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Book Reviews of Monster Rally
Book Review: Chock Full O' Frightening Goodness!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was such a refreshing change of pace from the other film books I've been reading lately. While other books pick a narrow subject matter and beat it to death until you are weary of the whole thing, Monster Rally does it's best to give the reader a cross-section of the wonderful world of fantastic cinema. Science Fiction, Horror, Cult, Exploitation, even Mexican Wrestling!
With a book this interesting, it is hard to pick favorites, but a few chapters still stand out in my mind as being exceptional:
The Great Alien Invasion - J.F. Guida's look at the effect that UFO sightings and the government's involvement with them had on the entertainment culture covers a lot of films (and their origins) that I never would have thought of.
Argento's Big Rip-Off - I've never been a huge fan of Dario Argento's work, and after reading David Jacobs' startling expose on how he plagiarized one of his earlier works, I'm even less of a fan.
Mars Rising - How did the US Government's secret LSD experiments on American soldiers lead to a classic sci-fi film that Marvel Comics would later rip-off when they created The Fantastic Four? Patrick O'Donnell explains the whole shocking story.
A Giant Falls - S. Michael Wilson takes Peter Jackson's over-budgeted and over-hyped remake of King Kong and tears it apart piece by piece, making a great argument for it as one of the worst films of decade. I knew I wasn't the only one who hated it!
There's so much more goodness in this book, I'm tempted to list the whole thing! Incestuous Vampires, Celebrity Deaths, Horror Film Survival, Killer Insects, Yeti Movies...
What can I say? Monster Rally has reminded me that there is more to Sci-Fi and Horror than slasher flicks and Phillip K. Dick remakes. This book has earned a permanent place on my shelf.
Book Review: Great gift
Summary: 5 Stars
Got this as a birthday gift and loved every bit of it.
Thanks Natasha and thanks monster rally people
Book Review: If your taste in film gravitates towards the strange and sinister...
Summary: 5 Stars
If you ever built an Aurora Dracula monster model kit, wore a Don Post Tor Johnson mask (Halloween doesn't count), or own 100 plus consecutive issues of Famous Monsters magazine, then allow me to recommend Monster Rally and its twenty diverse articles that runs the gambit from A (Argento) to Z (Zombies) as a must have in every B-Movie fan's library.
Book Review: Just what the mad doctor ordered!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was lucky enough to snag a review copy of this book on LibraryThing.com, and I do mean lucky! This book is unique in that it covers such a broad spectrum of "monster" films that each chapter is truly a surprise. Even the chapters you would normally expect on subjects like slasher films and aliens are fresh and innovative.
For example, the chapter on Dario Argento was a breath of fresh air from the usual claims of "genius" and "artist" that a lot of horror writers like to throw around when discussing Argento. I've always considered him an overrated hack with decent directing skills, and reading about his blatant plagiarism of an out of print novel for one of his early films practically had me giggling!
Monster film books are a dime a dozen, but very few actually show the reader something new. This book has a new perspective to share, so much so that I will be hanging onto my review copy for good.
Book Review: Kept me interested until the end
Summary: 5 Stars
This book had a great selection of topics. It not only covered a wide variety of films like horror, slasher, alien, monster, and insect, it also deals with old classics as well as newer films. The chapter on Dark Shadows and Lovecraft was my favorite, but the rest was informative and interesting as well. There is probably something for everyone in here. I liked this book a lot, and would recommend it to others.