Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies

by William Schoell

Book Overview

This work offers a critical, colorful and informative examination of different types of monster movies, spanning the silent period to today. Chapter One focuses on dragons, dinosaurs, and other scaly giants from films like 1953's The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, an impressive stop-motion production that ushered in a new era of atomic-spawned monster films. Chapter Two examines "big bug" flicks, beginning with 1954's giant ant-infested Them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786495626
• ISBN13: 9780786495627
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher