Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night
by Alfred Hitchcock (Editor), Robert Arthur (Editor)
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A real mix of stories, some that lean more towards horror, a few that are more suspense. Stand-outs include "Side Bet' by Will F. Jenkins about a shipwreck survivor who finds that a very large and hungry rat is his only company. The most chilling story is "The Cocoon" by John B.L. Goodwin, about a little serial killer in the making who finds that he messed with the wrong moth.
This book was OK. It's dated. What was suspenseful in the 60s is not so much today. It was a good read if you as the reader can take yourself back into a time machine and pretend that you are a late 60s person or early 70s person.
Kind of makes me wonder what Alfred Hitchcock would be producing if he were in today's time.
This book is a series of short stories created to give you the heebee-jeebees. Sort of a horror inflicted twilight zone. A good read but certainly not on the level of a Stephen King where you don't want to turn off the lights at night.
I would recommend it if you had nothing else to read that was of more interest.
Kind of makes me wonder what Alfred Hitchcock would be producing if he were in today's time.
This book is a series of short stories created to give you the heebee-jeebees. Sort of a horror inflicted twilight zone. A good read but certainly not on the level of a Stephen King where you don't want to turn off the lights at night.
I would recommend it if you had nothing else to read that was of more interest.
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Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899 in London, England. He graduated from St. Ignatius College, where he studied engineering, and took art courses at the University of London. He worked briefly as a technical calculator for a cable company, but soon decided to focus on art, becoming an advertising layout draftsman for a London department show more store. In 1920, he got a job writing and illustrating title cards for silent pictures. He rose quickly, to script writer, art director and assistant director. By 1925, he had become a director, making a melodrama called The Pleasure Garden. In 1929, he directed Blackmail, Britain's first widely successful talking feature. The other movies he directed in England included The Lodger (U.S. title, The Case of Jonathan Drew), The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, and The Lady Vanishes. He was approached by producer David O. Selznick about directing in the United States, and he accepted so he could take advantage of the better-equipped American studios. His first American film, Rebecca, won the Academy Award for best picture. The other movies he directed in the United States included Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Frenzy, and Family Plot. In 1979, he was awarded the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. In 1980, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died from liver failure and heart problems on April 29, 1980 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1962-07
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- Fiction and Literature, Horror, Mystery
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- 813.087208 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction Collections
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- PS648 .H6 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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