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It's alive! : classic horror and sci-fi movie posters from the Kirk Hammett Collection

Title
It's alive! : classic horror and sci-fi movie posters from the Kirk Hammett Collection / edited by Daniel Finamore ; with contributions by Steve Almond, Daniel Finamore, Joseph LeDoux.
Publication
  • New York, NY : Skira Rizzoli ; Salem, Massachusetts : Peabody Essex Museum, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Finamore, Daniel, 1961-
  • Almond, Steve
  • LeDoux, Joseph E.
  • Peabody Essex Museum, host institution.
Description
119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles; 31 cm
Summary
"Kirk Hammett, best known as the guitarist of the rock band Metallica, is also an avid collector of classic horror and sci-fi movie posters. This exhibition features 135 works that provide insight into the evolution of horror and sci-fi films and how they have played upon contemporary societal fears. Hammett acknowledges his poster collection as a source of inspiration for his own musical creativity. The exhibition features film posters as well as collectible electric guitars, monster masks and sculptures."--
Subject
  • Hammett, Kirk > Poster collections > Exhibitions
  • Hammett, Kirk
  • Horror films > Exhibitions
  • Monster films > Exhibitions
  • Fantasy in motion pictures > Exhibitions
  • Science fiction films > Exhibitions
  • Film posters > Exhibitions
  • Horror films
  • Monster films
  • Fantasy in motion pictures
  • Science fiction films
  • Film posters
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog for the exhibition held at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts from August 12 through November 26, 2017.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index.
Contents
Paper that lures like the vampire himself: the art of horror and science fiction movie posters / Daniel Finamore -- Fearing: why we enjoy horror movies / Joseph LeDoux -- My mojo has thirteen eyes! On the horrific beauty of the unconscious unchained / Steve Almond.
Call Number
MFL+ 17-3309
ISBN
  • 9780847860982
  • 0847860981
LCCN
2017935619
OCLC
974469117
Title
It's alive! : classic horror and sci-fi movie posters from the Kirk Hammett Collection / edited by Daniel Finamore ; with contributions by Steve Almond, Daniel Finamore, Joseph LeDoux.
Publisher
New York, NY : Skira Rizzoli ; Salem, Massachusetts : Peabody Essex Museum, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index.
Added Author
Finamore, Daniel, 1961- editor, author, writer of introduction.
Almond, Steve, author.
LeDoux, Joseph E., author.
Peabody Essex Museum, host institution.
Research Call Number
MFL+ 17-3309
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