Movie Monsters: Great Horror Film Stories ed. Peter Haining (Severn House, May 1988, 0-7278-1546-6, £10.95, 282pp, hc, an, cover by John Costelloe)
Anthology of stories that were the basis of classic horror films.
- 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 3 · Inviting Frankenstein Into the Parlour · Ray Bradbury · ar Argosy December 1974, as “Boris, Bela and Me”
- 8 · Balaoo—The Demon Baboon · Gaston Leroux; translated by Alexander T. DeMattos · ex from Balaoo, Hurst & Blackett, 1913
- 32 · The Golem · Chayim Bloch · ss (r)
translated from the German (“Der Golem”, Oesterreichischen Wochenschrift, 1914).
- 52 · The Beetle · Richard Marsh · ex Skeffington, 1897
- 65 · The Mummy · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1890, as “The Ring of Thoth”, uncredited.
- 84 · King Kong · Edgar Wallace & Draycot M. Dell · ss Cinema Weekly October 28 1933
- 101 · The Bride of Frankenstein · Guy Preston · nv Pearson’s Weekly September 28 1935 (+2); given as by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley & Guy Preston.
- 132 · Dracula’s Daughter [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914, as “Dracula’s Guest”
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
- 146 · The War of the Worlds [War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · n. Heinemann, 1898; condensed by the author (The Strand Magazine, February 1920).
- 159 · The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1951
- 169 · The Night of the Demon · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911, as “Casting the Runes”
- 192 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957
- 223 · The Thing · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as ““Who Goes There?”” by Don A. Stuart
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