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Philleh 14th July 2008 03:59 PM

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.

herman 15th July 2008 01:09 AM

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.

iluvdvds@Cult Labs 15th July 2008 12:09 PM

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

Sarah@Cult Labs 22nd August 2008 07:49 AM

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!

Delirium 22nd August 2008 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by sarahw1984 (Post 12561)
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!

Oh, I was interested in that, Sarah. Recommended then?

Sarah@Cult Labs 22nd August 2008 01:54 PM

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!

Delirium 23rd August 2008 03:56 PM

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?

Sarah@Cult Labs 24th August 2008 09:06 AM

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.

vipco 27th August 2008 02:41 PM

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.

bedorca 29th August 2008 08:04 PM

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.

vipco 29th August 2008 11:48 PM

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.

Sarah@Cult Labs 30th August 2008 08:54 AM

I finished reading that earlier this summer - loved every second of it!

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 30th August 2008 07:37 PM

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!!!!;)

steve 31st August 2008 10:40 AM

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.

iluvdvds@Cult Labs 31st August 2008 10:43 AM

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!

Halloween_22 31st August 2008 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by iluvdvds (Post 12918)
Unfortionatly, there is hardly anything on horror!!! As horror is seen as 'stupid cinema' and of little value.

Unfortunatley that's true when it comes to studying film. I studied film and media for two years and horror was just ignored completely, we covered practically every other genre but didn't touch on horror once. I wasn't too happy and wrote practically all my papers/ essay's and stuff on horror anyway, unfortunatley it didn't go down too well. I tried to explain the importance of people like Dario Argento, John Cartpenter etc. but to no avail, I guess some people just don't appreciate high art :rolleyes:

iluvdvds@Cult Labs 31st August 2008 12:07 PM

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!!!!!!!

Halloween_22 31st August 2008 12:45 PM

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.

Sarah@Cult Labs 31st August 2008 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by iluvdvds (Post 12923)
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?

I've heard of him! I'm so jealous that you're off to UEA! I wanted to go there but I couldn't afford to move away from Liverpool. My PhD supervisor is going to try to arrange a meeting with Mark Jancovich for me so I can take a research trip to Norwich and use UEAs library - can't wait!

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!

iluvdvds@Cult Labs 1st September 2008 10:08 AM

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 :)

Sarah@Cult Labs 1st September 2008 05:20 PM

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:

iluvdvds@Cult Labs 1st September 2008 06:50 PM

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)

:)

Sarah@Cult Labs 7th September 2008 01:41 PM

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!

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 8th September 2008 06:07 PM

Salem's Lot is a great read Sarah! Although th 'Master' described in King's book definetly ain't a Reggie Nalder/Nosferatu type......

Sarah@Cult Labs 8th September 2008 10:20 PM

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:

Mojo 9th September 2008 06:47 PM

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:

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 9th September 2008 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sarahw1984 (Post 13529)
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:

Danny or Ralphie-both make the hair on the back of my neck stand up every time...:eek: Pure and simply terrifying-everytime!:makelikeatree:

Sarah@Cult Labs 10th September 2008 09:33 PM

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?

Nora 11th September 2008 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarahw1984 (Post 12958)
My PhD supervisor is going to try to arrange a meeting with Mark Jancovich for me so I can take a research trip to Norwich and use UEAs library - can't wait!

I live in Norwich and visit that library regularly - there's some great stuff. The original edition of A Heritage of Horror, for one...

Paul@TheOverlook 12th September 2008 08:33 AM

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.

iluvdvds@Cult Labs 12th October 2008 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 13724)
I live in Norwich and visit that library regularly - there's some great stuff. The original edition of A Heritage of Horror, for one...

Yeah, I had my first proper look around there the other day - it's MASIVE! I nearly got lost! Nearly. I'll def have to check out the horror books then, (I went in their for sources on Western films and Genre theory if you really want to know ;) when I get time!


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

iluvdvds@Cult Labs 13th October 2008 08:36 PM

Oh I just realised, Neil, I may actually see you up here one day! :D

trench 27th October 2008 07:37 PM

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.

evan renzi 28th October 2008 10:11 AM

If it's this one then it's out:

Amazon

Cheers. I had no idea :)

bedorca 28th October 2008 10:37 AM

Probably have more luck shipping it in from Overseas

Sam 12th December 2008 11:17 PM

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...

jim corrupt 13th December 2008 02:57 PM

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'

Philleh 13th December 2008 03:45 PM

Jasper Sharp's Behind the Pink Curtain is a great, great, great read!

Delirium 19th December 2008 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philleh (Post 18971)
Jasper Sharp's Behind the Pink Curtain is a great, great, great read!

I think I'm getting that for christmas - I'm a bit of a pinku fan. He's a nice guy Jasper, and met him a couple of times before. He sure knows his genre.

iluvdvds@Cult Labs 5th January 2009 11:37 AM

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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