Behind the Pink Curtain takes the reader on a wild joy ride deep into the hinterlands of Japanese culture, society and radical politics by way of the weird and wonderful world of the country’s distinctive sex film movements.

Jasper Sharp's definitive study focuses on one of the most notorious sectors of Japanese filmmaking, the erotic Pink Film, or pinku eiga genre, and the closely related Roman Porno films produced by the Nikkatsu studio from 1971 to 1988.

Based on extensive interviews with many of the leading figures in the field, Behind the Pink Curtain is a colourful and exhaustive exposé of Japan's most vibrant and prolific filmmaking sector.

Read about:
- the ins and outs of Japanese censorship from the wartime onwards;
- how topless deep sea diving girls came to woo local audiences in the '50s;
- how a TV nature documentary maker made nude female Tarzan movies;
- how '60s mavericks Kôji Wakamatsu and Masao Adachi met John and Yoko;
- how the sex farce Horny Home Tutor: Teacher's Love Juice was re-titled The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai and became one of the most talked-about Japanese films ever, playing at more than twenty international film festivals.

Click here for more information, and to order your copy of the limited first edition hardback, which is in stock and shipping now!

A Super-Bad Blast from the Past!

Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide contains everything you need to know about the most colourful film movement of the 1970s. From the blockbuster hits Shaft and Super Fly to the little-known The Guy from Harlem and Velvet Smooth, Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide is your one-stop source of information on a decade of intriguing, controversial and thoroughly entertaining black-cast films. Includes Q & A interviews with ten blaxploitation movie directors, a complete ten year filmography (1970-1980) featuring more than 250 movie listings, plus movie tag-lines, ratings, and extensive cross-referencing.

Josiah Howard’s book is frankly the best guide on the subject that I have ever seen.
- Jack Hill, director of blaxploitation classics Coffy and Foxy Brown.

Click here for more information, and to order your copy of the individually numbered limited first edition hardback, signed by the author! It is in stock and shipping now. A standard paperback edition is also available at a bargain price!

Stunning Unique Women Laid Bare in Words and Pictures

Everyone who lives in Britain will be well aware of the furious reaction to the prank calls made by BBC personalities Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross to Andrew Sachs’s granddaughter Georgina Baillie, and the subsequent resignations, suspensions, questions in Parliament, and general media feeding frenzy. In case it needs to be emphasised, Russell Brand was referring to Voluptua, a member of the Satanic Sluts, the very same collective of free-minded souls profiled in all their naked glory in the FAB Press publication Blood & Dishonour: The Dark, Bloody and Perversely Erotic World of the Satanic Sluts. Now, we are not about to spin a false line here... there are after all 666 members of the Satanic Sluts, and just 38 of their number are profiled in our book. Though Voluptua was considered for inclusion just over a year ago when we put the book together, she did not make the final cut, but this book nevertheless remain the only publication that shows what the Satanic Sluts are all about, so check it out while stocks last!

Special Edition includes the eye-opening bonus Satanic Sluts DVD, and the infamous banned wrap-around autopsy cover! This version of the book is strictly limited to only 666 individually numbered copies worldwide, first come first served, no exceptions!

The Satanic Sluts are 666 of the world’s most attitudinal, creative and original women, who are linked by a shared interest in all things dark, sexual and Satanic, and by their membership of this exclusive group. Now, for the first time ever, a select number of this gorgeous, exclusive and elite legion are presented in all their glory - raw, uncut, uncensored, sometimes bloody, sometimes bound, but never bowed!

Click here for more information this ground-breaking book, and to order your copy of the strictly limited special edition, including bonus DVD!

Little Shoppe of Horrors is the utterly essential magazine for fans of Hammer and vintage British horror in general, and is always packed with information and rare photographs. The latest must-have addition to this essential journal is issue 20, which is dedicated entirely to the Amicus studio, and is entitled Scream and Scream Again: The Uncensored History of Amicus Productions. We also are pleased to have expanded our stock with the discovery of a stash of the super-rare and long out-of-print issue 16, with the stunning Yutte Stengaard cover! Also still in stock are issues 15, 17, 18 and 19.

Shock Cinema, the essential guide for any fan of bizarre films and videos. Each issue is crammed with movie reviews, interviews and original poster art, and we have every available issue in stock, including the latest, issue 35.

Newly released is Castellari, which contains an in-depth, in-person interview with the talented director, Enzo G. Castellari, and a complete filmography. Also available is the Giallo Scrapbook 2, companion piece to the excellent Blazing Magnums, with reviews and colourful illustrations from a host of Italian cop thriller hits, and Slash Hits 3, another must-have item for collectors, this time the third part of a series looking at the history of slasher movies.

