Attack of the Monster Movie Makers

Twenty horror and science fiction moviemakers—both in front of and behind the camera—reminisce about some of their great (and not so great!) films. Merry Anders, Charles Bennett, Ben Chapman, Herman Cohen, Robert Day, Val Guest, Susan Hart, Candace Hilligoss, Rose Hobart, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Jacques Marquette, Cameron Mitchell, Ed Nelson, William Phipps, Vincent Price, Ann Robinson, Herbert Rudley, Harry Spalding, Kenneth Tobey, and Lupita Tovar reflect on their work in such movies as Berserk, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Cat-Women of the Moon and many others.

Tom Weaver lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and has been interviewing moviemakers since the early 1980s. The New York Times called him one of the leading scholars in the horror field and USA Today has described him as the king of the monster hunters. Classic Images called him “the best interviewer we have today.” He is a frequent contributor to numerous film magazines and has been featured in the prestigious Best American Movie Writing. A frequent DVD audio commentator, he is the author of numerous reference and other nonfiction books about American popular culture.

Tom Weaver
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 396
Bibliographic Info: 109 photos, filmographies, index
Copyright Date: 2014 [1994]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-9574-0
eISBN: 978-1-4766-1685-8
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi

Merry Anders 1

Charles Bennett 17
Ben Chapman 31
Herman Cohen 45
Robert Day 85
Val Guest 99
Susan Hart 127
Candace Hilligoss 145
Rose Hobart 157
Betsy Jones-Moreland 175
Jacques Marquette 195
Cameron Mitchell 209
Ed Nelson 229
William Phipps 249
Vincent Price 267
Ann Robinson 289
Herbert Rudley 309
Harry Spalding 319
Kenneth Tobey 339
Lupita Tovar 357

Index 367

“highly recommend”—New York Daily News; “Weaver is a master at the interview technique”—Midnight Marquee; “Tom Weaver has enjoyed a lengthy career writing about the horror genre through his reference guides and countless magazine contributions. His interviews are thorough and informative but presented conversationally, as though he is simply visiting with an old friend. Weaver expertly guides the talk in a way that allows him to ask his questions in an informal manner, and likely he received a more detailed answer than if he had approached the subject as a journalist would”—horrortalk.com; “Weaver’s books are sheer delight”—Cult Movies; “like all the rest (and future) Weaver books Attack is an excellent addition to any cool film library”—Fatal Visions; “[the] anecdotes are frank and revealing”—Video Watchdog; “Tom Weaver is the king of film historians”—Starlog; “valuable”—Classic Images; “well written and interesting…fascinating and insightful interviews…fascinating…the interviews are all interesting and give many behind-the-scene looks at the film production…highly recommended”—WFOS-FM.