Favorite books about monster movies

[geezer butler]

Two great additions to my collection. I highly recommend both:

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[Herr Hussmann]

Here's one I got plenty of source material from.

[geezer butler]

Picked this up today. I have the Top 100 Horror and Top 100 Sci-Fi books from the same series. They're fun books. As you can imagine, the Comic Book Movies list features plenty of fantasy and sci-fi superhero movies, but there's some horror represented too: (30 Days of Night, Swamp Thing, HellBoy, From Hell, Alien vs Predator, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, Blade).


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[GeekDragon]

Let's not forget Return of the Wolfman by Jeff Rovin and the 3 Famous Monsters of filmland paperbacks.

[Dr. Acula]

One of my personal treasures: the Easton Press leatherbound edition of Mallory's Monsters.

[Mike Scott]

One of my personal treasures: the Easton Press leatherbound edition of Mallory's Monsters.

Ooo! I didn't know there was one. Nice!

[Sir Masksalot]

There are some terror-ific titles in this thread but I'm very surprised
that no one has yet mentioned Denis Gifford's Movie Monsters,
a little paperback from the late 1960s. The text is arranged by type
of monster over twelve chapters: vampires, werewolves, mummies,
zombies, et al; covering the literary origins of each and cinematic
interpretations from silent era through Hammer and beyond.
Photographs, even from contemporary titles, are all in black&white
which Mr GIfford considers "the ideal medium for the horror film".
Who could possibly dispute that?

My only complaint is his omission of "Creature from the Black Lagoon";
not one single mention ... and in a book about movie monsters with
a green cover!

There's a filmography at the end, classified under chapter titles,
which lists silent era versions produced before 1920. Gawd, if there
was ever an improbable film festival mounted of all these lost movies,
I'd travel anywhere in the world to attend!

I've had my copy of Movie Monsters since boyhood and regard it as vital
to any monsterkid library. The chapters are brief and can each be consumed
in one sitting ... which, of course, makes this the perfect bathroom reader 

[BigShadow]

Wow, I've never seen the Movie Monsters (1969) book before. eBay has a few, varying in price. I'm going to wait until this summer's Monster Bash to see if anyone has it there. Need to check my collection first and make sure I don't already have it, hehehe

[Hepcat]

Two great additions to my collection. I highly recommend both:

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Picked this up today. I have the Top 100 Horror and Top 100 Sci-Fi books from the same series. They're fun books. As you can imagine, the Comic Book Movies list features plenty of fantasy and sci-fi superhero movies, but there's some horror represented too: (30 Days of Night, Swamp Thing, HellBoy, From Hell, Alien vs Predator, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, Blade).


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Those are two books that now badly require updated revised editions!

[BigShadow]

The Godzilla book is fantastic but definitely needs an update. I had the 100 horror, sci-fi, and fantasy books, respectively, but have never seen the superhero one.

[fearliath]

One of my personal treasures: the Easton Press leatherbound edition of Mallory's Monsters.

I have well over a thousand Easton Press books and I had no idea this one existed. It also seems to be currently unavailable for sale at any aftermarket retailer.

Update: Found and purchased from a seller who had the listing mislabeled.