FEMME FATALES MAGAZINE #12 ! OUT OF PRINT. HARD TO FIND COLLECTOR'S ITEM COVERING THE WORLD OF SEXY B-MOVIE ACTRESSES AND HORROR FILMS!
James Bond's femmes: Bonding together in The World Is Not Enough, Denise Richards & sultry Sophie Marceau discuss their roles in the 007 epic.
Heather's nightmares: Heather Langenkamp recalls Wes Craven & Freddy - and admits that living on Elm Street was both, a sweet dream & a nightmare.
Stuart Gordon: Re-Animated: Heads up! The horrormeister (and Disney operative), who re-animated the genre, raps about violence, pigeonholing, Full Moon, dolls and his favorite femmes fatales.
Barbara Crampton: Re-Animated: Bidding adieu to doaps, the daytime TV/horror movie veteran may slip behind-the-scenes for her sci-fi venue. But she may initially reunite with her Re-Animator director.
The devil and Winona Ryder: Meg Ryan co-produces Lost Souls, a supernatural saga about Satan, spiritual restoration, substantive women's roles.
Will Ryder and Co. exorcise cliches from the genre?
Rebecca Ferrati: Undercovered: The FF19 cover woman has been decorative in films ranging 'A' to 'B' (Embrace of the Vampire) but she claims there's nothing very pretty about a white slavery 'scandal.'
Castle returns to Haunted Hill: The daughter of William Castle, legendary filmmaker/huckster, is engaged as co-producer on a remake of her dad's gimmicky 1958 B-classic, House of Haunted Hill.
Dana Wynter & Body Snatchers: The beautiful Brit actress pops open a Pandora's Box of the '50s & '60s: reflections of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Vincenrt Price and TV's scariest sixty minutes.
Kari Skogland: A female director's forum on violence: Le Femme Nikita, her compromise on The Crow TV series and a twist on the latest Children of the Corn movie.
Screams and Nightmares: The Films of Wes Craven (SOFTCOVER) by Brian Robb
HUGE BOOK!
Until Scream (1996), director Craven's mainstream fame rested on the seven Nightmare on Elm Street films, whose level of invention and effects elevated them above the Halloween and Friday the 13th slasher series. Through personal interviews, secondary sources, and a wealth of photos, film-idol biographer Robb provides a sometimes worshipful picture of the Ohio-born, Fundamentalist-raised director. We witness a progression from low-budget shockers Last House on the Left (1972) and The Hills Have Eyes (1977) to the better-funded and -crafted The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), The People Under the Stairs (1991), and Vampire in Brooklyn (1995). Welcome attention is given the unsuccessful but enjoyable Swamp Thing (1982), although Robb forgets to discuss its lead character when examining a hallmark of Craven's work: the resourceful heroine. Just as shocking as Craven's subject matter is Robb's portrayal of how the Motion Picture Association of America sanitizes horror films.
Robb scans Craven's film work from the seminal Last House on the Left (1972) to Scream 2 (1997). Featuring stills from cult favorites (e.g., The Hills Have Eyes) as well as Craven's more mainstream hits and sporting a reasonably detailed filmography, the book is essentially what the fans have wanted. One chapter is lavished on the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series, though Craven was not directly involved in any episode after Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). Craven's ability to consistently craft box-office hits has guaranteed him ever larger budgets, despite which his features have retained their ooky charm. Robb is unremittingly positive about Craven, without sacrificing biographical value in tantalizing tidbits, such as that Craven's childhood was spent in a "deeply religious working class Baptist family," that give heart to amateur Freudians and other analysts. Based on interviews with Craven and the reporting of such genre-specific journals as Cinefantastique, GoreZone, and the always entertaining Fangoria, Robb's concoction is entertaining and informative about a recognized cinematic auteur.
Book Description Writer, producer, and director Wes Craven has successfully tapped into the horror vein for over thirty years, serving up scary, funny, hip thrillers that demand a second look. His films have been both critical and commercial successes, most notably Nightmare on Elm Street, which spawned a series of sequels and made Craven (and his creation, Freddy Krueger) an international sensation. But Craven's films have also become classics in a field that he continues to reinvent--the horror genre is still reeling from the impact of his most recent project, the brilliant Scream series.
