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Slaughter’s Squire Corder, Sweeney Todd, Sir Percival Glyde and more, from the likes of \u003cem\u003eMaria Marten\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCrimes at the Dark House\u003c\/em\u003e, were the gloating, grotesque forerunners of aristocratic Hammer villains such as Baron Frankenstein, or Sir Hugo Baskerville in \u003cem\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTod Slaughter came late to the screen, at the age of fifty, after a lengthy career on the stage, but he left behind a body of work which, although mostly overlooked by film historians, provided British cinema with its first true ‘horror’ star and the genre as a whole with a rich vein of period thrillers unique to the literary and cinematic heritage of their country of origin. 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It may change you.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJimmy McDonough\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fabpress.com\/the-ghastly-one-paperback.html\" data-linkindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Ghastly One: The 42nd Street Netherworld of Director Andy Milligan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Fascinating, engaging and lucidly written: an extraordinary blend of deeply researched academic analysis and revealing memoir.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIain Banks\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of The Wasp Factory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpanded Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave You Got a Magnificent Problem?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Wound-Gatherers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Entity; Paranormal Activity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Broken Dolls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Corruption of Chris Miller; The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll; Singapore Sling; Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny \u0026amp; Girly; The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here!; Martyrs; Images; 3 Women; Sisters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: All Safe and Dead\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Glass Ceiling; All the Colors of the Dark; Gently Before She Dies; Anima Persa; Let's Scare Jessica to Death; The Reincarnation of Peter Proud; The Haunting of Julia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Secret Ceremonies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMs.45; Four Flies on Grey Velvet; Autopsy; The Perfume of the Lady in Black; Toys Are Not for Children; Secret Ceremony; The Witch Who Came from the Sea; Daddy; The Geography of Fear; The Ladies Club; A Gun for Jennifer; Defenceless\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5: Afterschool Special\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrance; May; The Collector; Out of the Blue; Don't Deliver Us from Evil; Alucarda; Cutting Moments; In My Skin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 6: The Strange Passenger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarnie; Born Innocent; Christiane F.; Streetwise; A Lizard in a Woman's Skin; Footprints; Nabi: The Butterfly; La nuit des traquées; Love Me Deadly; Nekromantik\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 7: You've Always Loved Violence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Whip and the Body; The Frightened Woman; The Isle; Bad Guy; The Blood Spattered Bride; Rebecca\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 8: Heal Me with Hatred\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymptoms; Prey; Cat People; The Devils; The Killer Nun; Mademoiselle; The Piano Teacher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 9: Piercing Reality\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Other Side of the Underneath; The Brood; Possession; Szamanka; Man, Woman and Beast; Antichrist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 10: You Carry a Coffin Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVenus Drowning; Mermaid in a Manhole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue: The Monster at the End of this Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompendium of Female Neurosis. A cross-section of horror and violent exploitation films that feature disturbed or neurotic women as primary or pivotal characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlice, Sweet Alice; All the Colors of the Dark; Alucarda; Anima persa; Antichrist; Asylum; The Attic; Audition; Autopsy; The Baby; Bad Dreams; Bad Guy; Bas-fonds; Bedevilled; The Beguiled; La Belle Bête; The Bird with the Crystal Plumage; Black Narcissus; Black Swan; The Blood Spattered Bride; The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll; Born Innocent; Boy Meets Girl; The Brave One; The Bride; The Brood; Burnt Offerings; Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker; Can Go Through Skin; A Candle for the Devil; Carrie; La casa muda; Cat People; La cérémonie; Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things; Christiane F.; The Collector; The Corruption of Chris Miller; Les cousines; \"Criminally Insane\"; The Curse of the Cat People; Cutting Moments; Daddy; Dead Creatures; Defenceless: A Blood Symphony; Dementia; Descent; The Devil's Widow; The Devils; Diabel; Die! Die! My Darling!; The Dinner Party; Dirty Weekend; Dr. Jekyll