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The Bride of Frankenstein to House of Wax to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to The Brood—horror is a beloved and multifaceted genre, with no two classics truly alike. And almost all of them—great and not-so-great—inspire the kind of passion that only cult films truly reach. In this collection of 33 essays drawn from his revered Cult Movies series, cult film specialist Danny Peary examines, dissects, defends, and exalts horror films from his unique and engaging perspective. His writing is a cornerstone of the cult film culture that continues to flourish today. New to this ebook series are Danny Peary’s cult movie checklists for each genre. Every horror fan will walk away with newly discovered gems to watch, and a newfound appreciation of his or her favorites.
ASIN : B00M0T25KW
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company (October 7, 2014)
Publication date : October 7, 2014
Language : English
File size : 34607 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 471 pages
Reviewer: Kristi C.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Must have for any horror fan
Review: I love horror movies and the author has an extensive background and knowledge about the subject. Haven't seen all of these, and it's a good guide about what to see next.
Reviewer: D. Jenkins
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Memorex or original?
Review: I've read several other volumes of Pearys books, all good. I did however have the strange feeling that this might have been cobbled from some of his other books. Maybe someone can tell me if I am wrong, as my books are packed away and I don't have ready access to them to verify my above comment.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: Danny Peary may be responsible for creating the phrase "cult movie." If not he certainly made these movies popular.
Reviewer: Cory Cole
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Early in (Bride of Frankenstein), but the analysis and ...
Review: Early in (Bride of Frankenstein), but the analysis and breakdown of the filmmaking techniques and story-within-story are of interest to horror movie fans that do not have a critic's understanding of how movies work. Written in a fashion that is both entertaining and informative yet accessible to most readers.
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: While I enjoy the essays in this collection
Review: While I enjoy the essays in this collection, I was more than a little disappointed to realize I'd read them already in some of the author's other books.
Reviewer: Charl A. Harper
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Cult Movies for the Horror Fan!
Review: As Halloween draws closer, it's time to go looking for some scary movies. And if your tastes run to the frightening, warped and sometimes laughably bad, you'll find that Danny Perry's "Cult Horror Movies" offers a great selection. Not every film will appeal to horror aficionados. These are cult movies at their finest, cherished and watched repeatedly by hard core fans who take pride in loving something ripped apart by reviewers and ignored by the masses.That said, Perry's collection includes a number of well known classics--"Halloween," "Psycho," King Kong," and "Night of the Living Dead" to name a few. And there are less well known treasures that will appeal to any fan of horror movies. This is one of the areas where Perry excels. He's found some wonderful movies I loved and had totally forgotten about. I'll be searching for copies of "Seconds," "Bloody Sunday," "The Conqueror Worm," "Night of the Hunter" and "Picnic at Hanging Rock."Finally, this book is enhanced not only by Perry's description of each movie, but by excerpts of interviews with the cast and crew. Sometimes the behind the scenes action is as fascinating as the film itself.This is definitely a book that will appeal to lovers of cult films, and horror movies. Fans of movies in general may even find something to capture their interest.A copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher an NetGalley in return for a honest review.
Reviewer: James Hogan
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I get sucked into Danny Peary reviews
Review: I get sucked into Danny Peary reviews. His writing style is informative without being dull. You really can not go wrong with his books.
Reviewer: Angel Hatfield
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I was happy to see that I knew over half of the ...
Review: **I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest reviewThis book is a collection of 33 movies the author considers the top in the Horror genre. The author gives very in-depth detail of the top movies in this genre. He includes, not only the details of the movies, his opinions no the movies, but also information on the actors, the making of the movies, the stories behind them, and also sorts of info.I'm a huge fan of movies in this genre and having read several of this author's books, I was very interested in seeing how many of my favorites would be on this list. I was happy to see that I knew over half of the movies on there, I thought there were probably a few more that should have been included (Rosemary's Baby, The Omen). However, those are just my personal favorites. Overall, just as excellent as his other books. Highly recommend this to any Horror genre fan.
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Interesting game on 33 horror films it tells you how they were filmed and then the author tells you if he thought they were good or bad some good interesting stories but I didn't agree with his reveiws a lot of the time
Reviewer: Frank McVie
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very good for horror fans I do recommend