{"product_id":"2940152345759","title":"Showmanship: The Cinema of William Castle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Castle was cinema’s Abominable Showman – the marketing genius who thought “outside the coffin” to dream up outrageous public relations gimmicks, such as PERCEPTO! and EMERGO! He was also the talented director of fifty-six feature films, from the Film Noir When Strangers Marry and the Whistler mysteries to Westerns, swashbucklers, and – his fearsome forte – celebrated shockers, such as House on Haunted Hill, Strait-Jacket, Homicidal, and The Tingler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Joe Jordan provides exhaustive scholarly analysis of each of Castle’s directorial efforts, as well as production background, little-known anecdotes, and succinct plot synopses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Joe Jordan dissects the films of William Castle with delicious abandon, as if he wields the razor edge of Joan Crawford’s axe from Strait-Jacket. Like slicing tendons from marrow, he carves into the masterful showman’s work with surgical precision and pulls the mask from the myths. A genuine thriller from A-Z. Hardly a shadow misses his myopic scrutiny. Every page keeps you on the edge of your seat.” – David W. Menefee, Pulitzer nominated author of Wally: The True Wallace Reid Story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fills in the missing ‘Fright Break’ in every horror aficionado’s film library!” – Lucy Chase Williams, author of The Complete Films of Vincent Price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113264005360,"sku":"2940152345759","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152345759_p0.jpg?v=1764018868","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152345759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}