Grasp Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography Of Terror Cinema, 1931-1939 Executed By Bryan Senn Text

excellent overview of nearly every horror film made in thes, Senn has a serious vendetta against Tod Browning he gives the man zero credit when he finds something positive to say about his films, but aside from that this is a valuable text for serious horror scholars.
For my money, Bryan Senn is THE best writer on classic film out there his meticulous research combined with his astute insight always makes for a great essay on whatever film he is tackling.
Herein, the gloriously bizarre, often shameless, and sometimes wonderful, horror films of thes get a thorough working over, and Senn comes up with such amazing insights into the films, as well as fascinating facts about same, that you might feel like you need to run out and watch the film again, even if you think you are intimately familiar with it.
A great book. A really good book about the the horror movies from the different studios during the thirties, The classic

Universal monsters are here of course, but also plenty of not so famous gems too, like Island of Lost Souls, The Lodger, The Most Dangerous Game etc.
Even real bottom of the barreldwellers like Maniac is here, Over all an excellent overview of the period, From the grindhouse oddities to major studio releases, this work detailshorror films released during the genre's golden era, Each entry includes cast and credits, a plot synopsis, indepth critical analysis, contemporary reviews, time of release, brief biographies of the principal cast and crew, and a production history.
Apart from themain entries,additional borderline horrors are examined and critiqued in an appendix, .