This book chronicles the American horror film genre in its development of remakes from the 1930s into the 21st century. Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) is investigated as the watershed moment when the genre opened its doors to the possibility that any horror movie--classic, modern, B-movie, and more--might be remade for contemporary audiences.Staple horror franchises--Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)--are highlighted along with their remake counterparts in order to illustrate how the genre has embraced a phenomenon...

It is said that "No man has seen the Father," but I have a different and True story to tell on that subject, and a few others. I found myself born in the early 1950's amidst the fall charm of the maple, elms and oak leaves that wave and fall upon the streets of Michigan. Raised and nurtured upon the daily bread of a large number of brothers and sisters, relatives, friends, butterfly nets, kites, lightning storms, snowmen and tree forts, paper, pen and schools, church, priests and nuns, and finally girls. Oh, and eventually God finds His way into the picture in an up close, in your face sort...