Böcker av Nicholas Anez

A look at 14 horror and sci-fi movies that are considered box-office failures and cover a span of 35 years, from 1943 to 1978. The films representthe wide range of themes and ideas that science fiction and horror movies may encompass.

Grab the popcorn and get ready for an action-packed read as we explore the cinematic adventures of Tarzan, the King of the Jungle, Super Spy James Bond, Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral, Hammer s Dracula and Werewolf, plus a dashing assortment of Hollywood s Western Heroes and Villains. Celluloid Adventures will tickle the fancy of action film fans everywhere.

In Celluloid Adventures: Good Movies Bad Timing, films were discussed that had received scathing reviews and were considered box-office bombs. All fell within various categories. Entries included titles from the Tarzan and James Bond series, along with Westerns, Wyatt Earp movies and Hammer horror-all resurrected from diverse levels of oblivion in an attempt to correct critical injustice. In this volume, individual movies are presented and represent a wide range of genres including Westerns, science fiction, film noir, spy films, historical epics, suspense, social message movies and spiritual dramas. All of these titles share the stigma of being failures or disappointments at the box office. But these films deserved a better fate at the time of their release, and hopefully this volume will garner them a little of the respect they so richly deserve. Titles include: Pitfall, In a Lonely Place, Try and Get Me! (aka The Sound of Fury), The Egyptian, The Last Hunt, The Singer Not the Song, The Last Sunset, Cape Fear, First Men in the Moon, The Chase, The Quiller Memorandum

The rocketship crashes into the Earth, killing everyone inside.The father has earned the respect of his son only because he has killedsomeone.The woman lies in bed, her life ruined irreparably as the cop walksaway from her.The young girl stares at a toy boat, unaware of the numerous deathsshe has caused.The man with the badge rides away, leaving a trail of lifeless bodiesin his wake.These are all unforgettable endings to great movies that have eitherbeen neglected or forgotten. Despite the high merits of these movies,they never received the large audiences they deserved. But it may not betoo late for belated recognition.In this third volume of Celluloid Adventures, the spotlight is onceagain on movies that are unjustifi ably underrated or undeservedly unknown.The movies cover a span of three decades, from 1942 to 1971. Asin Volume 2, these movies represent a variety of genres. They include aWestern that is also a suspense movie, an adventure fi lm that is also afantasy and a science fi ction story that is also a tragedy. There is a movieabout children that is not for children, a crime movie that is a social dramaand a Western that is both traditional and radical. There is also a fi lmnoir that is a morality play, a thriller that is horrifyingly prophetic and apolice story about an offi cer who uses his badge to kill. There is a comedyand a war movie but the comedy has dark overtones and the war movieis anti-military.