Sci-Fi & Horror Cinema & TV:

A Bibliography

Books about science fiction and horror films and television programs available at the
Port Washington Public Library

Alexander, David. Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry (B Roddenberry A)

Anderson, Craig W. Science Fiction Films of the Seventies (791.4309 A)

Andreas, Athena. To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of Star Trek (791.4572 A)

Anobile, Richard J., ed. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (OV 791.437 H) and Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Starring Fredric March (791.437 A)

Archer, Steve. Willis O'Brien: Special Effects Genius (791.4302 O'Brien A)

Ashbury, Roy. Nosferatu: Director, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (791.4372 A)

Asherman, Allan. The Star Trek Compendium (791.457 A)

Aurra, Sing. Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary (OV 791.4372 R)

Aylesworth, Thomas G. Movie Monsters (J 791.435 A)

Bansak, Edmund G. Fearing the Dark: The Val Lewton Career (791.4302 Lewton B)

Baxter, John. Mythmaker: The Life and Work of George Lucas (791.4302 Lucas B)

Berenstein, Rhona J. Attack of the Leading Ladies: Gender, Sexuality, and Spectatorship in Classic Horror Cinema (791.4361 B)

Bifulco, Michael J. Superman on Television: A Comprehensive Viewer's Guide to the Daring Exploits of Superman as Presented in the TV Series (791.4572 B)

Billson, Anne. The Thing (791.4372 R)

Bizony, Piers. 2001: Filming the Future (791.437 B)

Blake, Michael F. The Films of Lon Chaney, Lon Chaney: The Man Behind the Thousand Faces and A Thousand Faces: Lon Chaney's Unique Artistry in Motion Pictures (all 791.4302 Chaney B)

Bojarski, Richard. The Films of Bela Lugosi (OV 791.4302 Lugosi B)

Bojarski, Richard, and Kenneth Beale. The Films of Boris Karloff (OV 791.4302 Karloff B)

Bouzereau, Laruent, and Jody Duncan. Star Wars: The Making of Episode I: The Phantom Menace (791.4372 B)

Brackett, Leigh, and Lawrence Kasdan. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The Illustrated Screenplay (791.437 B)

Broderick, Mick. Nuclear Movies: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of Internation Feature Length Films Dealing with Experimentation, Aliens, Terrorism, Holocaust and Other Disaster Scenarios, 1914-1989 (791.4365 B)

Brunas, Michael and John, and Tom Weaver. Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946 (791.4361 B)

Bukatman, Scott. Blade Runner (791.4372 B)

Burns, Bob, with John Michlig. It Came from Bob's Basement!: Exploring the Science Fiction and Monster Movie Archive of Bob Burns (791.4361 B)

Burtt, Ben. Star Wars: Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide (791.437 B)

Castle, William. Step Right Up!: I'm Gonna Scare the Pants Off America: Memoirs of a B Movie Mogul (791.4302 Castle)

Champlin, Charles. George Lucas: The Creative Impulse: Lucasfilm's First Twenty Years (OV 791.4302 Lucas C)

Clarens, Carlos. An Illustrated History of Horror and Science-Fiction Films (791.4361 C)

Clute, John. Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (R 809.3876 C)

Cohen, Daniel. Masters of Horror and Science Fiction's Greatest Monsters (both J 791.4309 C)

Collins, Tom. Steven Spielberg, Creator of E.T. (JB Spielberg C)

Corman, Roger, with Jim Jerome. How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime (791.4302 Corman)

Cox, Stephen. The Addams Chronicles: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Addams Family (791.4572 C)

Creed, Barbara. The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (791.4361 C)

Curtis, James. James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters (791.4302 Whale C)

Derry, Charles. Dark Dreams: A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film (791.435 D)

Charles Drazin on Blue Velvet (791.4372 D)

Egan, Robert & Louise. Little Shop of Horrors (791.4372 E)

Eisner, Lotte H. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt (791.43 E)

Elsaesser, Thomas. Metropolis (791.4372 E)

