***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films by Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence Skyhorse Publishing, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781510751743 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org) The Science of Women in Horror explores theories behind women’s roles in horror. The book is broken […]
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***Cross posted from The Circulation Desk*** ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara Hanover Square Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781335937803 Available: Hardcover, paperback. Kindle, Audible audiobook When Mallory O’Meara discovered that one of her favorite movies, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, featured a […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** ( Bookshop.org ) Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 2020 ISBN-13: 9781644300916 Available: Paperback In this book, critics Jim Nemeth and Bob Madison explore genre films and the written works that inspired their creation, Each is presented in its own section, chronologically, and the written works that inspired them. While this book primaritly […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Supernatural: Bobby Singer’s Guide to Hunting by David Reed ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) It Books; Original edition, 2011 ISBN: 978-0062103376 Available: Paperback and digital Editor’s note: This review was previously published in 2012 on a now-defunct version of our site. I read a lot of serious, professional, technical books and articles for work, so […]
T.V. Review: Arrow season 1
February 8, 2020As far as the DC tv-verse goes this is the one that launched them all. Unlike the MCU (in which all the shows and movies are connected) DC chose to establish separate cannons for their movie, t.v. shows, and comics. Arrow sparked off DC’s t.v. domination and in the first season it’s hard not to […]
Graphic Novel Review: Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels
January 27, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Lion Forge, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781549302923 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology, iTunes app Hank and Molly Nonnar decide to go through an experimental rejuvenation procedure to celebrate their 45th anniversary, a procedure which will allegedly revive their aging cells and restore vim and vigor. However, the results are not what they expect. […]
**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke, illustrated by Allen Williams. Katherine Tegen Books, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0062414465 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD Who better to take Pan’s Labyrinth, Spanish filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed dark, surrealist […]
T.V. Review: Lucifer season 2
October 26, 2019Another of the best things about this series is the stability of quality. In season two Lucifer adds in new characters, Charlotte Richards (being possessed by the exiled goddess of all creation) and Ella (an off-beat forensic scientist) who both immediately become entangled with the establish crew. As Lucifer and Amenadiel try to protect the […]
Escape from the Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #4) by Melissa de la Cruz Disney Hyperion, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1368020053 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook Escape from the Isle of the Lost is the last book in Melissa de la Cruz’s media tie-in series to Disney’s Descendants franchise. For those not familiar with Descendants, be warned that this review is packed […]
Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola Dark Horse, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1-50670-666-5 Available: Kindle edition, paperback Hellboy’s complete story is presented in chronological order in Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction. This is a massive tome, at over 300 pages, written and drawn by Mignola. We read from Hellboy’s summoning during his […]