Forgotten Horrors 2: Beyond the Horror Ban

Forgotten Horrors

by Michael H. Price (Contributor), George E. Turner

Welcome to the Forgotten Horrors cinematic world of weird mysteries and patent oddities, if not outright chillers, from low-rent, independent, North American filmmaking companies. Hold on to your hats as we cover gems such as: The Lion Man; Thunderbolt; The Leavenworth Case; Prison Shadows; Kliou (The Tiger); Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island; African Holiday; Blake of Scotland Yard; Larceny on the Air; The Devil Diamond; Hit the Saddle; The Girl from Scotland Yard; It Happened Out West; Killers of the Sea; Angkor, or Forbidden Adventure; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; The 13th Man; Rod La Rocque's "Shadow"; Shadows of the Orient; Outlaws of the Orient; S O S Coast Guard; Sky Racket; Special Agent K-7; Safari on Wheels; Love Life of a Gorilla; Telephone Operator; Orphan of the Pecos; Wolves of the Sea; The Black Doll; Hollywood Stadium Mystery; Forbidden Adventure; Fury Below; The Adventures of Chico; Zamboanga; Life Returns; Durango Valley Raiders; It Happened in Chicago; The Night Hawk; The Karloff "Mr. Wong" Pictures; Shadows over Shanghai; Titans of the Deep; Mystery Plane; The Mystic Circle Murders; S.O.S.—Tidal Wave; Death Goes North; Daughter of the Tong; Adventures of the Masked Phantom; Torture Ship; Hitler—Beast of Berlin; The Devil's Daughter; The Invisible Killer; Son of Ingagi; Phantom Rancher; Drums of Fu Manchu; Sky Bandits; On the Spot; The Leopard Men of Africa; Haunted House; Billy the Kid Outlawed; The Ranger and the Lady; The Ape; Midnight Shadow; Phantom of Chinatown; The Devil Bat; The Blood of Jesus; The Lone Rider Rides On; You're Out of Luck; The Great Train Robbery; The Forgotten Village; Mr. District Attorney; City of Missing Girls; Adventures of Captain Marvel; Federal Fugitives; Bride of Buddha; Invisible Ghost; King of the Zombies; The Shark Woman; The Gang's All Here; Murder by Invitation; Criminals Within; Up Jumped the Devil; Saddle Mountain Roundup; Mercy Island; Jungle Man; Spooks Run Wild; The Devil Pays Off; I Killed That Man; Four Shall Die; Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case; Private Snuffy Smith; Law of the Jungle; Lucky Ghost; Professor Creeps; Black Dragons; The Man with Two Lives; Spy Smasher; House of Errors; The Panther's Claw; Home in Wyomin'; The Corpse Vanishes; The Mad Monster; Jungle Siren; Tomorrow We Live; Phantom Killer; The Devil with Hitler; Criminal Investigator; Bowery at Midnight; Outlaws of Boulder Pass; Hitler—Dead or Alive; Valley of Hunted Men; The Living Ghost; Secrets of the Underground

Genres: Horror

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

In 1987, writer-guitarist Josh Alan Friedman sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads (the Crossroads of the World--Broadway & 42nd Street) and moved to Texas. Hed just written Tales of Times Square, a cult classic. An Expanded Edition with new chapters was recently released, while the still-unfinished movie of Tales has played 35 film festivals.

Joshs latest book is Black Cracker, the story of his tumultuous childhood as the only white boy at Long Island's last segregated school. In 2008: Tell the Truth Until They Bleed: Coming Clean in the Dirty World of Blues and Rock 'n' Roll. Before that: When Sex Was Dirty; I, Goldstein: My Screwed Life (with Al Goldstein); Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern (co-editor).

Josh also set off satirical fires and lawsuits as writer-half of the Friedman Bros, the most feared cartooning duo of the late '70s and '80s. Two anthologies remain in print, featuring the art of Josh's brother, Drew Friedman: Warts and All and Any Similarity to Persons Living Or Dead Is Purely Coincidental.

On the music front, as Josh Alan, he barnstormed the state of Texas for 20 years, rocking whole arenas with his Guild D-40. Copping three Dallas Observer Music Awards for Best Acoustic Act, he released four albums: Famous & Poor, The Worst!, Blacks 'n' Jews (the title of which became a documentary on Joshs life) and Josh Alan Band."

Reviews

[Joe Blow · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love both of these books, great movie posters, stills and behind the scene information. The only distressing about this book is most of these films, they seem impossible to find.