Everman, Welch. Cult Horror Films: From Attack of the 50 Foot Woman to Zombies of Mora Tau (791.4361 E) and Cult Science Fiction Films: From The Amazing Colossal Man to Yog - Monster from Space (791.4361 E)

Everson, William K. Classics of the Horror Film and More Classics of the Horror Film (both 791.4309 E)

Ezra, Elizabeth. Georges Méliès: The Birth of the Auteur (791.4302 Melies E)

Ferber, Elizabeth. Stephen Spielberg: A Biography (B Spielberg F)

Fischer, Dennis. Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998 (R 791.4361 F)

Florescu, Radu. In Search of Frankenstein (823 Shelley F)

Frank, Alan G. The Films of Roger Corman: 'Shooting My Way Out of Trouble' (791.4302 Corman F) and Horror Movies: Tales of Terror in the Cinema (791.435 F)

Frayling, Christopher. Things to Come (791.4372 F)

French, Sean. The Terminator (791.4372 F)

Galbraith, Stuart, IV. Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!: The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films (791.4361 G)

Gatiss, Mark. James Whale: A Biography, or the Would-Be Gentleman (791.4302 Whale G)

Gelder, Ken, ed. The Horror Reader (809.3873 H)

Gibberman, Susan R. Star Trek: An Annotated Guide to Resources on the Development, the Phenomenon, the People, the Television Series, the Films, the Novels, and the Recordings (R 791.457 G)

Gifford, Denis. A Pictorial History of Horror Movies (OV 791.43 G)

Glut, Donald F. The Dracula Book (791.435 G) and The Frankenstein Legend: A Tribute to Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff (791.4309 G)

Golden, Christopher, ed. Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film (791.4361 C)

Goldner, Orville, and George E. Turner. The Making of King Kong (OV 791.4372 G)

Grant, Barry Keith, ed. Planks of Reason: Essays on the Horror Film (791.4375 P)

Graven Images: The Best of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Film Art from the Collection of Ronald V. Borst (791.43615 G)

Green, Carl R., and William R. Sanford. Bride of Frankenstein, House of Fear and The Revenge of the Creature (all J FIC Green)

Greene, Eric. Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race and Politics in the Films and Television Series (791.4375 G)

Grey, Rudolph. Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (791.4302 Wood G)

Gross, Edward, and Mark A. Altman. Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (791.4375 G)

Haining, Peter, ed. The Dracula Scrapbook: Articles, Essays, Letters, Newspaper Cuttings, Anecdotes, Illustrations, Photographs and Memorabilia About the Vampire Legend (OV 133.423 D)

Halliwell, Leslie. The Dead That Walk: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, and Other Favorite Movie Monsters (791.4375 H)

Henderson, C.J. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies (R 791.4361 H)

Herron, Don, ed. Reign of Fear: The Fiction and Films of Stephen King (813.54 R)

Hofstede, David. Planet of the Apes: An Unauthorized History (791.4375 H)

Holston, Kim R., and Tom Winchester. Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series and Remakes: An Illustrated Filmography, with Plot Synopses and Critical Commentary (R 791.4375 H)

David Hughes's The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made (791.4361 H)

Jancovich, Mark. Rational Fears: American Horror in the 1950s (791.4361 J)

Jenkins, Susan and Robert. Life Signs: The Biology of Star Trek (571.0919 J)

Jensen, Paul M. Boris Karloff and His Films (791.4302 Karloff J) and The Men Who Made the Monsters (791.4361 J)

Johnson, John "J.J." Cheap Tricks and Class Acts: Special Effects, Makeup and Stunts from the Films of the Fantastic Fifites (791.4302 J)

Johnson, Tom. Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties (791.4361 J)

Johnson, Tom, and Deborah Del Vecchio. Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography (R 791.4361 J)

Johnson, William, ed. Focus on the Science Fiction Film (791.4361 F)

Jones, Stephen. The Frankenstein Scrapbook: The Complete Movie Guide to the World's Most Famous Monster (791.4365 J)

Kalat, David. A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series (791.4365 K)

Kasdan, Lawrence, and George Lucas. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: The Illustrated Screenplay (791.437 K)

