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Summary: required film school reading
Review: As with all the Research Series books, Incredibly Strange Films lavishes the reader with little known information on a marginal subject with great detail. I originally received this book in 1986 and was immediately impressed with the exhaustive research of all our forgotten films as well as the profiles on directors such as H.G. Lewis. It also includes a helpful index (as far as I can remember) that will send you running for the video store. I haven't written a book on films but I know that you need not be a film buff or major to enjoy this book. The photos are reason enough to buy this book.If you don't believe me, just view the cover!
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Summary: The Ultimate Overview of an Under-rated Subject
Review: I have to agree with James Gunn in saying that the Incredibly Strange Film book changed my life forever. This book gives relevance to films that were, for the most part, regarded as B's, drekk, sleaze or just plain trash.And again, like James Gunn, with out it I wouldn't have been able to write my own book about H.G. Lewis entitled, A Taste of Blood: The Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis.
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Summary: Essential Reading For True Film Fanatics
Review: If you are a fan or collector of 'B' Films and rare eccentric movies, then this book is made for you. You will find commentaries and editorials of everything from low budget horror films like "Corpse Grinders" to many of those tantalizing Russ Meyer beauties. This book dredges through the archives of film to document some of the most under-appreciated directors of all time and hails those films made outside the chains of mainstream production. Re/Search #10: Incredibly Strange Films not only appeals to a large audience of cult film fanatics, but also is an incredible book to add to any collection.
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Summary: Essential Reading For True Film Fanatics
Review: If you are a fan or collector of `B' Films and rare eccentric movies, then this book is made for you. You will find commentaries and editorials of everything from low budget horror films like "Corpse Grinders" to many of those tantalizing Russ Meyer beauties. This book dredges through the archives of film to document some of the most under-appreciated directors of all time and hails those films made outside the chains of mainstream production. Re/Search #10: Incredibly Strange Films not only appeals to a large audience of cult film fanatics, but also is an incredible book to add to any collection.
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Summary: No Better Guide to Strange Films
Review: This book is an excellent guide to the odd side to film. It really made me enthusiastic about low-budget, high-creativity films. Besides excellent interviews with strange film-makers, it has a great guide to the many genres of strange films and an even more amazing guide to strange film personalities. I recommend this book for anyone, whether a film enthusiast or not, as an excellent way to find good entertainment and great reading.
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