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How Many Books on Films Do You Have?

Started by RCMerchant, February 29, 2024, 02:47:53 PM

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RCMerchant

Not counting the 100's of magazines and some novelizations, I have 62!

1. Keep Watching the Skies Vol. 1 and 2 -Bill Warren
3. the Illustrated History of the Horror Film- Carlos Claren
4. Karloff- Denis Gifford
5. the Marx Bros. Scrapbook- Richard Anobile
6. the 3 Stooges Scrapbook- various
7. Harold Llyod: King of Daredevil Comedy- Adam Reilly
8. Psychotronic Video Guide- Michael Weldon
9. Classics of the Horror Film- Wm. K Everson
10. Films of Boris Karloff- Richard Bojarski
11. Films of Bela Lugosi- Richard Bojarski
12. Frankenstein- Richard Anobile
13. Psycho- Richard Anobile
14. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde- Richard Anobile
15. the Maltese Falcon- Richard Anobile
16. Hollywood Gothic- David Skal
17. the 3 Stooges: An iiustrated History- Michael Fleming
18. No Traveller Returns: Lugosi on the Road- Gary Don Rhoades
19. Birth of the American Horror Film- Gary Don Rhodes
20. White Zombie- Gary Don Rhodes
21. the Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre- Stephan Youngkin
22.Guilty Pleasures of the Horror Film-various
23. M : Film Script- Fritz Lang
24. Mad, Bad, and Dangerou: Mad Doctors in Film- various
25. Karloff- Peter Underwood
26. Lugosi: the Man Behind the Cape- Richard Cramer
27. Lon Chaney Jr.- various
28. the Monster Show- David Skal
29. Lugosi- Dreams and Nightmares- Gary Don Rhodes
30. Horror Film Stars- Michael Pitts
31. To Be Continued...A Guide to Motion Picture Serials- Weiss
32. Forgotten Horrors-  Michael Price
33. Sleaze Creatures: A Guide to Obscure Horror Movies 1956-1959- D. Earl Worth
34. More Classics of the Horror Films- Wm. K. Everson
35. the Bad Guys- Wm. K. Everson
36. Heros of the Horrors- Calvin T. Beck
37. Heroines of the Horrors- Calvin T. Beck
38. the Count: the Life and Films of Bela Lugosi- Artur Lenning
39. Horror Films of the 70's: Volumes 1 and 2- John Muir
40. Bela Lugosi- various
41. Silent Screams: the History of the Silent Horror Film- Steve Haberman
42. Bela Lugosi: In Person- Gary Don Rhodes
43. the Gorehounds Guide to Splatter Films of the 60's and 70's- Aron Stine
44. Cinema of the Fantastic-Chris Steinbrunner
45. the Fabulous Fantasy Films- Jeff Rovin
46. Horror Movies- Alan Frank
47. the Pictorial History of Horror Films- Denis Gifford
48. the Frankenscience Monster- F.J. Ackerman
49. Tod Browning's Dracula- Gary Don Rhodes
50. House of Horror: the Story of Hammer Films- various
51. Lugosi: His Life on Film, the Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers- Gary Don Rhodes
52. Graven Images: the Best of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Film Art- Ronald Borst
53. Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror- W. Scott Poole
54. Movie Fantastic: Beyond the Dram Machine- David Annan
55. Shlock-O-Rama: The Films of Al Adamson- David Konow
57. the Referweence Guide to Fantasy Films- Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol.3- Walt Lee
60. Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes- Joe Kane
61. Slasher Movies: A to Z Guide to over Sixty Years of Blood and Guts- Peter Normanton
62. Silent Movie: the Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture- Peter Kobel

Here's me waaay back in 1973- with one of my first film books- A Pictorial Guide to Horror Moves by Denis Gifford!




"Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."

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Rev. Powell

Haven't counted but probably around 20-30. I also have Psychotronic Video Guide and Psychotronic Encyclopedia (Weldon's earlier book, which you did not list).
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

RCMerchant

^ I HAD the Psychotronic Encyclopedia, but it got so dog-earred it fell apart!
"Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."

Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

ER

What does not kill me makes me stranger.

RCMerchant

#4
I also collect (but not nearly as many)-
.Comic books. the early 60's war comic are a fav.
. MAD magazine paperbacks. I got about 30!
. UFO books.
.Monster models.
.Monster magazines
. VHF tapes.





"Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."

Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant