VideoHound's Horror Show: 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish and Humorous Movies - Softcover

Mayo, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578590477 ISBN 13: 9781578590476

Publisher: Visible Ink Press, 1998

Synopsis

Reviews 999 horror films from every age of the genre

About this title

Reviews

Several capsule movie review sources now appear annually, including Halliwell's Film and Video Guide (HarperCollins), Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide (Plume), and the Blockbuster Entertainment Guide to Movies and Videos (Dell). Comparable in scope, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever stands out by dint of its biting attitude. The latest edition adds 1000 reviews, bringing the total to approximately 22,000. Access is via 13 indexes: by cast, director, writer, and so on. Particularly helpful are the alternative title index and the category list, an acerbic grouping of titles under rubrics like "Post Apocalypse: No more convenience stores." Coverage of foreign films is solid, and the extensive cross references are to be applauded. An awards index and a website guide only increase the reference value. VideoHound's Horror Show is more focused, providing 999 paragraph-length reviews of horror films. Encompassing both silent films and 1990s slasher pictures, it is accompanied by a subset of the indexes found in the larger Golden Movie Retriever. The contents are fleshed out by 50 sidebars highlighting topics along the lines of "The 1950s: The Bugs, 3-D, and the Birth of Hammer." A "Horror Connections" section lists websites, magazines and newsletters, organizations, and books, and photographs enhance the text. Unfortunately, this volume suffers from the inclusion of nontraditional horror films like Apocalypse Now and Trainspotting. While these films are indeed chilling, their inclusion casts doubt on Mayo's entire project. Why, for instance, is Full Metal Jacket left out? Public libraries may nevertheless be interested in both volumes.?Neal Baker, Earlham Coll., Richmond, IN
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Brought to you by the publisher of VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, VideoHound's Sci-Fi Experience, and other video guides, this one surveys the horror genre, from Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Zombie Lake.

Edition details

• Publisher: Visible Ink Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578590477
• ISBN 13: 9781578590476
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 525