Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953–1968
“As someone who grew up watching late-night chiller feature series on television, readingFamous Monsters of Filmlandmagazine, listening to haunted house sound effects records, and making my own super-8 monster movies, I read Kevin Heffernan’s book with nostalgia and delight. He provides the historical, cultural, and economic context for many of the texts and artifacts of my own misbegotten youth.”—Henry Jenkins, coeditor ofHop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture