Joseph Maddrey

Lance Henriksen

'Not Bad For A Human' is a biography of Lance Henriksen. The book, in addition to telling a great life story, features work by some of the world's best comic artists.

Not Bad for a Human

The second in a series, this book examines the various film adaptations of King's Night Shift anthology. Through his "Dollar Baby" program, King licensed several Night Shift stories to aspiring filmmakers for just one dollar each, resulting in numerous student film adaptations. Although most have never been screened outside of a college classroom, films like Frank Darabont's The Woman in the Room were eventually released commercially with considerable critical success. Darabont, in fact, would later direct both The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. This volume critically examines and contextualizes these and other adaptations of the Night Shift short stories, illuminating how each film is a uniquely and intricately collaborative endeavor. It charts the development of each adaptation through old and new interviews with the creators, exploring how Hollywood filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake and reboot King's stories.

Volume 2, Night Shift from Short Stories to Screenplays

Adapting Stephen King

This survey of the pivotal horror films produced in America examines the history of the genre as a reflection of cultural changes in the United States. It explores the origins of the genre and follows it to the present, using various films to document the evolution of Hollywood horror flicks and illustrate their cultural significance. A second part focuses on eight directors whose personal visions helped shape the genre - from early pioneers like Tod Browning and Alfred Hitchcock to modern masters like John Carpenter and Wes Craven.

The Evolution of the American Horror Film

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Tom McLoughlin

Tom McLoughlin's reel life began in 1957 at the age of seven, making 8mm movies in the back lots of MGM studios. He was a magician during the 1950s, a Rock musician in the 1960s (opening for groups such as The Doors), a mime in the 1970s (studying in Paris with Marcel Marceau), and an Emmy Award-nominated writer for his work with Dick Van Dyke & Company. In the 1980s, Tom fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a filmmaker. He has directed more than forty feature film and television projects, including Friday the 13th: Jason Lives and the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated miniseries In a Child's Name. Today he continues to pursue his eclectic passions, touring worldwide as the lead singer of the Rock band The Sloths while preparing for postmortem appearances at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. This is the behind-the-scenes story of the strange business of creative obsession . . . and one man's strange idea of entertainment.

Conversations with Tom Mcloughlin

A Strange Idea of Entertainment

For well more than a century, Western films have embodied the United States' most fundamental doctrine--expansionism--and depicted, in a uniquely American way, the archetypal battle between good and evil. Westerns also depict a country defined and re-defined by complex crises. World War II transformed the genre as well as the nation's identity. Since then, Hollywood filmmakers have been fighting America's ideological wars onscreen by translating modern-day politics into the timeless mythology of the Old West. This book surveys the most iconic and influential Westerns, examines Hollywood stars and their political stripes and reveals the familiar Westerns tropes--which became elements in popular action, science fiction and horror films. This then sets the stage for the Western revival of the 1990s and a period of reinvention in the 21st century.

The Many Lives of the Western Film

The Quick, the Dead and the Revived

In rural Colorado, four warriors unleash a deadly curse as revenge for the disturbance of their burial grounds, and the self-destructive Seven George holds the town's fate in his hands.

To Hell You Ride

"Eliot remains one of the world's most celebrated 20th century poets. He is often cited as an authority on modern art, philosophy, and religion, despite that his words are cited in an overwhelming variety of conflicting contexts. This survey covers the poet's spiritual and intellectual evolution in stages, by trying to see the world as Eliot did"--Provided by publisher.

A Study of the Literary Influences

The Making of T.S. Eliot

Stephen King's fiction has formed the basis of more motion picture adaptations than any other living author. Over half a century since his earliest publications, Hollywood filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake, and reboot King's stories, with mixed results. This book, volume 1 in a series, examines the various screen adaptations of King's first three novels: Carrie, Salem's Lot, and The Shining. Reaching further than questions of fidelity to the author and adherence to directorial visions, it charts the development of each individual adaptation from first option to final cut. Through old and new interviews with the writers, producers, and directors of these films--as well as in-depth analyses of produced and unproduced screenplays--it illuminates the adaptation process as an intricately collaborative endeavor. Rather than merely synopsize the resulting stories, its goal is to compare, contrast, and contextualize each of these adaptations as the products of their creators.

Volume 1, Carrie, 'Salem's Lot and The Shining from Novel to Screenplay

What’s weighing on Americans? Look to horror movies for your answer—they’re one of the best measures of the American consciousness. From an early fascination with the Gothic, to the mutant horrors of the Atomic Age and alien enemies of the Cold War, to the inner demons of the psyche and the American Dream turned nightmare, the history of American horror films is a reflection of changing American cultural attitudes and values—and the fears that accompany them. This survey of the pivotal horror films produced in America examines the history of the genre as a reflection of cultural changes in the United States. It begins with an exploration of the origins of the genre, and follows its development until the present, using various films to document the evolution of Hollywood horror flicks and illustrate their cultural significance. The second part focuses on eight pivotal directors whose personal visions helped shape the genre—from early pioneers like Tod Browning and Alfred Hitchcock, to modern masters like John Carpenter and Wes Craven. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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