The Ghouls: Book One: The Stories Behind the Classic Horror Films

Peter Haining, Bram Stoker, Stephen Vincent Benét, Christopher Lee, Francis Oscar Mann, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gaston Leroux, W. Somerset Maugham, Tod Robins, Richard Connell


4.00 · 1 ratings · Published: 29 Oct 1974

The Ghouls: Book One: The Stories Behind the Classic Horror Films by Peter Haining, Bram Stoker, Stephen Vincent Benét, Christopher Lee, Francis Oscar Mann, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gaston Leroux, W. Somerset Maugham, Tod Robins, Richard Connell
THE GHOULS
...and other phantoms from the vaults of the great horror movies, portrayed by the great masters whose stories inspired them.

Contents:
• Editor's Foreword
• Introduction by Vincent Price
• The Devil in a Convent by Francis Oscar Mann (aka The Devil in a Nunnery)
• The Lunatics by Edgar Allan Poe (aka The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether)
• Puritan Passions by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Phantom of the Opera (abridged) by Gaston Leroux
• The Magician (excerpt) by W. Somerset Maugham
• Freaks by Tod Robbins (aka Spurs)
• Most Dangerous Game by Richard Edward Connell
• Dracula's Daughter by Bram Stoker (aka Dracula's Guest)
• All That Money Can Buy by Stephen Vincent Benét (aka The Devil and Daniel Webster)
• Afterword by Christopher Lee
• Cast and Credits

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