Tackling the Beast They Call Exploitation Cinema
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Theme ’70 PaperbackStarting life as the grindhouse fanzine THEME ’70 in the early nineties, this book is a mutation of all-new colour content and the raw, unfettered pages of those original out-of-print photocopied zines themselves. The result is an exploitation movie explosion of rare posters, stills, hard knuckle video reviews, pre-cert VHS commentary and eye-popping retro ads, all with a uniquely British zine twist!
Theme’70: Tackling The Beast They Call Exploitation Cinema is the first British book solely rooted in the lurid territories of seventies exploitation cinema. Starting life as a fanzine back in 1992,Theme’70 the book is a mutation of new colour content and the raw, unfettered original pages ripped directly from the original long out of print fanzines. The result is a veritable exploitation explosion of rare movie posters, stills, lobby cards, movie reviews, pre cert VHS reviews and retro ads. If you are seeking Bruce Lee rip-off movies, Claudia ‘Gator Bait’ Jennings, Peter Fonda vs Satanists, bald lunatics, Queen of Blaxploitation Pam Grier, Fred ‘The Hammer’ Williamson, Jim ‘Black Belt Jones’ Kelly and John Saxon, alongside hard knuckle video reviews of Dynamite Brothers, Blue Sunshine, Tattoo Connection, Switchblade Sisters, Stacey, Black Heat, Death Dimension and The Candy Tangerine Man… you’ve come to the right place!
Contents include: MEAN JOHNNY BARROWS / D’URVILLE MARTIN / CANDY TANGERINE MAN / BLACK GUNN / DEATH DIMENSION / TATTOO CONNECTION / DYNAMITE BROTHERS / SUDDEN DEATH / ROBERTA COLLINS / SAVAGE SISTERS / STACEY! / SWITCHBLADE SISTERS / BLACK MAMA, WHITE MAMA / J.D’S REVENGE / THE ITALIAN STALLION / BLACK HEAT / DON STROUD / WILLIAM SMITH / BRUCE’S FINGERS / TRUE GAME OF DEATH / THE CLONES OF BRUCE LEE / VANISHING POINT / RACE WITH THE DEVIL / FOXY BROWN / THE HOT BOX / THE BIG DOLL HOUSE / TNT JACKSON / THE GLOVE / DOLEMITE / THE HUMAN TORNADO and much more.
About The Author
Born in London, Mark J Banville has been a cult movie collector since the age of ten and started the exploitation movie fanzine THEME ’70 in 1992, which ran for seven issues. He has an obsession with exploitation movies, particularly the blaxploitation, horror and grindhouse varieties.
Reviews
As close to the 70s 42nd Street Grindhouse experience you’ll get, but without the sticky floors, smell of rancid popcorn butter and risking your life taking a pee!
William Lustig, Director of Maniac, Vigilante, Maniac Cop and Hit List
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