Satanic Panic is a collection of essays on the "pop-cultural paranoia" of Satan and Satanic cults in the 1980s edited by @kierlajanisse.bsky.social@paulcorupe.bsky.social. It looks at Dungeons & Dragons, cults, rock music, horror movies & lots more nooks and crannies than you possibly imagined.
Little Did You Know - The Confessions of David McGillivray is a delightful picaresque journey that includes 70s horror exploitation cinema, fringe theatre, drug dealing and becoming Julian Clary's writing partner amongst a litany of hilarious anecdotes.
@wearethemutants.com The Battle for Hollywood from Rosemary's Baby to Lethal Weapon (Repeater Books) is a history of the USA as seen through its most endearing cultural artefact, popular cinema. Accessible, enlightening and a great selection of possible double bills.
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The Black Guy Dies First by Robin R Means Coleman & @blackhole.bsky.social is an exhaustive, breathless & accessible history of black representation in horror cinema. It is an incredibly in depth study that takes in a vast range of movies from glossy studio classics to SOV ephemera. Fun & forensic.
Corman/Poe by Chris Alexander from the always vital @headpress.bsky.social is a concise exploration of the Roger Corman (kinda, mostly) Edgar Allan Poe cycle. Featuring interviews, analysis & production info this is a perfect one-stop shop for one of the greatest series in genre film history
A British Picture, an autobiography by Ken Russell is every bit as garish, scandalous, shocking and as witty as you would expect. It is filled to the brim with salacious anecdotes and gossip whilst also giving you plenty of insight into Ken Russell the artist and aesthete.
Roger Corman - Blood-sucking Vampires Flesh-eating Cockroaches and Driller Killers by former Corman alumni Beverly Gray is an enlightening, respectful but honest appreciation of the cult movie icon making it an essential companion piece to Corman's own mythmaking biography.
I Am Not A Number - Decoding The Prisoner by Alex Cox is every bit as opinionated and contentious as you would expect and desire from the director of Repo Man and Sid & Nancy. He uncovers the mystery at the heart of The Prisoner through an episode by episode analysis.
