Creepy Classics

A large, original hardback with dust jacket. Packed with amazing behind-the-scenes photos exploring cinematic illusion. They're all here: Ray Harryhausen, Jim Danforth, George Pal, Melies! A history of effects primarily in science fiction, horror and fantasy. Over 200 pages.

A classic Golden Book from 1966. Somehow this book has survived pen, crayon and pencil marks...it has none of those! Used, but in really good shape with nice bright color. By Joan Potter Elwart.

Pre-Code Horror SCARES features two complete 1951 pre-code horror comics presented at a larger magazine size and in black and white. This first issue features DOCTOR SCARE's debut as a host to all 64 pages of this limited edition of only 125 magazines/books.

This magazine is SCARY AND HAUNTED....No. 3! It features PRE-CODE HORROR SCARES from 1952 and 1953. From the publisher of SCARY MONSTERS.

THIS MAGAZINE IS SCARY AND HAUNTED #4 hosted by Doctor Scare featuring Pre-Code Horror SCARES from 1951 and 1952! Reprint book of gruesome retro comics.

Magazine sized book with laminate cover. Art by Joe Kubert and others. Reprinted rare horror comics served up by Sam Scare of Scary Monsters magazine! Stories of shrunken heads, ghosts, zombies, and mummies. Very limited edition.

A classic fantastic Scholastic paperback from 1968 by Helen Acker. Armed with a lantern and a tent two young boys travel the Canadian wilderness in search of school on a train. Mysterious. They march through the frozen wilderness and danger at...

Forrest J Ackerman brings us 15 sci-fi tales by some of the best writers of the genre. These stories served as the basis for films. Stories by Ray Bradbury, Henry Kuttner, Kurt Siodmak, Ib Melchior, John Campbell and others. Dedicated to (among others), MONSTER BASH's Ron Adams.

By Tom Weaver. Soft Cover Book [McFarland]. 320 Pages/Packed with photos. In Tom Weaver?s eighth interview book, Hedison?and 22 other moviemakers. CLICK IMAGE FOR DETAILS.

By Denis Gifford. First edition British paperback. Published by Dutton. High quality edition loaded with photos and great observations by historian Denis Gifford. Published in 1971. Time machines, robots, ray guns, aliens, the future, invasions...all in our favorite science fiction films. 160 pages.

Like new condition...Monarch Film Studies book. In depth look at classic sci-fi films with director interviews. Well researched and presented with great behind-the-scenes photos. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, METROPOLIS, FORBIDDEN PLANET,...

Edited By Kate Haycock. 32 Pages/Photos. One of the Crestwood House Books aimed at the young reader interested in science fiction films. CLICK IMAGE FOR DETAILS.

Large oversize hardback with dust jacket. Even though the cover features THE TERMINATOR, this book is primarily packed with photos and information on classics sci-fi films from METROPOLIS to THIS ISLAND EARTH to THE INVISIBLE MAN. First US edition. 1985. Excellent Condition. Seems unread and new.

The first edition from Avon paperback books. New, tight spine, unread. Includes the greatest stories and greatest authors ever. John Campbell, Henlein, Sturgeon, Bradbury, Blish, Asimov, Kornbluth, Vogt, Simak, Clarke....the list goes on. 672 pages!!

The British edition of this classics book on the history of science fiction films. Lots of photos and analytical view of sci-fi movies from the very beginning. First printing book 1970. By John Baxter. Used, but in good shape! 240 pages.

John Baxter's complete critical review of Science Fiction films from A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902) through 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968). One of those books of sci-fi films when it was hard to find books like this back in 1970. First printing.

A coffee table big hardback book with dust jacket. Covers science fiction films from the early silents like METROPOLIS through the 1930s with films like THE INVISIBLE MAN and ISLE OF LOST SOULS to the 1950s explosion right up to STAR TREK and STAR WARS. Glossy pages with lots of photos too.

