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This Time It's Personal

A Monster Kid's History of Horror Memories and Experiences

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This Time It's Personal

By: B Harrison Smith
Narrated by: B Harrison Smith
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I was a “Monster Kid” and “The Weird Kid, The Horror Movie Kid.” I found out early…horror is always personal.

Now I make horror for a living. It shouldn’t just be WATCHED.
Horror should be ENJOYED.

This isn’t some stuffy analysis telling you what’s good or bad. Instead, it’s a tour of the 1930s through the 1980s—a personal account of how the best and worst of this era gave us so many memories and experiences that impacted our own lives. It’s fun…just how horror should always be.

Whether it’s crowds screaming in terror at Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Alien, Dawn of the Dead, Sleepaway Camp, and so many more; or audiences laughing out loud at The Amityville Horror, Prophecy, or Jaws The Revenge—my goal is to show how movies on the big screen or late night cable and home video brought us together. I also examine historical context and its importance to a film’s success and why so many reboots and remakes seem to fail.

IF YOU LOVE BEING SCARED IT WILL BE THE READ OF YOUR LIFE!

©2022 B Harrison Smith (P)2022 BearManor Media Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV History & Criticism Entertainment Scary
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4 out of 5.

The book itself is an entertaining discussion of horror cinema as it relates to one man's life. Indeed, the author's biography - one could argue - is made, at least partially, of horror cinema. He talks about first watches, certain friends who shared those experiences with him, and what an adventure discovering those films was. The verbal illustrations of just what these meant to him, is infectious. There are cinematic insights and opinions. It's my kind of book.

The missing star has to do with production. It's poor. At times he'll finish a sentence, you hear a long pause as recording continues, and he will repeat that same sentence. I suppose this kind of thing happens, but ideally it doesn't make it into the final piece. Further, the recording overall is echo-y.

But the content of the book is worthy. That's why it still gets a four (and probably would get the full five, if not for the production itself).

I must congratulate the author on a good written work. It's a fun ride. How much the extremely poor production bothers one, is down to individual preferences.

Good. With poor production.

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