Giallo Movie Posters #1

Volume #1 features more than 240 cinema posters for more than 50 gialli from the early days of the giallo, covering the years 1961 to 1969 and the important titles that laid the foundations for the genre such as Mario Bava's Sei Donne Per L'Assassino (Blood and Black Lace), but also the first gialli by directors such as Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi and Antonio Margheriti.

A4 paperback, 208 pages, full colour throughout!

Dead Scary:

What sort of zombies do you favour? The fast-moving ones from 28 Days Later or the slow-moving ones from the Fulci and Romero movies? Whatever your taste in brains, this book has them covered. You’ll find chapters on Underwater Zombies, Nazi Zombies, post-2000 British zombie films such as The Dead, The Zombie Diaries and The Girl with All the Gifts. Plus The Walking Dead and its many spin-offs, Val Lewton’s I Walked With a Zombie, Bela Lugosi’s White Zombie, Bob Clark’s Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things and The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue.

194 pages, full colour throughout!

Chopped Meat:

Chopped Meat tells the full story of UK fright cinema during the decade of the three-day week, power cuts, T Rex, and hot pants! Pete Walker, Norman J Warren, José Larraz, David McGillivray, Stephen Weeks, and even Andy Milligan and Jesús Franco, made major contributions to the British horror scene of the 1970s, and the team at We Belong Dead has reviewed more than 180 tantalising terror titles from Assault to Alien, from Blind Terror to Terror, from Fright to Frightmare.

380 pages, large format paperback.

Into The Velvet Darkness:

This mighty tome from the team behind We Belong Dead looks at every aspect of Vincent Price’s life, films and career. Large format, full colour throughout & with a foreword by Victoria Price, this is a must for genre fans and collectors alike!

352 pages.

A Celebration of Peter Cushing

Back by popular demand! From the team that brought you the mighty 70s Monster Memories and Unsung Horrors, here’s another chance to get your hands on this giant film book for genre fans and collectors alike. A Celebration of Peter Cushing is 300 pages on the life and films of the Gentleman of Horror. A true labour of love by Eric McNaughton and his team at We Belong Dead, this large format paperback is A4, full colour throughout and packed with stills, posters and lobbies. Foreword by Veronica Carlson.

The Roger Corman Tribute Issue

This 110-page, large format, full-colour and lavishly illustrated special publication marks the passing of possibly the most important figure in the history of modern horror and exploitation. Across his 98 years, Roger Corman directed classics such as The Little Shop of Horrors and Masque of the Red Death - he also produced dozens of drive-in and video store hits, and discovered numerous talented actors and filmmakers. Hollywood simply would not be the same without him. Covering Corman’s acclaimed Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, hip horror comedies, crazy creature features, and much more. Highlighted by an unpublished interview with the man himself, this one is not to be missed.

Witches, Bitches and Banshees: (Paperback)

Author John Hamilton (Beasts in the Cellar) has distilled over two decades of research and 60 interviews into this mighty tome about the British films of American International Pictures. From Horrors of the Black Museum to Circus of Horrors, from Rocket to the Moon to City Under the Sea, from Horror House to Madhouse, this superb title covers the whole period in loving detail. Available in hardback and paperback editions - order now to avoid disappointment.

354 Pages! 8.5” x 11” format. Over 850 images!

Stalking Pictures:

Delve inside these bloodstained pages to discover definitive chapters on all of the slice and dice heavyweights, from Halloween and Friday the 13th to The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream. Plus the Chucky movies and forgotten slashers of the 1980s such as Visiting Hours, Happy Birthday To Me and Pieces. There’s even a chapter on the best giallo slashers. An essential purchase for collectors and genre fans alike.

Television Terrors:

Editor Allan Bryce has enlisted some of today’s most highly respected genre authors to tell the full story of shocks on the box. Each one brings their unique style and knowledge to their specialist subject. Beautifully illustrated throughout, with never-before-published stills, posters and candid behind-the-scenes photographs, this lavish book is an essential purchase for any fan of the dark side of the small screen!

178 pages, large format, full colour throughout.

British Horror Films: Beyond Hammer and Amicus

British Horror Films: Beyond Hammer and Amicus is an exhaustively researched and stunningly illustrated book on the many other great British horror movies made by companies such as Tigon and Tyburn, and cult directors such as Pete Walker, Terence Fisher and Freddie Francis. Allan Bryce has enlisted some of today’s most highly respected genre authors – each one bringing their unique style and knowledge to their specialist subject. Profusely illustrated throughout, with never-before-published stills, posters, lobby cards and candid photographs, this lavish book is an essential purchase for any fan of British horror films!

182 pages, large format, full colour throughout.

Hammer: The Haunted House of Horror

Hammer: The Haunted House of Horror tells the story of the rise, fall and rise again of Hammer Films, revealing the full drama behind its hits and misses, with contributions from many of Hammer’s key players. Revised and updated from A History of Horrors by Dark Side contributor Denis Meikle, it is profusely illustrated in full colour throughout, with never-before-published stills, posters, lobby cards and artwork. This lavish special is the definitive history of Britain’s most famous cinematic monster-maker - and a must for every Hammer fan!

178 pages, large format, full colour throughout.

