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Killing for Culture
"I thought I was desensitized. I'm not. No hope for humanity... I feel like my quest is over." Comment posted online in reaction to the video, 3 Guys 1 Hammer. Unlike images of sex, which were clandestine and screened only in private, images of death were made public from the onset of cinema. The father of the modern age, Thomas Edison, fed the appetite for this material with staged executions on film. Little over a century later the executions are real and the world is aghast at brutalities freely available online at the click of a button. Some of these films are created by lone individuals using shaky camera phones: Luka Magnotta, for instance, and the teenagers known as the Dnipropetrovsk...
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See No Evil
Chronicles the phenomenal rise of video culture and its alleged associations with criminal activity, Containing studies of murder cases supposedly influenced by films, interviews with the video underground producers, and insightful commentary on contentious movies, See No Evil is an exhaustive and startling overview of Britain's video nasty culture. The eagerly awaited follow up to the best selling Killing for Culture.
Creeping Flesh
Taking its cue from the horror film fanzines of yesteryear... Horror and fantasy cinema from around the world with a distinctive retro sensibility, Creeping Flesh focuses on obscure and vilified horror movies, the discovery of "lost" films, BBC telefantasy, and an appreciation of American and British exploitation. Book jacket.
Funhouse
A gothic, blood curdling edition of the world's greatest journal of sex, religion and death. Incisive and cutting edge essays from the world of underground film, fanaticism, crime, sex, art, trash and sleaze. Contents include; A visit to the reclusive director of 70s seminal obscure horror movie Last house on Dead End Street, interview with Tom Robbins whose book 'Another Roadside Attraction' Elvis was reputed to be reading when he died, and Laurence O'Toole, author of 'Pornucopia' on set with gonzo pornmaker Buttman. Illustrated with 20 black and white illustrations.
Mezzogiorno
A unique meditation on family and the Italian diaspora, Mezzogiorno combines the genres of biography, memoir, fiction and travel to tell the story of three generations of a family from southern Italy. Set against the collapse of the Fascist Party and peasant riots, a boy's ghost reveals the tragedies, scandals and secrets of the Iantosca family to his sister. The drama unfurls amidst a landscape of abject poverty, vicious landlords, feuds, curses and the tarantella - a world lost to 21st century Italy.
killing for culture
Unlike images of sex, which were clandestine and screened only in private, images of death were made public from the onset of cinema. The father of the modern age, Thomas Edison, fed the appetite for this material with staged executions on film. Little over a century later the executions are real and the world is aghast at brutalities freely available online at the click of a button. Some of these films are created by lone individuals using shaky camera phones: Luka Magnotta, for instance, and the teenagers known as the Dnipropetrovsk maniacs. Others are shot on high definition equipment and professionally edited by organized groups, such as the militant extremists ISIS. KILLING FOR CULTURE ...
Sex, Murder, Art
The Films of Jorg Buttgereit The definitive book on the controversial film director whose works Nekromantik, Nekromantik 2, Der Todesking, and Schramm have earned him a reputation as one of he most original, innovative, and dangerous of all modern filmmakers - banned the world over. Includes detailed analysis of all the films, plus promotional features, TV shows, and extensive personal interviews with Buttgereit and his principal actors.
Headpress
The leading journal devoted to all aspects of popular culture and cult media, Headpress 25 turns its attention to the Dream, or Flicker, Machine. Featuring interviews with William Burroughs and Paul Bowles, Headpress 25 also includes a detailed look at the neglected life and career of the late Luis de Jesus, a star of diminutive stature whose film appearances range from sadistic sidekick in the cult 1976 feature Blood Sucking Freaks, to numerous hardcore porn features, of which the most notorious is The Anal Dwarf.
Critical Vision
Random Essays & Tracts Concerning Sex, Religion and Death
