tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post2606870936661450095..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Friday's "Forgotten" Books: LIVING IN FEAR: A HISTORY OF HORROR IN THE MASS MEDIA by Les Daniels (Scribner's, 1975)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-54804510217422617172013-12-01T08:49:24.476-05:002013-12-01T08:49:24.476-05:00Or, even, congratulated.Or, even, congratulated.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-26311616033304088782009-11-20T13:14:43.331-05:002009-11-20T13:14:43.331-05:00And, yes, I do know how to spell series, oddly eno...And, yes, I do know how to spell series, oddly enough...and Bloch slapped him down even harder, when Stefano attempted to claim complete credit in a professional venue, leading to Stefano funding an ad in which Robert Bloch, "the only author of the novel PSYCHO," congratulating Stefano for his adaptation.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-57473768808976541692009-11-20T12:46:57.513-05:002009-11-20T12:46:57.513-05:00Some do; I think Ellison might be as proud of it a...Some do; I think Ellison might be as proud of it as any of his other scripting. I think "Nightmare" is better (it was rather badly botched by the new OUTER LIMITS series). Considering what an ass I consider the writer of that episode (and coproducer of the sereis) Joseph Stefano (who attempted to claim all the credit for PSYCHO the script and minimize what he drew from Robert Bloch's novel, an effort that Gus Van Sant attempted to aid him in though Hitchcock slapped him down over it), that's saying something.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-87314441833268331772009-11-20T12:36:49.925-05:002009-11-20T12:36:49.925-05:00Some consider THE DEMON WITH THE GLASS HAND writte...Some consider THE DEMON WITH THE GLASS HAND written by Harlan Ellison to be the best episode of the original OUTER LIMITS.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-951924848705591672009-11-20T12:05:15.444-05:002009-11-20T12:05:15.444-05:00Kate--yep...one of the best ever, THE LAST WAVE, w...Kate--yep...one of the best ever, THE LAST WAVE, was just starting production as I was reading the book, and I just caught most of it again this morning as I meant to be getting ready for work. But the book's value is that it ranges from Walpole to Alice Cooper, EC Comics to THRILLER (the television anthology series with Boris Karloff, not the later Jackson album and its title song and video, nor even the '70s British series), and I believe it was the first book, certainly the first trade book, to range quite like that.<br /><br />Patti--given your antipathy for tv horror, I'm surprised you dug the borderline horror/sf of most of THE OUTER LIMITS...or did the fateful incident with that TWILIGHT ZONE episode happen later than the first run of TOL?<br /><br />Evan--I was certainly glad to see it.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-16390079042419371192009-11-20T10:26:14.122-05:002009-11-20T10:26:14.122-05:00Wish I'd latched onto this back in '75.Wish I'd latched onto this back in '75.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-86987284725227728212009-11-13T15:50:54.346-05:002009-11-13T15:50:54.346-05:00Oh, my gosh, the Outer Limits. I did love that sho...Oh, my gosh, the Outer Limits. I did love that show.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-42315261035419496292009-11-13T14:12:53.940-05:002009-11-13T14:12:53.940-05:00Somehow I always picture Les in his bathrobe as he...Somehow I always picture Les in his bathrobe as he "fights" in That Damned Game Show trivia-off at Necon regardless of the situation. Interesting interview. I have this book as well. It did come out at an interesting moment in horror film making. Haven't looked at it in years!C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.com