Monsters & vampires (The Movie treasury)

Since before the turn of the last century horrific creatures of imagination have stomped slithered smashed and savaged their terrible way through the movie theatre leaving a trail of happy - if briefly terrified - victims slumped in their seats. In this book that most evil yet sexually attractive of screen monsters the vampire is giving a new transfusion. Early vampire films are discussed illustrated with rare stills from archives and the careers of the two greatest screen vampires - Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee - are treated in depth. Then come some real monstrous delights both man-made (The Fly Frankensteins Creature...) and men-transformed into monsters (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Mummy...) and the immortals (The Hunchback of Notre Dame King Kong...) and some unwelcome visitors from outer space.