The most successful of all the collaborations of director Tod Browning and legendary Lon Chaney, "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, their long-lost silent "Mystery-Thriller." But now Marie Coolidge-Rask's novelization (based on Browning's original screenplay) is back in print for the first time since its original publication, complete with its original photo-illustrations. Not a facsimile edition, this Couch Pumpkin Classics printing contains additional features exclusive to this edition, including "Transylvania to Prague via London After Midnight" by THRILLER THEATRE host Margali Morwentari.

Beware the curse composed in verse! The night is cold and clear and starry. Don't walk in the woods, or you'll be sorry. ESPECIALLY if you happen to be the last heir of the Hammands! The "super-sensitive" Miss Luna Bartendale, psychic investigator extraordinaire, has had success in the past laying family curses, but the Monster of Hammand will prove harder than any challenge she has faced before. And Dannow Old Manor is home to more than one secret, with a trail that leads from its Hidden Room to the ancient barrow of a Saxon chieftain and back again -- and from a family legacy birthed in the Bronze Age to the Twilight of the Gods!

They're simply to die for . . . or from They're the demoiselles to haunt your darkest dreams: the deadly, the undead, the dying--and those just looking to make a comeback. Some live for love, or died for love, and some are yet to have had their fill, brave heart. Unquiet and unrequited spirits mingle with bewitching vamps and vamping witches. They're the lovely and the loathly, from ageless glamour to beauty that's only skin deep--or perhaps just a pale reflection. Tales of jealousy, passion and ghostly vengeance, and of girls who just want to have fun. From la femme fatale who set the mode long before Carmilla came to call, to other classic tales, Victorian ""sensation"" stories and even a pinch of pulp fiction, they're all just waiting for you, m'dear. Come and meet the ladies . . .

If getting together with old fiends sounds like just your cup of brew, you'll be right at home here, Couch Pumpkin. Let your Thriller Theatre host Margali introduce you to folk who are dying--or perhaps coming back--to meet you in this latest collection of tales both classic and obscure. In this volume, you'll find science fiction blended with eldritch evil; a classic haunting that made for a rare A-list haunting classic; a touch of hard-boiled noir laced with voodoo; and, for a bit of a switch, a tale based upon a screenplay. And some of our monsters are even human--or at least started that way. So curl up in your favourite chair or get cozy in the blankets, and let Auntie M make you UNcomfortable . . .

The grave: where no one wants to be, but everyone will go. Or will they? And then stay put? There's the rub Restless spirits abound here, from those who cannot go to their rest, to those who will not--and a motley assortment of those who, knowingly or not, go about disturbing them in diverse ways. And even some poor souls who didn't even know they were scheduled for departure. Oh, there's no one crankier than someone rudely awakened on the wrong side of the dirt Come along, brave heart, as we venture abroad in good company of authors both familiar and obscure, exhuming Gothic tales, pulp fiction and more. We'll all be right here with you, m'dear . . . in spirit . . .

Beware the curse composed in verse! The night is cold and clear and starry. Don't walk in the woods, or you'll be sorry. ESPECIALLY if you happen to be the last heir of the Hammands! The "super-sensitive" Miss Luna Bartendale, psychic investigator extraordinaire, has had success in the past laying family curses, but the Monster of Hammand will prove harder than any challenge she has faced before. And Dannow Old Manor is home to more than one secret, with a trail that leads from its Hidden Room to the ancient barrow of a Saxon chieftain and back again -- and from a family legacy birthed in the Bronze Age to the Twilight of the Gods!

The most successful of all the collaborations of director Tod Browning and legendary Lon Chaney, "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, their long-lost silent "Mystery-Thriller." But now Marie Coolidge-Rask's novelization (based on Browning's original screenplay) is back in print for the first time since its original publication, complete with its original photo-illustrations. Not a facsimile edition, this Couch Pumpkin Classics printing contains additional features exclusive to this edition, including "Transylvania to Prague via London ~ After Midnight" by THRILLER THEATRE host Margali Morwentari.

Digging up old acquaintances for an evening's entertainment is a favorite pastime for your THRILLER THEATRE host Margali, so you're certain to enjoy the splendid company you'll find unearthed here, Couch Pumpkin. There are werewolves, mummies and vampires, to be sure -- and a charmingly international cast, from Russian tales that inspired Italian terrors, to a French fright-fable of madness and possession, to proper British chillers that unleash Egyptian curses -- or inspire Japanese monsters! There's even a positively "ripping" yarn in the original short story which preceded its later novelization. (We're strictly old-school when it comes to slashers, brave heart.) So if the only good thing on the telly tonight is your cat, just turn down the lights and enter your own private THRILLER THEATRE. It's showtime for those lovely NIGHTMARES THAT LEFT A FILM.

Whether you're an old horror movie fan, or just a fan of old horror movies, "Thriller Theatre" host Margali has a treat for you: a potent brew of vintage tales distilled from many a fine old author. It's a stimulating collection of stories from which many a classic -- and even not-so-classic -- fright film has drawn inspiration, including such rarities as a terror tale reprinted here for the first time in over seventy years!