spurs” by Tod Robbins
10. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
11. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
12. “The Black Cat,” “Morella” and “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” by Edgar Allan Poe
13. Black Moon by Clements Ripley
14. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
15. The Hands of Orlac by Maurice Renard
16. Burn Witch Burn! by Abraham Merritt
17. “The Devil and Daniel Webster” by Stephen Vincent Benét
18. The Edge of Running Water by William Sloane
19. The Undying Monster by Jessie Douglas Kerruish
20. Uneasy Freehold by Dorothy Macardle
21. “The Body Snatcher” by Robert Louis Stevenson
22. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
23. “Casting the Runes” by M.R. James
24. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
25. The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore
26. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
27. Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
28. “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier
29. “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” by H.P. Lovecraft
30. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
31. “The Family of the Vourdalak” by Aleksei Tolstoy
32. “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe
33. “The Viy” by Nikolai Gogol
34. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
35. The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley
36. “Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier
37. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
38. Ritual by David Pinner
39. Carrie by Stephen King
40. The Shining by Stephen King
Bibliography
Index
| Zusatzinfo | 55 photographs |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9896-X / 078649896X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9896-3 / 9780786498963 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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