Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide - Softcover

Stanley, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425175170 ISBN 13: 9780425175170

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2000

Synopsis

A compendium of critical and humorous reviews of sci-fi, fantasy and horror films—from smash hits to box office bombs—the perfect gift for movie buffs!

Updated to include the most recent movie mega-hits, Creature Features has it all—the shockers, schlockers, blockbusters, bombs, cult faves, rare gems, classics, groundbreakers, gorefests, space operas, sorcery, Euro-splatter, and everything in between. From features, made-for-televsion, and straight-to-video, here are all the films you love and hate; the films you forgot about and never knew existed. Horror and science fiction fans will find films that matter and films that splatter in one critical and humorous guide.

Featuring...

· Thousands of capsulized reviews
· A five-star rating system
· Hundreds of obscure and rare titles
· Cross-references to secondary titles, sequels and tricky retitlings
· ...And more

About this title

Review:

I know this is a good movie guide because it took up residence next to my remote control and gets consulted on a near-nightly basis. John Stanley, who inherited Bob Wilkins's famous Bay Area show called "Creature Features," does a bang-up job of reviewing thousands of movies through the end of '96 that fall in a general grab-bag category of being spooky or fantastic. This is the fifth edition of Stanley's guide and the first to come out in a handy mass-market size. As Joe Bob Briggs puts it, "I keep this reference work by my bed at all times. Never has so much worthless information been gathered together in one place. I'm in awe of the man."

About the Author:

John Stanley hosted the popular Creature Features TV series in the San Francisco Bay area for six years. He has covered the science fiction, fantasy, and horror scene for the San Francisco Chronicle for more than thirty years. He has interviewed dozens of superstars and genre stars.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0425175170
• ISBN 13: 9780425175170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608