For Fans of the 30s/40s Horror Films
I'm a huge fan of the monster movies from the 30s/40s. I grew up watching them when they came to tv in 1957.
There's been so many books about these films and the actors over the decades, it's incredible.
To list every title would be exhausting, but I wanted to share several that I have read over the last few years.
In no particular order....
By author Bill Fleck
Bela's Monster: Lugosi, the Monster, and
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.
Chaney's Audition: Man Made Monster and the Thorny Walk to The Wolf Man.
Chantey's Baby: Lon Jr, The Wolf Man, 1948, and the End of a Dream.
By author Christopher Lock
Bride of Frankenstein: The Definitive History of the Horror Classic.
The Invisible Man: The Complete History of the 1933 Horror Classic.
The Wolf Man: The Complete History of the 1941 Horror Classic.
Jack Pierce Hollywood's Makeup Master.
By author Gregory William Mank
Women In Horror Films, 1930s.
Women In Horror Films, 1940s.
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, the Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration.
The Mummy's Curse/Universal Filmscript Series -Classic Horror Volume 11.
By author/editor Tom Weaver
Scripts From the Crypt collection #4, Bride of the Monster (by Gary D. Rhodes and Tom Weaver).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #6,
Dracula's Daughter (by Gary D. Rhodes and Tom Weaver).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #9,
Son of Dracula (by Gary D. Rhodes, Tom Weaver, Dr. Robert J. Kiss, Robert Guffey).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #10,
The Brute Man (by Scott Gallinghouse, Tom Weaver, Dr. Robert J. Kiss, George Chastain, David Colton, Andrew J. Fenady,
Gary D. Rhodes).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #13,
The Mummy's Hand (Tom Weaver, Laura Wagner, Gary D. Rhodes, Gregory W. Mank,
Rich Scrivani, Bob Koster, Frank Dello Stritto).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #14,
The Mummy's Tomb (Tom Weaver, Laura Wagner, Rich Scrivani, Fred Olen Ray, Gary L. Orange).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #15,
The Mummy's Ghost (Gregory W. Mank, Tom Weaver, Laura Wagner, Frank Dello Stritto, Bryan Senn, Larry Blamire, Alan Rode).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #16,
The Ghost of Frankenstein (Gregory W. Mank, Tom Weaver, Bill Cooke, Roger Hurlburt, Frank Dello Stritto).
By author Thomas M. Feramisco
The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room Floor.
By author Stephen Jacobs
The Karloff Compendium.
By authors David Skal and Elias Savada
Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre.
By authors Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, John Brunas
Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films 1931-1946. Second Edition Updated with additional information and photos.
My hope is that you will enjoy reading these books as much as I have.
There's been so many books about these films and the actors over the decades, it's incredible.
To list every title would be exhausting, but I wanted to share several that I have read over the last few years.
In no particular order....
By author Bill Fleck
Bela's Monster: Lugosi, the Monster, and
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.
Chaney's Audition: Man Made Monster and the Thorny Walk to The Wolf Man.
Chantey's Baby: Lon Jr, The Wolf Man, 1948, and the End of a Dream.
By author Christopher Lock
Bride of Frankenstein: The Definitive History of the Horror Classic.
The Invisible Man: The Complete History of the 1933 Horror Classic.
The Wolf Man: The Complete History of the 1941 Horror Classic.
Jack Pierce Hollywood's Makeup Master.
By author Gregory William Mank
Women In Horror Films, 1930s.
Women In Horror Films, 1940s.
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, the Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration.
The Mummy's Curse/Universal Filmscript Series -Classic Horror Volume 11.
By author/editor Tom Weaver
Scripts From the Crypt collection #4, Bride of the Monster (by Gary D. Rhodes and Tom Weaver).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #6,
Dracula's Daughter (by Gary D. Rhodes and Tom Weaver).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #9,
Son of Dracula (by Gary D. Rhodes, Tom Weaver, Dr. Robert J. Kiss, Robert Guffey).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #10,
The Brute Man (by Scott Gallinghouse, Tom Weaver, Dr. Robert J. Kiss, George Chastain, David Colton, Andrew J. Fenady,
Gary D. Rhodes).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #13,
The Mummy's Hand (Tom Weaver, Laura Wagner, Gary D. Rhodes, Gregory W. Mank,
Rich Scrivani, Bob Koster, Frank Dello Stritto).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #14,
The Mummy's Tomb (Tom Weaver, Laura Wagner, Rich Scrivani, Fred Olen Ray, Gary L. Orange).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #15,
The Mummy's Ghost (Gregory W. Mank, Tom Weaver, Laura Wagner, Frank Dello Stritto, Bryan Senn, Larry Blamire, Alan Rode).
Scripts From the Crypt collection #16,
The Ghost of Frankenstein (Gregory W. Mank, Tom Weaver, Bill Cooke, Roger Hurlburt, Frank Dello Stritto).
By author Thomas M. Feramisco
The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room Floor.
By author Stephen Jacobs
The Karloff Compendium.
By authors David Skal and Elias Savada
Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre.
By authors Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, John Brunas
Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films 1931-1946. Second Edition Updated with additional information and photos.
My hope is that you will enjoy reading these books as much as I have.
