Shock! Horror! has a far bit of text, but it's about the art-work first and foremost. There is solid details regarding each release towards the back however. I think it's a must-have for Cult fans. |
recommended: spaghetti nightmares,which is for those who have not read it a book of career spanning interviews with fulci, deodato, argento, d'amato etc etc and violent professional, the films of luciano rossi-loved this one and dip into this one frequently. most should already know or have: the psychotronic video guide and the psychotronic encyclopedia, which are excellent b cinema guides. |
Just read (not very hard to do with this graphic novel) the 'Friday The 13th' graphic novel. Yeah - it's ok. Lots of blood and guts and tits and tits, but sooo stereotypcal. But hey, I guess none of the Friday13th films are known for being the most clever films. Also it's full of quite homophobic bits - which was stupid. 3/5 |
In the middle of reading La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film by Mikel J. Koven. It's a bit of a text book, but an entertaining and informative read about all things giallo. He discusses a fair number of Shameless releases too which is always good! |
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Definitely - I'm enjoying it at least! Like I said, it's a bit of an academic book but it's very readable and entertaining! |
Excellent. One quick question, how spoiler heavy is it? I'm usually reluctant to read books like that, until I'm positive i've covered at least most of the very well known movies (which I have, so I'm not too worried). But I guess if it's quite academic, it discusses the endings in great detail? |
It is pretty spoiler heavy I'm afraid. It does reveal the identity of several killers. Basically, it discusses individual elements of giallo cinema as a whole and uses individual films as examples so it has to use spoilers in a lot of cases. Koven assumes the reader has seen a lot of the more well-known films too, so there isn't any warning when spoilers do come up either It's still an excellent read though. |
That novel of ' The Ruin's ' I won was very slow to start, but it picked up in the 2nd half and turned out to be quite an enjoyable read. Killing For Culture though is still one of the best film related book's i've read. |
Not strictly a film book but World War Z is a brilliant read logging survivor's viewpoints of the great Zombie world war.......fiction.......for now ;) By Max Brooks. |
That sounds an interesting read Bedorca. I think i'll try track it down. Also not strictly 'horror', but im currently looking for the 'Dark Angel' novel's. If they're anything like the series they should make for a compelling read. |
I finished reading that earlier this summer - loved every second of it! |
100 EUROPEAN HORROR FILMS BFI SCREEN GUIDES contains in-depth reviews of; ANATOMY ANGST ANGUISH THE AWFUL DR ORLOFF THE BEAST (LA BETE) A BELL OF HELL THE BEYOND BEYOND THE DARKNESS THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE BLOOD AND BLACK LACE THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE BLOODY PIT OF HORROR BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI CANNIBAL FEROX CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST CANNIBAL MAN THE CASTLE OF TERROR THE CHURCH CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD CURSE OF THE DEVIL DARK WATERS (BAINO) DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS THE DAY OF THE BEAST DEEP RED DEJA VU DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE DEMONS THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE LES DIABOLIQUES DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS THE EAR EYES WITHOUT A FACE FASCINATION FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET THE FOURTH MAN FUNNY GAMES THE GOLEM THE GRAPES OF DEATH HAXAN HAUTE TENSION THE HORRIBLE DOCTOR HITCHCOCK HOUR OF THE WOLF THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED HOUSE WITH THE LAUGHING WINDOWS HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE I VAMPIRI IN A GLASS CAGE INFERNO KILL,BABY...KILL! THE KINGDOM LAURIN LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE THE LIFT LIPS OF BLOOD LISA AND THE DEVIL MALEFIQUE MALPERTUIS MAN BITES DOG MARK OF THE DEVIL THE MARK OF THE WOLFMAN THE MASK OF SATAN MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN NEKROMANTIK NIGHT WATCH NIGHTWATCH NOSFERATU NOSFERATU THE VAMPIRE OPERA THE ORDEAL ORGY OF THE VAMPIRES THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK POSSESSION SCHRAMM SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS SHORT NIGHT OF THE GLASS DOLLS SPIRITS OF THE DEAD THE STENDHAL SYNDROME SUCCUBUS SUSPIRIA THE TENANT TENEBRE THESIS TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD TORSO TROUBLE EVERY DAY TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS VAMPYR THE VANISHING VIY WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? THE WHIP AND THE BODY THE WHITE REINDEER WHO SAW HER DIE? ZEDER ZOMBIE An impressive line up,I'm sure you'll agree.However,it IS SPOILER HEAVY-don't read the review until you've watched the movie!!!!;) |
I'm currently reading 'Eaten Alive - Italian Cannibal & Zombie Movies". It has lots of excellent stills from the various film it talks about and some interesting interviews with the likes of Robert Kerman, Beatrice Ring, Giovanni Lombardo Radice.. Well worth seeking out as it's really informative. |
I've just got 'The Cinema Book' for Uni and it is such a good book! lol! It has everything in!!! Unfortionatly, there is hardly anything on horror!!! As horror is seen as 'stupid cinema' and of little value. IMO - horror's the most important as it shows society's fears etc. So, you know what that smells like don't you? But apart from that its really good with tones of info in! |
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Oooh! Where did u study may I ask (or is that too personal - I dunno!). I'm off to UEA next month. Luckily for me though one of the proffessors is into horror and has write several books on it; Mark Jancovich - anyone heard of him? But yeah - PEOPLE SHOULD APPRECIATE HORROR MORE!!!!!!! |
Not at all mate, I didn't move away or anything I just studied at Leeds. Actually spent my first year doing Art but switched to Film Studies as it wasn't really my cup of tea (a bit TOO arty farty for my liking :D) Last two film/books I read were William Peter Blatty's 'The Exorcist' and 'Spiral' by Koji Suzuki. The follow up to the excellent 'Ring' novel. |
