FrightFest and FAB Press to Release New Book By Michael Gingold
Kieran Fisher
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FrightFest has become an institution in the horror scene since its inception in the year 2000. Since then, the festival has been catering to the needs of genre fans in the UK and around the world by showcasing some of the best horrific and fantastical cinema out there, making it without a doubt one of the premier festivals of its kind on the entire planet.
But in recent years the brand has been broadening its appeal outward from the multiplex, with label FrightFest Presents bringing the experience to DVD and VOD platforms – meaning fans can enjoy some of the festival experience from the comfort of their own homes.
Additionally, the FrightFest empire has also recently expanded into books as well. Their first release, The FrightFest Guide to Exploitation Movies by acclaimed film journalist (and FrightFest co-founder) Alan Jones, was a success and is well worth a read if you’re a connoisseur of cinematic sleaze.
Their follow-up looks like another enticing entry to their burgeoning canon and essential reading for monster enthusiasts. The FrightFest Guide to Monsters by legendary horror journalist and screenwriter Michael Gingold will explore screen monsters from the dawn of cinema to the present day; so if you’re a fan of Universal ghouls or city-crushing kaiju beasts – and everything in between – this promises to have it all.
From the Press Release:
FrightFest and FAB Press once again join forces to launch THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES, which goes exclusively on sale during Horror Channel FrightFest 2017, August 24-28. Following the success of The FrightFest Guide to Exploitation Movies, this is the second in a planned series of wide appeal books for both the curious spectator and the cult connoisseur,
Written by celebrated writer, editor, and critic Michael Gingold, the book contains 200 of the most frightening, fantastical, and fun monster film features. Starting in the silent era, it traces the history of the genre all the way through to the present day. The films are given detailed individual reviews, with fascinating facts and critical analysis.
There are the Universal Studios favourites such as Frankenstein’s Monster and the Mummy, the big bugs, atomic mutants, and space invaders that terrorised the ’50s. Then there’s the kaiju of Japan, the full-colour fiends from Hammer, and the ecological nightmares of the ’70s and ’80s, to the CG creatures and updated favourites of more recent years.
Cult-favourite filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, creator of some of the screen’s most idiosyncratic and bizarre beings, contributes a foreword, and it’s all illustrated with a ghoulish gallery of scary stills and petrifying posters representing the remarkable range of monstrous movies. Do you dare open the cover and confront the beasts within?
The official launch is at Horror Channel FrightFest, Cineworld, Leicester Square (24th to 28th August). The FrightFest exclusive hardcover will be on sale for just £20. The book’s international street date is 18 September 2017. Paperback price: £16.99 (UK), $24.95 (US)
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