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The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History (Applause Books)
£23.70£30.40 (-22%)
This magnificent companion to The Art of Horror, from the same creative team behind that award-winning illustrated volume, looks at the entire history of the horror film, from the silent era right up to the latest releases and trends. Through a series of informative chapters and fascinating sidebars chronologically charting the evolution of horror movies for more than a century, profusely illustrated throughout with over 600 rare and unique images including posters, lobby cards, advertising, promotional items, tie-in books and magazines, and original artwork inspired by classic movies, this handsomely designed hardcover traces the development of the horror film from its inception, and celebrates the actors, filmmakers, and artists who were responsible for scaring the pants off successive generations of moviegoers! Edited by multiple award winning writer and editor Stephen Jones, and boasting a foreword by director and screenwriter John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), this volume brings together fascinating and incisive commentary from some of the genre s most highly respected experts. With eye-popping images from all over the world, The Art of Horror Movies is the definitive guide for anyone who loves horror films and movie fans of all ages.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Applause, Ill edition (1 Sept. 2017) |
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| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 256 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1495064840 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1495064845 |
| Dimensions | 25.65 x 2.49 x 28.75 cm |
by Mohammad Suhail
Bought for a horror film fan, did not disappoint. The film posters taking up a whole page are particularly pretty. A great way for you to analyse and see for yourself the development of horror film art throughout the last century or so!
by Ian Smith
A superb book featuring horror film posters and some original paintings, from the very start of horror cinema up to the 2000’s. Highly recommended and well worth the money
by DENNIS LONGMORE
A bewildering mix of brilliant and, in my view, pointless material makes my experience of reading this book incredibly frustrating. I love the original poster artwork and all the related stuff but find the more recent work copied from stills etc absolutely boring and, to make matters worse, the ‘copied’ stuff is almost always the biggest artwork on the page, dwarfing the original stuff. I believe a great opportunity has been lost here; this could have been a great, rather wonderful book but instead is, for me, a rather irritating read. I much prefer the approach of one of my all-time favourite genre books – the Art of the B- Movie Poster. Grrrr…
by Joe Moggs
An exquisite and lavish book that is stuffed with a plethora of wonderful images. The Art of Horror Movies: an Illustrated History deserves a place on the shelf of any horror fan’s bookcase. Highly recommended!
by J. McDonald ????????????????????????????
A very interesting selection of international horror movie posters, beautifully presented in full colour in a stout hardback book and printed on good quality paper.
Laid out in chronological order, there’s work by many of the leading artist/illustrators of each decade with explanatory texts where necessary. Included are some pretty rare examples of concept work and related art such as portraits of film stars and directors; it’s a great collection of pulp-horror material that should be of interest to both horror fans and those interested in this aspect of commercial graphic illustration.
A good volume of it`s kind, useful as a reference and nice to leaf through.
by Ian Smith
An excellent collection of images from loads of different horror genres past and present. Highly recommended for horror film fans!!
by Mr. P. Rozier
Great coverage and some very good essays – can take or leave the re-versionings but very good value.
by Anton Rouge
Great book great for a present absolutely love it