The Horror Film Handbook

One of my favourite books of all time has to be Alan Frank's Horror Film Handbook. I was lucky enough to come across this book at a car boot sale back when I was the tender age of 13 (1983). Being an average teenager I was fascinated by Horror films in particular the older ones. It wasn't so much a gore factor but I loved the old school creepiness of them. For me, at the time, anything with Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christoper Lee etc I treated like gold dust. Alan Frank's horror film Handbook was a great find. Not only did it list all those old school horror gems that I loved so much but it also paved the way for me to find out about other films and led me on the path to try and track them down. I always wished whilst reading the book there was some way of seeing the trailer to the film that was being mentioned in the handbook. Unfortunately at the time there was no internet so seeing trailers of these films was virtually impossible. Roll forward 28 years and suddenly it is possible and what a good idea for a blog. An A - Z of trailers of films that feature in The Horror Film Hand Book. This probably won't interest anyone other than me or anyone else who might have a copy of this book. To be honest it will probably only end up being a point of reference for me and that's ok but if anyone else gets a kick out of it as well then all the better.