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Title: VideoHound's Cult Flicks & Trash Pics by Carol A. Schwartz, Jim Olenski ISBN: 1-57859-113-9 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great guide that every Cult Movie fan should own
Comment: I bought this baby back in 1999 when I lived in Texas. I'm now 19 yrs old and living back in the place I love: The San Fernando Valley, and for the past 2 yrs, I've been checking out this book over and over. It helps by letting me know about movies I could have passed up if i didn't know about them. Every cult movie I can think of is in this book. It's a great guide to have in your book collection (mine include such books as bios on David Lynch, Tim Burton, A Clockwork Orange, etc.). Also, it's great to have this book by your side on those boring Fall nights. Gotta get it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Bride of the Midnight Cult-Movie Resource Guide Massacre
Comment: This is the highly anticipated second edition of VideoHound's wildly successful resource guide CULT FLICKS & TRASH PICS. People new to this series will probably find this volume overwhelming in its comprehensive coverage of obscure and bizarre films while fans who purchased the first guide (or thumbed through it at the book store) will be glad to know that many of the shortcomings of the problematic first edition have been vastly improved upon.
This new edition includes a brand new forward from cult actor Bruce Campbell (EVIL DEAD, MANIAC COP) that's both hilarious and irreverent. There's also a nice introduction that rightfully acknowledges DVDs as an important medium in cult film and a section of contributors whose initials can be found at the bottom of some of the movie reviews. The expansive indexes (a signature characteristic of VideoHound resource guides) contain such familiar sections as "Cult Connections," a list of books, websites, and magazines that are dedicated to anything and everything cult, an "Alternative Titles Index," because so many of those weird films exist under multiple titles, a "Cast Index," a "Director Index," and a "Category Index." New to this second edition are the "Writer Index," the "Cinematographer Index," (truly a nice touch) and the "Composer Index."
This second edition of VideoHound's CULT FLICKS & TRASH PICS contains about 250 new reviews for fans to obsess over. Not only do old classics like DEAD ALIVE, FROM BEYOND, and ILSA, THE WICKED WARDEN get the recognition that they finally deserve, but newer cult films like HAPPINESS, MEMENTO, and ED GEIN also get coverage. This guide also makes the wise choice of including such obscure art-house classics like Pasolini's infamous masterpiece SALO, THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM. Perhaps the most notable additions to this second edition are the numerous Italian horror films that have recently been getting widespread DVD distribution due to the efforts of companies like Anchor Bay Entertainment, Synapse Films and Shriek Show. In addition to previous film reviews of SUSPIRIA and BLACK SUNDAY, fans can also read about great movies like LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE, THE BEYOND, and CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST.
While many of the titles that were covered in the previous edition are exactly the same in this second edition, there are a number of reviews that have been greatly expanded upon. For instance, the first edition included a brief summary of Mier Zarchi's infamous revenge film I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE that dismissed the flick as being complete garbage and giving it zero stars. This edition has a rather lengthy synopsis that ends up awarding the film two and half stars. This second edition also boasts new sidebars of some of the greatest cult personalities, my personal favorite being the one on director Frank Henenlotter. There are numerous photographs throughout the text from films like MOTEL HELL, BLACULA and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and there are countless quotes and taglines to be found in the sidebars.
On the back of this second edition of VideoHound's CULT FLICKS & TRASH PICKS, there is a great quote from 'Eye Magazine' that reads, "One of the most appealing aspects of the book is the element of surprise." If there was ever one quotation to perfectly represent this reference guide, it would be that one. Highly Recommended...
Rating: 4
Summary: I Can Show You The World!
Comment: This is an essential for any movie geek or individual with an insatiable love for B,cult, and independant pictures.
Along with these reviews, the hound also contains a tribute on each new letter of the alphabet to certain movie heroes and icons such Bela Lugosi, Quinten Tarantino, and many many more. The book also has an introduction by the King Of The B's, BRUCE CAMPELL!
Highly recommended
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Title: The Psychotronic Video Guide to Film by Michael J. Weldon ISBN: 0312131496 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Midnight Movies by Jonathan Rosenbaum, J. Hoberman ISBN: 0306804336 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
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Title: Cult Movies by Philip French, Karl French ISBN: 0823079163 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: VideoHound's Horror Show: 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish and Humorous Movies by Mike Mayo, William Lustig ISBN: 1578590477 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Videohound's Dragon: Asian Action & Cult Flicks by Brian Thomas ISBN: 1578591414 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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