Flesh & Blood: Compendium

by Harvey Fenton (Editor)

Over the course of ten seminal issues in magazine format and a hugely successful book format edition, Flesh & Blood became established as the leading brand name in cutting-edge film criticism during the latter years of the Twentieth Century. Always one step ahead of the rest, Flesh & Blood featured the world's best writers reporting on the most important sex, horror and exploitation cinema in the world. Flesh & Blood Compendium is simply The Best of The Best. Ground-Breaking Articles on eye-opening RealiTV and Death Film, Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Marquis de Sade, Jack the Ripper, Postmodern Slasher Movies, Prosthetic Sex Films, British Trash Films from the 70s, Rape/Revenge movies, African Witchdoctors, French vampires, Japanese Ultra Violence and Belgian artcore... Interviews with cinematic legends Peter Jackson, Russ Meyer, Joe D'Amato, Jess Franco, Tinto Brass, Bigas Luna, Marco Ferreri, Fred Williamson, Coffin Joe, Gerard Damiano, Freddie Francis and many more! All this topped off by a never-ending reviews section covering films that can't be read about anywhere else, and all delivered with the Flesh & Blood guarantee of top-quality, enthusiastic, accessible and intelligent critical writing.

Genres: Film

456 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Kurt Dahlke · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting time capsule with some great analysis, but 20 pages of Michael Ninn, including in depth, adjective-laden plot summaries was just too much.

[Doug Brunell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a must have for fans of film that falls outside the mainstream. Flesh and Blood Press seems incapable of putting out a bad book, and this one doesn't disappoint. It is thick, chock full of photos and interviews, and will have you seeking out films you either haven't seen or haven't seen in years.

Everything from horror to adult is covered in here, making it a virtual playground for people who appreciate the transgressive more than they do the mundane.