{"product_id":"creature-features-william-schoell-9780786495627","title":"Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies","description":"\u003cp\u003e This work offers a critical, colorful and informative examination of different types of monster movies, spanning the silent period to today. Chapter One focuses on dragons, dinosaurs, and other scaly giants from films like 1953's \u003ci\u003eThe Beast from 20,000 Fathoms\u003c\/i\u003e, an impressive stop-motion production that ushered in a new era of atomic-spawned monster films. Chapter Two examines \"big bug\" flicks, beginning with 1954's giant ant-infested \u003ci\u003eThem!\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter Three focuses on ordinary animals grown to improbable proportions through scientific or sinister experimentation, such as the huge octopus in 1955's \u003ci\u003eIt Came from Beneath the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. Chapters Four, Five, and Six look at films in which nature goes berserk, and otherwise innocuous animals flock, swarm, hop or run about on a menacingly massive scale, including 1963's \u003ci\u003eThe Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and 1972's \u003ci\u003eFrogs\u003c\/i\u003e. Finally, Chapter Seven focuses on films featuring beasts that defy easy definition, such as 1958's \u003ci\u003eThe Blob\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFiend Without a Face\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Schoell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786495626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786495627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.60d","brand":"William Schoell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44449938866431,"sku":"9780786495627","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82600e08-5bf2-4cb5-b82e-85594e51fed6.jpg?v=1698501856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creature-features-william-schoell-9780786495627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}