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A crash course in horror movie history
Dreaming of Nightmares is a concise horror movie history guide, covering the development of horror movies from their silent beginnings to the effects-laden shockers of today.
Illustrated throughout with high quality stills and posters, this stylish publication is perfect for anyone with even a passing interest in horror movie history. There are familiar faces in the shape of Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and the Phantom of the Opera, but we also explore the stories that unfolded behind the scenes, looking at the context in which our beloved classics were made.
Studio politics, the big names and – of course – so many of those movies that shaped the genre we love; there’s a wealth of information here, all accompanied with stills and poster art to bring the story to life as we head from Universal’s golden age to the new worlds of science fiction, Roger Corman’s take on Edgar Allan Poe, Hammer’s new age of gore, Amicus’ portmanteau classics, and the modern age of slashers.
Each chapter of Dreaming of Nightmares covers a different era in horror movie history, making it great to dip in and out of. Whatever period of horror moviemaking is your favourite, you’re sure to find a wealth of nostalgia in here. Each page offers a fresh burst of nostalgia that immerses you in the character of each age of horror, and as you’d expect from a Classic Monsters publication, it’s all produced to the highest standard on quality paper stock and rich full colour printing.
Inside you’ll find:
- A whistle-stop tour of horror movie history taking in the key movies, stars and studios from each age of horror filmmaking
- Chic, elegant full-colour design, with full-colour stills and posters throughout
- The quality research and journalism that’s the hallmark of Classic Monsters
- An intriguing look at the development of the horror movie genre
- An additional feature-length chapter not included in the PDF edition
Dreaming of Nightmares is the ideal companion to your movie collection, shining a gore-geous spotlight on horror movie history throughout the decades.
Magazine specification:
- 36 pages
- A4
- Full colour throughout
- Luxury gloss cover
Nathan Blanchard, Minnesota, US –
Really enjoy the magazine a lot, as well as the guides.
Paul Freeman, Essex, UK –
Thanks so much for the Dreaming of Nightmares Guide, I also received the Ultimate Guide to Dracula last week, I really look forward to the superb writing, and beautiful presentations of these magazines and Ultimate Guides. well done to Nige Burton, and Jamie Jones, and all the other people involved in this amazing publication of Classic Monsters of the Movies.
I look forward to receiving Dracula Prince of Darkness, and Classic Monsters, issue number 5. I ordered The Mummy last week, I am really looking forward to that as well. Thanks once again, for producing a magazine, that is of very high quality, and presented to such a high standard that the fans enjoy. I mention this magazine to lots of people, and I get overwhelmed by the quality, and enthusiasm involved by the authors.
I can’t wait for more Classic Monsters of the Movies.
Hugh Blair, County Antrim, Northern Ireland –
Your wonderful Classic Monsters collection is great and brings back many memories for me(I’m 64) I remember staying in the cinema all day watching the Hammer films when they showed them as a double and at one time a triple bill(Those were the days) There was one cinema that showed all the universal Frankenstein films all week then followed the next week with the Dracula films, Wolfman, and the Mummy films. Thanks to Blu Ray I can see almost all of these great films in their glory, And thanks to you all for bringing out this wonderful collection I now know everything about these films. I hope you will continue to add more films to your collection(I hope to get them all,if I can) My greatest actors are Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, Boris Karloff(William Henry Pratt), Peter Wilton Cushing, Vincent Leonard Price, Jr., John Christopher Depp II(Johnny Depp), Donald Pleasence, and the great Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko, better known as- Bela Lugosi.