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Science fiction confidential : interviews with 23 monster stars and filmmakers / Tom Weaver.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.S26 W4585 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weaver, Tom, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction films--United States--History and criticism.
- Science fiction films.
- United States.
- Horror films--United States--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Interviews.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Interviews.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2002]
- Summary:
- David Hedison, who plays a tiny human-headed insect menaced by a spider at the climax of the SF classic The Fly (1958), says the moviemakers spoiled the scene by giving him a squeaky voice. "Imagine if, as the camera moved in closer, you actually heard me screeeeaming for my life, " the actor rhapsodizes. "That is horror. THAT is horror." In Tom Weavers eighth interview book, Hedison--and 22 other moviemakers--talk about their horror and science fiction movie experiences as part of such films and TV series as The Blob, It Came from Outer Space, Tarzan the Ape Man, Star Trek, The Wild Wild West, Somewhere in Time, The Devil Bat, and Forbidden Planet. Among those interviewed are Dan OHerlihy, Eve Brent, Kate Phillips, John Alvin, Anthony Cardoza, Tod Griffin, Alex and Richard Gordon, Denny Miller, Andrey Dalton, Suzanne Kaaren, and Warren Stevens. Full credits are provided for the actors, actresses, and producers.
- Contents:
- John Alvin 1
- John D.F. Black on The Unearthly 15
- Eve Brent 24
- Anthony Cardoza on The Beast of Yucca Flats 37
- Audrey Dalton 47
- Phoebe Dorin 59
- Russ Doughten 79
- Elaine DuPont 99
- Robert Ellenstein 110
- Alex Gordon on The She-Creature 122
- Richard Gordon on Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 144
- Tod Griffin 153
- David Hedison 167
- Kathleen Hughes 186
- Suzanne Kaaren 197
- Denny Miller 207
- Dan O'Herlihy 220
- Kate Phillips 234
- Kasey Rogers 247
- Jacqueline Scott 263
- Warren Stevens 277
- Lyn Thomas 287
- Darlene Tompkins 296.
- Notes:
- Includes filmographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786411759
- OCLC:
- 48468829
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