He is like a cross between Chuck Palahniuk, Christopher Moore, and Douglas Coupland but without the jaded cynicism, and with a great sense of humor. Lively black-and-white illustrations by Derek Mah make this a book that is sure to be a hit with every monster-loving reader.Īrthur Slade is an amazing author. Slade’s hilarious text presents delicious imagined gossip, favorite blood types, favorite movies, and even favorite haunts (you should pardon the expression) with character descriptions and thoroughly researched background information. He provides facts, real history, imagined history, and lots of jokes to make these creatures come to life. Governor General’s Award-winner Arthur Slade has gathered together fifteen scary critters, ranging from Dracula to Golem, from Frankenstein to Baba Yaga and even a zombie. Cecil, the death of her parents, the appearance of scorpion hornets-creatures that should not exist on this earth-and the unsettling fates of two people who visited his estate is getting the better of her, and she’s starting to realize the director has truly dark designs for this movie.Monsterology: Fabulous Lives of the Creepy, the Revolting, and the Undead is the most fun anyone can have with some of the nastiest creatures ever imagined! Who can resist morsels like the fact that “Drakul” means “son of the dragon” in Romanian, that the first Golem may have been Enkidu, who appeared in the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, and that Frankenstein’s Monster was first inspired by Mary Shelley’s nightmare? But … More Beatrice’s curiosity about Mr. Meanwhile, Beatrice spends her days hidden away on the Cecil estate with her books and her insect collection, scarves covering her birthmarks and baldness. Isabelle is a silent film starlet, destined for greatness in the very first talking picture-a horror flick that will showcase her famous scream, often seen but never before heard by audiences. Cecil, a mysterious and influential director. Far from the isolated prairie ranch where they were born, orphaned twins Isabelle and Beatrice Thorn are living a glamorous 1920s Hollywood life as wards of Mr.
Description: A movie scream so piercing, so chilling and so powerful, it will open up another dimension and summon something beyond all imagining.
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