9 1/2” x 11 3/4” Paperback B&W w/ Full Color Published by FAB Press ISBN: 09522926083 1st Printing (2001) (This is a preowned book in excellent condition. Very minimal bumps / bends on cover and edges but barely noticeable. Very clean 'archival' copy.)
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The Seventies was the heyday of independent film production in Britain and this decade marked the peak of creativity for the genre. Ten Years of Terror is an encyclopaedic record of this era featuring a stunning selection of film stills and truly great promotional artwork. This is a work of unparalleled research - a valuable and definitive reference work. Ten Years of Terror is a beautiful large-format book which thoroughly satisfies all cult and horror film fans; lavishly illustrated with many pages in full colour and stacks of never previously published photos.The Seventies was the heyday of independent film production in Britain and this decade marked the peak of creativity for the genre. Ten Years of Terror is an encyclopaedic record of this era featuring a stunning selection of film stills and truly great promotional artwork. This is a work of unparalleled research - a valuable and definitive reference work. Ten Years of Terror is a beautiful large-format book which thoroughly satisfies all cult and horror film fans; lavishly illustrated with many pages in full colour and stacks of never previously published photos.
Desperate Visions: The Films of John Waters & the Kuchar Brothers by Jack Stevenson
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6 1/2” x 9 12” 256 pages Softcover B&W Published by Creation Books ISBN: 1871592348 1st Printing (1996)
(This is a used book in very good condition; minor bumps on corners and front cover. Slight crease on bottom left back cover. Unmarked and clean copy.)
John Waters is the notorious director of such cult-movie classics as "Pink Flamingos", "Female Trouble", "Desperate Living" and "Hairspray".
Desperate Visions features several in-depth interviews with Waters, as well as with members of his legendary entourage including Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole and Miss Jean Hill. George and Mike Kuchar are the directors of such low budget/ underground classics as "Sins of the Fleshapoids" and "Hold Me While I'm Naked". Their visionary trash aesthetic was a great influence on the young John Waters.
Desperate Visions includes extensive interviews with the Kuchars, as well as a comprehensive assessment of their career and influence. A unique feature on actress, Marion Eaton, star of the gothic porn epic "Thundercrack!", is also included. With many rare photographs, filmography and index, Desperate Visions is an essential introduction to the wild world of John Waters and to the outrageous camp/underground film tradition which his movies exemplify.
Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey by Ziemba and Budnik
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8” x 10” 256 pages Softcover B&W Published by Headpress
(This is a used book in very good condition; slight wear on corners. Small .25 inch tear on the back cover edge. Clean and unmarked. Nice archival copy; rare book.)
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BLEEDING SKULL! features 300 in-depth reviews of movies that have escaped the radar of people with taste and the tolerance of critics. Black Devil Doll From Hell, A Night To Dismember, Heavy Metal Massacre, The Last Slumber Party – this book gets deep into gutter-level, no-budget horror, from shot-on-video (SOV)revelations (Doctor Bloodbath) to forgotten theatrical casualties (Frozen Scream). Clown midget slashers! The Indonesian Jason! A pregnant woman in a bikini who eats fried chicken before getting her fetus ripped out by a psychopath! It's all here. And it's all curated by the enthusiastic mindsbehind Bleedingskull.com, the world's foremost authority on trash-horror obscurities.
Jam-packed with rare photographs, advertisements, and VHS sleeves (most of which have never been seen), BLEEDING SKULL! is an edifying, laugh-out-loud guide through the dusty inventory of the greatest video store that never existed.
'The Psychotronic Video Guide' by Michael J. Weldon
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8.5" x 11" 646 Pages Paperback ISBN: 0312131496 Published by St. Martin's Griffith (1996) First Edition
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How to know a Psychotronic Movie:
These films can commonly be identified by their use of exploitation elements and their interest in humanity's lower common demoninators.
They occur throughout the world, but are particuarly common at midnight movie festivals and in video stores' cult sections, they are especially frequent at that beloved and dying institution, the drive-in.
Their packaging is commonly deceptive. They almost always appear on videocassette.
Among their kind are biker films, sci-fi series, quickie biopics, gimmick films, teen sex comedies, blaxploitation films, stalkers, slashers, snoozers, shrudderers, and anything starring Lynda Blair, david Carradine, Shannon Tweed or Drew Barrymore.
And they're all here in the Psychotronic Video Guide.
From Abby to Zontar, this book covers more than nine thousand amazing movies from the turn of the century right up to today's golden age of video, all described with Michael Weldon's dry wit. More than 450 rare and wonderful illustrations round out the book, making it a treasure trove of cinematic lore and essential for every fan of filmdom's finest offerings.
Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey by Ziemba, Choi, and Carlson
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8" x 10" 268 pages Softcover Full Color Offset 2021 First Edition ISBN: 9781683961864 Published by Fantagraphics
(This is a preowned book in fine condition. It has been cleaned, backed, and shrinkwrapped. There is small wear on the bottom of the spine but is in great shape.)
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Shapeshifting Hare Krishna demons who crash a BBQ, Mexican Freddy Kruegers, and two dinosaurs that dump body parts into a tiny swimming pool — brought to you by the maniacs behind Bleeding Skull!: A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey and Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film!
A celebration of the most obscure, bizarre, and brain-busting movies ever made, this film guide features 250 in-depth reviews that have escaped the radar of people with taste and the tolerance of critics -- Gorgasm! I Was a Teenage Serial Killer! Satan Claus! Die Hard Dracula! Curated by the enthusiastic minds behind BleedingSkull.com, this book gets deep into gutter-level, no-budget horror, from shot-on-VHS revelations (Eyes of the Werewolf) to forgotten outsider art hallucinations (Alien Beasts). Jam-packed with rare photographs, advertisements, and VHS sleeves (most of which have never been seen before), Bleeding Skull is an edifying, laugh-out-loud guide to the dusty inventory of the greatest video store that never existed.
6 1/2" x 9 1/2" 416 pages Paperback B&W Published by Critical Vision / Headpress ISBN: 1900486105 2nd Printing (2001) (This is a preowned book and has been read; no markings and no missing pages. The cover is in excellent condition; very small fold on the spine from being read.)
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The eagerly awaited follow-up to Kerekes & Slater's acclaimed Killing for Culture, See No Evilis an exhaustive and startling overview of Britain's video nasty' culture which chronicles the phenomenal rise of video technology, concern for the children', the clampdown of the Video Recordings Act (1984), and video's alleged associations with criminal activity.
See No Evilcontains studies of film-induced' murder cases (Columbine and Michael Rambo' Ryan), interviews with the video underground' (bootleggers and dealers), plus detailed and insightful commentary on contentious movies in both Britain and the US.
6 3/4" x 9 1/2" 284 pages Paperback B&W Offset Published by Creation Books 2nd Printing (1994)
(This is a preowned book in excellent condition. Very minimal bumps / bends on corners and edges but barely noticeable. Very clean archival copy.)
Description via Creation Books:
Definitive investigation into that controversial and inflammatory of all urban myths: the "snuff" movie. Including: Feature film, Mondo film, Death film, and a comprehensive filmography and index.
Illustrated by rare and stunning photographs from cinema, documentary and real life, Killing for Culture is a necessary book which examines and questions the human obsession with images of violence, dismemberment and death, and the way our society is coping with an increased profusion of these disturbing yet compelling images from all quarters.
