It's Alive!: Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Movie Posters from the Kirk Hammett Collection

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Kirk Hammett is the lead guitarist of Metallica, one of the most successful and beloved bands in rock history. But even before Hammett assumed the heavy metal mantle, he was a geek for the imaginative universe of horror. From the age of six, the guitarist gathered toys, ephemera, and memorabilia from his favourite films. This generously illustrated book highlights the finest examples of Hammett's personal collection of horror and sci-fi movie posters--an astonishing trove that spans the history of the genre.

Daniel Finamore is The Russell W. Knight Curator of Maritime Art and History, PEM. He has organized more than 15 exhibitions of American and European painting and decorative arts at PEM. Joseph LeDoux is the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at NYU in the Center for Neural Science, and he directs the Emotional Brain Institute of NYU and the Nathan Kline Institute. Steve Almond writes regularly for The NYTimes Magazine and The Boston Globe. His first book was the story collection My Life in Heavy Metal. His nonfiction book, Candyfreak, was a NYTimes Bestseller. He is currently co-host of the WBUR podcast "Dear Sugar" with Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild.

"Metalheads know him as the guitarist for Metallica, but Kirk Hammett also has quite a thing for horror. It's Alive (Skira Rizzoli), shows off some of his collection-a splendid selection of some of the greatest film posters of the horror and sci-fi genres, from classics to cult faves, along with essays from experts about their significance as art and how they reflect on our larger issues and fears." -Parade "The book combines oddities such as the aforementioned Caligari poster, Roland Coudon's funeral procession tableaux for Frankenstein, and a Karoly Grosz Mummyposter that spotlights the film's human cast members with a lot of more common promos for pictures such as Dracula's Daughter, Barbarella, Mystery of the Wax Museum, and Island of Lost Souls. Hammett favors pre-sixties posters, though there is a scattering of later day ones for movies such as Alien, Rosemary's Baby, Blacula, and of course, It's Alive. It's an impressive collection." -Psychobabble Blog ". . . 120 pages of images that feature the personal movie poster collection of Hammett, which include some of the most beautiful, obscure, rare, and/or famous sci-fi and horror posters that have ever been released." -Dread Central "The book is a real visual treat and if you're anyone like me it brings back many childhood and young adolescent memories." -Boyce McClain Collector's Corner "Kirk has just released his new book It's Alive! showcasing his amazing collection of classic horror movie posters." -FrightFind.com "It's Alive features the most iconic images ever made, revealing our unquenchable desire to mediate the realms of the unknown, where dark forces come to the light on a quest for dominance-and fail every time. Whether Frankenstein, Dracula, the Werewolf, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, aliens, zombies, or beasts and ghoul s of any kind, It's Alive lovingly reflects on our rapacious desire to be scared time and again by the boogieman." -Crave Online "Kirk [Hammett] is showing is love affair with horror once again. His latest book, It's Alive, features a look at some of the horror posters in his collection and features classic Universal monsters posters, cult classics, and even an assortment of modern cinema." -Underland Online ". . . this handsomely designed book features emblematic posters for great genre films as well as rare and unusual images from around the world. " -LeonardMaltin.com