Paul Blaisdell, Monster Maker: A Biography of the B Movie Makeup and Special Effects Artist

by Randy Palmer

Fred Olen;Burns Ray (Foreword)

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Paul Blaisdell was the man behind the monsters in such movies as ""The She Creature"", ""Invasion of the Saucer Men"", ""Not of This Earth"", ""It! Terror from Beyond Space"" and many others. Working in primarily low-budget films, Blaisdell was forced to rely on greasepaint, guts and, most importantly, an unbounded imagination for his creations. From his inauspicious beginning through ""The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow"" (1959), the construction of Blaisdell's monsters and the making of the movies in which they appeared are fully detailed here. Blaisdell's work in the early monster magazines of the 1960s is also covered.
  • ISBN10 0786402709
  • ISBN13 9780786402700
  • Publish Date 21 November 1996
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 24 February 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Language English