American Nightmares

<p>Through 33 interviews with as many masters of American fantastic cinema <em>American Nightmares</em> traces the evolution of one of the most thrilling and creatively stimulating periods in the history of horror cinema: the New American Horror (mid-1960s to late 1980s). The book compares the artistic social and political perspectives of those who whether consciously or unconsciously for over thirty years have narrated criticized and depicted the changes taking place in American society through fantastic cinema.</p><p><br></p><p>The interviews are all unpublished conducted in person by the author between 2003 and 2013 and presented in full in English for the first time. Here are the PROTAGONISTS:</p><p><br></p><p>Richard Matheson (Writer Screenwriter: <strong>I am Legend</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Roger Corman (Director Screenwriter Producer: <strong>Tales of Terror</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Jack Hill (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Spider Baby</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Herschell Gordon Lewis (Director Producer Screenwriter <strong>2000 Maniacs</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>George A. Romero (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Night of the Livig Dead</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Sean Cunningham (Director Screenwriter Producer: <strong>Friday te 13</strong><sup><strong>th</strong></sup><strong>) </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Bob Clark (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Deathdream</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Tobe Hooper (Director Screenwriter: <strong>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Larry Cohen (Director Screenwriter: <strong>It's Alive</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>William Friedkin (Director Screenwriter: <strong>The Exorcist</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>John Carpenter (Director Screenwriter Composer: <strong>Halloween</strong>) </p><p><br></p><p>David Cronenberg (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Rabid </strong>)</p><p><br></p><p> Don Coscarelli (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Phantasm</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Meir Zarchi (Director Screenwriter: <strong>I spit on your Grave</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Richard Donner (Director Screenwriter: <strong>The Omen</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Joe Dante (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Gremlins</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>John Sayles (Director Screenwriter: <strong>The Howling</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>John Landis (Director Screenwriter: <strong>An American Werewolf in London</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Jeff Lieberman (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Squirm</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>John Boorman (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Deliverance</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Bill Lustig (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Maniac</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Frank Henenlotter (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Basket Case</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Dan O'Bannon (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Return of the Living Dead</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Brian Yuzna (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Society</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Stuart Gordon (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Re-Animator</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Dennis Paoli (Screenwritere: <strong>Re-Animator</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Lloyd Kaufman (Director Screenwriter Producer: <strong>The Toxic Avenger</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Tom Holland (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Fright Night</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Fred Dekker (Director Screenwriter: <strong>Night of the Creeps</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Ethan Wiley (Director Screenwriter: <strong>House</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>The Chiodo Brothers (Directors Screenwriters Producers FX creators: <strong>Killer Klowns from Outer Space</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Clive Barker (Director Screenwriter Writer: <strong>Hellraiser</strong>)</p><p><br></p><p>Mick Garris (Director Screenwriter Producer: <strong>Masters of Horror)</strong></p><p><br></p>