For all you DVD collectors and informed horror fans out there, we are happy to be able to offer you the latest issue of the popular video and DVD review mag Is It Uncut? 24. And exploitation movie fans cannot afford to miss out on the latest deranged issue of the amazing Cinema Sewer... Issue 21 is on sale now!

Due to popular demand we are now pleased to be able to offer all available back-issues of Canada’s essential Rue Morgue magazine. We are currently carrying 52 different issues of this colourful and informative guide to ’Horror in Culture and Entertainment’, including the latest arrivals, issues 79 and 80.

The DVD that all Dario Argento fans have been waiting for - Four Flies on Grey Velvet is in stock and shipping now!

There have been many new additions to our stock of great DVDs since our last newsletter, so this is just another quick summary of some of our personal favourites. Firstly we have another release from new British company Nucleus Films. Grindhouse Trailer Classics is a self-explanatory title, but in addition to remastered trailers for some of the greatest exploitation films of all time, you get a bonus documentary written by Stephen Thrower, author of this year’s hit FAB Press book, Nightmare USA, and presented by Evil Aliens star Emily Booth!

Long-established cult film company Redemption continue to put out sought-after movies. The latest addition to their impressive roster is the British schoolgirl-horror epic Killer's Moon! The sex-horror thrills continue in the shape of Werewolf Woman. This brand new edition from Italy’s Raro label is without doubt the finest version ever released, being fully uncut and in the proper screen ratio for the first time ever. If you have held off buying this film in the past, your patience has finally been rewarded. We cannot recommend this DVD highly enough.

Eurotrash fans have plenty more to choose from, as we have sourced some of the best films available on DVD for you. Riccardo Freda’s giallo obscurity Iguana with a Tongue of Fire is available in a new version that puts all previous editions to shame. If you are after the zombie thrills of classic Lucio Fulci, look no further that the remastered City of the Living Dead from Denmark’s Another World Entertainment, who can also offer you the delights of Sergio Martino’s Torso in a fully uncut remastered edition that does the film justice at last, and a simply staggering edition of post-apocalypse favourite The New Barbarians, featuring blaxploitation superstar Fred Williamson and his exploding arrows!

Zombies are everywhere these days! We have plenty more to keep zombie fans thrilled, from the Danish zombies of Codename Yin/Yang to the Chinese variety offered up in the excellent genre cross-over hit Shaolin vs. Evil Dead and its sequel Shaolin vs. Evil Dead: Ultimate Power.

Remember: the policy at FAB Press Online is very simple when it comes to DVD - we will only ever offer what we consider to be the very best versions of the world’s very best horror and exploitation films for sale at this site. The above is only a small selection of the new releases available now, so have a look around and grab yourself a bargain!

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Nikkatsu Action - the film genre that brought the West to the East - and taught a whole generation the Japanese meaning of cool!

From 1954 until 1971, Japan’s Nikkatsu studio was the creative home to directors, stars and a genre, Nikkatsu Action, that shaped the styles, attitudes and dreams of millions of young Japanese. Nikkatsu Action films were set in a cinematic world neither foreign nor Japanese, but a mix of the two, where Japanese tough guys had the swagger and moves of Hollywood movie heroes. In the late 1960s Nikkatsu Action spawned a sub-genre, Nikkatsu New Action, that reflected the era’s go-go excess in films about renegade hoods, bikers with attitude and vixens in mini-skirts. Hits included Crimson Pistol, Dirty Work, A Colt Is My Passport, Warped Ones, Slaughter Gun, Gangster VIP, Rusty Knife and countless others.

No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema is the first book in English about this major, influential, but previously under-appreciated cinematic movement and the talent that created it. Illustrated with rare posters and stills, the book presents a detailed history of the Nikkatsu studio, profiles of leading directors and stars and reviews of dozens of Nikkatsu Action films, including the cult classics Velvet Hustler and Black Tight Killers. Also featured are career interviews with director Toshio Masuda, and Joe Shishido, the puffy-faced star of many Seijun Suzuki classics, including Branded to Kill, Youth of the Beast and Gate of Flesh

The ultimate guide to the wildest excesses of grindhouse movies and beyond... Get Ready to Be Flushed!

The celebrated underground smash that is Cinema Sewer the magazine has been transformed and mutated into CINEMA SEWER: THE BOOK - and it’s here to educate, entertain and enrage you!

A mind-melting compilation of gonzo writing, illustration and comics about the most insane, sexy, awkward, cheesy, hilarious, upsetting and jaw-dropping movies in the history of film, Cinema Sewer joyously celebrates the sleaziest aspects of the moviegoing experience, whilst delving deep into bizarre cinematic history.

The best of the first twelve long-out-of-print issues of the magazine have been exhaustively revised and collected here, along with almost 100 pages of never-before-seen interviews, rants, comics, hard-to-find classic movie advertising, and graphic illustrations!

