Greasepaint and Gore: Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton |
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Bruce Sachs, Russell Wall
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Pages: 160 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0953192601
Pub: Tomahawk Press
Pub date: 1999-03-03
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 382540
Reader Reviews:
Every horror fan should own a copy. (4/4 people found this helpful)
I heard about Greasepaint and Gore long before I bought it, and read all of the great reviews. Now I have my own copy, and have to say what a fabulous book it is. For once we don't get the "official" versions of history, but rather the real insights into what life was like when Hammer was great.
Ashton was a marvel and a great influence on what was to follow Hammer in the field of horror. How refreshing to read a book with new photos And stories about Hammer.
This book is a real "collectors' edition":beautifully designed and printed on high quality paper, and impossible to put down - even on its third reading! Every horror fan should own a copy. Wow!
A very odd book (3/8 people found this helpful)
I bought this very expensive book sight unseen expecting it to be about the monsters in the Hammer horror films that Roy Ashton created. Instead it is a very slim volume about Ashton himself, written in a rather turgid style. The pictures are excellent, but it is rather a bland (and very brief) read. I expected a lot more,
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