Description
Book SynopsisIntroduces readers to a vast menagerie of movie monsters. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of film history, Grant presents us with an eclectic array of monster movies, from
Nosferatu to
Get Out. As he discovers, although monster movies might claim to be about “Them!”, they are really about the capacity for horror that lurks within each of us.
Trade Review"Barry Keith Grant is an ideal guide in this wide-ranging survey of monsters in the movies. He leaps across genres, periods, and critical traditions with authority and verve."— Adam Lowenstein, author of Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film
"This is far more than a very handy guidebook to monsters in the movies. Barry Keith Grant’s prose is lucid, and informed by a keen intelligence and exhaustive scholarship demonstrating his mastery of the genre. This is a great read!"— Christopher Sharrett, author of The Rifleman
"Barry Keith Grant’s
Monster Cinema is an 'unnaturally' fine book, providing readers with a concise, engaging, and perceptive historical and ideological overview that attests to the enduring power of this genre."— Lester D. Friedman, coauthor of Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives
"The book is highly recommended, because, as Grant himself notes, our survival depends on understanding monsters—in other words, on understanding ourselves."
— Science Fiction Reviews
Table of ContentsContents
1 Meeting Movie Monsters: Monsters R Us
2 Human Monsters
3 Natural Monsters
4 Supernatural Monsters
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Works Cited
Index
