{"product_id":"john-landis-presents-the-library","title":"John Landis Presents The Library","description":"About the Author\n\nFilmmaker John Landis has written and\/or directed some of the most popular movies of all time including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), Trading Places (1983), Spies Like Us (1985), Three Amigos! (1987), Coming to America (1988), and Innocent Blood (1992) among many others. An authority on the horror genre, he wrote and directed the classic An American Werewolf in London (1981) and the groundbreaking Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983). He also wrote the best selling book Monsters in the Movies (DK, 2011).\n\nProduct Description\n\nClassic haunted house ghost stories curated by world-renowned filmmaker and horror genre authority John Landis.\n\nThis beautifully presented, highly collectible anthology features ghost stories that have enthralled, terrified and inspired readers decade after decade. Some are relatively well known; others are long-lost treasures, awaiting rediscovery.\n\nThe selection includes tales of terror by Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, and Perceval Landon; studies of creeping dread by Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James; short, sharp shockers by Ambrose Bierce, M.R. James and Lafcadio Hearn; and comedic masterpieces by Oscar Wilde and Saki.\n\nMr. Landis' own introduction explores each tale's fascinating impact on the contemporary horror genre.\n\nStep inside these ghost-ridden repositories of supernatural evil, if you dare...\n\n\"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.\" H. P. Lovecraft","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40161526054997,"sku":"9780241449417N","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/john-landis-presents-the-library","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}