Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition

Forgotten Horrors

by George E. Turner, Michael H. Price

Join film historians George E. Turner and Michael H. Price as they turn back the curtain of obscurity and peer into Hollywood's Forgotten Horrors.Turner and Price do their best to expose Grim Reapers such as Ghosts, Phantoms, Jungle Manglers and Old-fashioned Murderers as they examine Cinematic Horrors from 1929 through 1937. This is the long awaited update to their ground-breaking original edition.

320 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 1999

About the author

A former editor of American Cinematographer, George Turner has also worked as a production illustrator and special effects artist in films and television. Prior to those experiences, he was a newspaperman in Texas. A graduate of West Texas State University, he attended the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Art, and took private classes with Ramon Froman, Ben Mead, Stefan Kramar, Bud Biggs and Gerry Pearce. He has written and illustrated numerous books, including The Making of King Kong (with Orville Goldner), Forgotten Horrors (with Michael Price), Murder in the Palo Duro, Panhandle Portrait and Secrets of Billy the Kid. His stories, articles, cartoons, and illustrations have appeared in many magazines. His film credits include Ray Bradbury's Infinite Horizons, One from the Heart, Outland, Zorro and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.

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.

[Greg Trout · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indispensible.