and His Women; Don't Deliver Us from Evil; Don't Look Now; Don't Torture a Duckling; Doppelganger; Dracula's Daughter; Dream Home; The Entity; The Escapees; Eyes of a Stranger; Fatal Attraction; Feed; Five Across the Eyes; Footprints; Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion; Four Flies on Grey Velvet; Freeze Me; The Frightened Woman; Frightmare; Funeral Home; Gently Before She Dies; The Geography of Fear; The Girl Next Door; The Glass Ceiling; Goodbye Gemini; A Gun for Jennifer; Handgun;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markt97x5xwiz uM2yb\"\u003eHappy Birthday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto Me; Hard Candy; The Haunting (1963); The Haunting (2009); The Haunting of Julia; Haute tension; Heavenly Creatures; The Honeymoon Killers; A Horrible Way to Die; I Never Promised You a Rose Garden; Images; In My Skin; The Innocents; Inside; The Isle; Julie Darling; Kichiku; The Killer Nun; Kissed; Knife of Ice; The Ladies Club; The Last Exorcism; The Legend of Lylah Clare; The Legend of the Wolf Woman; Let's Scare Jessica to Death; A Lizard in a Woman's Skin; Love Me Deadly; The Loved Ones; Macabre; The Mad Room; Mademoiselle; Madhouse (1974); Madhouse (1981); Madness; The Mafu Cage; Man, Woman and Beast; Marnie; Martyrs; Masks; May; Misery; Morris County; Morvern Callar; Mother's Day; Ms.45; Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny \u0026amp; Girly; Nabi: The Butterfly; Neighbor; Neither the Sea Nor the Sand; Nekromantik; Nekromantik 2; Next of Kin; The Night Porter; A Night to Dismember; Nightbirds; Nightmares; La nuit des traquées; The Other Hell; The Other Side of the Underneath; Out of the Blue; Paranoia; Paranormal Activity; The Perfume of the Lady in Black; Persona; Phenomena; The Piano Teacher; Pigs; Play Misty for Me; Possession; Pretty Poison; Prey; Psycho Girls; The Rapture; The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here!; Rebecca; Red Desert; Red Sun; Red White \u0026amp; Blue; The Reincarnation of Peter Proud; Repulsion; Road to Salina; Roman's Bride; Santa Sangre; Schizo; Scissors; Scream 4; Séance on a Wet Afternoon; Secret Ceremony; The Secret Life of Sarah Sheldon; Shock; Singapore Sling; Sinner; Sisters (1973); Sisters (2006); Slaughter Hotel; The Snake Pit; Sombre; Spider Baby; The Stendhal Syndrome; Straight On Till Morning; Strait-Jacket; The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver; The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie; Symptoms; Szamanka; That Cold Day in the Park; They Call Her One Eye; 3 Women; To Let; Toys Are Not for Children; Trance; Trilogy of Terror; Trouble Every Day; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me; The Uninvited; Venom; Venus Drowning; The Washing Machine; What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?; The Whip and the Body; Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?; Windows; The Witch Who Came from the Sea; The Woman; Woman Transformation; Wound\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLUS MORE THAN 100 EXTRA FILM REVIEWS EXCLUSIVE TO THIS NEW EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKier-La Janisse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a film writer, programmer, producer and founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. She is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2007) and has been an editor on numerous books including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarped \u0026amp; Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2021),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2017) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fabpress.com\/satanic-panic-paperback.html\" data-linkindex=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSatanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2015). She was a producer on David Gregory’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales of the Uncanny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2020) and wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2021) for Severin Films, where she is a producer and editor of supplemental features. She is currently at work on several books including a monograph about Monte Hellman’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCockfighter\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eTechnical Details:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e225mm x 192mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExtent:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e448 pages, heavily illustrated in colour and black and white\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e978-1-913051-34-1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FAB Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45722736722094,"sku":"9781913051341","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/HOPW-cover-paperback-RGBcopy.jpg?v=1725875097"},{"product_id":"nightmare-usa","title":"Nightmare USA","description":"\u003cp\u003eRunning to 528 large-format pages,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNightmare USA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a veritable encyclopedia of grindhouse cinema - it's one of the most acclaimed genre film books ever published, and after having Sold Out three times over already, it's finally back in print!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eA kaleidoscopic journey through the heyday of Horror and Exploitation Cinema in America!