Women in Horror Book Titles

October 7, 2024 by Jon Kitley in Book News and tagged 1000 Women in Horror, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Alyse Wax, Bloody Women, Confessions of a Scream Queen, Creepy Bitches, Heidi Honeycutt, I Spit on Your Celluoid, Kelly Florence, Mallory O'Meara, Matt Beckoff, Meg Hafdahl, Rebekah McKendry, The Cinema Coven, The Lady from the Black Lagoon, The Science of Women in Horror, Victoria McCollum | 1 Comment

For those out there interested in diving into the horror history that features women, whether it be as a scream queen, screenwriter, director, or whatever else, there are plenty of volumes of titles dedicated to just this type of learning. So, I’ve listed a few of them below with the details in case you’re interested in doing a little more digging.

1000 Women in Horror
by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Published by BearManor Media, July 2020
600 pages.

This is a massive volume that covers a lot of ground here, with interviews, photos, and plenty of information.

You can also read our book review on this HERE. Or click HERE for the Amazon link.

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Book Review: The Lady from the Black Lagoon

April 21, 2019 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Horror Reference Book and tagged Bud Westmore, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hanover Square Press, Lady from the Black Lagoon, Mallory O'Meara, Milicent Patrick, Universal Monsters | 1 Comment

The Lady from the Black Lagoon
Published by Hanover Square Press, 2019. 368 pages.
By Mallory O’Meara

As a horror historian (sounds such more impressive than horror fan, doesn’t it?), anytime some light can be shed on someone important in the genre, especially when that light was purposely taken away from them, then I’m all for it.

If you were to just go by the screen credits in those classic movies, you’d never know about some of the thousands of people that actually worked on them. This isn’t anything new either, since a LOT of people go without given due credit. That’s just the business. But when that business included someone taking credit for someone else’s work, even getting rid of said person because they were starting to get their deserved credit, then that that error needs to be fixed, especially when we’re talking about the creation of one of the famous Universal Monsters. Helping do that is author Mallory O’Meara with this new book on Milicent Patrick, the woman who actually designed the Gill Man from Creature from the Black Lagoon.

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Milicent Patrick – The Lady from the Black Lagoon

February 19, 2019 by Jon Kitley in Book News and tagged Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hanover Square Press, Mallory O'Meara, Milicent Patrick, Universal Monsters | Leave a comment

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) remains as one of the great monsters from the Universal studios, still holding up today, 65 years later. But there are quite a few out there that still don’t realize that the design of the creature was actually done by a woman, Milicent Patrick, who never received credit for it in the final film. But now, thanks to author Mallory O’Meara, you can learn all about this unsung hero in her new book, The Lady from the Black Lagoon, which will be released on March 5th, from Hanover Square Press.

For all of us that are interested in our Horror History and its heritage, Milicent Patrick is a person that we should get to know and definitely remember, because without her contributions, our favorite Gill-man could have looked quite different. And this book looks to be a great place to start! I’ve already got mine on pre-order, so why don’t you.

You can pre-order your hardcover edition from Amazon now for only $17.70! How could you pass up that price? Just click HERE.