Horror

"Horror opened me up to new possibilities for survival ... I saw power in freakery and transgression and wondered if it could be mine." The relationship between horror films and the LGBTQ+ community? It's complicated. Haunted houses, forbidden desires...

At only eighteen months old, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water, resulting in third-degree burns over 35 percent of her body. She miraculously survived, but burned and scarred, the impact would stay with...

A charmingly corny book of Star Wars-inspired dad jokes, perfect for geeky fathers, pun lovers, and sci-fi fans of any age.What kind of stories do Wookiee parents tell at bedtime? Hairy tales. Why do the warriors of Mandalore leave their helmets on? It's...

Discover the complete history of Godzilla in this definitive, official guide to the King of the Monsters. Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters celebrates more than 60 years of movie mayhem in an exceptional, fully illustrated book. An...

The definitive guide to the making of the landmark horror movie The Wicker Man, lavishly illustrated and packed with insights into this classic chiller. The Wicker Man is one of the greatest horror movies of all time - a chilling exploration of an...

**Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller**On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for...

Hammer Films were almost as well known for the way in which they sold their films, as for the films themselves. The Art of Hammer is the first ever collection of the company's iconic movie posters, and is a celebration of movie art at its best. This...

Packed with slasher movie reviews and illustrated with an extensive collection of distinctive and often graphic colour poster artwork, The Teenage Slasher Movie Book also looks at the political, cultural, and social influences on the slasher movie and...

Packed with previously unseen photographs, and complete with a Foreword by Steven Spielberg, "Jaws: Memories from Martha's Vineyard" is one of the most impressive behind the scenes books ever produced, and is a must-have for the worldwide legions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806541945Author Nat SegaloffFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647228989Author Chiabella JamesFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 2087gDimensions(mm) 288mm *...

COLOUR - OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO TRY.Feel the force and colour your way through a galaxy of iconic artwork from Star Wars. From Ewoks on Endor to starships and stormtroopers, this colouring collection features comic covers, cartoon panels, detailed...

Whether George Romero's implacable, slow-moving monstrosities or the fleet-footed terrors of 28 Days Later, over the last several decades the zombie has ascended into the upper echelon of the of the movie monster pantheon-an elite tier once reserved only...

Get ready to quake in fear with this revised and expanded edition of our history of horror cinema. This chilling volume packs 640 pages full with the finest slashers, ghosts, zombies, cannibals, and more, curating the very creepiest screen creations from...

Official Aliens search-and-find puzzle book, based on the movie, featuring a host of highly detailed full-colour illustrations by artist Kevin Crossley set in familiar film locations. As one of the most highly regarded movie sequels of all time,...

Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding.Horror has been embraced by mainstream pop culture more than ever before, with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV, music videos and even TikTok...

LIMITED FIRST EDITION contains red foil gilded page edges and a black satin ribbon marker.As featured in Pitchfork, Empire, MovieMaker, Nerdist, Mashable, Wired, IGN, SFX, The Wrap, Gizmodo and more!"I see many things. I see plans within plans."Following...

The inspiration for Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho. Over fifty years ago, with the release of "The Curse of Frankenstein" and Christopher Lee's iconic performance in "Dracula", Hammer ushered in a whole new era of blood and barely-restrained...

This book provides a concise introduction to critical race theory and shows how this theory can be used to interpret Jordan Peele's Get Out. It surveys recent developments in critical race studies and introduces key concepts that have helped shape the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526774705Author Jennifer SelwayFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint White OwlPublisher White OwlWeight(grams) 152g

Comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Alien was made, featuring new interviews with Ridley Scott and other production crew, and including many rarely-seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives. In 1979 a movie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912740239Author Graham HumphreysFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Korero PressPublisher Korero Press

From their first pairing in Hamlet (1948) to House of the Long Shadows (1983), British film stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing forged perhaps the most successful collaboration in horror film history. In its revised and expanded second edition,...

'... the definitive guide to what properly messes us up.' SFX Magazine'Glasby anatomises horror's scare tactics with keen, lucid clarity across 34 carefully selected main films - classic and pleasingly obscure. 4 Stars.' Total Film The Book of Horror...

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912740062Author Graham HumphreysFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Korero PressPublisher Korero Press

Softcover edition contains all-new hand-drawn cover artwork by HagCult! As featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, MovieMaker, SYFY, Fangoria, Yahoo's "It List", SFX, Mental Floss, Total Film, Mashable, and more!How did a...

The zombie is cinema's most enduring horror icon, having terrified audiences for decades. Book of the Dead charts the history of the walking dead from the monster's origins in Haitian voodoo, through its cinematic debut in 1932's White Zombie up to...

Based on the Turner Classic Movies series, TCM Underground is the movie-lover's guide to 50 of the most campy, kitschy, shocking, and weirdly wonderful cult films you need to see.In the pages of this book, you'll explore this unique order of...

Comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Aliens was made, featuring new interviews with some of the cast and production crew, and including many rarely seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives. As one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629335872Author Edith BlakeFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) is celebrated both as a 'splatter' movie and as a satire of 1970s consumerism. One of the most financially successful independent films ever produced, Dawn of the Dead presented a strong vision to audiences of...

Beware the buried skull underfoot and watch out for children with fur on their backs...Blood on Satan's Claw is widely regarded as part of the 'unholy trinity' of cult classics which gave birth to the film genre that would become known as folk horror...

Winner of the the 2021 Best Edited Collection Award from BAFTSSWinner of the 2021 British Fantasy Award in Best Non-Fiction Finalist for the 2020 Bram Stoker Award (R) for Superior Achievement in Non-FictionRunner-Up for Book of the Year in the 19th...

This major new volume brings together leading international scholars to debate the continuing importance and relevance of the concept of abjection for the interpretation of modern and contemporary culture. This genuinely interdisciplinary collection...

An official behind-the-scenes companion to New Line Cinema's IT and IT CHAPTER TWO, the globally popular blockbusters Collecting the best artwork produced during the making of both of these sophisticated and visually enthralling films-including...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952177798Author Joe ValleseFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The City...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689384Author Lauren Jane BarnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915316073Author Chris AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646044917Author Richard S. SargentFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press