The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960's and 1970's - Softcover

Stine, Scott Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078640924X ISBN 13: 9780786409242

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2001

Synopsis

For the uninitiated the author has obligingly supplied a definition for the slasher/splatter film: "Any motion picture which contains scenes of extreme violence in graphic and grisly detail...." For those film viewers who think this is a good thing and are more likely to select The Texas Chainsaw Massacre than The Remains of the Day, or for those who are not quite sure but are nevertheless drawn to the phantasmagoric, or for those horrified by gratuitous violence and blood for blood's sake but are researching this filmic phenomenon, this reference book provides all the gory details.

From At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul Away to Zombie 2: The Dead Are Among Us, this book is an exhaustive study of the splatter films of the 1960s and 1970s. After a history of the development of the genre, the main meat of the book is a filmography. Each entry includes extensive credits, alternate names and foreign release titles; availability of the film on videocassette; availability of soundtracks and film novelization; and reviews. Extensive cross-referencing is also included.

About this title

About the Author

Scott Aaron Stine, publisher of Trashfiend magazine and its predecessor GICK!, has been an avid collector of horror movie memorabilia for many years. He lives in Everett, Washington.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078640924X
• ISBN 13: 9780786409242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304