David J. Skal

44 books

Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice by David J. Skal, Jessica Rains

Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice

David J. Skal, Jessica Rains

290 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative slow-paced
Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre by David J. Skal, Elias Savada

Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre

David J. Skal, Elias Savada

360 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography horror dark tense slow-paced
Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween by David J. Skal

Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween

David J. Skal

224 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

445 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Dracula by John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane

Dracula

John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane

120 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction play dark tense medium-paced
Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond by David J. Skal

Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond

David J. Skal

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction horror dark medium-paced
Halloween: The History of America's Darkest Holiday by David J. Skal

Halloween: The History of America's Darkest Holiday

David J. Skal

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen by David J. Skal

Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

David J. Skal

384 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction horror informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Horror Film by David J. Skal, Stephen Prince, Ian Conrich, Cynthia A. Freeland, Isabel Cristina Pinedo, Joanne Cantor, Jonathan Crane, Mary Beth Oliver, Meghan Sanders, Casper Tybjerg, David A. Frank, Steven Jay Schneider, Caroline J. S. Picart, Mikita Brottman, Carlos Clarens

The Horror Film

David J. Skal, Stephen Prince, Ian Conrich, Cynthia A. Freeland, Isabel Cristina Pinedo, Joanne Cantor, Jonathan Crane, Mary Beth Oliver, Meghan Sanders, Casper Tybjerg, David A. Frank, Steven Jay Schneider, Caroline J. S. Picart, Mikita Brottman, Carlos Clarens

280 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction horror dark informative medium-paced
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019 (F&SF, #744) by Paul Di Filippo, David J. Skal, David J. Skal, Beth Cato, Charles de Lint, Deborah Coates, Albert E. Cowdrey, Cassandra Khaw, Alex Shvartsman, David Langford, Mary Soon Lee, Jerry Oltion, Alexander C. Irvine, Theodore McCombs, Molly Gloss, G. V. Anderson, Michelle West, Dominica Phetteplace, Andrej Kokoulin, Eliza Rose, C.C. Finlay

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019 (F&SF, #744)

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction #744

Paul Di Filippo, David J. Skal, David J. Skal, Beth Cato, Charles de Lint, Deborah Coates, Albert E. Cowdrey, Cassandra Khaw, Alex Shvartsman, David Langford, Mary Soon Lee, Jerry Oltion, Alexander C. Irvine, Theodore McCombs, Molly Gloss, G. V. Anderson, Michelle West, Dominica Phetteplace, Andrej Kokoulin, Eliza Rose, C.C. Finlay

258 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous challenging medium-paced