Kendrick, Walter M. The Thrill of Fear: 250 Years of Scary Entertainment (823.093 K)

Kinnard, Roy. Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896-1929 (R 791.4309 K)

LaValley, Al. Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Don Siegel, Director (791.4372 L)

Law, John W. Scare Tactic: The Life & Films of William Castle (791.4302 Castle L)

Lee, Walt. Reference Guide to Fantastic Films: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (791.438 L)

Lees, J.D., and Marc Cerasini. The Official Godzilla Compendium (791.43 L)

Lennig, Arthur. The Count: The Life and Films of Bela "Dracula" Lugosi (B Lugosi L)

Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives (screenplay) (791.437 L)

Lucas, George. George Lucas: Interviews (edited by Sally Kline) (791.4302 Lucas)

Mabery, D.L. Steven Spielberg (JB Spielberg M)

McCallum, Lawrence. Italian Horror Films of the 1960s: A Critical Catalog of 62 Chillers (791.4375 M)

MacCarthy, Kevin, ed. They're Here... Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute (791.4372 T)

McDonagh, Maitland. Broken Mirrors, Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento (791.4302 Argento M) and Filmmaking on the Fringes: The Good, the Bad, and the Deviant Directors (791.4302 M)

The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stephanie Schwam, ed.) (791.4372 M)

Manchel, Frank. An Album of Great Science Fiction Films (J 791.435 M) and An Album of Modern Horror Films (791.4309 M)

Manguel, Alberto. Bride of Frankenstein (791.4372 M)

Mank, Gregory William. Karloff and Lugosi: The Story of a Haunting Collaboration (791.4302 Karloff M), Women in Horror Films, 1930s and Women in Horror Films, 1940s (both 791.43 M)

Marinaccio, Dave. All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Star Trek (158.1 M)

Maxford, Howard. The A-Z of Horror Films (R 791.4361 M) and Hammer, House of Horror: Behind the Screams (791.4362 M)

Mangelis, Andy. Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters (791.4375 M)

Mathews, Jack. The Battle of Brazil (791.4372 M)

Mayo, Mike. Videohound's Horror Show: 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish, and Humorous Movies (R 791.4361 M)

Meachum, Virginia. Steven Spielberg: Hollywood Filmmaker (JB Spielberg M)

Meikle, Denis. A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer (791.4361 M)

Miller, David. The Peter Cushing Companion (791.4302 Cushing M)

Miller, Mark A. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Horror Cinema: A Filmography of Their 22 Collaborations (791.4302 Lee M)

Milne, Tom, and Paul Willemen; Phil Hardy, ed. The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror (R 791.43616 M)

Milne, Tom, and Paul Willeman. The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction (R 791.4361 O)

Mott, Donald R., and Cheryl McAllister Saunders. Steven Spielberg (791.4302 Spielberg M)

Muir, John Kenneth. Terror Television: American Series, 1970-1999 (R 791.4561)

Mullaly, Don, and Carl Erickson. Mystery of the Wax Museum (screenplay; book edited with an introduction by Richard Koszarski) (791.4372 M)

Naha, Ed. The Making of Dune (791.437 N)

Newman, Kim. Cat People (791.4372 N)

Newman, Kim, ed. The BFI Companion to Horror (791.4361 B)

Nichols, Nichelle. Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories (B Nichols)

Nimoy, Leonard. I Am Spock (B Nimoy or UAP YA)

Okuda, Michael & Denise. Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future (791.4572 O)

O'Neill, James. Sci-Fi on Tape: A Complete Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy on Video (R791.4375 O).

