Son Of Unsung Horrors — Son Of Unsung Horrors(Book)
Son Of Unsung Horrors is a large format perfectly bound coffee table edition- coming in at a page count of 400. It’s a highly colorful tome- full with tons of rare stills, foreign film posters, etc. With each film covered featuring a different color backdrop- making the whole thing even more colorful.
Like the first Unsung Horror book- the reviews/ features are written by a selection of different writers, so you get a nice choice of different tone/ approach- these move from factual with often interview quotes, onto nostalgic & funny, though to detailed & historic. On the whole, I’d say the tone here is a bit more factual & researched than the first Unsung Horror Vol- which I guess has its plus and negatives. But thankfully none of the features never go too scholarly/ stuffy.
Each review/ feature runs between a page & six pages- and I must say once again there’s a good selection of films I’ve seen( and often love), and the never heard of. Which means you get to read others take on film you enjoy, and learn some things you didn’t. And with the unseen films, a growing list of 'want to sees'.
As with Unsung Horror- the books topped off with an interview, and this is a six-page interview with Paul Annett- discussing that cult classic The Beast Must Die- which of course blends together werewolf genre, who-done-it, and cheesy 70’s action film. The interview is most informative sheding more light on this Amicus production oddity.
On the whole, I’d say this is a great follow-up to Unsung Horror, and I do hope there are more volumes in the works. As with other books released by this team, it’s got a fairly small print run- so I’d suggest picking this up sooner, than later. And it can be pick up direct from them here.