CANNIBAL WORLDS
A knowledgeable and wide-ranging tome that more than delivers on its promise of being the most comprehensive tome on Italian cannibal cinema of the 1970s and 80s
THE GREAT ALLIGATOR
It certainly wasn’t a bad idea: an Italian made JAWS rip-off, crossed with the jungle-set exploitation movie model popular in late 1970s Italy
HOUSE OF WHIPCORD
British exploition maestro Peter Walker’s take on the women in prison genre, filtered through his favorite premise: young women menaced by elderly psychopaths in a secluded setting
LEGACY
“A rich woman deteriorates mentally” is the plot summary provided by the imdb about this film, and those five words do indeed adequately sum it up.
HAATHI MERE SAATHI
The supposed “Most Unusual Film Ever Produced in India,” and certainly one of the top elephant movies of all time
EDEN AND AFTER
A wildly experimental, albeit extremely bloody and erotic, art film that was quite popular with mainstream audiences in France
PERFORMANCE—THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC
In which the UK’s Jay Glennie once again works his magic in a gorgeously designed movie making-of book
RABID
David Cronenberg’s second feature, which stands as an interesting companion-piece to his first, the notorious SHIVERS
2025: Bedlam in Print
The books of 2025, ranked by moi
2025: The Year in Bedlam
Looking back over the film releases of 2025