Samhain
...you won't find a more complete reference book to horror and science fiction films...on the planet and as reference books go it re-defines the term indispensable...Donald C. Willis...we salute you.
Bright Lights Film Journal
Save your pennies, kids—this one is it! A stunning achievement in the field. Willis has a wonderful sensibility and a genuine writing talent, using a kind of shorthand style to bring these often strange films to brief, vivid life.
Booklist
It's been 13 years since the publication of Horror and Sience Fiction Films III, and this fourth volume still excited the author, who is entranced by the availability of so many obscure films now on video...
Video Watchdog
...coverage has become more detailed with each new edition, and Horror and Science Fiction Films IV beats them all...thanks to the video age, this volume is also somewhat more international than its predecessors ...a pleasure to handle...inviting to read.
American Reference Books Annual
The present update, in many ways the quirkiest and most useful, covers an additional 4,200 genre films through 1994...summaries are written in a lively, readable style that should appeal to fans of the genre...quite simply, Horror and Science Fiction Films is the most comprehensive, entertaining, and informative source for difficult-to-find films in these genres.
Midnight Marquee
The king of horror film checklists is back, with the classiest edition of his four-volume set presented by the 'new' and improved Scarecrow Press, which is typeset and designed in an eye-pleasing two-column format. I've said so in the past and I say it again: The Willis volumes have been essential for research and writing in my library for over 20 years...Unlike other wordy reference sources, Willis includes short synopses and critiques of most all the movies included, and Willis is not afraid to stump on sacred cows and enjoy films that many others hate. Never has the Willis volume looked more impressive, and while $90 is a huge chunk of change, the quality warrants the high price tag. Highly recommended.
Science Fiction Chronicle
...Willis covers a much broader range of foreign film than I've ever seen before.
Lsoh
...execellent reference
LSOH
...execellent reference
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)
The present update, in many ways the quirkiest and most useful, covers an additional 4,200 genre films through 1994...summaries are written in a lively, readable style that should appeal to fans of the genre...quite simply, Horror and Science Fiction Films is the most comprehensive, entertaining, and informative source for difficult-to-find films in these genres.
Bright Lights Film Journal
Save your pennies, kids—this one is it! A stunning achievement in the field. Willis has a wonderful sensibility and a genuine writing talent, using a kind of shorthand style to bring these often strange films to brief, vivid life..
Video Watchdog
...coverage has become more detailed with each new edition, and "Horror and Science Fiction Films IV" beats them all...thanks to the video age, this volume is also somewhat more international than its predecessors ...a pleasure to handle...inviting to read..
Booknews
This compendium chronicles the horror and science fiction genres of film made during the period from 1984-1994. Entries, listed in alphabetical order by film title, include credits, cast, a synopsis, and annotation, including the author's favorite, the film's "best line." Additional lists cite the more memorable films in the genres for both the current period and 1900-1984. Appendices include thumbnail descriptions of problem and peripheral films and an update of entries from previous volumes covering earlier periods. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
