Attack of the B Queens

Edited by Jon Keeyes.

From helpless heroine waiting to be saved from peril by the handsome hero to the strong, independent survivor who alone defeats her menace, supernatural or otherwise, the actresses in horror films have assumed varying and more specifically defined roles. In Attack of the B Queens author Jon Keeyes presents a series of essays that examine the Birth of the B Film and the evolution of the Scream Queen - from the silent era through the 1950s. With an introduction by the undisputed “King of the Bs” Roger Corman, the book offers contributions from Linnea Quigley (who looks at Hammer Films), Brinke Stevens discusses The Art of Screaming: the 1980s; Debbie Rochon continues with Sequels A Go-Go and the adventure continues with chapters on Corman Heroines, Glam Babes from Outer Space, Into the Post Modern Era and Queen Bitches of the Universe. Included are short but oftentimes revealing interviews with B Queens such as Mamie Van Doren, Stella Stevens, Tura Satana, Barbara Leigh, Gail Harris, Ginger Lynn Allen, Jackie Lovell, Kathy Kurtz, Leslie Culton, Patricia Tallman, Sasha Graham and Tina Krause.