Bøger af Tom Weaver

"Butcher" Benton, a crook who pulled a Los Angeles armored car robbery, trudges to San Quentin's gas chamber filled with loathing for his double-crossing partners in crime. Things take a turn for the weird when his corpse is carted off to the laboratory of a medical researcher who gives it a 287,000 volt zap, unintentionally restoring Benton to life and making his skin as hard as armor plate. The Butcher's psychopathic itch, also reborn, still needs scratching so he returns to L.A. a volatile mix of super-strength and white-hot rage. Benton is murder looking for a place to happen: Inhuman! Invincible! Inescapable! Horror legend Lon Chaney puts his considerable all into his performance as the Indestructible Man in this sci-fi/action drive-in favorite. On the 60th anniversary of its 1954 production, the thriller gets the full Scripts from the Crypt treatment: a lengthy "Making Of" essay, quotes from its writers and its producer-director, cast members memories, Production Code correspondence, a dissertation on the music, release information, pressbook and the ultra-rare script.

Contains interviews with the men and women who made the horror and sci-fi favorites of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, including actors such as Mike Connors, Brett Halsey, Natalie Trundy and Richard Kiel; writers; producers and directors, who recall legendary genre figures Lugosi, Chaney, Tod Browning and James Whale.

In this one-of-a-kind volume, you'll learn everything under the sun about producer-director-star Robert Clarke's 1959 monster classic: Clarke's in-depth account of the making of his low-budget independent movie; reprints of TWO versions of the script, the first set in the jungles of Guatemala; the full story of SUN DEMON's world premiere at a Texas drive-in; anecdotal memories of the frantic filmmaking process from nearly a dozen cast-and-crew participants; the original "Showmanship Manual"; an outline for a follow-up SUN DEMON film proposed by Clarke in the 1970s; scores of rare and never-seen photographs; even an afterword from sexquisite co-star Nan Peterson! This is the first in a series of such books from longtime genre fan and chronicler Tom Weaver.

Perhaps no films attracted more rabid fans and less critical acclaim than black-and-white horror and sci-fi movies . The men and women who made the characters come to life are interviewed here, talking about their work, the behind-the-scenes action, and the impact the movies had on their careers.

For over 25 years, Tom Weaver has been chatting up zombies and many other vintage movie monsters, along with the screenwriters, producers, directors and actors responsible for bringing them to life. In this newest compilation of interviews, 23 more veterans share their stories - strange, frightening and even a little funny - this time with an increased emphasis on genre television series.

These men and women saved the planet from aliens, behemoths, monsters, zombies, and other bloated, stumbling threats - in the movies, at least - and now they tell their stories. A list of actors give behind-the-scenes insights into such classic movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon, Forbidden Planet and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. They also discuss the impact ""monster-fighting"" had on their careers and what they are now doing.

Phil Brown, who played Luke Skywalker''s uncle in Star Wars, said, ""In my long life in films, there are ones I''m proud of and those I''m not proud of. The Jungle Captive and Weird Woman fall into the latter category."" House of Wax co-star Paul Picerni was fired by the film''s director when he refused to put his head in a working guillotine during a climactic fight scene. Packed with wonderful tidbits, this volume collects 22 interviews with the moviemakers responsible for bringing such films as This Island Earth, The Haunting, Carnival of Souls, Pit and the Pendulum, House of Wax, Tarzan the Ape Man, The Black Cat, Them! and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to the movie screen. Faith Domergue, Michael Forest, Anne Helm, Candace Hilligoss, Suzanna Leigh, Norman Lloyd, Maureen O''Sullivan, Shirley Ulmer, Dana Wynter and many more are interviewed.

Features 28 interviews with some of the sharpest and talkative stars and movie makers of the classic SF and horror films: Richard Matheson, Janet Leigh, Acquanetta, Hazel Court, Kim Hunter and others. They reminisce about their days on the sets of ""Psycho"", ""Planet of the Apes"", ""Superman"" and the Poe, Hammer and Lewton films.

Poverty Row Horror films were cheaply produced with writing that ranged from bad to atrocious. These essays contain full filmographic data on the 31 horror chillers made by the three studios from 1940 through 1946.

For fans of SF and horror films, will there ever be a decade to compare with the 1950s? Actors, directors, producers, and crews prevailed over microbudgets and four-day shooting schedules to create enduring films. This book turns spotlight on many who made memorable contributions to that crowded, exhilarating filmmaking scene.

A posse of Hollywood's wild Westerners recall their dusty adventures (and misadventures) with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Burt Lancaster, Tim Holt, James Arness, Richard Boone, Chuck Connors, Charles Starrett, Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Alan Ladd, Rock Hudson, Lon Chaney, Jr., Nick Adams, Jock Mahoney, Sam Peckinpah, Johnny Cash and many others!TV Memories of...HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVELTHE RIFLEMANMAVERICKDAVY CROCKETTTHE VIRGINIANTHE WILD WILD WESTTHE REBEL and more!

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.

Discusses moviemakers' horror and science fiction movie experiences as part of such films and TV series as "The Blob", "It Came from Outer Space", "Star Trek", "The Wild Wild West", "Somewhere in Time", and "Forbidden Planet". This work also provides credits for the actors, actresses, and producers.