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FILM BOOKS
INSIDE BOOK 1:
We look at what a movie theater looked like during the Summer of 1976 in Beyond the Screen. An in-depth look at the making of 52 Pick-up (1986). An intimate interview with legendary Italian screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti. Battling film critics Tim Ferrante and Scott Voisin duel over several Nights of the Living Dead (1968 and 1990), George Seminara discusses Cat People (1942) and the mystery of girls. Book and movie reviews, and much more.
Contributing writers include: Tim Ferrante - Robert Freese
Bill Frugge - Paul Mcvay-George Seminara - Uncle Dan
Scott Voisin and Paul Talbot
INSIDE BOOK 2:
ICFH salutes the slasher film with exclusive interviews with the actors, directors, and producers who helped define the genre, and those that help keep it's spirit alive.
Bud Cooper on The Mutilator 1 & 2. Richard Haines on Splatter University, Terrifier film series star David Howard Thornton, and Knucklebones director Mitch Wilson.
Female fear heroines of the slasher scene are covered as well with interviews with Sleepaway Camp's Katherine Kamhi, Lynne Griffin from Black Christmas & Curtains, and the young lady who made cinematic history as Michael Myers first victim, Sandy Johnson from Halloween (1978.)
INSIDE BOOK 3:
ICFH expands its reach to movie buffs of all walks with our most diverse tome to date. Veteran genre writers Kris Gilpin & Jaime Pina share their ultra-rare 1989 interview with iconic filmmaker Al Adamson. An in-depth career-spanning interview with legendary director/producer J. D. Feigelson, the mastermind behind Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) and its 2021 sequel. Scott Voisin interviews actor Robert Wuhl. He covers his entire career from The Hollywood Knights (1980), writing for the Academy Awards, Police Squad, his iconic role in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), and his award-winning HBO show Arliss. ICFH scribe Paul Mcvay puts The Hollywood Knights into perspective, Empire Pictures gets a Trade Ad Avalanche, and the late novelist Mike McQuay gets some long overdue love for his Escape From New York movie novelization.
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INSIDE BOOK 4:
It Came From Hollywood Book 4 delves into the origins of Kung Fu cinema with an in-depth interview with authors Grady Hendrix (Paperbacks from Hell, How to Sell a Haunted House) and Chris Poggiali (Temple of Shlock)! We then turn our sights to Italy and Luigi Cozzi, who shares stories of everything from crafting cult sci-fi movies like Star Crash (1978) and Alien Contamination (1980) to working with Cannon Films’ Menahem Golan and Yorma Globus! Fashion model turned actress Mirella D’Angelo discusses her participation in such films as Caligula (1979), Tenebre (1982) and Hercules (1983), among other genre favorites! Filmmaker Brett Kelly gives us the scoop on his retro blast to the past, Galaxy Warriors, a film that celebrates his love of all the films that followed in the success of Star Wars (1977)! We also look at Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (2001), Ron Howard’s Night Shift (1982), Cooley High (1975), Night of the Demon (1957), Dawson City: Frozen in Time (2017), The Amityville Horror (1979) and it’s 2005 remake, Home Grown Horrors Dead Girls (1990), Hanging Heart (1989) and Moonstalker (1989), Nature Run Amuck flicks and more! Tape-heads will want to scoot over to VHS Spotlight for our look at Roger Corman’s 1989 Hollywood Boulevard II.
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INSIDE BOOK 5:
Presented in Glorious Spectra-Vision 2000, It Came From Hollywood Film Book 5 explodes on the page with eye-popping color! A huge interview with the legendary Arch Hall Jr. We present Fritz Lang's "M," a chat with actress Marlena Lustik, the Trade Ads of Crown International Pictures, a deep dive into Disney's Treasure Planet, Luigi Cozzi tells the tale of his notorious release of 1977's Godzilla (aka Cozilla), Kaiju classics, Invaders from Mars vs. Invaders from Mars and more!
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INSIDE BOOK 6:
It Came From Hollywood Book 6: The Movies of 1984 looks at the cinematic landscape of 40 years ago! This special theme edition celebrates all the films of 1984, big and small, that graced theater screens and video rental stores. Our writers cover hundreds of titles in this overview, beginning with a look at the films released month by month throughout the year and films that went straight to video and cable. ICFH looks at some trends of 1984 as well as the classic comedies like Broadway Danny Rose and Sixteen Candles, the slashers of ’84, the bottom grossing films of ’84, the breakdancing films of ’84 and the Bollywood horror flick Purana Mandir. Includes interviews with Kelli (Night of the Comet) Maroney, Matthew (The Party Animal) Causey, and Belinda (Gremlins) Balaski. Amadeus, Angel, Bachelor Party, Beverly Hills Cop, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Footloose, Ghostbusters, Hardbodies, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Karate Kid, Lassiter, Missing in Action, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Police Academy, Purple Rain, Revenge of the Nerds, Romancing the Stone, Silent Night, Deadly Night, The Terminator, Up the Creek, Where the Boys Are ’84. The Wild Life and more! It’s like time travel, but safer! 80-pages, in full color!
