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Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes
Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers of the 1940s through 1960s
Tom Weaver
Research Associates John Brunas and Michael Brunas

ISBN 978-0-7864-2857-1
163 photos, filmographies, index
462pp. softcover 2006 [1991]

Description
Twenty-eight terrific interviews with some of the sharpest and most talkative stars and movie makers of the classic (and c-r-a-z-y!) SF and horror films of the past: Richard Matheson, Janet Leigh, Acquanetta, Hazel Court, Kim Hunter and others reminisce at length and with great good humor about their days on the sets of Psycho, Planet of the Apes, Superman; the Poe, Hammer and Lewton films, and exploitation greats like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

About the Author
Tom Weaver lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and has been interviewing moviemakers since the early 1980s. The New York Times called him one of the leading scholars in the horror field and USA Today has described him as the king of the monster hunters. Classic Images called him "the best interviewer we have today." He is a frequent contributor to numerous film magazines including Starlog, Fangoria, Monsters from the Vault and Video Watchdog, and he has been featured in the prestigious Best American Movie Writing. A frequent DVD audio commentator, he is the author of numerous reference and other nonfiction books about American popular culture, including Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Fims, 1931-1946.

Other Book(s) by Tom Weaver Available from McFarland:

Poverty Row HORRORS!

I Was a Monster Movie Maker

Double Feature Creature Attack

It Came from Horrorwood

Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks

Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers

Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers

Universal Horrors

Eye on Science Fiction

John Carradine

I Talked with a Zombie

Science Fiction Confidential

A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde



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