Trashfiend
Disposable Horror Culture of the 1960s and 1970s
Author:
Scott Stine
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9781900486668
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A loving look at “disposable” horror culture from the 1960s and 1970s.
Over two glorious decades the horror film waged war on good taste, exploiting every taboo and bursting every envelope along the way. TRASHFIEND is the definitive guide to the chaotic, creative and endlessly entertaining golden age of horror cinema. Scott Stine (author of The Gorehound’s Guide to Splatter Films series) shines a fond but satiric light on everything from low budget horror films to grisly comic art, lurid movie magazines to late-night creature features, campy monster toys to exploitive poster art.
Packed with reviews, trivia, interviews, anecdotes and rare illustrations, and written with witty and insightful flair, TRASHFIEND will fascinate aficianados, nostalgists and cinema lovers of every stripe for a fun, energetic and critical look at this beloved genre.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Includes over 100 reproductions of rare ad art, as well as vintage books, toys and magazines from the era, with four pages of glorious, garish color.
- Up From the Depths (Preface)
- It’s Only a Movie (Film Reviews)
- Darker Side of Soul Cinema: Creature Features of Black Cinema (Article)
- It’s Only a Black Horror Movie (Film Reviews)
- The Ghouls Go West: The Horror Westerns of William Beaudine (Article)
- Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1965) & Jesse James Meets... (1965) (Reviews)
- Cal Bolder: The Boy Toy of Frankenstein’s Daughter (Interview)
- Dredging Crater Lake with Richard Cardella (Interview)
- The Crater Lake Monster (1977) (Film Review)
- John Stanley’s Nightmare in Blood (Interview)
- Nightmare in Blood (1975) (Film Review)
- Pat Boyette’s Dungeons of Harrow (Article)
- Dungeon of Harrow (1962) (Film Review)
- Pat Boyette Selected Horror Comic Checklist (1966–79) (Reference)
- The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters of Rankin & Bass (Article)
- Mad Monster Party? (1967) & Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (72) (Reviews)
- Blood on the Canvas: The Art of the Belgian Window Card (Article)
- The Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones (Interview)
- Bruce Jones: Selected Horror Magazine Checklist (1968-79) (Reference)
- Those Marvelous Monsters: Marvel Comics’ Horror Magazines (Article)
- Marvel Monster Magazine Checklist (1964–1979) (Reference)
- Marvel Monster Magazine Artist & Writer Index (1964–1979) (Reference)
- Digesting The Haunt of Horror (Article)
- The Haunt of Horror Digest Index (1973) (Reference)
- Cut Down to Size: The Golden Age of Horror Digest Magazines (Article)
- Horror Fiction Digest Checklist (1960–1979) (Reference)
- Monsters on Parade: Shriek! The Monster Horror Magazine (Article)
- Shriek! Magazine Index (1965–1967) (Reference)
- Warren’s Hastily Erected House of Horror (Article)
- Reel Monsters: Collecting 8mm Horror Films (Article)
- Wally Wood’s Mars Attack! (Article)
- Mars Attacks! Trading Cards Checklist (1962) (Reference)
- Monsterabilia (Article)
- Sleepless in Seattle: Up All Night With Nightmare Theatre (Article)
- Keeping an Eye on the Count: Chuck Lindenberg (Interview)
- Sweeping Up After the Count: Dave Drui, Floor Director (Interview)
- Sources / Acknowledgements / About the Author
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SCOTT STINE is the author of The Gorehound’s Guide to Splatter Films series, the founder of the Stigmata Press and the editor of TRASHFIEND magazine. He is an unrepentant film geek world-renowned for his encylopedic knowledge of the genre.
REVIEWS
''Make no mistake, if you love horror movies and comics, you need this book.' Steven Bissette, MYRANT Full review here
“What a FANTASTIC read! It brought back so many wonderful horror memories... truly marvelous” Darryl Mayeski, Screem Mag
“Trashfiend is a passionate obsessive fetishism and unashamed nostalgia; the author’s unquenchable enthusiasm for this material shines through in every sentence, evoking an intoxicating gore-feast for green or old hands alike” Orb Editions/Y Magazine
“Scott Stine delivers an eclectic mix of movie reviews, interviews and overviews of various horror collector delights. An essential addition to any genre fans book collection” Sex Gore Mutants
“Trashfiend combines in-depth articles and superb research with its trademark humor and love for bad and sleazy media. This book will fascinate” Synergy Magazine Full review here »
“Bursting with information, opinion and trivia, impeccably researched” Film Review
“Judicious, clear-headed criticism of a group of films whose delights and flaws the author knows and catalogs” Video Watchdog
“Recommended!” Booklist/RB
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