From Nosferatu to the upcoming Victorian Psycho, horror filmmakers have always loved a literary adaptation. In the latest installment of the Literature Through the Lens series, Alienated Majesty screens some of the most unexpected and obscure shockers that leapt from page to screen. With rare prints courtesy of celluloid maniacs Bat City Cinema, American Genre Film Archive Head of Restoration Ivan Peycheff plays ghost host for a night of rare 16mm thrills and shocks based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Texas literary legend Robert E. Howard, and more. Find out if the book is always better, or at least bloodier, than the movie. – Richard Whittaker
