"CLASSIC IMAGES" BOOK REVIEW
After three “Scripts from the Crypt” books on Universal’s Kharis the Mummy movies (The Mummy’s Hand, The Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy’s Ghost), the series takes on another of the studio’s franchise monsters: 1942’s The Ghost of Frankenstein (BearManor Media, $40, softcover; $50, hardcover) is the subject of “Scripts” #16 and the volume is packed with Monster Kid goodness: Gregory Mank’s production history, Tom Weaver’s “Fun Facts,” additional chapters by Bill Cooke, Roger Hurlburt and Frank Dello Stritto, pressbook, appendices and an early script quite unlike the eventual movie (Old Ygor hatches a plan to take over the entire country and, who knows?, maybe tomorrow the world!). When it comes to the horror and sci-fi oldies, no one does deep dives like the “Scripts from the Crypt” gang, and if you’re a fan of Ghost of Frankenstein, the volume is essential.
-- Laura Wagner, Reviewer (Book Points)
After three “Scripts from the Crypt” books on Universal’s Kharis the Mummy movies (The Mummy’s Hand, The Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy’s Ghost), the series takes on another of the studio’s franchise monsters: 1942’s The Ghost of Frankenstein (BearManor Media, $40, softcover; $50, hardcover) is the subject of “Scripts” #16 and the volume is packed with Monster Kid goodness: Gregory Mank’s production history, Tom Weaver’s “Fun Facts,” additional chapters by Bill Cooke, Roger Hurlburt and Frank Dello Stritto, pressbook, appendices and an early script quite unlike the eventual movie (Old Ygor hatches a plan to take over the entire country and, who knows?, maybe tomorrow the world!). When it comes to the horror and sci-fi oldies, no one does deep dives like the “Scripts from the Crypt” gang, and if you’re a fan of Ghost of Frankenstein, the volume is essential.
-- Laura Wagner, Reviewer (Book Points)