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MONSTER SERIAL is the product of a month-long blogging effort by
the writers of The Collinsport Historical Society. Ordinarily
dedicated to the cult-TV drama DARK SHADOWS, the website's writers
stepped away from Collinsport for a month to write about their
favorite horror films. MONSTER SERIAL contains the bulk of those
essays, as well as some new features. The collection of writings
touches on everything from the classic Bela Lugosi DRACULA, Vincent
Price's works with William Castle and Roger Corman, THE ROCKY
HORROR PICTURE SHOW, the movies of Val Lewton, Stephen King and
dozens of others.
Like a lovingly guided midnight tour, this book covers the
seductive shadows of the most fascinating horror films and
melodramas from the 1930s and 1940s. From the bloody censorship
battles behind 1935's Bride of Frankenstein, to the sexual
controversies of 1941's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the gruesome
Nazi atrocities of 1943's Women in Bondage, this book delves into
newly excavated research to tell the behind-the-scenes sagas of
some of Hollywood's most frightening films. Peek behind the scenes,
revel in on-the-set anecdotes and get a look at the script notes
illuminating characters like WereWolf of London, Richard III,
Panther Woman and Rasputin. Included are profiles of the performers
and filmmakers who made the nightmares feel all too real in the
darkened theaters of yesteryear, and an examination of the factors
that have kept these films popular so many decades later.
They had more in common than just a scream, whether they faced
Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde,
King Kong, the Wolf Man, or any of the other legendary Hollywood
monsters. Some were even monsters themselves, such as Elsa
Lanchester as the Bride, and Gloria Holden as Dracula's Daughter.
And while evading the Strangler of the Swamp, former Miss America
Rosemary La Planche is allowed to rescue her leading man. This book
provides details about the lives and careers of 21 of these
cinematic leading ladies, femmes fatales, monsters, and misfits,
putting into perspective their contributions to the films and
folklore of Hollywood terror - and also the sexual harassment,
exploitation, and genuine danger they faced on the job. Veteran
actress Virginia Christine recalls Universal burying her alive in a
backlot swamp in full ""mummy"" makeup for the resurrection scene
in The Mummy's Curse - and how the studio saved that scene for the
last day in case she suffocated. Filled with anecdotes and
recollections, many of the entries are based on original
interviews, and there are numerous old photographs and movie
stills.
They had more in common than just a scream, whether they faced
Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde,
King Kong, the Wolf Man, or any of the other legendary Hollywood
monsters. Some were even monsters themselves, such as Elsa
Lanchester as the Bride, and Gloria Holden as Dracula's Daughter.
And while evading the Strangler of the Swamp, former Miss America
Rosemary La Planche is allowed to rescue her leading man. This book
provides details about the lives and careers of 21 of these
cinematic leading ladies, femmes fatales, monsters, and misfits,
putting into perspective their contributions to the films and
folklore of Hollywood terror - and also the sexual harassment,
exploitation, and genuine danger they faced on the job. Veteran
actress Virginia Christine recalls Universal burying her alive in a
backlot swamp in full ""mummy"" makeup for the resurrection scene
in The Mummy's Curse - and how the studio saved that scene for the
last day in case she suffocated. Filled with anecdotes and
recollections, many of the entries are based on original
interviews, and there are numerous old photographs and movie
stills.
In 1944, Laird Cregar played Jack the Ripper in The Lodger, giving
one of the most haunting performances in Hollywood history. It was
the climax of a strange celebrity that saw the young American
actor-who stood 6' 3" and weighed more than 300 pounds-earn
distinction as a portrayer of psychopaths and villains. Determined
to break free of this typecasting, he desperately desired to become
"a beautiful man," embarking on an extreme diet that killed him at
31. This first biography of Cregar tells the heartbreaking story of
the brilliant but doomed actor. Appendices cover his film, theatre,
and radio work. Many never before published photographs are
included.
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