ULTIMATE PORNO: THE MAKING OF SEX COLOSSAL
In the field of movie making-of books, ULTIMATE PORNO is one of the most obscure there is, yet also one of the few worth reading
THEY CAME FROM WITHIN: A HISTORY OF CANADIAN HORROR CINEMA
This well researched and eminently readable overview is the closest thing there is to a bible on Canadian horror cinema, a subject that isn’t discussed much
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES…THE TRUTH HAS SET ME FREE!
A profoundly insane reminiscence adequately summed up by its own ungainly subtitle: “The memoirs of Bob Hope’s and Henry Kissinger’s mind-controlled slave…Used as a presidential sex toy and personal computer”
THE TEARS OF EROS
This heavily illustrated philosophical primer on the influence of death in the sacred and sexual was the final work of Georges Bataille, and a fitting testament to a man obsessed throughout his life with the link between ecstasy and horror
PSYCHO: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE CLASSIC THRILLER
This is by no means the first book about the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO, but it is very likely the most definitive
POLANSKI
The fifth major biography of world-renowned filmmaker Roman Polanski, and, I feel, the best
PLATES OF MEMORY
This beautifully designed art book is as powerful a testimonial to the work of Poland’s Marian Kolodziej (1921-2009), a Holocaust survivor and renowned stage designer, as anyone could possibly desire
BEYOND HORROR HOLOCAUST: A DEEPER SHADE OF RED
The final book by one of my favorite horror movie commentators
BATMAN: THE COMPLETE HISTORY
This 1999 publication is obviously a bit out of date, but is otherwise an admirably exhaustive recounting of the exploits of the Caped Crusader, a.k.a. Batman
STANLEY KUBRICK AND ME
For Stanley Kubrick buffs this memoir, written by Kubrick’s longtime personal assistant, can be classified as one of the few truly essential print resources on the great man