This Is a Thriller

This Is a Thriller

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780786419692
Untertitel:
An Episode Guide, History and Analysis of the Classic 1960s Television Series
Autor:
Alan Warren
Herausgeber:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Anzahl Seiten:
218
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.04.2004
ISBN:
0786419695

Informationen zum Autor Alan Warren has published essays, short stories and articles in publications as varied as Film Comment, Publishers Weekly, Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Castle of Frankenstein, and Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine. He lives in Alameda, California. Klappentext The late 1950s and early 1960s were the golden years of horror television. Anthology series such as Way Out and Great Ghost Tales, along with certain episodes of Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, were among the shows that consistently frightened a generation of television viewers. And perhaps the best of them all was Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff. In Thriller the horror was gothic, with a darker, bleaker vision of life than its contemporaries. The show's origins and troubled history is first discussed here, followed by biographies of such key figures as producer William Frye, executive producer Hubbell Robinson, writers Robert Bloch and Donald S. Sanford, and Karloff. The episode guide covers all 67 installments, providing airdate, production credits, cast, plot synopses and critical evaluations. Zusammenfassung The origins of ?Thriller? is discussed here! followed by biographies of such key figures as producer William Frye! executive producer Hubbell Robinson! writers Robert Block and Donald S. Sanford and Boris Karloff. The episode guide covers all 67 installments! providing airdate! production credits! cast! plot synopses and critical evaluations.

Klappentext
The late 1950s and early 1960s were the golden years of horror television. Anthology series such as Way Out and Great Ghost Tales, along with certain episodes of Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, were among the shows that consistently frightened a generation of television viewers. And perhaps the best of them all was Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff. In Thriller the horror was gothic, with a darker, bleaker vision of life than its contemporaries. The show's origins and troubled history is first discussed here, followed by biographies of such key figures as producer William Frye, executive producer Hubbell Robinson, writers Robert Bloch and Donald S. Sanford, and Karloff. The episode guide covers all 67 installments, providing airdate, production credits, cast, plot synopses and critical evaluations.

Zusammenfassung
The origins of ?Thriller? is discussed here, followed by biographies of such key figures as producer William Frye, executive producer Hubbell Robinson, writers Robert Block and Donald S. Sanford and Boris Karloff. The episode guide covers all 67 installments, providing airdate, production credits, cast, plot synopses and critical evaluations.


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