The A – Z of what I’ve been reading…

BT = featured in BAR TRASH / QHN = featured in QUEER HORROR NIGHTS

• “The Anime Encyclopaedia: A Century of Japanese Animation (3rd Revised Edition)”, Jonathan Clements & Helen McCarthy (2015).
• “Asian Horror”, Andy Richards (2010). QHN
• “Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors”, Adam Abraham (2022).
• “The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982 (Revised & Expanded Edition)”, John Lemay (2017).
• “The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 2: 1984-2017 (Revised & Expanded Edition)”, John Lemay (2018).
• “Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide”, Josiah Howard (2020). BT
• “Bleeding Skull!: A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey”, Joseph A. Ziemba, Annie Choi & Zack Carlson (2021). BT
• “BOLD! DARING! SHOCKING! TRUE! A History Of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959”, Eric Schaefer (1999).
• “Book Of The Banned: Devilish Movies, Dastardly Censors, And The Scenes That Made Australia Sweat”, Simon Miraudo (2023). BT
• “Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema”, Jamie Russell (2014 – revised edition). QHN
• “The Cinema of Attraction: Early Film, Its Spectators And The Avant-garde”, Tom Gunning (1986).
• “Confessions of a Puppet Master: A Hollywood Memoir of Ghouls, Guts and Gonzo Filmmaking”, Charles Band & Adam Felber (2021). BT
• “The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy”, Tom Weaver (2014).
• “Cronenberg on Cronenberg”, edited by Chris Rodley (1996). QHN
• “Cruising The Movies: A Sexual Guide To Oldies On TV”, Boyd McDonald (1985/2015).
• “Cultographies: The Evil Dead”, Kate Egan (2011).
• “Empire of the ‘B’s: The Mad Movie World of Charles Band”, Dave Jay, Torsten Dewi & William S. Wilson (2014). BT
• “The Films Of Doris Wishman”, edited by Peggy Awesh (2019).
• “Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies”, Folk Horror Revival (2018 second edition). BT
• “Frightfest Guide: Grindhouse Movies”, Alan Jones (2021). BT
• “Frightfest Guide: Monster Movies”, Michael Gingold (2017). BT
• “Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol”, Mallory O’Meara (2022). BT
• “Godzilla On My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters”, William TsuTsui (2004). BT
• “The Golden Turkey Awards: The Worst Achievements In Hollywood History”, Harry & Michael Medved (1980).
• “The Haunted World Of Maria Bava”, Troy Howarth (2018 revised edition).
• “Hollywood Rat Race”, Ed Wood, Jr (1999). BT
• “Horror! The Definitive Companion To The Most Terrifying Movies Ever Made”, Kim Newman & James Marriott (2018).
• “House Of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography Of Female Neurosis In Horror And Exploitation Films”, Kier-La Janisse (2012). QHN
• “Incredibly Strange Films”, edited by V. Vale & Andrea Juno (1986). BT
• “Interviews Too Shocking to Print!”, Justin Humphreys (2014).
• “It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror”, edited by Joe Vallese (2022). QHN
• “James Cameron: A Retrospective” Ian Nathan (2022). BT
• “Joe Dante”, edited by Nil Baskar & Gabe Klinger (2014). BT
• “The Kaijū Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters”, Jason Barr (2016).
• “Keep Watching the Skies: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties (The 21st Century Edition)”, Bill Warren (2010).
• “Korean Horror Cinema”, edited by Alison Peirse & Daniel Martin (2013). QHN
• “The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick”, Mallory O’Meara (2019). BT
• “Massacred By Mother Nature: Exploring The Natural Horror Film”, Lee Gambin (2018). BT
• “Men, Women & Chainsaws”, Carol J. Clover (1992/2015).
• “Nightmare USA: The Untold Story Of The Exploitation Independents”, Stephen Thrower (2007). BT
• “The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood’s Worst”, John Wilson (2005).
• “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft – 20th Anniversary Edition”, Stephen King (2010). BT
• “Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History Of ’70s And ’80s Horror Fiction”, Grady Hendrix (2017). BT
• “Psychotronic Video”, Michael J. Weldon (1989-2006).
• “Queer Horror Film & Television: Sexuality And Masculinity At The Margins”, Darren Elliott-Smith (2016).
• “Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews”, Brian Albright (2012).
• “Renegade Westerns: Movies That Shot Down Frontier Myths”, Kevin Grant & Clark Hodgkiss (2018).
• “Rewind, Replay: Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-1992”, Johnny Walker (2022).
• “Robin Wood On The Horror Film: Collected Essays And Reviews”, edited by Barry Keith Grant (2018).
• “Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cinema of Times Square”, Bill Landis & Michelle Clifford (2002). BT
• “Son of Golden Turkey Awards: The Best of the Worst from Hollywood”, Harry & Michael Medved (1986). BT
• “Stephen King At The Movies: A Complete History Of The Film And Television Adaptations From The Master Of Horror”, Ian Nathan (2019). BT
• “STEP RIGHT UP: I’m Gonna Scare The Pants Off America”, William Castle (2010). BT
• “Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages Of Films From Frankenstein To The Present”, Jon Towlson (2014). QHN / BT
• “The Teenage Slasher Movie Book: Definitive Horror Film Reference from Psycho to Friday the 13th to Scream”, J A Kerswell (2018 revised edition). BT
• “Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists And Other Denizens Of Late-Night Airwaves Examined And Interviewed”, Elena M. Watson (1991). QHN
• “Tooth & Claw: A Field Guide To ‘Nature Run Amok’ Horror Movies”, Dan Whitehead (2012). BT
• “TrashFiend: Disposable Horror Fare Of The 1960s And 1970s”, Scott Stine (2013). BT
• “Untold Horror”, Dave Alexander (2021). BT
• “VHS Nasty: The Video Nasties”, Tony Newton & David Bond (2020).
• “Video Dungeon: The Collected Reviews”, Kim Newman (2017).
• “Video Nasty Mayhem: The Inside Story of VIPCO”, James Simpson (2019).
• “Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism & Genre” edited by Alison Peirse (2020).
• “Worlds To Conquer: The Authorized Biography Of Steve Reeves”, Chris LeClaire (2017). BT