I Was a Monster Movie Maker: Conversations with 22 SF and Horror Filmmakers

Tom Weaver

McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, Apr 18, 2011 - Performing Arts - 320 pages

Phil Brown, who played Luke Skywalker's uncle in Star Wars, said, "In my long life in films, there are ones I'm proud of and those I'm not proud of. The Jungle Captive and Weird Woman fall into the latter category." House of Wax co-star Paul Picerni was fired by the film's director when he refused to put his head in a working guillotine during a climactic fight scene.

Packed with wonderful tidbits, this volume collects 22 interviews with the moviemakers responsible for bringing such films as This Island Earth, The Haunting, Carnival of Souls, Pit and the Pendulum, House of Wax, Tarzan the Ape Man, The Black Cat, Them! and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to the movie screen. Faith Domergue, Michael Forest, Anne Helm, Candace Hilligoss, Suzanna Leigh, Norman Lloyd, Maureen O'Sullivan, Shirley Ulmer, Dana Wynter and many more are interviewed.

About the author

Tom Weaver of Sleepy Hollow, New York, has been interviewing moviemakers for 35 years. The New York Times called him a leading scholar in the horror field and USA Today has described him as the king of the monster hunters. Classic Images said he was “the best interviewer we have today.” A frequent contributor to film magazines, he has written many books about American popular culture and is also a Blu-ray audio commentator.

Bibliographic information

• Title: I Was a Monster Movie Maker: Conversations with 22 SF and Horror Filmmakers
• Author: Tom Weaver
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2011
• ISBN: 0786464445, 9780786464449
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: History / General; Performing Arts / Film / General