With Screams and Nightmares, author Brian J. Robb covers Craven's entire career, from his low-budget beginnings to his most recent box office hits, from the banned thriller The Last House on the Left and the cult classic The Hills Have Eyes to the outrageous Shocker and The People Under the Stairs. Through exclusive interviews with Craven, Robb provides in-depth accounts of the making of each of the films--including the third installment of the Scream series--Craven's foray into writing novels, and his numerous television projects.
With a full filmography and more than 200 photographs, many from the director's own collection (including a detailed overview of Craven's television work), Screams and Nightmares is quite simply the only book of its kind. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author Brian J. Robb is a journalist and author of books on Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, River Phoenix, and Leonardo DiCaprio. He has been researching the films of Wes Craven for over ten years, and a majority of the material for this book came from his many interviews with the writer/director.
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET HORROR HILLS HAVE EYES! SCREAM
Item specifics - Nonfiction Books Author: Brian J. Robb Publisher: Overlook Pr ISBN-10: 1585670901 Subject: Performing Arts ISBN-13: 9781585670901 Topic: Movie & Television Format: Paperback Language: English Printing Year: 2000 Condition: Brand New Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated Detailed item info Synopsis This biography of filmmaker Wes Craven--creator of SCREAM and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET--chronicles his entire career and contains exclusive interviews that reveal his thoughts about his films, novels, and television projects.
Size Height: 10.8 in. Width: 8.3 in. Thickness: 0.5 in. Weight: 20.8 oz.
Industry reviews "Not for the squeamish, this is a treat for anyone interested in horror films, makeup and special effects." Alessio
New in Stock we have a few issues of NIGHTMARES ON ELM STREET, a full color painted comic book series published by INNOVATION COMICS back in 1991.
Although Marvel Comics was the first to publish a NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET comic book, as a black and white magazine in 1989, Innovation should be given credit for the sophistication of their comic book as well as the fact that it fit very well inside of the continuity of the movies (even Wes Craven's NEW NIGHTMARE, which came later)!
It was during this era that most comic books shifted from four color newsprint format that traditionally typified most "comic books" since it's introduction as disposable entertainment, to a much higher quality product that was sold to mostly adult readers and collectors through a direct market of Comic Book Specialty Stores.
Thus, Innovation Comics was able the create a comic book that captured the same kind of moody, violent, over-the-top horror that could be appreciated by the grown up fans of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movies!
The artwork for the first few issues were fully painted in a wonderfully expressive style by TONY HARRIS, who would be best known for co-creating the new STARMAN (Jack Knight) with JAMES ROBINSON for DC COMICS, and is currently drawing BRIAN K VAUGHN'S excellent superhero-turned-politician comic book EX MACHINA.
The story itself fits very neatly between NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD and FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE. This series reunites a number of familiar characters for one last battle with Freddy and tying up the loose ends before Freddy's Dead.
Nancy Thompson (from the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: THE DREAM WARRIORS) has become Freddy's equal in the dream world, and with the help of Neil Gordon, she plans to end Freddy's reigning nightmare. But, what are Freddy's plans with the newly arrived Jacob Johnson (the former DREAM CHILD) and his mother Alice (THE DREAM MASTER)? How does Springwood's new serial killer tie into all of this?
Also of interest are the dream sequences that suggest Freddy was also Jack the Ripper. Given the meta-fictional aspects of WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE, and Craven himself in the movie expressing how he feels like he was tapping into something older and more primal with the creation of Freddy, this aspect of the mythos is certainly intriguing.
This series sported some great painted covers.
The first issue contains a preview for the fully painted QUANTUM LEAP Comic Book series!
VINTAGE FIRST ISSUE COLLECTOR'S ITEM! PUBLISHED IN 1991.
Featuring Full Color Painted artwork printed on high quality paper! This comic is as gorey and frightening as the Nightmare Films themselves!
Nancy Thompson is still alive in the 'Beautiful Dream'. She has become Freddy's equal in the dream world, and with the help of Neil Gordon, she plans to end Freddy's reigning nightmare.
Prepare for the ultimate battle between good and evil as all your favorite characters reunite to battle the evil Freddy Krueger one last time - in his nightmare world. This was the official new story taking place in-between Nightmare 5 & Freddy's Dead. Reuniting the classic characters for one last battle with Freddy and tying up the loose ends before Freddy's Dead.
This is an extremely rare issue, published by INNOVATION COMICS.
Highly sought after.
OUT OF PRINT! Impossible to find!
This item was never sold in any mass market retail outlets. It was only available to purchase through comic book specialty shops.
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