Fantastic Cinema Subject Guide: A Topical Index to 2,500 Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films(2 Volume Set) - Softcover

Senn, Bryan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786437669 ISBN 13: 9780786437665

Publisher: McFarland, 2008

Synopsis

About 2,500 genre films are entered under more than 100 subject headings, ranging from abominable snowmen through dreamkillers, rats, and time travel, to zombies, with a brief essay on each topic: development, highlights, and trends. Each film entry shows year of release, distribution company, country of origin, director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, cast credits, plot synopsis and critical commentary.

About this title

About the Author:

Psychometrist Bryan Senn is the author of A Year of Fear: A Day-by-Day Guide to 366 Horror Films (2007), Golden Horrors (2006) and Drums of Terror: Voodoo in the Cinema. His work has appeared in Filmfax, Cult Movies, Shivers, Midnight Marquee Press and Monsters from the Vault. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. John Johnson is the author of Cheap Tricks and Class Acts (McFarland, 1996). He lives in Keizer, Oregon.

Review:

Not only is this useful in reference, it's a browsers delight...should be a standard addition to reference shelves...highly recommended. --Choice

Presents substantial filmographic information...a useful source. --Booklist/RBB

This much-needed guide arranges 2,500 titles under 81 subject areas. --Neil Barron, Editor of Fantasy and Horror

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0786437669
• ISBN 13: 9780786437665
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 698