Terror Television

Informationen zum Autor John Kenneth Muir is the author of twenty-two reference books covering science fiction and horror on film and television! including award winners Horror Films of the 1970s (2002 ALA Best Reference) and The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television (2005 New York Public Library Best Reference). He is creator of the Internet sci-fi series The House Between (http://www.thehousebetween.com) and his popular blog can be found at http://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot. Klappentext This large-scale reference book documents an entire genre! from the dawn of modern horror television with the watershed Serling anthology! Night Gallery (1970)! a show lensed in color and featuring more graphic makeup and violence than ever before seen on the tube! through more than 30 programs! including those of the 1998-1999 season. Zusammenfassung Although horror shows on television are popular in the 1990s thanks to the success of ""The X-Files""! such has not always been the case. From ""Kolchak: The Night Stalker"" to ""Millennium""! from ""The Evil Touch"" to ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer""! this is a guide to frightening television programs! both memorable and obscure.

Klappentext

This large-scale reference book documents an entire genre, from the dawn of modern horror television with the watershed Serling anthology, Night Gallery (1970), a show lensed in color and featuring more graphic makeup and violence than ever before seen on the tube, through more than 30 programs, including those of the 1998-1999 season.

Zusammenfassung
Although horror shows on television are popular in the 1990s thanks to the success of ""The X-Files"", such has not always been the case. From ""Kolchak: The Night Stalker"" to ""Millennium"", from ""The Evil Touch"" to ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", this is a guide to frightening television programs, both memorable and obscure.