Famous Monsters Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Of the Monsters, for the Monsters, by the Monsters. Going behind the scenes of the best in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy and uniting Monster Kids since 1958.

Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film
Mel Brooks
Roll the Thunder… Let’s hear the Wolves… Turn on the Bats… Drac is Back! Shown as a double bill with Young Frankenstein in a lot of places, capitalizing on the success of the Mel Brooks comedy. Old Dracula (1974) https://t.co/TXco7W4Zxt
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Masks
Ray D. Bradbury
Forry Friday. Ray Bradbury (Left) and Forrest J Ackerman (Right) wearing masks created by Ray Harryhausen. https://t.co/S2D1CrrMGh
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The Witches
Roald Dahl
Angelica Huston was Author Roald Dahl’s favorite choice for the role of Grand High Witch in The Witches (1990). She would spend upwards of eight hours a day having the prosthetics applied and removed and was incredibly uncomfortable under the hot studio lights. The result… https://t.co/B6TLIFwYJL
Paperback, 2007
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury wrote Something Wicked This Way Comes out of a desire to work with Gene Kelly, Kelly (a personal friend ) loved the original script but was unable to secure financing. Bradbury went back to the drawing board and rewrote the story as a novel, published in 1962…. https://t.co/LaygJg1kgR
Paperback, 2017
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Psycho
Robert Bloch
With a first draft of the script written by Robert Bloch (who also wrote Psycho). Director Freddie Francis replaced Bloch and always regretted it. The movie originally written to star Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff. Unfortunately doesn’t live up to its rather awesome poster. https://t.co/VFyfNuT0te
Paperback, 2010
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice
Tom Cruise as Lestat, behind the scenes Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). An extremely controversial casting choice, placed Cruise in the firing line of Anne Rice, the novels author. After seeing the finished movie Rice agreed that Cruise became Lestat. https://t.co/Vgoq7Ymnvp
Paperback, 1997
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book