Comic books in 'The Dark Heart of Cinema'

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Exploitation Movies!"

By Alan Jones.

In the exploitation industry, nothing is taboo and sin, shock and sensation are an art form. Here are 200 hand-picked films in a comprehensive and representative history of exploitation cinema. Covering 1935-1985, the Golden Era. Films here covered include: Maniac, Anatomy of a Psycho, I Spit on Your Grave, The Sexualist, The Jesus Trip, Naked Fist, and Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS.

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, full color. Parental Advisory

Cover price $29.95.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Monster Movies!"

By Michael Gingold.

The entire spectrum of screen monsters and creatures is gathered in one volume covering 200 films. It starts in the silent era and traces the history of the genre through to the present day. From Universal Studios legends such as Frankenstein's Monster and the Mummy, to the big bugs, atomic mutants and space invaders that terrorized the '50s, to the kaiju of Japan and the ecological nightmares of the '70s and '80s, to the CG creatures and updated favorites of recent years, they're all here.

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, full color. Parental Advisory

Cover price $24.95.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Ghost Movies!"

By Axelle Carolyn.

Like many, award-winning filmmaker Axelle Carolyn has been obsessed with haunted houses and revenants for as long as she can remember. In this volume, she surveys the last 120 years of the genre and reviews the 200 most memorable titles from across the globe. From timeless classics to recent blockbusters, quirky indies to international sensations, hidden gems to oddities, each of these movies has in some way contributed to the development of the ghost movie as we know it, in all its incarnations and cultural variants.

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

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Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Vampire Movies!"

By Nathaniel Thompson. Introduction By Alan Jones. Foreword by Kim Newman.

For centuries, mankind has been chilled by tales of vampires. A fixture of literature, art, and folk tales, the vampire was a natural early choice for a movie monster at the dawn of cinema and has remained popular ever since as the screen's most enduring and sexually charged nightmare figure.

Within these bloodstained pages, you'll discover that vampires of the silver screen are far more complex and diverse than variations on Dracula and other staples like Carmilla and the Countess Elizabeth Bathory. All the icons are here, from Bela Lugosi and Max Schreck's pioneering fiends to the heyday of Hammer Films, but that's just a sanguinary taste of what's to come as you explore macabre offerings from Hong Kong, India, Italy, France, Germany, and more.

Cover Design by Harvey Fenton, based on Spanish poster artwork for Salem's Lot (1979) and Japanese poster artwork for Dracula (1958).

Softcover, 240 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.95.