THE MAKING OF HITCHCOCK’S THE BIRDS
This book is most certainly, as a cover blurb proclaims, “The Definitive Production History of THE BIRDS”
MAKING FRIDAY THE 13th
The first of two thick books on the FRIDAY THE 13th film series. I haven’t read the 2006 coffee table hardcover CRYSTAL LAKE MEMORIES, but can’t imagine it’s much better than David Grove’s MAKING FRIDAY THE 13th
THE GHASTLY ONE
This book, one of the more fascinating and unorthodox moviemaker bios I’ve read, has already garnered praise from seemingly every media outlet in the universe. I’ll be adding to that praise.
BATMAN: THE COMPLETE HISTORY
This 1999 publication is obviously a bit out of date, but is otherwise an admirably exhaustive recounting of the exploits of the Caped Crusader, a.k.a. Batman
INSIDE
For once you can believe the hype: this film, easily the most talked-about genre item in recent memory, is a groundbreaking masterpiece of shock and suspense
I MELT WITH YOU
Nobody, it seems, much liked this star-studded indie about four men succumbing to disillusionment and death in a scenic California locale, but it’s not without worth
THE NIGHT STRANGLER
The sequel to 1972’s legendary TV movie THE NIGHT STALKER by that film’s principals: lead actor Darren McGavin, screenwriter Richard Matheson and producer Dan Curtis
THE NAMELESS
One of the most effective horror movies of recent years, adapted from a Ramsey Campbell novel by the debuting Spanish filmmaker Jaume Balaguero
HIDER IN THE HOUSE
A straight-to-video 1980s thriller that holds up better than expected
On THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
If you are not nutty now, you may be after reading this