(Part 2) Top products from r/boutiquebluray

There are great recommendations in here, here's a few more, mostly focused on European cult films.

Immoral Tales is a great overview of Euro cult films with chapters dedicated to the films of Jesse Franco, Jean Rollin, Walerian Borowczyk, Jose Larraz, and Alain Robbe-Grilette, as well as chapters that cover a wider territory that feature directors who aren't as well known. It was a pretty eye-opening book and great resource when it first came out (1995) and I re-read it recently and it didn't seem outdated at all. You'll discover a lot of great films to watch flipping through it. It's currently out of print but you can probably find a copy on Ebay for pretty cheap.

For a more in-depth look into specific Euro cult directors, the works of Jess Franco are covered very well by Stephen Thrower. His book Murderous Passions is great but currently out of print and going for dumb money, hopefully they'll do a re-print soon. He has a follow up Flowers of Perversion that is coming out in a couple of months. Stephen has also done great books on Lucio Fulci Beyond Terror and on American cult films Nightmare USA.

Fascination: The Celluloid Dreams Of Jean Rollin and Lost Girls are both pretty great books covering the cinema of Jean Rollin, one of my favorite Euro cult directors. There is another book on Rollin called Psychedelic Sex Vampires, but it's a bust.

Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic is very good. There's another good Argento book called Art of Darkness but it is out of print and expensive, but if you are a fan, it is worth it if you can find a relatively cheaper used copy somewhere.

If you like giallo, the So Deadly, So Perverse books Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are awesome.

If you are in the mood for less reading and more art, Nicolas Winding Refn did a cool book titled The Act of Seeing which has photos of his cult & exploitation film poster collection. It's rad. The publisher of The Act of Seeing, FAB Press, has done so many fantastic books, covering cult films from all over the world.

For magazines, Cinema Sewer is a pretty great current magazine, and you can't go wrong with old back issues of the now sadly defunct Video Watchdog that was run by Tim Lucas, who you might know from his multiple audio commentaries and liner notes.

https://www.amazon.com/Videohounds-Complete-Guide-Flicks-Trash/dp/B00TCWMMLW

I ran across this at my library and it was pretty good. What I liked most about it was a glossary of genres and a list of films attributed to them. It had the most bizarre combinations.

https://www.amazon.com/Psychotronic-Encyclopedia-Film-Michael-Weldon/dp/034534345X

Just stumbled across this while looking for the above and it sounds pretty good too.

It would be nice if Mill Creek could do a box set like they did for Crown International.

Like these joints:
https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Cult-Classics-Movie-Collection/dp/B003VOVW0O

https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Cult-Cinema-Collection-Features/dp/B00EQ2KXL4/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_74_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=HWAQVNMJCHEYW2HTBEG8

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0335219233/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

This is a good book that catalogues a number of films but also tries to get to root of what makes cult cinema and delves into its roots. It is primarily written in an academic sense, and has articles by a number of well recognized film critics and theorists. Interesting take if you are into that sort of thing.

I almost bought that version of The Thing because the cover art. It's by Gary Pullin. I have his book called Goulish with some really great art in it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00H34M1GC/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1&th=1

Decent price too. 2 of them fill the biggest wall in my room perfectly

For films that old, any release is worthy. Here's a list.

Phantom of the Opera

Hunchback of Notre Dame

West of Zanzibar

Lon Chaney Collection

Lon Chaney WAC Collection

The Penalty

The Blackbird

Tell It to the Marines

I got this one and haven't had any problems so far https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NND600/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_LE4jDb2RHMAW8

https://www.amazon.com/Seiki-SR4KP1-Up-Converting-Blu-Player/dp/B00MB54M9W

I'm still waiting for this edition on Blu Ray.

This could be sorta relevant https://www.amazon.com/Opening-Wednesday-Theater-Drive-Near/dp/1632868180

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1903254868/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_F9.RCbR6GJ3ZV


Last chapter is on "The 'burbs".

There's a lot of crossover between the audiences for art films and trash/adult cinema. Joan Hawkins' book Cutting Edge: Art-Horror and the Horrific Avant-garde goes into this in some detail.