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Most academic books ignore horror, like you said, so you need to look out for specialist books. Some good academic horror texts I've got (that have helped immensely with my studies) are The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells, The American Horror Film: An Introduction by Reynold Humphries and The Horror Reader by Ken Gelder. They're some pretty good general texts. If you need any ideas on articles or books to read just PM me and I'll see if I can recommend anything for you. That's if you're planning on doing what I did at uni and manipulate every single essay question so that I could write about horror! |
Lol! I never knew the questions are as broad to manipulate like that. Thanks for the books Sarah (I'll check them out!) - If I need some help, I'll ask. Thanks again :) |
Depending on the module, they're usually pretty broad. Mine were mixed. Sometimes they'd specify films to write on while others were more general. My personal favourite from my third year was this one: "What issues are of importance in the New South Korean cinema and how do these link to film style? Discuss at least two films in detail." I wrote the whole thing on how Korean horror cinema reflects a split Korean national identity. Scared myself half to death researching it, mind you! But there are books out there for academic study of horror, but they're usually very specific. Most academics like to pretend horror just doesn't exist. Congratulations on getting into UEA, by the way! :woot: |
Great! Thanks for all that info Sarah - I honestly have no idea what to exepct at uni! lol! Ur essay sounds very interesting by the way. The only 'academic' horror film book I've read is Jamie Russell's 'Book Of The Dead' - WHICH IS AMAZING!!!!!! I've read it more than any other book lol! I don't know if this is THAT academic compared to some other books u may have read for instance, but I'll definetly start looking out for those - really intersesting too! lol! I think the reason why most books ignore horror is purely SNOBISH! SNOBS! (Just like censorship imo - looking after the working class as we cannot handle it!) Either that or they have no taste in film! ;) lol! Thx Sarah, I'm happy about where I'm going too, It was my first choice! lol! (2nd being Southampton and Queen Mary's, London) :) |
Been reading 'Salem's Lot recently. Haven't been so scared by a book since I read The Exorcist. At least I had an excuse then, I was 13. Now it just means I'm a big 'fraidy cat! |
Salem's Lot is a great read Sarah! Although th 'Master' described in King's book definetly ain't a Reggie Nalder/Nosferatu type...... |
The Master is a tad camp for my liking but everything else in the book is pretty terrifying. I refuse to look out of my window at night now in case Danny Glick is hovering there... :ack: |
Just finished David Pirie's New Heritage Of Horror. Good, entertaining read. Not films, but tv related - recently read The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus ( edited by Peter Haining ) which features the original stories as adapted for tv horror shows such as The Outer Limits, Out Of The Unknown, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Journey To The Unknown, Beasts, Late Night Horror, Thriller, Night Gallery , BBC's Ghost Stories For Christmas etc. Really interesting stuff here, particularly stories featured in 1970s BBC anthology shows such as Late Night Horror, which have apparently been destroyed and probably lost forever :cuss: |
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Finished it last night. Best book I've read in ages! About to start The Frighteners by Stephen Laws. Never heard of it before but picked it up in a really great second-hand bookshop when I was in Yorkshire on holiday. Anyone read it? |
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I'm currently reading Don Siegel's autobiography, 'A Don Siegel Film'. Brilliantly written, funny and full of witty observations and anecdotes. One I would recommend without reservation. |
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Anyway, I just bought "The Cult Film Reader" (one of the contributers is Mark Jancovich!) and immediatly bought it due to the picture from "Thriller: A Cruel Picture" on the front cover, strange how this film doesn't actually seem to be in the book tho (at least in the index - unless I've missed it?). Anywho, the book is full of the movies I love from; Cannibal Holocaust, The Last House On The Left, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Evil Dead and LOADS more, including some Shameless titles like Killer Nun, Torso, and the upcoming Strip Nude For Your Killer. Well worth checking out I'd say :D |
Oh I just realised, Neil, I may actually see you up here one day! :D |
Looking forward to getting the new Argento book from Mediane. Has anyone got it/ seen it/ read it yet? Edit : I keep getting mixed dates for the release of this. Can anyone confirm if, or at least when this is going to be available? Thanks. |
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Probably have more luck shipping it in from Overseas |
Just finished Making Mischief: The Cult films of Pete Walker, which was great. As the title suggests, more of an analysis of the films than a biography of the director but a great read for any Pete Walker fan! I've enjoyed the FAB Press publications I've read so far - has anyone read Nightmare USA? I've been thinking of picking it up and just wondered whether it's any good... |
i thought William Peter Blatty's 'The Exorcist' was one of the most terrifying books ive ever read. Anyone whos never read it definetly should. Anyone read Kings 'Cell'. I thought that was awesome. Being made into a film allegedly by 'that Eli Roth guy' |
Jasper Sharp's Behind the Pink Curtain is a great, great, great read! |
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Has anyone here read 'Crystal Lake Memories'? I just got it through the post today and it's HUGE! Cram-packed with everything about the Friday the 13th films (up to the latest one - Freddy Vs. Jason ) - interviews with practically EVERYONE (!) from Sean S. Cunningham to Robert Englund to Corey Feldman to Tom Savini, the list just keeps on going! Stuffed with pictures (ALL coloured) as well! An amazing book - and I've only actually read the intro so far! :P |
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