The Very Witching Time of Night: Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema

by Gregory William Mank

Book Overview

The book covers unusual and often surprising areas of horror film history: (1) The harrowingly tragic life of Dracula's leading lady, Helen Chandler, as intimately remembered by her sister-in-law. (2) John Barrymore's 1931 horror vehicles Svengali and The Mad Genius, and their rejection by the public. (3) The disastrous shooting of 1933's Murders in the Zoo, perhaps the most racy of all Pre-Code horror films. (4) A...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786449551
• ISBN13: 9780786449552
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher