Despite only lasting four short years from 1930 to 1934, the pre-code era of Hollywood’s Golden Age produced films that pushed the boundaries of cinema and storytelling, even by today’s standards.

About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...

Whether it's a bunch of teenagers being picked off by a crazed killer or an ominous ghost story in a morbid mansion, audiences have been transfixed by the horror genre and its electric collection of ...