{"product_id":"chronology-of-classic-horror-films-donald-c-willis-9781644301319","title":"Chronology of Classic Horror Films: The 1940s","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor Donald Willis continues his insights into horror film history with his new tome on the 1940s. Yes, we had vampires and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Frankenstein Monster, mummies, a new villain-the Wolf Man, dark moody Val Lewton films and a slew of comic monster rallies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the 1930s was Universal and monsters, the 1940s was RKO and mood-states of mind. The Palladists in The Seventh Victim, Kyra (Helene Thimig), in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsle of the Dead and (outside RKO) Count Fosco (Sydney Greenstreet) in The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoman in White-all work on their victims psychologically-to the point of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey wear down their chosen prey mentally. Meanwhile, Universal in the 1940s could be seen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto have been spinning its wheels for about seven years, until the logical, comic outcome in 1948: Abbott and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCostello Meet Frankenstein. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald C. Willis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644301318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644301319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"Donald C. Willis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132548083967,"sku":"9781644301319","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9a14ce9-290c-4ccb-b358-a0cdfcb93b22.jpg?v=1687480858","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chronology-of-classic-horror-films-donald-c-willis-9781644301319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}