A beautiful book, metallic impression cover. 480 pages of absolute great classic sci-fi from authors: Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Kuttner, Jack London, Jules Verne, Edgar Wallace, Edwin A. Abbott and scores more. A perfect go to book for great stories of science fantasy.

1977 first edition. Excellent condition, tight spine. Featuring all the outstanding gory films in movie history...all thought not really that gory. Basically classic horror films through the years pre-slasher. From Chaney's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA to DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN and more. Lots of photos.

The complete shooting script for THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON from 1958. Extensive research and interviews with Robert Clarke and more. Lots of photos and promotional art for the film. Big oversized book.

Tom Weaver's great series "Scripts From the Crypt." This big volume includes the script from THE BRUTE MAN (1946) starring Rondo Hatton. But, packed with much more movie history and a virtual bio on Rondo. Fun facts, articles by Gary Don Rhodes and more. Photos and publicity art. 299 pages!

Tom Weaver's great series "Scripts From the Crypt." This big volume includes the script from MR. SARDONICUS (1961) starring Audrey Dalton and Guy Rolfe. Packed with much more movie history, merchandising, advertising art and information. Fun facts and articles. Loads of photos. 283 pages!

This huge volume presents the strangest of scripts/storylines from Tod Browning (DRACULA, FREAKS, MARK OF THE VAMPIRE). It's called REVOLT OF THE DEAD and is the weirdest most outrageous horror film never filmed. Studios might have shunned it...

Tom Weaver's great series "Scripts From the Crypt." This big volume includes the script for Lon Chaney, Jr.'s INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN. Packed with movie history. Fun facts, articles by Fred Olen Ray and David Schecter. Loads of photos and publicity art. 174 pages!

By Tom Weaver with Greg Mank, Frank Dello Stritto and others! Introduction by John Landis. An in-depth view of the 1951 film BRIDE OF THE GORILLA with Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr. and Barbara Payton. The script, loads of background details, essays, press book art and rare photos!

Tom Weaver's great series "Scripts From the Crypt." This big volume includes the script for BRIDE OF THE MONSTER starring Bela Lugosi. Packed with movie history, photos and newspaper ads. Fun facts, articles by Gary Don Rhodes. Loads of photos and publicity art. 287 pages!

Tom Weaver's great series "Scripts From the Crypt." This big volume includes the lost Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi screenplays. Read THE VAMPIRE'S GHOST and THE GHOUL GOES WEST! Packed with movie history and a virtual bio on Wood and Lugosi. Fun...

Tom Weaver's series with Gary D.Rhodes re-enters the sepulcher of supernatural cinema, casting lantern's light on Universal’s 1936 classic DRACULA'S DAUGHTER. Discover long-forgotten lore, presented here in with the film’s original shooting script, pressbook and exhumed extras.

This book unVeils all the secrets of the supernatural series, its accounts of ghosts, visions, possession, and reincarnation. Included are three Veil scripts, synopses of unproduced scripts, an exhaustive history of Karloff’s career as a TV host and rare photos. Introduction by Karloff!

Tom Weaver presents a total history and script from the 1959 science fiction film THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE. Introduction by actor Brett Halsey. Background details, stories, essays, rare photos, press art and, of course, the script for the film. Another Weaver masterpiece. Large softcover.

Tom Weaver presents a total history and script from Universal film SON OF DRACULA (1943). By Gary Don Rhodes, Tom Weaver, Dr. Robert J. Kiss and Robert Guffey. Background details, stories, essays, rare photos, press art and the script for the film. Another Weaver masterpiece. Large softcover.

1965 Crest Book first edition and movie tie-in. By Mark McShane. Startling and different...suspense and the supernatural. Like new, unread condition. A gem!

By William Cline. This collection of essays (first published in Big Reel) lovingly recalls the glory days of the movie serial. The primary focus is on the fans of the serials--what they thought of them in their heyday, what they think of them now, and why these episodic tales are still so popular.

