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BOOK REVIEW IN SHOCK REVIEW: HALLOWEEN 3
BOOK REVIEW IN SHOCK REVIEW: HALLOWEEN 3 - "WHERE THE HELL IS MICHAEL MYERS?": A Definitive History of Horror's Most Misunderstood Film by Tommy Lee Wallace (BearManor Media; bearmanormedia.com; $52.00). I saw the first two HALLOWEEN films during their initial theatrical runs, and upon learning that the third entry would take a radically different direction, I didn't see any problem. Because who'd want to simply watch Michael Myers slaughtering people over and over again? That would get pretty fucking tedious, right? So I thoroughly enjoyed my first viewing of HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH. Of course, my opinion was...
Shock Cinema Magazine Review: Giant Bug Cinema
BOOK REVIEW IN SHOCK CINEMA MAGAZINE GIANT BUG CINEMA: A Monster Kid's Guide produced by Mark Bailey (BearManor Media; bearmanormedia.com; $22.00). When I was a little kid, my earliest exposure to creature features was Saturday afternoon's "Monster Movie Matinee," hosted by Dr. E. Nick Witty and his assistant Epal. Impressionable children across the country enjoyed similar experiences, as you'll see in this compact 128-page collection of reviews, centered around sci-fi/horror films with insect monstrosities. 27 titles - all but one from the pre-1968 "Monster Kid" era - are...
SHOCK REVIEW - "BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE"
BOOK REVIEW IN SHOCK REVIEW: BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: An Assistant Director Behind the Scenes of Feature Films by David McGiffert (BearManor Media; bearmanormedia.com, $42.00). Being an assistant director (or"A.D.") is a complex job with a wide range of responsibilities. As well as coordinating much of a film's on-set activities, they also handle any relatively-insignificant problems so that the director isn't distracted. They're essential - which brings us to this 322-page anecdotal memoir by David McGiffert, one of the most successful names within that profession, who worked on some of the most notable films from the 1980s and '90s:...
Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf Review: "Fifties Blondes"
Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf Book Review Profusely illustrated with B/W photos and succinct bios of the featured and showcased actresses, this hardcover edition of Richard Koper's "Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens" from BearManor Media will prove a welcome and enduringly appreciated contribution to personal, professional, community, and college/university library Cinematic History/Biography collections and supplemental Movie/Video Reference curriculum studies lists.
Book Review: "Dance of the Comedians - 75 Years of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote" by Dan Sendker
Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf Book Review:An absolute 'must read' for the legions of Road Runner fans and an impressively seminal work of original and detailed historical scholarship, "Dance of the Comedians - 75 Years of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote - An Unauthorized History" is especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and college/university library Cinematic & Animation History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.