Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide

John Stanley

Penguin Publishing Group, Aug 1, 2000 - Performing Arts - 608 pages

A compendium of critical and humorous reviews of sci-fi, fantasy and horror films—from smash hits to box office bombs—the perfect gift for movie buffs!

Updated to include the most recent movie mega-hits, Creature Features has it all—the shockers, schlockers, blockbusters, bombs, cult faves, rare gems, classics, groundbreakers, gorefests, space operas, sorcery, Euro-splatter, and everything in between. From features, made-for-televsion, and straight-to-video, here are all the films you love and hate; the films you forgot about and never knew existed. Horror and science fiction fans will find films that matter and films that splatter in one critical and humorous guide.

Featuring...

• Thousands of capsulized reviews
• A five-star rating system
• Hundreds of obscure and rare titles
• Cross-references to secondary titles, sequels and tricky retitlings
• ...And more

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 29
• Section 3: 76

About the author

John Stanley hosted the popular Creature Features TV series in the San Francisco Bay area for six years. He has covered the science fiction, fantasy, and horror scene for the San Francisco Chronicle for more than thirty years. He has interviewed dozens of superstars and genre stars.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide
• Author: John Stanley
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2000
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Aug 1, 2008
• ISBN: 0425175170, 9780425175170
• Length: 608 pages
• Subjects: Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Film / Reference; Reference / Personal & Practical Guides