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Quentin Tarantino (\u003cstrong\u003eKill Bill\u003c\/strong\u003e) to Eli Roth (\u003cstrong\u003eHostel\u003c\/strong\u003e), the young guns of modern Hollywood just can't get enough of that exploitation film high. That's because, between 1970 and 1985, American Exploitation movies went berserk. With censorship relaxed, and the gate to excess wide open, horror - the Exploitation genre\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003epar excellence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- offered a vibrant alternative to the mainstream of American cinema. Luridly titled wonders like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Headless Eyes, Scream Bloody Murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHitch Hike to Hell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewere everywhere, from the drive-ins of Texas to the grindhouses of New York, touting a combination of mind-bruising violence, weird sex and drug-soaked delirium. Massively popular around the world, American exploitation movies added immensely to the richness of the nation's cinema, but they have remained\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003epersona non grata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein most serious studies of American film. Until now...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt on five years of research,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNightmare USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores the development of America's subterranean horror film industry, spotlighting some of the wildest films imaginable from an era unchecked by censorship or 'good taste.' Ranging from cult favourites like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI Drink Your Blood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto stylish mind-benders like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMessiah of Evil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand ultra-violent shockers like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon't Go in the House\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNightmare USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egoes where no other in-depth study has gone before, revealing the fascinating true stories behind classics and obscurities alike. Stephen Thrower, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond Terror\u003c\/b\u003e, the definitive book on Italian gore maestro Lucio Fulci, has explored the attics and cellars of American cinema, delved beneath the floorboards, peered between the walls, searching for the strangest, most exotic cine-lifeforms...\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNightmare USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the reader's guide to what lies beyond the mainstream of American horror, dispelling the shadows to meet the men and women behind fifteen years of screen terror: the Exploitation Independents!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis massive overview of the Horror genre's development through the 1970s and 1980s features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn-depth EXCLUSIVE interviews with twenty-five grindhouse movie makers, many of whom are discussing their work for the first time ever in print, including David Durston (\u003cstrong\u003eI Drink Your Blood\u003c\/strong\u003e), Robert Endelson (\u003cstrong\u003eFight for Your Life\u003c\/strong\u003e), Frederick Friedel (\u003cstrong\u003eAxe\u003c\/strong\u003e), Don Jones (\u003cstrong\u003eSchoolgirls in Chains\u003c\/strong\u003e); and Joseph Ellison (\u003cstrong\u003eDon't Go in the House\u003c\/strong\u003e).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 175 individual films reviewed, with full cast and crew credits compiled by world-renowned cinema archivist Julian Grainger.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVast quantities of previously unpublished stills, posters, press-books, plus behind-the-scenes photographs from the filmmakers' own collections.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection One: The Exploitation Independents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 25,000 word essay charting the rise of Exploitation Horror: from Herschell Gordon Lewis and George Romero to the Slasher phenomenon of the 1980s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection Two: Essays on Films and Filmmakers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirty Games in Hollywood - the career of James Bryan (\u003cstrong\u003eDon't Go in the Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eThe Frozen Scream Is a Clean Machine - Renee Harmon (\u003cstrong\u003eFrozen Scream\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eThe Fiend from Prime-Time - John Peyser on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Centerfold Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarolina on My Mind - the films of Frederick Friedel (\u003cstrong\u003eAxe, Kidnapped Coed\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eIt Came from New Jersey! - Douglas McKeown on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Deadly Spawn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet's Play Nasty - the films of Don Jones (\u003cstrong\u003eSchoolgirls in Chains, The Love Butcher, The Forest\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eLouisiana Screamin' - James L. 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