Douglas Keesey's Erotic Cinema is highly recommended.

I'll second this one! Damn fine read indeed!!

Just found about this release comes out in a couple weeks,VHS cover lovers be warned

PORTABLE GRINDHOUSE:THE LOST ART OF THE VHS BOX


http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.p...hk=1&Itemid=62

Reading Cinema Sewer at the moment

VERY explicit but fascinating stuff :cool:

Nice!!!
Think this'll be a xmas pressie to myself! :bananasuit:

Yeah, I enjoyed reading both CS books.

Fancy a copy of this tome myself. Sounds good!:)

Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box
 

A new US video art book:

Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box

That looks incredible Mark! I think I'll have to get me one of them for christmas. The design of the book is so inventive - looks great!!!!! :woot:

I should point out that it focuses on US video art. There are nearly 100 pictures.

If you want UK video art and heaps more images then go for the reprinted Art of the nasty.

The Art of the Nasty is indeed an awesome book, Mark - kudos to you and Nigel on that. :nod: I haven't been able to put it down for months! My Mum was even hooked on it when she came to stay - and she's a Daily Mail reader! :shocked: :pound:

Looks awesome.

I still haven't got the art of the nasty either

Christmas brings money and presents....

I finished perusing my copy of PG:TLAOTVB last night and it's not too bad but definitely not in the same superb league as The Art Of The Nasty and Shock!Horror!.

I found author Jacques Boyreau's introduction pretty confusing for the most part and the above two titanic U.K. publications knock spots off this new U.S. tome imo.

That said, i don't regret buying the volume and it's a decent trip down memory lane more for American audiences than British viewers. But i already knew that when i bought the book so i was well aware what i was letting myself in for.:)

The book looks fantastic and the way its present is awsome
i hold my hand up and admiot i dont have any books on nastie etc i need a good kick up the arse to lol

Has anyone here ever read Brad Steiger's The Werewolf Book? I borrowed it from my uni library and I LUV IT! There's just soooo much information about werewolf films, werewolf stories as well as ancient traditions and beliefs. I simply is one of the best and most interesting books I have EVER read! HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

It lead me onto a book called Wolf: An Anthropological Interpretation of Sadism, Masochism, and Lycanthropy - which is basically a theological and academic book on the reasons why humanity 'enjoys' and craves pain as much as pleasure - linking it to ancestral memories that live in our collective memories. Fascinating stuff! It's gone straight into my Amazon wishlist!

AND this has led me to another book (a work of fiction this one) called The Cannibal Within - apparantly it's one of the single most disturbing and gory books ever written and from the extracts I've read on Amazon I'd have to agree. It's soooooooooo disturbing!

I just had to buy it!

Check them out guys - amazing stuff there! AMAZING!

yeah, that looks fun. Love the way the book's been designed too.
But at 100 covers the thing (as all these cover books are) is grotesquely small scale.

I wish someone would make a 'Nightmare USA' sized book of these.

Just got this today.
It was a bargain at Amazon but the price has gone up again now.
I've started reading a bit and it looks interesting,better than I thought it would be after reading a few of the reviews.
Nice size as well.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg

Cinema Sewer is excellent and Robin is a top bloke!

Got this this morning:

http://static.lulu.com/items/volume_...482-1205438541

Nice. Can't find it on UK Amazon though.

Yeah I know, thanks.
But Amazon book postage from America is expensive, I was hoping the UK arm would have some. ;)

Ah ok.

I got it direct from the publisher, still had to pay for postage from the States though.

Imo the best books on the 'video nasties' debacle are British publications purely because the whole fiasco was predominantly a U.K. based furore.

PG:TLAOTVB is a decent read but my advice would be buy British if you want the best pre-VRA coverage.
There's some damn fine tomes out there dedicated to those halcyon days of unregulated home video and whether the publication in question is picture or text based, most of not all are worth owning imo.:)

I also do hope Amazon's British branch get this terrific sounding tome in stock sooner rather than later as i reckon it may well be another worthy read. Nice cover too.

I also fancy a copy of that La Dolce Morte book mentioned previously.
A nice companion piece to The Dark Side's Blood And Black Lace publication maybe?

Midnight Media also have a third Giallo Scrapbook entry on the way too.:)

What did you think of it?

It's ok, it has more of a fanzine look than anything. I'll let you know once i read it. :)

Did you check it out yet?

Not for the mo', i'm still reading Nightmare USA, it's taken me 4 weeks to get to 260 pages! Half way through it, once that's done i'll dig into this one.

Oh yeah I have NIGHTMARE USA on my "To buy" list.I hear nothing but great things about that book

Good man! I'm going to be working with David on a new project, but more on that later! :dance:

Hope you enjoy it matey, though Nightmare USA in one hell of a read - roll on part 2!

Crystal Lake Memories is a fantastic read.I've read through it a few times.It's a hell of a lot more interesting and informative than the His Name Was Jason documentary.Anyone who considers themselves a real fan of the Friday films should own this.

Finished Charlie Brooker's "Dawn of the Dumb" and "Hancock: The definitive biography".

Now reading:
"Stray Dogs and Lone Wolves: The Samurai Film Handbook" by Patrick Galloway.

Very true and the FAB Press tome The Legend Of Camp Blood: The Making Of Friday The 13th also remains an essential purchase for fans of all things Jason Voorhees. Brilliant books both of 'em!:thumb:

I can recommend ENGLISH GOTHIC: A century of horror cinema by Alan Rigby. Its a fantastic, comprehensive reference book, very stylishly presented, mainly focusses on 50s-70s but also features pre- and post- films. He's quite opinionated and its rather fun to hear him lay into films he thinks are tripe and laud others. Theres lots of good insight into the production process of the films too :D

Has anyone here read The Filmmaker's Book of the Dead:How to Make Your Own Heart-Racing Horror Movie ? Looks very interesting indeed, especially for those wanting to make horror films...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...ref=sib_rdr_dp

Just ordered myself A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Dealers! I've never read any of these so I'm really looking forward to it.

You know,for sheer scope on horror films,you can't go wrong with TERROR ON TAPE.:)

Currently reading THE HAMMER VAMPIRE from Hemlock Books. Excellent!