Unlock Now More Things Than Are Dreamt Of: Masterpieces Of Supernatural Horror Crafted By Alain Silver Available As Paperback

centuries, perhaps from the beginning of time, people young and old have been drawn to the genre of supernatural horror, first on the printed page and then on the screen.
From fairy tales to Freddy Krueger, the appeal of the genre rests on the all too human search for something above nature, something unkown and unnameable, This search has produced works as memorable as they are terrifying, and we feel their power once again in More Things Than Are Dreamt Of, The sweep of the book encompasses almost two centuries as it

reconsiders in detail such classics of literature as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Henry James' The Turn of the Screw right up to contemporary novels of horror as Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist andd Stephen King's The Dead Zone.
But what sets this book apart is that the authors go on to study the most significant feature films derived from these and many other works of fiction, from the silent era until today.
This is a fun read with each chapter focused on a different theme from the topic supernatural horror that draws in both classic books and movies classic and not so classic.
For example, Frankenstein's monster drawing on Universal as well as Hammer films, Dr Jekyll amp Mr Hyde variants, Lovecraftian evil, witchcraft, hexes featuring Night of the Demon/Eagle, haunted houses, and so on.
Vampires are omitted because there is a separate volume just for them by the same authors who also write about film noir, Those authors, Silver and Ursini, offer some insightful commentary and a lengthy filmography for the interested viewer, Not an academic study but rather a popular overview of the genre, Alain Silver has co written and co edited a score of books including The Samurai Film, The Noir Style, The Vampire Film, Raymond Chandlers Los Angeles, director studies of David Lean and Robert Aldrich, and four Film Noir Readers.
His articles have appeared in numerous film journals, newspapers, and online magazines, He holds a Ph. D. from UCLA and is a member of the Writers Guild of America west and the Directors Guild of America, .