The Creature Chronicles
Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy
Tom Weaver author David Schecter author Steve Kronenberg author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:30th Nov '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
He was the final addition to Universal's "royal family" of movie monsters: The Creature from the Black Lagoon. With his scaly armour, razor claws and a face only a mother octopus could love, this Amazon denizen was perhaps the most fearsome beast in the history of Hollywood's Studio of Horrors. But he also possessed a sympathetic, poignant quality which elevated him fathoms above the many aquatic monsters who swam in his wake. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Gill Man and his mid-50s career (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature, The Creature Walks Among Us) is collected in The Creature Chronicles, a book packed to the gills with hour-by-hour production histories, cast bios, analyses, explorations of the music, script-to-screen comparisons, in-depth interviews and an ocean of fin-tastic photos.
“each movie is examined through an exhaustive account of production history, interviews, biographies, and photographs. Thoroughly researched...packed with first-hand narratives from producers, directors, costume designers, and actors”—Library Journal
“a best book of the year...magnificent...exhaustive is too tame a word to describe the treatment the films get here. If you love these movies, this is the volume to get...a beautiful looking book all around...definitive...Weaver is an inspired and astute tour guide on this Amazon expedition. Weaver is never dull, always gets to the heart of the matter, and the personal information he gleans from interviewees and other sources are always interesting, enlightening and engaging. Tom’s attention to details is fabulous. McFarland really went all-out with the design of the book...it just can’t be beat. It’s an exhaustive, lively and essential work of scholarship. A must read and the best book of its kind, bar none”—Classic Images
“an amazing, fantastic book! Creature Chronicles has a beautiful cover jacket, slick paper, and astoundingly great layout. Everything about the presentation is first class...above first class! The research is mind-blowing. If you are a fan of the Universal science fiction films of the 1950s, this may be the best thing ever”—Little Shoppe of Horrors
“fascinating behind-the-scenes photos”—VideoScope; “The three writers did their homework…We finally can put on our library shelf what will probably be looked upon as the definitive researched tome on three of the most important horror/monster films of our generation. And after this book, nothing more is needed. Highly recommended for all lovers of Creature movies.”—Midnight Marquee
“incredibly, impossibly, obsessively researched and detailed. I’ve never seen anything like it. Nothing is left out. It’s a fetishist’s dream! The packaging is handsome, the pictures and documents abundant and gratifying”—Films in Review
“the definitive, end-all-be-all account...everything there is to know about the Gill Man”—Bookgasm.com
“if ever there was an ultimate book for the Gill Man from ‘The Black Lagoon Trilogy’ then ‘The Creature Chronicles’ must surely be it. Stacked with rare photos from behind the scenes...superb...a must have”—SF Crowsnest
“it aims and succeeds to be the definitive, end-all-be-all account on its subject”—Flick Attack
“after reading the book, I readily believe that Tom has tracked down every living soul who ever got near the Gill Man...fascinating”—DVD Talk
“a Psychobabble top reviewed item...definitive...everything, you’ve ever wondered about our beloved man-fish and his three movies are covered between its nearly 400 over-sized, hardbound, photo-splattered pages”—Psychobabble
“a treasure trove...outstanding”—LITERRA
“plumbed with submarine depth and paleontological detail...by the prolific Tom Weaver, who is to monster movies what Jacques Cousteau was to the sea: a tireless investigator, researcher and champion...a definitive work of scholarship...a true trilogy”—The Commercial Appeal
“tells you everything you could want to know about the Creature movies”—Pasatiempo
“a one -stop source for everything you need to know about the films.... Thank you once again McFarland for another must have classic horror film book”—Scarlet
“the authors elaborately detail the making of the movies, profile the teams involved...and display hundreds of production stills”—ProtoView
ISBN: 9780786494187
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
408 pages