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INSIDE COLOSSAL 1984:
​Colossal! 1984 showcases the magnificent movie marketing of a massive year in motion picture history.
As movie-goers, we were not only overwhelmed by television and radio advertising for these films but also treated to all kinds of ads in fan magazines and trade publications. Colossal! 1984 attempts to capture the energy and excitement of the era with a bold layout and an ‘80s color scheme that will certainly jog the senses.
The collection contains posters, lobby cards, key artwork, and trade advertising for movies released that year, including what we were watching on cable TV and renting at the local video store. Colossal! 1984 is a time machine that takes you back, page by page, to revisit your favorite films from forty years ago.
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MOVIE NOVELIZATIONS
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE: 60TH ANNIVERSARY NOVELIZATION
A new adaptation of the classic tale of lust, madness, and limb transplantation!
Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of one of cult cinema's greatest pulp science-fiction/horror shockers with this brand-new novelization of The Brain That Wouldn't Die! It dares to go further than the screen ever allowed!
Robert Freese delivers The Brain That Wouldn't Die as you have never before experienced it!
Includes a brief history of the film's production by movie marketing archivist Paul Mcvay, and a reproduction of the original thirteen-page pressbook and, eight lobby cards.
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GALAXY WARRIORS: SPECIAL EDITION
To escape a space prison, a band of misfits get together and become Galaxy Warriors! When her sister Artemis is banished to Prison Planet, bounty hunter Demeter will stop at nothing to rescue her. With the help of her pilot Vesta, Demeter infiltrates the penal planet only to find that inmates are forced into gladiatorial death battles for the amusement of the galaxy's elite. With time running out, Demeter must face Enyo, the evil warden of Prison Planet! It's a non-stop science fiction adventure! Robert Freese adapts Brett Kelly’s loving tribute to all the fantastic science-fiction movies that capitalized on the success of Star Wars. Galaxy Warriors the novelization is loaded with references of the "Sons of Star Wars" subgenre and celebrates the fun of those films from a bygone era. Recreations of 70s/80s sci-fi movie lobby cards courtesy movie marketing archivist Paul Mcvay. This is the second entry in the ICFH Movie Novelization series.
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SPLATTER UNIVERSITY: VINTAGE MOVIE TIE-IN SIZE
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WHO WILL GRADUATE AND WHAT WILL BE LEFT OF THEM?
This semester, someone is stalking the student body of St. Trinians College. After the brutal murder of Janet Phillips in her classroom, Julie Parker replaces her and becomes the new target for a psychotic maniac. The Class of '84 is dropping fast!
Based on the original screenplay by Richard W. Haines, this is Splatter University like you've never experienced it. Including all the additional scenes that have helped make Splatter University a cult favorite, and new scenes of murder and mayhem, Splatter University the Novel offers a new twist on the massacre at St. Trinians College. Going beyond the boundaries of both the screen and good taste, Splatter University the Novel delivers the thrills slasher fans are screaming for!
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DRIVE-IN OF THE DAMNED #1 -February 2018
The final Dimension in Shock-An Interview with Ted V. Mikels/ drive-in profiles of Belinda Balaski, Crown International Pictures, Jack Starrett, and Robert Dix/ The Drive-In Gazette/ The Secret History of the Hill-Top Drive-In/ VHS Vault and more!
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DRIVE-IN OF THE DAMNED #2 -June 2018
An interview with Frank Henenlotter/ drive-in profiles of Marki Bey, Dimension Pictures, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, and Rex Carlton/ VHS Vault/ 40th Anniversary of Corvette Summer/ Sci-Frights/ The Drive-In Gazette/Black Belt Jones herald re-print and more!
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DRIVE-IN OF THE DAMNED #3 -October 2018
Graveyard Gimmicks/ Reflections on Halloween III/ Shock! Terror! Dance!-Digging up the story on Frankie Stein and his Ghouls/The Drive-In Gazette/21st Century Nightmare/Screen Gems Shock 1957 Catalog repro and more!