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Author:   Scott Drebit
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9781476691954

ISBN 10:   1476691959
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments deleteix Preface Festival One: The Animal Killdom Willard (1971) 4 • Ben (1972) 7 • Grizzly (1976) 10 • Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) 13 • Piranha (1978) 17 Festival Two: Those Darn Kids! The Bad Seed (1956) 21 • Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) 24 • Who Can Kill a Child? aka Island of the Damned (1976) 28 • The Children (1980) 31 • The Pit (1981) 33 Festival Three: The Blood on Satan's B-Roll The Devil Rides Out (1968) 38 • Race with the Devil (1975) 41 • The Devil's Rain (1975) 44 • The Sentinel (1977) 47 • Fear No Evil (1981) 50 Festival Four: Chop Chop Till You Drop Strait-Jacket (1964) 56 • Popcorn (1991) 58 • Just Before Dawn (1981) 62 • 10 to Midnight (1983) 65 • Pieces (1982) 69 Festival Five: Any Portmanteau in a Storm The House That Dripped Blood (1971) 73 • Vault of Horror (1973) 76 • Asylum (1972) 79 • From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) 82 • Creepshow (1982) 86 Festival Six: Terror in Technotown The Fly (1958) 91 • Westworld (1973) 94 • Demon Seed (1977) 97 • Evilspeak (1981) 101 • Videodrome (1983) 104 Festival Seven: Back Bacon Bloodbath My Bloody Valentine (1981) 108 • The Brood (1979) 112 • Of Unknown Origin (1983) 115 • Spasms (1983) 118 • Curtains (1983) 121 Festival Eight: If You're Undead and You Know It, Clap Your Hand The Plague of the Zombies (1966) 126 • Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972) 129 • The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974) 132 • Zombie (1979) 135 • Burial Ground (1981) 140 Festival Nine: What the Film The Baby (1973) 144 • Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 147 • Eaten Alive (1976) 151 • Hollywood Meatcleaver Massacre (1976) 154 • The Manitou (1978) 158 Festival Ten: Duct Tape and Stardust Invaders from Mars (1953) 164 • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) 167 • Fiend Without a Face (1958) 170 • Basket Case (1982) 173 • Things (1989) 176 Festival Eleven: Potluck of Horror The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) 181 • The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) 184 • Messiah of Evil (1973) 188 • The Bees (1978) 191 • Prince of Darkness (1987) 194 Festival Twelve: Around the Weird in a Day Blood and Black Lace (1964) 200 • Quatermass and the Pit (1967) 203 • Viy (1967) 207 • Evil Dead Trap (1988) 209 • Santa Sangre (1989) 212 The Past, Present and Future of Horror: Or, How to Hit Your Word Count and Close Out the Book Index

Reviews

"Scott Drebit has seen his share of horror films and he's been writing about them for years. Now he's updated his musings into book form, analyzing so-called Golden Age horrors from the '50s through the '80s in the form of mini-festivals of related genre titles, many familiar, some obscure. It's a handy guide to what's out there and what you may have missed. His insights are concise, witty and always intensely personal—like having a conversation with a like-minded Monster Kid. He even has a kind word for Plan 9 from Outer Space! A Cut Below is A Cut Above.""—Joe Dante, director (Piranha, Gremlins, Matinee) ""Willard was one of the best experiences of my life except for the final shot they saved till the last day when they smeared me with peanut butter and dumped 300 rats on me. Ah…the days before CGI! I LOVE this book! Such memories of a lost era.""—Bruce Davison, actor (Willard, X-Men, The Lords of Salem) ""A Cut Below is a love letter to a genre once considered a guilty pleasure, now graduated into the mainstream. Scott Drebit sure knows his stuff. His essay on my friend and mentor George Romero and his classic film, Creepshow, is bloody damn accurate. I should know. I was there!""—John Harrison, writer/director (Tales From the Darkside: The Movie, Book of Blood, Dune) ""Whether you're a lifelong horror cinephile or are just starting your journey into the genre, Scott Drebit's A Cut Below is required reading that will have you looking at these films in a different light and programming some all-night horror movie marathons of your own!""—Jonathan James, founder and editor-in-chief, Daily Dead ""Scott Drebit has painstakingly curated every chop, cudgel, gnash and slash for an entire year's worth of terror in this all-encompassing look at horror movie classics. Dim the lights, pop some popcorn, and crack open A Cut Below...Your next nightmare is waiting.""—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of (Ghost Eaters and The Remaking)"

Author Information

Scott Drebit is the senior columnist for the Daily Dead website, a leading publisher of online horror news and reviews. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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