Necronomicon: The Journal of Horror & Erotic Cinema (1996 - pb, 192 pages)
Creation Pub Group: edited by Andy Black

I can hardly recommend the Necronomicon series of books by Andy Black highly enough. He covers horror movies to a depth that you never thought possible. I have 1,2 and 4 and need to get 3.

Jean Rollin: The surreal and the sapphic; Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Exploitation or modern fairytale?; Barbara Steele: Icon of S/M horror; Frightmare: Peter Walker’s psycho-delirium classic; Marco Ferreri: Sadean cinema of excess; Deep Throat: Pornography as primitive spectacle; Dario Argento: Tortured looks and visual displeasure; Last Tango in Paris: Circles of sex and death; H P Lovecraft: Visions of crawling chaos; Witchfinder General: Michael Reeves’ classic of visceral violence; Herschell G. Lewis: Compulsive tales and cannibal feasts; Evil Dead: From slapstick to splatshtick

Necronomicon 2: The Journal of Horror & Erotic Cinema (1998 - pb, 192 pages)
Creation Pub Group: edited by Andy Black

Jesus Franco: Sex, surrealism, de Sade; Russ Meyer: Mudhoney deconstructed; Walerian Borowczyk: Living dolls and broken angels; SS Sexploitation: Swastikas of naked flesh;
Manson, Polanski, Macbeth: Cathartic blood orgies; George A Romero: Night of the Living Dead resurrected; Hisayasu Sato: Japanese avant garde porno; Baba Yaga/Cemetery Man: Comicbook karma; Female Vampire: Girl Power from the crypt; Argento’s Women: Beauty on a razors’ edge; Progressive Horror: Nightwatch and Mute Witness; Nouveau Noir: The dark world of Se7en; Mainstream Sickness: The true horrors of Copycat

Necronomicon: Book 3 (2000 - pb, 192 pages)
Noir Publishing: edited by Andy Black

Mario Bava: Ancient evil and modern myths; The Story of O: Legendary erotica exposed; Jean Rollin: Sanguinary female vampires; Brian Yunza: Stateside slaughter; Soledad Miranda: Dark passions aroused; Scream and Scream Again: Horror icons collide; Nosferatu: Lyrical vampirism unearthed; Wax Mask: New Italian Gothic; In the Mouth of Madness: Carpenter meets Lovecraft; Arthouse Exploitation: Sex in the name of art; Plastic Surgery Disasters: Beauty is only skin deep; From Dusk Til Dawn: Mexican blood and mayhem

This particular title is getting harder and harder to find. I just got my copy at a specialty bookstore in Portland, Oregon after amazon.com gave up on trying to find a copy. The store is Counter Media at 927 SW Oak Portland OR 97205 503 226-8141. They specialize in counter-culture comics, erotic comics and mags, and smut.

Necronomicon: Book 4 (2001 - pb, 192 pages)
Noir Publishing: edited by Andy Black

Antonioni's Blow Up - An Existential Horror Film; Snakes Alive!; Suspiria: Magic is Everywhere; Kenneth ANger - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome; Murder as Art/The Art of Murder: Aestheticising Violence in Modern Cinematic Horror; Sleepy Hollow - A Modern Gothic; Long Live the New Flesh - Cronenberg's Cyborgs; The Devils - A Case for Canonization?; The Trouble with De Sade; Venus in Furs; Long Live the Novelty of his Sensations: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Borowczyk; Danger Diobolik; Looking Down Irma's Throat: Monstrous Viewing in Demons; White Trash Terror

Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 (1995 - pb, )
Cathal Tohill, Pete Tombs (Contributor)

This book has great in depth essays on directors (Jess Franco, Jean Rollin, etc) and horror movies and just plain odd movies from Europe.

House of Horror: The Complete Hammer Films Story (2000 - pb, 224 pages)
Creation Pub Group: Jack Hunter
Creation Cinema Collection #6

Interviews with Hammer stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
Detailed analysis of Hammer’s horror and fantasy films.
Over 200 rare and exciting photographs and posters.
An illustrated A-Z of key Hammer personnel from both sides of the camera.
A survey of un-filmed Hammer projects.
Complete filmography and index
A brand new super-sexy Hammer girls pin-up gallery!

Fragments of Fear: An Illustrated History of British Horror Films (2000 - pb, 288 pages)
Creation Pub Group: Andy Boot
Creation Cinema Collection #4

"Fragments of Fear examines a wide range of British horror films and the stories behind them. The early melodramas of Tod Slaughter right through to Hammer and their rivals Tigon and Amicus, plus mavericks like Michael Reeves, sex/horror director Peter Walker and more recent talents such as Clive Barker, director of Hellraiser, are all discussed. Films studied range in scope from the sadism of Peeping Tom to the mutant SF of A Clockwork Orange and the softcore porn/horror of Jose Larraz’ Vampyres. " - Creationbooks.com

This book is a great overview of British Horror films. I have found several films that I now need to try and find on DVD or video that I had either not thought about in decades or had never heard of (The Ghoul, Horrors of the Black Museum, The Earth Dies Screaming, et al.) The writing is well done and the author does a fine job of covering a ton of films in too little space. I own several books from the film series by Creation Books and this title is one of my favorites. - www.webhorror.com

The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated History of the Devil in Cinema (2001 - pb, 256 pages)
Creation Pub Group: Nikolas Schreck
Creation Cinema Collection #17

"Visually loaded with numerous scary images, The Satanic Screen is an indispensable guide to the Devil in Film, of interest to both film-aficionados and anyone interested in the Black Arts and their continuing representation in populist culture. You may not like him, but it’s safe to say that cinema would certainly be a far less inspiring, alarming and fantastical place without him. " - Creationbooks.com

The A - Z of Horror Films (1997 - hc, pb, 304 pages)
Indiana University Press: Howard Maxford

This is a great reference guide for movies, studios, actors and actresses. Not a lot of detail on each listing, but lots of listings.

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