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Amateur films Production and direction United States Drama Horror films Horror films Production and direction Horror films Production and direction Fiction Losers United States Drama Motion picture producers and directors Savini, Tom United States Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video rental services United States DramaSummary: The definitive documentary on one of the most iconic and sought after special effects artists in horror film history, whose genre-defining creations earned him the title "The King of Splatter." We follow Savini from his childhood in Pittsburgh and his tour of duty during the Vietnam War, leading into his legendary collaboration with George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow) and beyond. Here....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SMOSummary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPISummary: The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand By Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. King on Screen pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mild-mannered sound engineer Gilderoy arrives in Rome to begin work on the soundtrack to a film called The Equestrian Vortex, a tale of witchcraft and murder set inside an all-girl riding academy. Before long he finds himself entranced by the film's mysteriously terrifying allure, and the lines between reality and fantasy begin to blur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BERWinning, Joshua
Summary: "In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade...and the curse that haunted it is reawakened"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINSayers, Constance
Summary: "1968: Actress Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Unfortunately, she's on the cusp of slipping into obscurity. When she's offered the lead in a radical new horror film, Gemma believes her luck has finally changed. But L'Etrange Lune's set is not what she expected. The director is eccentric, and the script doesn't make sense. Gemma is determined to make this work. It's her last chance to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redhook 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Danforth, Emily M.
Summary: A century after the macabre deaths of several students at a New England girls' boarding school, the release of a sensational book on the school's history inspires a horror film adaptation that renews suspicions of a curse when the cast and crew arrive at the long-abandoned building.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DANCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DANHoward, Catherine Ryan
Summary: LIGHTS. Feeling her stardom fading, struggling soap-actress Adele Rafferty is ready to give up on her dreams when she gets a last-minute offer to play the lead in upcoming horror film Final Draft. Could this be her big break? Will she have redemption for what happened the last time she was on a film set? Adele doesn't think twice before signing the dotted line. CAMERA. Adele quickly makes her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWSummary: Two local outcasts attempt to save a local video store. Amateur film director Mike must find a way to save the business after his magnetized friend, Jerry, erases every movie in the store. Using an outdated video camera and their own special effects, the two embark on an adventure to remake all the movies, from "Ghostbusters" to "Driving Miss Daisy," turning the two town misfits into local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008