Paglia, Camille. The Birds (791.4372 P)

Palmer, Randy. Paul Blaisdell, Monster Maker: A Biography of the B Movie Makeup and Special Effects Artist (791.4302 Blaisdell P)

Parla, Paul, and Charles P. Mitchell. Screen Sirens Scream!: Interviews with 20 Actresses from Science Fiction, Horror, Film Noir and Mystery Movies, 1930s to 1960s (791.4302 P)

Paul, William. Laughing Screaming: Modern Hollywood Horror and Comedy (791.4361 P)

Phillips, Mark, and Frank Garcia. Science Fiction Television Series: Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime Time Shows, 1959 Through 1989 (791.4565 P and R 791.4565 P)

Picart, Caroline Joan "Kay," and Frank Smoot & Jane Blodgett. The Frankenstein Sourcebook (R 791.4365 P)

Pinedo, Isabel Cristina. Recreational Terror: Women and the Pleasures of Horror Film Viewing (791.4361 P)

Pitts, Michael R. Horror Film Stars (R 791.4361 P)

Powers, Tom. Horror Movies, Movie Monsters (both J 791.4309 P) and Steven Spielberg: Master Storyteller (JB Spielberg P)

Presnell, Don, and Marty McGee. A Critical History of Television's The Twilight Zone, 1959-1964 (791.4572 P)

Rakoff, Ian. Inside The Prisoner: Radical Television and Film in the 1960s (791.4572 R)

Renzi, Thomas C. Jules Verne on Film: A Filmography of the Cinematic Adaptations of His Works, 1902 Through 1997 (791.4375 R)

Reynolds, David West. Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (791.437 R and J791.4375 R)

Reynolds, David West, with illustrators Hans Jenssen and Richard Chasemore. Star Wars: Incredible Cross Sections (J791.4375 R)

Richards, Thomas. The Meaning of Star Trek (791.4572 R)

Rickels, Laurence A. The Vampire Lectures (791.4367 R)

Robinson, David. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (791.4372 R)

Robb, Brian J. Screams & Nightmares: The Films of Wes Craven (791.4302 Craven R)

Rockett, Will H. Devouring Whirlwind: Terror and Transcendence in the Cinema of Cruelty (791.4309 R)

Rovin, Jeff. Aliens, Robots, and Spaceships (OV 809.3876 R and R 809.3876 R) and The Encyclopedia of Monsters (R 001.944 R and J 001.944 R)

Russo, Joe, and Larry Landsman, with Edward Gross. Planet of the Apes Revisited: The Behind the Scenes Story of the Classic Science Fiction Saga (791.4375 R)

Sammon, Paul M. Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner (791.4372 S)

Sander, Gordon F. Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Television's Last Angry Man (B Serling S)

Sanderson, Mark. Don't Look Now (791.4372 S)

Sansweet, Stephen. Star Wars Encyclopedia (OV 791.4375 S)

Scott, Kathryn Leigh, and Jim Pierson, eds. Dark Shadows Almanac: Millennium Edition (791.4572 D)

Seckuler, Robert, and Randolph Blake. Star Trek on the Brain: Alien Minds, Human Minds (612.82 S)

Senn, Bryan. Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography, 1931-1939 (791.4361 S)

Senn, Bryan, and John Johnson. Fantastic Cinema Subject Guide: A Topical Index to 2500 Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films (R 791.4375 S)

Shatner, William, and Chris Kreski. Star Trek Memories (791.4572 S)

Shay, Don, and Jody Duncan. The Making of Jurassic Park (791.4372 S)

Silver, Alain, and James Ursini, ed. The Horror Film Reader (791.4361 S)

Silver, Alain, and James Ursini. The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Bram Stoker's Dracula (791.4367 S)

Skal, David J. Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre (791.4302 Browning S), Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen (823 Stoker S), Screams of Reason: Mad Science and Modern Culture (791.4361 S), The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (791.4361 S), Screams of Reason: Mad Science and Modern Culture (791.4361 S), and V Is for Vampire: An A to Z Guide to Everything Undead (398.45 S)

Smith, Don G. The Poe Cinema: A Critical Filmography of Theatrical Releases Based on the Works of Edgar Allan Poe (791.436 S)

Soback, Vivian. Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film (791.4375 S)

Solow, Herbert F., and Robert H. Justman. Inside Star Trek: The Real Story (791.457 S)

Sonnenfeld, Barry, with Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Men in Black: The Script and the Story Behind the Film (791.4372 S)

Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, Based on the Novel by Anthony Burgess (791.5372 S)

Stork, David G., ed. HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality (791.4372 H)

