Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Lights Dim
Chapter 1: The Coming Darkness & Exotic Lanterns of Noir
Chapter 2: Early and War Time Noir, Late ’30s-1946
Chapter 3: City Of Nine Nightmares, Film Noir 1946-1954
Chapter 4: Late and Retro Noir, 1955-1966 and Later
Chapter 5: Crime and Mystery Skulks About
Chapter 6: Dark, Stormy, and Just Maybe Haunted
Chapter 7: Chillers, Thrillers, and Psychos
Chapter 8: Coffin City, Nosferatu to Ligeia
Chapter 9: Barons of Horror
Chapter 10: Horrible Fiends From the Underworld
Chapter 11: Dinosaur Bones and Alien Clones
Chapter 12: Big Atomic Critters
Chapter 14: Take Us To Your Leader; Or, In Three Of Your Earth Years...
Afterword: The Face of the Unknown
Credits and Annotated Bibliography