Used, but in great condition, just age tanning. 1963 Bantam edition paperback.

A 1958 Dell First Edition paperback! est sci-fi and fantasy short stories from 1957-1958. A great year for stories...include THE FLY (which became the movie)! Stories by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Kuttner, Zenna Henderson, Brian Aldiss and other greats! Tight, excellent condition!

A fantastic classic Scholastic paperback book. Great illustrations. No markings. A young boy trails a wild west outlaw. Suspenseful. By Helen Rushmore.

A fantastic classic Scholastic book based on the Walt Disney movie from 1967. Book issued by Scholastic in 1970. Adapted by Elizabeth Griffin. Novel and lots of photos from the movie illustrate. Student name and home room on inside front cover.

A 1936 edition of H.G. Wells science fiction classic. This edition from McMillan Company. Hardback in great shape except first blank page has name and is torn, ripped. The following page (title page) is fine as is the rest of the book. Classic for your library.

Frank Miller's SIN CITY Dark Horse Comic Special Edition #1. Dynamic action, crime graphic comic. Like new condition, comes bagged and boarded for protection. Issued August 2005.

A really nice hardback book of Poe's greatest stories from the premier Octopus Books of London. Reproduced vintage Poe artwork by Harry Clarke (fine pen-ink illustrations). Stories include: Fall of the House of Usher, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Pit and the Pendulum and more!

Double Ace paperback (two novels). THE SKY IS FALLING by Lester Del Rey and BADGE OF INFAMY by Lester Del Rey. 1973 paperback edition.

Great Acting in Horror Cinema. By Mark Clark. Hardback - 257 Pages. A big hardback with an in-depth look at the finest acting in horror movies. CLICK IMAGE FOR DETAILS.

A classic fantastic Scholastic paperback from 1971 by Marie McSwigan. Young kids in Norway united to thwart Nazi plans during World War II. They plan to stop the Nazi from getting 9 million in gold and get the gold to America. Thrilling wartime suspense! Student name in pencil on inside front cover.

The best of the worst from Hollywood. Classic bad movies examined with love and hate! The most ridiculous, ill-conceived and preposterous movies ever made. Included are: PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE, WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS, BRIDE AND THE BEAST, WILD WOMEN OF WONGO and scores more. Used, good condition.

Aimed at the young teen audience in the 1970s, this book features space monsters of the movies, TV and books. Illustrated with photos from movies like: INVADERS FROM MARS, WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE THING and even the robot from THE PHANTOM CREEPS! Ex-library with usual markings/wear.

An amazing full color special edition in the Magic Image Filmbook series! Over 200 reproductions in full color of classic monster movie posters. These Spanish versions sported different and dynamic art from the 1920s-1960s. The Universals, Hammer Films and Sci-Fi monster classics. Power packed!

Spanning a century of film technology from the early innovations of George Melies to the present, a tribute to the use of illusion in movies features interviews with 37 international effects masters. 566 pages! 1,136 photos. Heavy gloss paper. An amazing history and bible of SPFX.

A classic fantastic Scholastic paperback book by Leon Phillips from 1972. Plastic surgery, Red China and desperate situation in this spy thriller of murder and shadows. No pen marks, nice!

A classic Scholastic book by Clyde Robert Bulla from 1954. For one of the oldest Scholastic books in our store...it's in amazingly perfect condition. No pen marks, appears unread...the only thing that denotes its age is page tanning from age. Illustrated novel of the friend of the pilgrims.

A TV tie-in first edition from 1967. Like new, unread condition. Tight spine. Adapted by James Blish.

A large softcover book on how to make costumes from many of the Star Trek characters from Kirk to Spock to crew members and various aliens. Photos, simple, but elaborate instructions...step-by-step. Patterns includes too.

By James Blish. Featuring six episodes. First time in paperback. From 1974. Like new and unread condition. Tight spine. Beautiful copy.

