Ingrid Pitt, Queen of Horror
Author | : Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780786461899 |
ISBN-13 | : 0786461896 |
Rating | : 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Ingrid Pitt, icon of horror cinema: her life and career. Full cast and production credits, synopses, reviews and notes are offered for all of her film, stage and television appearances, along with a critical listing of her novels and other published works. An analysis of Hammer Films' Karnstein Trilogy--of which Pitt's celebrated The Vampire Lovers (1970) was the first installment--is included, and also examined is the trilogy's original literary source, Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla." Other features are rare photographs and other movie-related graphics from every phase of the actress' career and a foreword by Ingrid Pitt herself.