Republic Horrors: The Serial Studio's Chillers

by Brian McFadden

Most film fans are familiar with the horror classics released by Universal, the subtle chillers turned out for RKO by Val Lewton’s B-picture unit, Columbia’s “Mad Doctor” series with Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi’s less impressive poverty row films for Monogram and PRC. But very few have had the opportunity to view the horror offerings from a studio better known for its serials than its scares. Republic, whose chapter plays and westerns are widely available to this day, actually produced some first-rate horror films in the forties which have remained largely unseen for over fifty years. Author Brian McFadden brings these long lost genre offerings from “The Little Studio in the Valley” to life, complete with the circumstances surrounding their production and fascinating details about the people both in front of and behind the cameras. So sit back, relax and enjoy the “Best Horror Pictures You’ve Probably Never Seen” from “The Serial Studio, Republic!”

278 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 23, 2014