By James Blish. The ultimate trip! Based on the exciting TV series. Excellent, unread tight condition. Only the very slightest cover wear.

1969 edition by James Blish. Mind reeling journeys based on the hit TV show STAR TREK. Like new, tight and unread condition.

TV show tie-in book. Adapted by James Blish, dazzling exploits! 1971 paperback in like new condition. Tight spine, unread condition.

By James Blish. More thrilling adventures from the prize-winning television series. 1972 edition in like new, unread condition.

By James Blish. More amazing episodes from the award-winning television series. Like new! Unread condition. Beautiful copy. 1972 first edition.

Stunning, like new! Tight, unread. No markings. A James Blish book. Six superb stories from the prize-winning television series created by Gene Roddenberry. A 1972 first edition.

Like new,clean, tight, unread condition! By James Blish...this 1972 paperback is like fresh off the shelves. Perfect for your collection, maybe an upgrade for you!

1974 first edition paperback. Six thrilling tales from the TV show. Adapted by James Blish. Like new, unread condition. Tight spine.

1975 first edition paperback. Like new, unread condition, tight spine. The goals, plans and achievements from the creators of the classic TV show.

1993 first edition hardback with dust jacket. New. By William Shatner with Chris Kreski. Plot summaries of all 79 TV episodes and the 6 hit films, "Captain Kirk" shares his reminiscences about the making of Star Trek, a history of the show as a cultural phenomenon, and behind-the-scenes antics.

A Star Trek novel by James Blish. TV tie-in. 1970 paperback in excellent condition. No markings. An exciting new story of interplanetary adventure.

285 pages of the stars of the golden age of Hollywood. Sections on individual stars and The Monsters too! Loaded with beautiful photo reproduction, many stunning full page pics. Min-bios on all the great of the silver screen. From the 1920s...

Big thick book on Hollywood rebel Steve McQueen! 463 pages in this thick, large softcover. Extensive interviews with those who knew and worked with McQueen. Compulsive, insecure, but fiercely driven. The man behind the icon...was the icon! Well...

By Peter Seely and Gail W. Pieper. Published by McFarland/280 Pages. The work of the Three Stooges, has ironically outlasted more costly and celebrated productions. CLICK IMAGE FOR DETAILS.

By Thomas Reeder. B-Movie producer Ben Pivar was the man behind many Universal horrors like THE MUMMY'S CURSE, WEIRD WOMAN, CALLING DR. DEATH, THE MAD GHOUL, HOUSE OF HORRORS and more. This is his life and films! Photos, behind-the-scenes stories!

A classic fantastic Scholastic paperback book by Lorena Hickok from 1967. Beautiful pen and ink illustrations throughout.

Creepy collection of short stories that will leave you looking over your shoulder and in the dark shadows. Top flight tales by Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson, John Wyndham and many more. Encounters of supernatural nature and chills. 368 pages. Dust jacket.

A fantastic classic Scholastic! Bring back the memories with this great paperback by Zoa Sherburne. Issued by Scholastic in 1963. A mother is coming home to her family after psychiatric problems for eight years. The daughter is very wary, things are different. Used vintage paperback.

In a thrilling biography of one of Hollywood's great originals, Lennig strips away the legends surrounding director/actor Erich von Stroheim. A notorious fabricator, this master of silent films and actor in talkies and silents invented a past for...

198 packed pages, glossy with images, photos, ad art and more. Jammed with superhero toys and merchandising. Amazing! Issued in 1996. Page through memories! Toys from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s. Highly recommended. Details of all the great toys we grew up with.

By H.P. Lovecraft and August Dereleth. A 1962 paperback. Some cover wear. Seven short stories of cosmic horror! Usual age tanning. Great pop art sci-fi cover.

A complete critical guide to the suspense film by Gordon Gow. 1971 edition, In u-read condition! Just age tanning. 222 pages and lots of photos too.