About the Author

Tom Weaver of Sleepy Hollow, New York, has been interviewing moviemakers for 35 years. The New York Times called him a leading scholar in the horror field and USA Today has described him as the king of the monster hunters. Classic Images said he was "the best interviewer we have today." A frequent contributor to film magazines, he has written many books about American popular culture and is also a Blu-ray audio commentator. Michael Brunas and John Brunas of Palisades Park, New Jersey, are writers, collectors and lifelong fans of the horror film.

Reviews

"informative...excellent"--Library Journal; "even better this time around. This is the book to get...a must...remarkable...essential...valuable"--Classic Images; "the definitive text on the classic monsters"--USA Today; "Weaver's writing comes alive"--Big Reel; "as close as it gets to being a primary source without being composed of celluloid"--Choice; "fascinating"--Monsters from the Vault; "masterful examination...deft and knowledgeable...is a definitive work"--Film Review; "fascinating"--Critical Mass; "superb...a must-have...definitive"--SF Crowsnest; "thorough and masterful revision"--Video Watchdog; "an absolute must have. Tom Weaver has been considered one of the preeminent horror film historians. Weaver has built a career on tracking down surviving members of the films' casts and crews...invaluable and incomparable"--Scary Monsters Magazine; "outstanding...definitive...simply fabulous...meticulously researched...extraordinarily entertaining. This is THE Bible to fans of Universal's classic horror films....one of the finest film reference books I've ever read"--www.mania.com; "insightful and valuable"--Midnight Marquee; "exhaustively researched and deftly written...fright-film scholarship at its unpretentious best"--New York Daily News; "absolutely indispensible...a steal"--Cornerstone Online; "a gruesome gem...lots of striking, rare photos"--San Francisco Examiner Magazine; "A great deal of valuable information, especially on the effects of censorship by the powerful Hays Office, and a fine selection of stills."--Neil Barron, Editor of Fantasy and Horror.