Svehla, Gary J. & Susan, eds. Guilty Pleasures of the Horror Film (791.4361 G)

Szulkin, David A. Wes Craven's Last House on the Left: The Making of a Cult Classic (791.4372 S)

Takei, George. To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu (791.4302 Takei)

Taylor, Al, and Sue Roy. Making a Monster: The Creation of Screen Characters by the Great Makeup Artists (791.43027 T)

Telotte, J.P. A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age (791.4309 T) and Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film (791.4361 T)

Thomson, David. The Alien Quartet (791.4372 T)

Timpone, Anthony. Men, Makeup, and Monsters: Hollywood's Masters of Illusion and FX (791.4302 T)

Tracy, Kathleen. The Girl's Got Bite: The Unofficial Guide to Buffy's World (791.457 T)

Travers, Peter, and Stephanie Reiff'. The Story Behind The Exorcist (791.4372 T)

Tropp, Martin. Mary Shelley's Monster: The Story of Frankenstein (823 Shelly T)

Turner, George, and Michael H. Price. Forgotten Horrors: Early Talkie Chillers from Poverty Row (791.4375 T)

Van Hise, James. Sci Fi TV: From The Twilight Zone to Deep Space Nine (791.4509 V)

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. Between Time and Timbuktu, or Prometheus-5: A Space Fantasy (791.457 V)

Wachowski, Larry and Andy. The Art of The Matrix (791.4732 W)

Walker, Mark. Ghostmasters (792.7 W)

Warren, Bill. The Evil Dead Companion (791.4372 W) and Set Visits: Interviews with 32 Horror and Science Fiction Filmmakers (791.4361 W)

Watson, Elena M. Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed (791.4561 W)

Weaver, Tom. Attack of the Monster Movie Makers: Interviews with 20 Genre Giants (791.4361 A), I Was a Monster Movie Maker: Conversations with 22 SF and Horror Filmmakers (791.4365 I), Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup (791.4309 W), It Came from Weaver Five: Interviews with 20 Zany, Glib and Earnest Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Traditions of the Thirties, Forites, Fifties and Sixties (791.4361 W), Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures: Confessions of 14 Sci-Fi/Horrormeisters! (791.4375 W), Poverty Row Horrors!: Monogram, PRC, and Republic Horror Films of the Forties (791.4361 W), Science Fiction Confidential: Interviews with 23 Monster Stars and Filmmakers (791.4361 W), Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers of the 1940s Through the 1960s (791.4365 W) and They Fought in the Creature Features: Interviews with 23 Classic Horror, Science Fiction and Serial Stars (791.4361 W)

Weinberg, Larry. Star Wars: The Making of the Movie (J 791.4372 W)

Weldon, Michael J. The Psychotronic Video Guide (R 791.4363 W)

West, Adam, with J eff Rovin. Back to the Batcave (791.4502 West)

Wheat, Leonard F. Kubrick's 2001: A Triple Allegory (791.4372 W)

Who Goes There? 1950's Horror & Sci-Fi Movie Posters & Lobby Cards (791.4361 W)

Williams, Lucy Chase. The Complete Films of Vincent Price (791.4302 Price W)

Williams, Tony. Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film (791.4361 W)

Willis, Donald C. Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist, Horror and Science Fiction Films II, Horror and Science Fiction Films III and Horror and Science Fiction Films IV (all 791.4375 W).

Winston, Joan. The Making of the Trek Conventions: Or, How to Throw a Party for 12,000 of Your Most Intimate Friends (791.457 W)

Wolf, Leonard. Dracula: The Connoisseur's Guide (809.9335 W)

Woods, Paul A. The Planet of the Apes Chronicles (791.4375 W)

Worth, D. Earl. Sleaze Creatures (791.4361 W)

Wright, Bruce Lanier. Nightwalkers: Gothic Horror Movies: The Modern Era (791.4361 W)

Young, R.G. The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: From Ali Baba to Zombies (R791.4375 Y)

Zicree, Marc Scott. The Twilight Zone Companion (791.4572 Z)

List compiled by Jonathan Guildroy

October 2002