SHOOK,
ROCKED, rattled, astounded, spooked . . . All
of these words and others far more descriptive and power-packed
only vaguely, remotely describe what happened when THE
CREATURE FEATURES MOVIE GUIDE STRIKES AGAIN syrocketed
into the consciousness of America in 1995. This fourth-edition
explosion in the ongoing CREATURE
FEATURES MOVIE GUIDE SERIES from John Stanley's
imprint Creatures at Large Press, 1082 Grand Teton Drive,
Pacifica CA 94044, startled the world of science fiction
and horror movies and had a resounding effect on the
sanity of the social structure which it touched so delicately.
The
critics were raving--not because they were insane or
because they should be placed in straitjackets. (Alas,
there are a handful of movie critics who should be assigned
this apparel and placed in padded rooms for their own
protection, but we are not presently at liberty to name
them at this time).
No, these tasteful critics who are now referring to
realized that this edition, like no other before it,
covered the genre fields in a thorough and refreshing
style. It was a case of intellectualism superimposing
itself on crassness and brassness.As Stanley explained
it: "You see, I watch at least one movie per day,
in an effort to keep up to the great outpouring of new
titles.
"In this singular manner I am able to cover this
vast field of movie-making. I feel that when it's all
filtered through a single, singular point of view such
as my own, a comprehension results within in a world
of movies that is otherwise incomprehensible. Hence,
my fellow Americans and members of foreign cultures,
I bring clarity to cosmic chaos." |
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