Bright Darkness: The Lost Art of the Supernatural Horror Film

The cult sub-genre of the supernatural film has been much maligned, but, at its best, supernatural horror allows us an awe-inspiring glimpse of another world, exhibiting all the facets of the cinema's possibilities as a narrative art form. This is an exploration of the supernatural horror film, providing a detailed analysis of individual films, concentrating on the golden age of horror films, from the earliest Universal talkies and the B movies produced for RKO, to an in-depth examination of Robert Wise's The Haunting, made in 1963.

Humor & Entertainment

Dyson, Jeremy

Movies

UNKNO

This well-written book about black-and-white horror films  covers the period from the earliest Universal talkies to Val Lewton's  B movies produced for RKO in the 1940s, and concludes with a chapter  on Robert Wise's The Haunting (1963). Jeremy Dyson shares his  admiration for the sense of conviction that's at work in the old  masterpieces such as Frankenstein and I Walked with a  Zombie. His fascinating observations include the debt of  Citizen Kane to earlier genre films, specifics about set  design and sound (he reveals how Elsa Lanchester created those eerie  cries for Bride of Frankenstein), and the evocation of  atmosphere achieved by the "softly glowing silver shadows" of  monochrome film. As Peter Crowther  writes in the foreword, "In this  immensely readable book, Jeremy treads assuredly the fine line which  separates the high ground of research from the obsessive. Most of the  great movies are here, covered in great and loving depth. Jeremy has  combined extensive original research with numerous quotes and  comments from a barrage of biographies, autobiographies and other  film books, each of them cross-referenced for those who wish to delve  further." One quibble: the footnotes for chapter 8 are missing.

Continuum Intl Pub Group

What Happens Now

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

ABACUS +

Never Trust A Rabbit

Review\nHis stories nestle in the little vacant chink between Roald Dahl and Borges―OBSERVER\npitch-black comedy [and an] aura of menace ... a fusion of horror and hilarity that somehow mates Saki with McEwan―Independent\nReflects a boldness that's rarely seen among Dyson's confreres - a willingness to dream―GUARDIAN\nJeremy Dyson is a master of the macabre, of stories brimming with black humour and the promise of something sinister just around the corner. In this collection he explores the dark depths of the human condition, offering tales of death, disaster and - just occasionally - redemption.

The Cranes That Build The Cranes

Jeremy Dyson's collection of twelve tall tales are linked by the writer's surreal slant on everyday occurrences, sensibilites and desires. Set throughout the world, from Leeds to Eastern Europe and the Orient, we meet a flatmate who is born to save all mankind, and an 18th century automaton so beautiful men have killed in order to possess her. We are taken for a ride on London Underground's lost line which has a dark secret all of its own, and to a seemingly harmless auction of electrical goods with a devastating, hidden cost. The metaphysical meets the mundane in a Cornish resort where the tide goes out never to return, revealing something truly extraordinary on the seabed, and in an art class where an unpromising student produces an astonishing painting, which years later proves to have a dreadful significance for his bullying teacher.

Never Trust a Rabbit: Stories With a Twist

Humor & Satire

Duckbacks

The Haunted Book

What unspeakable horror glimpsed in the basement of a private library in West Yorkshire drove a man to madness and an early grave? What led to an underground echo chamber in a Manchester recording studio being sealed up for good? In 2009 Jeremy Dyson was contacted by a journalist wanting help bringing together accounts of true life ghost stories from across the British Isles. The Haunted Book chronicles the journey Dyson, formerly a hardened skeptic, went on to uncover the truth behind these tales.

Canongate UK

You will never forget this. No matter how hard you try.

CANONGATE BOOKS *

Chase Graves didn't join up to be a hero.He didn't care about serving his country. He joined up to do the one thing he knew best... he wanted to fight.Now that the dead have returned to life and started attacking the living, Chase and his Marine brothers in NIghtmare Platoon find themselves in a fierce battle for survival. Assigned with a desperate mission to stop the end of the world, the raucous and fiery bunch of devil dogs may be the only hope that mankind has left.The third book in the ROTD series brings another cast together with our series survivors for another hard-hitting, action-packed installment that takes us back to the early days of the outbreak. Prepare yourself for another dose of nail-biting zombie thrills.

Rage of the Dead (Realm Of The Dead)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Dartmoor Books

They thought they were finally safe. They were wrong.Locked away inside Cheyenne Mountain, Blake and the other survivors hope it might be possible to return to the world before the rise of the dead.But the outside world is a cruel place now. Supplies are scarce. The threats are increasingly dangerous.Haunted by nightmares of the past, Blake struggles to reclaim the shreds of his life that still remain. What comes next might just be more than he can handle.This pivotal installment in the ROTD series marks the end of the world as we know it and a whole new beginning. Welcome to the post-apocalypse!

Refuge Of The Dead (Realm Of The Dead)

Genre Fiction

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Bright Darkness: The Lost Art of the Supernatural Horror Film

Bright Darkness: The Lost Art of the Supernatural Horror Film

What Happens Now

Never Trust A Rabbit

The Cranes That Build The Cranes

Never Trust a Rabbit: Stories With a Twist

The Haunted Book

The Haunted Book

Rage of the Dead (Realm Of The Dead)

Refuge Of The Dead (Realm Of The Dead)