Necronomicon, the Journal of Horror and Erotic Cinema
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Necronomicon, the Journal of Horror and Erotic Cinema is a paracinematical film criticism focused on horror and erotic films book series edited by Andy Black, published by Noir Publising since the late 1990s. Jeff Young remarked that "since the demise of Shock Xpress, there's not been much in the way of non-corporately published yet intelligent fan writing about genre and exploitation films available in the UK (unless you count the irregular products of Creation Books. Necronomicon has changed all that."
Necronomicon: The Journal of Horror & Erotic Cinema (1996) Andy Black
Necronomicon: Book one continues the singular, thought-provoking exploration of transgressive cinema begun by the much-respected and acclaimed magazine of the same name. The transition to annual book format has allowed for even greater depth and diversity within the journal's trademarks of progressive critique and striking photographic content. Includes:
- Jean Rollin: The surreal and the sapphic
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Exploitation or modern fairytale?
- Barbara Steele: Icon of S/M horror
- Frightmare: Peter Walker's psycho-delirium classic
- Marco Ferreri: Sadean cinema of excess
- Deep Throat: Pornography as primitive spectacle
- Dario Argento: Tortured looks and visual displeasure
- Last Tango in Paris: Circles of sex and death
- H. P. Lovecraft: Visions of crawling chaos
- Witchfinder General: Michael Reeves' classic of visceral violence
- Herschell G. Lewis: Compulsive tales and cannibal feasts
- Evil Dead: From slapstick to splatshtick
Necronomicon 2: The Journal of Horror & Erotic Cinema (1998) - Andy Black
Necronomicon: Book Two continues the exploration of transgressive cinema begun by the first volume, with more illustrated insights into the world of celluloid sex and violence. Includes:
- Jesus Franco: Sex, surrealism, de Sade
- Russ Meyer: Mudhoney deconstructed
- Walerian Borowczyk: Living dolls and broken angels
- SS Sexploitation: Swastikas of naked flesh
- Manson, Polanski, Macbeth: Cathartic blood orgies
- George A Romero: Night of the Living Dead resurrected
- Hisayasu Sato: Japanese avant garde porno
- Baba Yaga/Cemetery Man: Comicbook karma
- Female Vampire: Girl Power from the crypt
- Argento's Women: Beauty on a razors' edge
- Progressive Horror: Nightwatch and Mute Witness
- Nouveau Noir: The dark world of Se7en
- Mainstream Sickness: The true horrors of Copycat
- Mikita Brottman's piece on Polanski's Macbeth and its relation to the Manson murders. (taken from Hollywood Hex by Creation Books.)
Necronomicon: Book Three (2000) - Andy Black
Entries on The Story of O, plastic surgery (Eyes Without a Face and Faceless), Nosferatu, Scream and Scream Again, Baron Blood, Lisa and the Devil and From Dusk Till Dawn.
- Yuzna Spills All by Andy Black
- Strong Acid The Killer Kool Kat of Scream & Scream Again by Martin Jones
- A Modern World With Ancient Evil by Andy Black
- The Modern Fantastic by Michael Grant
- Dark Passions The Seductive Charm of Soledad Miranda by Andy Black
- T & A The Arthouse Way by Laurence Remila
- More Rats Than Bats Werner Herzog's Nosferatu by Daniel Bird
- The Story of O by Andy Black
- For Your Viewing Pleasure The Sadean Aesthetics of From Dusk Till Dawn by Graeme Harper and Xavier Mendik
- Le Frisson des vampires by Andy Black
- Wax Mask A neo-gothic Italian Model? by Andy Black
- Plastic Surgery Disasters Body Horror in Eyes Without a Face & Faceless by Andy Black
- The Wicker Man A View To Pleasure by Ian Conrich
- In The Mouth of Madness I Think, Therefore You Are, Or How I Lost Myself In The Mouth of Madness by Xavier Mendik
Necronomicon: The Journal of Horror and Erotic Cinema: Bk. 4 (2001) - Andy Black
Synopsis
Continuing on from the first three "Necronomicon" books, "Necronomicon Book Four" again seeks out controversial and transgressive cinema from around the globe. Tease away the skin from the dark underbelly of this tome to reveal yet more perverse delights in the world of horror and erotic cinema.
Necronomicon: The Journal of Horror and Erotic Cinema: Bk. 5 (2007) - Andy Black
Articles include:
- Audition : Takashi Miike's perverse universe will needle you
- Rural Gothic : Cabin Fever & House of a 1000 Corpses
- Weird Westerns : The Killing Box
- Hammer Horror : Quatermass and the Pit
- Neo-Zombies : In 28 Days Later & Resident Evil
- Sexy Vamps: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Germanic Murder : Mayhem uber alles
- Marshall law with Dog Soldiers and The Descent
- Wish You Weren't Here - Holidays from hell in the Hostel series, Severance and Turistas
