H.P. Lovecraft Goes to the Movies: The Classic Stories That Inspired the Classic Horror Films - Softcover

H.P. Lovecraft

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1435136179 ISBN 13: 9781435136175

Publisher: Sterling, 2011

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 400 Publisher: Sterling Over the span of his Career HP Lovecraft wrote just over sixty stories. Many of which are REGARDED AS Landmarks of modern horror fiction. Nearly half of these stories have been adapted for film and television productions featuring the work of some of Hollywood's most distinguished directors. actors. and actresses. HP Lovecraft Goes to the Movies offers a unique grouping of Lovecraft's best stories that have been adapted for the big screen. In addition to an introduction that provides a ief history of Lovecraft adaptation in film and television. the book features short headnotes for each story that calls out interesting trivia about the movies and an appendix providing credits for each screen treatment.

About this title

Product Description:

Over the span of his career, H.P. Lovecraft wrote just over sixty stories, many of which are regarded as landmarks of modern horror fiction. Nearly half of these stories have been adapted for film and television productions featuring the work of some of Hollywood's most distinguished directors, actors, and actresses. H.P. Lovecraft Goes to the Movies offers a unique grouping of Lovecraft's best stories that have been adapted for the big screen. In addition to an introduction that provides a brief history of Lovecraft adaptation in film and television, the book features short headnotes for each story that calls out interesting trivia about the movies and an appendix providing credits for each screen treatment.

About the Author:

H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is generally acknowledged as the most important American writer of macabre fiction since Edgar Allan Poe and one of the most influential writers of horror tales in the twentieth century. He is best known for stories featuring a mythology of otherworldly monsters that has become known as the Cthulhu Mythos. Over the past century, hundreds of writers of horror and fantasy, from Neil Gaiman to Stephen King, have contributed works to the Cthulhu Mythos.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1435136179
• ISBN 13: 9781435136175
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400