Fantastic Cinema Subject Guide: A Topical Index to 2500 Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films

ISBN-10: 089950681X
ISBN-13: 9780899506814
Category: Performing Arts / Film / General
Pages: 682
Language: English
Published: 1992
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Authors: John Johnson, Bryan Senn

Description

About 2,500 genre films are entered under more than 100 subject headings, ranging from abominable snowmen through dreamkillers, rats, and time travel, to zombies, with a brief essay on each topic: development, highlights, and trends. Each film entry shows year of release, distribution company, country of origin, director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, cast credits, plot synopsis and critical commentary.

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