A Universe of Horrors: A History of Universal's Horror Movies and the Men Who Made Them

The story of Universal Studios' horror movies is the story of cinema itself. Universal were there at the beginning, being one of the first studios to make Hollywood its home, and more than any other studio, took the horror movie to its heart. In this book, hear the stories of how Universal Studios came to be, of Lon Chaney and his son, of Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and genius director James Whale. Of creature designer and make-up king, Jack Pierce, of Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, of Evelyn "Queen Of The Screamers" Ankers, the Laemmle empire, and of every Universal Horror movie from Hollywood's Golden Age... \*\*