Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster are horror cinema icons, and the actors most deeply associated with the two roles also shared a unique friendship. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred in dozens of black-and-white horror films, and over the years managed to collaborate on and co-star in eight movies. Through dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, this greatly expanded new edition examines the Golden Age of Hollywood, the era in which both stars worked, recreates the shooting of Lugosi and Karloff's mutual films, examines their odd and moving personal relationship and analyzes their ongoing legacies. Features include a fully detailed filmography of the eight Karloff and Lugosi films, full summaries of both men's careers and more than 250 photographs, some in color.

本書は、ホラー映画の巨頭ベラ・ルゴシとボリス・カーロフの足跡を、緻密な考証で解き明かした傑作評伝です。単なる記録を超え、黄金時代のハリウッドが抱えていた孤独と、ライバルであり友でもあった二人の「怪物」が織りなす数奇な人間模様を、圧倒的な熱量で描き出しています。 特筆すべきは、実写映像では窺い知れない彼らの内面の葛藤です。銀幕に刻まれた恐怖の裏側にある、演じる執念と時代の波に翻弄される芸術家の悲哀を、著者は文学的な深みで炙り出しました。映像作品という光に、この本がもたらす影の真実を重ねることで、二人の巨星が遺した物語はより鮮烈に、永遠の輝きを放ちます。