{"product_id":"desert-monster-movies-and-horror-westerns","title":"Desert Monster Movies and Horror Westerns","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eTWO BOOKS IN ONE! DESERT MONSTER MOVIES and HORROR WESTERNS!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom John LeMay, the author of over sixty published works on western folklore and film history, comes an in-depth tome devoted to desert-set monster movies of the fifties and sixties, plus a look at the odd, underappreciated genre of the horror-western. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesert Monster Movies and Horror Westerns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e not only examines the making of these films, but also the real history that inspired them—even the infamous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBilly the Kid Versus Dracula\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Desert Monster Movies,” explore obscure flicks from 1946’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flying Serpent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, based upon the legend of Quetzalcoatl, up to 1969’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Valley of Gwangi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which Willis O’Brien dreamed up after reading reports of a real-life expedition into the Grand Canyon in search of the prehistoric Eohippus. In “Horror Westerns,” unearth the history of this obscure subgenre, starting with 1932’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTombstone Canyon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, complete with a Lon Chaney-inspired phantom, all the way up to 1977’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWishbone Cutter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which touted itself as a “Witchcraft Western” and starred Sondra Locke as a supernatural seductress.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914106233023,"sku":"331b7933-d9ff-47ef-b736-8ea6ed996636","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/ca86e93f660765715ca487830645f46f.jpg?v=1785054676","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/desert-monster-movies-and-horror-westerns","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}