TV Gothic

<p> Most horror film fans are familiar with the movie classics from the early Universal archetypes to the Hammer landmarks--all of which have been celebrated in countless books and magazines. But what about the parallel universe of television horror? The series made-for-TV-movies and specials?</p><p> With detailed coverage of shows from Britain America and Europe this book chronicles the small-screen appearances of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster adaptations of stories by Edgar Allan Poe and M.R. James performances of beloved stars like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price groundbreaking series like <I>The Television Ghost</I> <I>Lights Out</I> and <I>Dark Shadows</I> and such memorable movies as <I>The Night Stalker</I> <I>The Norliss Tapes</I> and <I>Salem's Lot</I> along with unearthed gems like <I>The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre</I> and <I>Mrs. Amworth</I>. The work of such key directors as Dan Curtis and Lawrence Gordon Clark is also examined.</p>