Amicus: The Friendly Face of Fear

Amicus: The Friendly Face of Fear tells the complete story of Amicus’s 20 year creative period. You will also learn of the behind-the-scenes troubles that eventually tore the company apart, leading to a bitter and extended legal battle between the two former partners. Profusely illustrated in full colour throughout, with never- before-published stills, posters, lobby cards, flyers, candid photographs and unused artwork, this lavish book is the definitive history of a major independent studio, and every horror fan’s dream.

166 pages, large format, full colour throughout.

Italian Horrors:

This stunning book from the Dark Side team chronicles the best and the worst of Italian Horror, a genre that frequently favours style over narrative sense and is characterised by over-the-top gore, lurid sex and strong violence.As always with Dark Side books, this is a great value volume, beautifully produced and full of never-before-published stills and posters. It will tell you all you need to know about this hugely popular subject and is an essential purchase for collectors and genre fans alike.

194 pages, full colour throughout!

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

The definitive biography of internationally-renowned film director Roman Polanski, famed for classics such as Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, The Pianist and Oliver Twist. From his upbringing in war-torn Poland, through his entanglement in the notorious Hollywood slaying of his then wife, Sharon Tate, to his flight from American justice on a charge of child rape, Polanski’s life has been as colourful and controversial as his movies. In this illustrated 366-page book, best-selling author Denis Meikle sheds new light into the dark corners of Polanski’s life and career.

Johnny Depp

In this exciting screen biography, internationally acclaimed film critic Denis Meikle explores Johnny Depp's career from his breakthrough roles in Edward Scissorhands, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, via the classic performances such as Ed Wood, Dead Man, Donnie Brasco, Sleepy Hollow and From Hell through to box-office smashes Pirates of the Caribbean, and Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd.

Paperback, shrink wrapped.

In Search of Lost Films

The Unknown Peter Cushing

More than six years in the writing, The Unknown Peter Cushing  explores areas related to the life and career of Peter Wilton Cushing by focussing on his familial acting legacy, his early stage career, and his life with his beloved Helen Beck Cushing. Peter Cushing was much more than an actor: he was also a talented painter, model-maker, author, book-lover and poet. The Unknown Peter Cushing reveals new facts about Peter's acting ancestry via a journey through time from the early 1700s and up to his early days as a stage actor when he met his Helen, the guiding force of his life and source of his creative spirit.

Six Reels Under

Six Reels Under is a continuation of David Del Valle's first collection of offbeat Hollywood adventures, Lost Horizons Beneath the Hollywood Sign, but this time around targeting the films and personalities that influenced a generation of Baby Boomers. From the first televised broadcast of genre classics such as Dracula's Daughter on Shock Theater to the resurrection of the long lost first 'mad Lab' epic, The Magician, on TCM,

Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces:

This book is a tribute to the 68 men and women whose names appeared in small print below the stars, and who graced hundreds of films with their diversified performances. More often than not these films, be they star-studded spectacles or poverty row quickies, would be that much the better for their presence.

Frankenstein: A Play

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and the man he creates in an unorthodox scientific experiment. The novel spawned several stage versions and before production started on Universal’s 1931 film, John L Balderston wrote a new adaptation of Frankenstein with screenwriter Garrett Fort. Although it was never performed on a stage, it remains an important document in American theatre history. Discover the thrills that were originally meant for 1930s’ Depression-era audiences in this faithfully-reproduced version of Balderston and Fort’s play. 105pp.

Reel Mad Doctors

Interviews Too Shocking to Print

Interviews Too Shocking to Print! collects conversations with some of horror and science fiction cinema's finest directors and writers, along with other outstanding talents. The interviewees' films range from the mightiest blockbusters to esoteric drive-in arcana, but they are united by the imagination. Their creations represent some of the freshest, most popular, vital, and inventive works in fantastic filmmaking.

Paperback

The Invisible Man

‘Power... Power to walk into the gold vaults of nations, amidst the secrets of kings, into the Holy of Holies! Power to make multitudes run squealing in terror, at the touch of my little invisible finger!’ - Claude Rains as The Invisible Man. Includes the shooting script, pressbook and an introduction by Jessica Rains. ‘Anyone who cares about classic monster movies will find a treasure trove of information, rare photos, and meticulous detail.’ -- Leonard Maltin. 197pp.

I Lost My Mind in the Movies

Fear of the dark, fear of death, fear of the unknown and the unseen. Commentators have analysed at length these terrors of the psyche and how they figure prominently in the horror film. But one particular fear, one particular fate worse than death, which manifests itself time and again, has rarely been discussed in detail or depth. Loss of identity.. You’re Next! examines the ways in which this fundamental terror is visited upon characters in films, providing a fresh perspective on why losing the defining aspects of our lives can be so profoundly frightening...

The New Horror Handbook

The New Horror Handbook introduces you to the leaders of the ‘new horror’ movement, including Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), Greg McLean (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) and John Fawcett (Ginger Snaps, The Dark). Beeman’s Handbook also looks at what's happening on the fringes of modern horror, where you will meet Steve Niles, of comic book hit 30 Days of Night, Rodrigo Gudino, who started Rue Morgue magazine, filmmaker Joe Monks and others!

Large format, 234pp, Paperback

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