“During the 1960s and ‘70s, the European horror film went totally crazy. It began to go kinky—creating a new type of cinema that blended eroticism and terror… Like the Surrealists, European horror directors hoped to liberate man’s latent eroticism, and many of them were drawn to the low-budget arena because of the freedom it seemed to offer… Immoral Tales is more than just a kaleidoscopic tour of this incredible area. It’s a celebration of a bygone era. A period when European mavericks threw caution to the wind and filmed unfettered fantasy. These erotic experiments are still a benchmark of the permissible—their potent reveries easily surpassing the realism of pornography. Get ready for the weirdest film trip ever.”

Publisher: St. Martin's
Paperback: 272 pages
Illustrated

Don’t throw away your old Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film. With a few minor exceptions, none of the listings in this video guide duplicate those in the first volume. Not only that, but there are references to movies in the second volume that are listed in the first one. Keep them together on the shelf for cross referencing since it is uncertain in which volume a film might be listed. It’s purely the luck of the draw.
Each listing includes the director, screenwriter, producer, editor, key actors and music credits. Most of the films here are American B or genre films. Germany is the source of a lot of silent-era listings and ‘60s B movies, and the British also produced a number of films between the ‘50s and the ‘70s that bear inclusion. Italy, however, is the largest foreign producer of the crème de la psychotronic. In addition to the alphabetical title listings are such bonus features as “Directors who made the most psychotronic films” and “What are mondo movies?.” SA

Publisher: St. Martin's
Paperback: 646 pages
Illustrated

From the 1920’s through the 1970s, America’s most fearless entrepreneurs created thousands of “adults only” features—exploitation films that promised “sinsational” treatments of the day’s hottest topics. These films played red-light-district theaters and road shows for almost half a century, until hardcore pornography and the advent of VCRs rang the death knell for this distinctive form of “art.” Grindhouse lovingly traces the ribald history of these “adults only” films, from Poverty Row through the Scandinavian invasion, past the nudie-cuties, and into the swinging days of free love. Along the way the reader gets the most sordid, sleazy and shameless cinema imaginable: Vice Rackets! Narcotics! Nazis! Nudists! Cults! Wrestling Women! Several pages devoted to Timothy Carey! (Now that is cool.) The fantastic layout overflows with great, sleazy lobby cards, posters and stills.

Publisher: St. Martin's
Paperback: 157 pages
Illustrated

“Written by Hendrix’s fiancée, this personal and intimate portrait of the legendary rock guitarist features compelling, untold facts about his last 24 hours, as witnessed by the author. With almost religious devotion, Dannemann articulates Jimi’s philosophies and inner feelings. Includes 45 full-color paintings and 20 color photos, many never before published.”

Publisher: St. Martin's
Paperback: 192 pages
Illustrated

“The crime, the arrest, the taking down of names and numbers, the emptying of pockets, the one allotted phone call, the fingertips smeared in ink, and finally, the booking photo: the mug shot. Culled from and ferreted out of police departments from all over the country, here are the mug shots of dozens of America’s celebrities who have been arrested. Suzanne Somers, Tim Allen, Larry King, Jane Fonda, Christian Slater—all have blinked in the flash of the police photographer’s camera. With great difficulty, George Seminara has compiled a startling rogues’ gallery of dozens of well-known public figures.”

Publisher: St. Martin's
Paperback: 100 pages
Illustrated

“Sportsdykes explores, defines and celebrates the lesbian sports experience. Ranging from journalism to works of fiction, the life of the ‘girl jock’ is vividly revealed in the 31 pieces collected here. They cover the politics of sports, the personal empowerment women have achieved through sports, the sheer joy of the game and the zest of competition, and the steamy eroticism that lesbian sports can generate.”

Publisher: St. Martin's
Paperback: 239 pages