Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Bela, Bestiality and the Amours of Erik the Ape: Murders in the
Rue Morgue
2. “Why Won’t You Die?”: Rasputin and the Empress
3. The Vanity of the Panther Woman: Island of Lost Souls
4. “A Sin Against the Holy Ghost!”: Early Drafts, Studio Politics
and Censorship Sagas of Bride of Frankenstein
5. “It’s the Devil … Creeping Out of Hell”: WereWolf of London
6. Procuring Mad Love
7. Unholy Royalty: Universal’s Tower of London
8. “A Madman’s Dream”: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
9. Monogram’s Nazi Horror Peep Show: Women in Bondage
10. The Odyssey of Mildred Davenport—to Acquanetta—to Paula the Ape
Woman
11. How to Make a Monster Rally: The Production of House of
Frankenstein
12. His 20-Year-Long Last Bow: The Final Act of Basil Rathbone
13. Horror Box Office
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Gregory William Mank has written and recorded many DVD and Blu-Ray audio commentaries, has won four Rondo Awards, and has written numerous books on classic horror films. He lives in Delta, Pennsylvania.
“With his hyper-dramatic style and flawless research, Mank has become one of the finest classic film writers/historians working today, and he has been raising the bar of film scholarship for decades”—Midnight Marquee
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