{"product_id":"the-haunted-screen-paperback","title":"The Haunted Screen - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Tyree\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInformed by the eerie paranoia of horror film, J. M. Tyree's uncanny novella follows a couple transplanted to Germany.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile in the throes of writing a book on Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e, a film scholar believes he's being followed by a strange presence. Is this a supernatural force emanating from the prehistoric caves in the region, one captured in lost footage from horror movies filmed in the area in the 1920s? Or is he being stalked by his ex, a mentor, former lover, and brilliant but problematic critic who claims to have discovered the secret history of a supernatural camera used in films by Murnau and Hitchcock?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen our scholar's wife disappears and the local police start investigating him, he attempts to unravel a mystery that takes him to Berlin, to Prague, and into the haunted heart of movies whose scenes appear to be recurring in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between the double- life of professional networking and obsessive unease, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunted Screen\u003c\/i\u003e blends the madness and obsession of academia with a dark, thrilling current of psychological mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.M. Tyree\u003c\/b\u003e is the coauthor, with Michael McGriff, of \u003ci\u003eOur Secret Life in the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e (A Strange Object\/Deep Vellum), an NPR Best Books selection. He serves as a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFilm Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. His film essay \"Ways of Looking at Vertigo\" was published in \u003ci\u003eBennington Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Issue Eleven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47260443705593,"sku":"9781646053490","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/rfsyZ8iVKx9781646053490.webp?v=1768785442","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-haunted-screen-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}