TV Gothic

The Golden Age of Small Screen Horror

Howard Maxford (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

417 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7975-4 (ISBN)

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Most horror film fans are familiar with the classics, from the early Universal archetypes to the Hammer landmarks - all of which have been celebrated in countless books and magazines. But what about the parallel universe of television horror? This book offers detailed coverage of horror on the small screen.

Most horror film fans are familiar with the movie classics, from the early Universal archetypes to the Hammer landmarks--all of which have been celebrated in countless books and magazines. But what about the parallel universe of television horror? The series, made-for-TV-movies and specials?

With detailed coverage of shows from Britain, America and Europe, this book chronicles the small-screen appearances of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster, adaptations of stories by Edgar Allan Poe and M.R. James, performances of beloved stars like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price, groundbreaking series like The Television Ghost, Lights Out and Dark Shadows, and such memorable movies as The Night Stalker, The Norliss Tapes and Salem's Lot, along with unearthed gems like The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre and Mrs. Amworth. The work of such key directors as Dan Curtis and Lawrence Gordon Clark is also examined.

Howard Maxford is a freelance entertainment journalist who has contributed reviews, interviews, features and retrospectives to a variety of UK magazines, including Film Review, Starburst, Shivers, Replay, Tower Records’ Top, London After Dark, Video Now and HMV Choice. He lives in South London.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Section One. In the Beginning: Horror in Television’s Stone Age (the 1930s and 1940s)

delete deleteLive from Ally Pally

delete deleteThe Big Apple Bites Back

delete deleteThe Rise of Poe

delete deletePicture Perfect

delete deleteQuestions in the House

delete deleteThe Pepsi Challenge

Section Two. The Monsters Arrive (the 1950s)

delete deleteCue Frankenstein

delete deleteEnter Professor Quatermass

delete deleteVamping It with Vampira

delete deleteA Hitch in Time

delete deleteThe Great Beyond

delete deleteEntering the Zone

Section Three. The Genre Takes Hold (the 1960s)

delete deleteBeloved Boris

delete deleteWho?

delete deleteCanned Laughter

delete deleteMysterious Imaginings

delete deleteTales from Europe

delete deleteA Rum Collins

delete deleteA Fateful Whistle

delete deleteStrange Journeys

delete deleteScooby and the Gang

delete deleteAnd Now the Gallery

Section Four. The American TV Movie Comes of Age (the 1970s)

delete deleteMovie of the Week

delete deleteKolchak Scores a Hit

delete deleteThe Devil to Pay

delete deleteCreature Feature

delete deleteA Fetish for Horror

delete deleteMTM Goes for the Jugular

delete deleteThe True Story

delete deleteBringing In the Harvest

delete deleteGargoyles

delete deleteUp at the Marsten House

delete deleteMeet the Hardy Boys

delete deleteMore Tales from Europe

Section Five. Enter the Brits (the 1970s)

delete deleteThe Doomsday People

delete deleteThe Play’s the Thing

delete deleteFestive Frissons

delete deleteDead of Night

delete deleteCountry Matters

delete deleteA Party with Barty

delete deleteTeatime Terrors

delete deleteWhat Music They Make

delete deleteMrs. Amworth Pays a Visit

delete deleteAn Old Master

Section Six. New Realms (the 1980s)

delete deleteHammer Has Risen from the Grave

delete deleteVenturing into the Darkside

delete deleteThe Spielberg Touch

delete deleteReady for Freddy

delete deleteTut, Tut

delete deleteThe Music of the Night

delete deleteRaising Caine

delete deleteFurther Tales from Europe

Section Seven. The End of an Era (the 1990s)

delete deleteThe Anthology Lives On

delete deleteDuped by Auntie

delete deleteThe X Factor

delete deleteThe Color Purple

delete deleteIt

delete deleteCorman Quickies

delete deleteKing of the Airwaves

Epilogue: A New Era (the 2000s and 2010s)

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	08.07.2022
Zusatzinfo	81 photos, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	726 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	1-4766-7975-4 / 1476679754
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7975-4 / 9781476679754
Zustand	Neuware