Boot, Andy - Fragments Of Fear
A reference book I reread every handful of years. Each time, I scribble a lengthy to-view list, watch a half dozen, lose my list, then shift viewing to something else in my scatter-brained obsessions.
Personal, opinionated survey of English horror cinema up to 1995.
From Tod Slaughter to Hammer to Norman Warren. From inept duds to box office hits, from the gruesome to the sublime. I calculate this book breezes over 300 titles.
Studded with black and white photos, this sweeps across decades, studios, and creators.
Mr. Boot is a cheeky reviewer, yet one gathers he has actually seen these films to closing credits, and has a genuine fondness for them.
Creation Cinema was an imprint I used to chase after. Now I’m down to a fistful of books.
Lesson learned: never loan books. Not to family, not to coworkers, not to cute classmates.