The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies

By Mike Mayo

“A must-have for horror film junkies.” —Entertainment Weekly

“One of the 20 best horror guides of all time.” —HorrorHound magazine

“For horror aficionados, finding a reliable “blood-soaked” map through the vast landscape of scary cinema can be a daunting task. Enter Mike Mayo’s The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies. This comprehensive, high-energy compendium is more than just a reference book. It is a love letter to the genre. The guide captures the thrill of discovery for both casual viewers and “hardcore” gore-hounds alike.” —Basement of the Bizarre

The Horror Show Guide is just what the doctor ordered offering 100’s of films for readers to browse over to find the perfect range of titles for an evening of terror. Mike Mayo has a great writing style that makes the entries fun to read and suitable for hardcore fans.” —Horrornews.net

“If it’s a scary movie, it’s likely to be listed in this book, making it a reference guide that movie buffs simply should NOT be without.” —Maumelle Monitor

“Give the book as a gift to a horror fan or keep it for yourself. Mayo’s exhaustive research and knowledge shines through as does his sense of entertainment and love of the genre. Enjoy!” —ValerieTalksBooks.com

This cinefile’s guidebook covers the horror genre monstrously well! Find reviews of over 1,000 of the best, weirdest, wickedest, wackiest, and most entertaining scary movies from every age of horror!

Atomic bombs, mad serial killers, zealous zombies, maniacal monsters lurking around every corner, and the unleashing of technology, rapidly changing and dominating our lives. Slasher and splatter films. Italian giallo and Japanese city-stomping monster flicks. Psychological horrors, spoofs, and nature running amuck. You will find these terrors and many more in The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies.

No gravestone is left unturned to bring you entertaining critiques, fascinating top-ten lists, numerous photos, and extensive credit information to satisfy even the most die-hard fans. Written by a fan for fans, The Horror Show Guide helps lead even the uninitiated to unexpected treasures of unease and mayhem with lists of similar motifs, including …

  • Urban Horrors
  • Nasty Bugs, Mad Scientists and Maniacal Medicos
  • Evil Dolls
  • Bad Hair Days
  • Big Bad Werewolves
  • Most Appetizing Cannibals
  • Classic Ghost Stories
  • Fiendish Families
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • Literary Adaptations
  • Horrible Highways and Byways
  • Post-Apocalyptic Horrors
  • Most Regrettable Remakes
  • Towns with a Secret
  • and many more.

With reviews on many overlooked, underappreciated gems, new devotees and discriminating dark-cinema enthusiasts alike will love this big, beautiful, end-all, be-all guide to an always popular film genre. With many photos, illustrations, and other graphics, The Horror Show Guide is richly illustrated. Its helpful appendix of movie credits, bibliography, and extensive index add to its usefulness.

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ISBN: 9781578594207
Ebook ISBN: 9781578594603
Hardback ISBN: NA

496 Pages
120 Photos and Illustrations
7.5″ x 9.25″
Trade Paperback Price: $54.95
eBook Price: $19.99

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About the Author:

Michael Mayo has written about film for the Washington Post and the Roanoke Times.  He was the host of the nationally syndicated radio programs Movie Show on the Radio and Max and Mike on the Movies. He still talks about new films and DVDs every week on select North American radio stations. His non-fiction includes VideoHound’s DVD Guide, VideoHound’s Video Premieres, and VideoHound’s War Movies, as well as, Visible Ink's The Horror Show Guide and American Murder: Criminals, Crime and the Media. He is writing a series of suspense novels set in Prohibition-era New York.