Monster Cinema

"This is far more than a very handy guidebook to monsters in the movies. Barry Keith Grant's prose is lucid, and informed by a keen intelligence and exhaustive scholarship demonstrating his mastery of the genre. This is a great read!" - Christopher Sharrett (author of The Rifleman) "Barry Keith Grant's Monster Cinema is an 'unnaturally' fine book, providing readers with a concise, engaging, and perceptive historical and ideological overview that attests to the enduring power of this genre." - Lester D. Friedman (coauthor of Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives) "Barry Keith Grant is an ideal guide in this wide-ranging survey of monsters in the movies. He leaps across genres, periods, and critical traditions with authority and verve." - Adam Lowenstein (author of Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film)

"The book is highly recommended, because, as Grant himself notes, our survival depends on understanding monsters-in other words, on understanding ourselves."

(Science Fiction Reviews)