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Science Fiction Confidential
Interviews with 23 Monster Stars and Filmmakers
Tom Weaver

ISBN 978-0-7864-4516-5
124 photos, filmographies, index
320pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2010 [2002]

Description
David Hedison, who plays a tiny human-headed insect menaced by a spider at the climax of The Fly (1958), says the moviemakers spoiled the scene by giving him a squeaky voice. "Imagine if, as the camera moved in closer, you actually heard me screeeeaming for my life. That is horror. That is horror."

In Tom Weaver’s eighth interview book, Hedison--and 22 other moviemakers--talk about their horror and science fiction movie experiences as part of such films and TV series as The Blob, It Came from Outer Space, Tarzan the Ape Man, Star Trek, The Wild Wild West, Somewhere in Time, The Devil Bat and Forbidden Planet. Among those interviewed are Dan O’Herlihy, Kate Phillips, John Alvin, Anthony Cardoza, Tod Griffin, Alex and Richard Gordon, Suzanne Kaaren, and Warren Stevens. Full credits are provided for the actors, actresses, and producers.

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

Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes

Universal Horrors

Eye on Science Fiction

John Carradine

I Talked with a Zombie

A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde



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