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Montana Gothic, by Dirck Van Sickle Bought from a charity shop, London. “He put on the same clothes he’d worn since last summer; the shirt stiffly wrinkled with nose wipings, the top three buttons gone. His cowboy boots, a struggle to put
Photographs from The Cinema of John Frankenheimer by Gerald Pratley, International Film Guide Series, 1969 Bought from a charity shop, Nottingham. John Frankenheimer on Seconds (1966) “I think with every film before you even start to make it,
Book Of The Damned, by Charles Fort (John Brown Publishing, 1995) From a charity shop in Nottingham. “It is our expression that nothing can attempt to be, except by attempting to exclude something else: that which is commonly called ‘being&rsq
Rabid, directed by David Cronenberg (1986, Empire Video), VHS tape. From a car boot sale in Nottingham. “You can’t trust your mother, your best friend, your next door neighbour… one minute they’re perfectly normal THE NEXT&hellip
Interview with Nicolas Roeg, from Sight and Sound, Winter 1973/4. Free from Broadway Cinema, Nottingham. “In all three films [Walkabout, Performance, Don’t Look Now], the impression is of people who at the end are more or less willing themselv
The Quatermass Experiment, by Nigel Kneale, Penguin 1959. From a charity shop in Nottingham. “Cut to Quatermass. He presses the master switch. An indicator light flashes. Cut to the rocket…very, very slowly, the hatch begins moving outwards.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, by George V. Higgins, Pan Books 1973. From a second-hand book stall, Charing Cross Road, London. “‘Look at this.’ The stocky man extended the fingers of his left hand over the gold-speckled formica tabletop.
Movie People, At Work In The Business of Film - Fred Baker with Ross Firestone, Lancer Contempora Books, 1973. Bought from a second-hand book stall, Charing Cross Rd. London. “Terry Southern on The Screenwriter. ’Would you say that writing
Illustration by Ray Bradbury, from an interview with him in Sight and Sound, Spring 1974. From a collection of magazines given away free by Broadway Cinema. “Stage is fantasy; film is reality. The stage should never be real. That’s why the
Frontispiece from The Dracula Collection, Galley Press, 1981. Bought from a charity shop, Nottingham. “High on a gloomy, windswept crag jutting up from the dark forests of the Transylvanian hinterland there stands a time-worn castle shrouded in
The Mighty Thor!: Collector’s Album, Earth-shaking script by Stan Lee, Breath-taking illustration by Jack Kirby. A Lancer Book, 1966. Bought from a charity shop, Nottingham.
Blood and Black Lace VHS tape, Directed by Mario Bava, Revolution Films, date unknown. Bought from a car boot sale. Entirely inappropriate 80s-style cardboard box cover for Bava’s classic proto-giallo.
Illustration by Jan Parker from Witchcraft and Black Magic by Peter Haining, Hamlyn, 1971. Bought from a stall at Indietracks Music Festival.
Death of the Führer, Roland Puccetti, Arrow Books 1973. Originally bought from charity shop, lost, then bought again from eBay by my brother. “Her fingers dug into my arms with sharp nails, her back arched spasmodically, she started to pull me
Robert Aldrich, Edited by Richard Combs, BFI, 1978. Bought from charity shop, Nottingham. “You then did two pictures in Europe, including The Angry Hills in Greece. Robert Mitchum would seem to be a natural actor for you to work with, yet you&rsquo
Grunt!, Dir: Allan Holzman. New World Pictures 1985. Bought from eBay. Mad Dog Joe de Curso, king of the forearm smash, has gone missing. Speculation is rife - some think that Mad Dog is dead, others that he’s cracked and gone into hiding.
For Every Solution There’s A Problem CD by Lee Hazlewood , City Slang 2002. Bought from Anarchy Records, Mansfield Road, Nottingham. Demos recorded over the space of 25 years, from the late 70s to the late 90s. Lee Hazlewood on Dolly Parton’s
Nightmare Weekend, Dir: Henry Sala. A Troma Team Release, 1986. Big box VHS. Bought from a car boot sale. I haven’t seen this film. I go through stages of picking up these 80s big box VHSs, despite the fact that the last one I tried to play
Roger Corman’s New World, BFI Dossier Number 7. By Jim Hillier and Aaron Lipstadt. British Film Institute, 1981. From a charity shop in Nottingham. 5 things I learned from reading this book: 1) Martin Scorsese asked Roger Corman if he would
Splatter Movies by John McCarty, FantaCo Enterprises, 1981. Bought from a charity shop in Nottingham. “A critical survey of the wildly demented sub-genre of the horror film that is changing the face of film realism forever.”
Panels from Forever People No.4, published by DC Comics, 1971. Written, drawn and edited by Jack Kirby. Bought from eBay. The energy of Kirby’s panels explodes from the page. You can feel the tension of the hurtling rollercoaster, the fear
A Production of The Archers, I Know Where I’m Going, The Book of the Film by Eric Britton. Adapted from the film written produced and directed for the screen by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Bought from a charity shop in Nottingham. They
The Beyond, Dir:Lucio Fulci, Dutch big box VHS. From a car boot sale in Nottingham.
Wake in Fright, Kenneth Cook, 1971 Penguin. Bought from eBay. “In one magnificent rough-and-tumble of a first novel, the gargantuan flavour of the Australian outback, its sick heat and its people. Like quicksand their animal customs, their
Fantastic Four 151,‘Thundra and Lightning’ - Marvel Comics 1974. From a junk shop in Nottingham. “Silence! It’s clear you don’t yet understand the extent of my power. You think you can defeat me–that you can mock me
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