Italian cinema's tough-guy specialist explodes into action. A must-have for fans of cop-thrillers, spaghetti westerns and Eurotrash classics!

With nearly seventy films under his belt, almost exclusively in the colourful, controversial and eye-catching realm of Italian exploitation, character actor Luciano Rossi (1934-2005) remains one of Italian cinema's unsung heroes. Rossi gets brutalized more regularly and more spectacularly than any of his supporting counterparts, whether it's at the flaming fists of Maurizio Merli or via blowtorch to the nether regions courtesy of Klaus Kinski - and he deals it as furiously as he takes it!

A Violent Professional is the first book to fully examine the career of Luciano Rossi - complete with a biography and first-hand reviews of all of his known film roles - and stands proudly as a long-awaited appraisal of this dynamic actor's immeasurable contribution to Italian cinema. Films covered include truly great Italian cult movies such as Django, They Call Me Trinity, Return of Sabata, Death Walks in High Heels, So Sweet So Dead, The Bloody Hands of the Law, Death Carries a Cane, Death Smiles At Murder, The Violent Professionals, Red Light Girls, Violent Rome, Emanuelle's Revenge, Salon Kitty, SS Experiment Camp, Violent Naples, Red Nights of the Gestapo, Contraband, City of the Living Dead, and many, many more!

'Kier-La Janisse's book is invaluable, both for its focus on Rossi and for the fascinating journey it takes us through the changing landscape of Italian popular cinema.'
- Pete Tombs, Mondo Macabro

A kaleidoscopic journey through the heyday of Horror and Exploitation Cinema in America!

Running to 528 large-format pages, Nightmare USA is a veritable encyclopedia of grindhouse cinema - it’s without doubt the year’s most ground-breaking film book!

Nightmare USA is a massive overview of the Horror genre’s development through the 1970s and 1980s, featuring:

A trip through the hearts and minds of today's most uncompromising artists!

Includes exclusive 70-minute CD!

'Gregorits pulls no punches with his killer investigation of left-field luminaries... Every sentence pulses with fight-club ferocity.'
- Bizarre magazine, issue 121

Midnight Mavericks features the most eclectic assortment of artists ever gathered between two covers. From angry stand-up comedians and cutting edge exploitation filmmakers to hardcore crime novelists and controversial cartoonists, the book casts a bright light on underground culture. Featuring four dozen artists whose work is significant in its purity and uncompromising attitudes, this heavily illustrated book features comes with a FREE CD, featuring interview excerpts and rare tracks from The Kills, Lydia Lunch, The Flesh Eaters, Sturgis Nikides, Steve Wynn, Jim Goad, Simon Stokes and many more!

Filmmakers interviewed include: JOHN WATERS, JÖRG BUTTGEREIT, STUART GORDON, NICK ZEDD, RICHARD STANLEY, BUDDY GIOVINAZZO, ABEL FERRARA and more...

Musicians interviewed include: THE KILLS, SIMON STOKES, STEVE WYNN, ANDREW W.K., JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO, RENNIE SPARKS, STURGIS NIKIDES and more...

Other noted underground figures interviewed include: JOE R. LANSDALE, LECH KOWALSKI, MARY WORONOV, J.K. POTTER, ROCKETS REDGLARE, DAVID PEACE, RON ATHEY, JACK KETCHUM, MIKE DIANA, NICK TOSCHES, JIM GOAD, LYDIA LUNCH and more...

Click here for a full list of contents, and to order this ground-breaking book, which is in stock and shipping now!

The fascinating story of the world’s first and most mysterious cult movie!

Benjamin Christensen’s macabre masterpiece from 1922, Häxan (The Witch), is the first true ‘film maudit’ (literally a ‘cursed film’). This taboo-shattering work occupies an exclusive niche in the annals of horror cinema. Was Häxan the first and most perverse exploitation film, replete with Satanic debauchery, or the original classic of documentary cinema? Who was this mysterious man, Benjamin Christensen, and what really drove him to create this extraordinary epic?

Witchcraft Through the Ages is Volume 1 in the new Cinema Classics Collection from FAB Press, a series of budget-priced, highly collectable studies of historically important movies, genres and directors. This book is in stock and shipping now! It can be ordered exclusively here at FAB Press Online at a very special discount price. To order your copy, or to simply read more about it, click on the cover image on the left.

'... (makes for) a magnificent Christmas present'
- Total Film magazines (Denmark)

DVD Delirium Volume 3 is the ALL NEW edition of Nathaniel Thompson’s best-selling guide to weird and wonderful films on DVD. DVD Delirium Volume 3 includes detailed information about another 500 DVDs, meaning that the entire series of three DVD Delirium books now contain a total of 2000 reviews, making it an essential series of books for all fans of cult cinema on DVD.

Reviews of the first edition:
"An absolute must for DVD collectors." (Film Review)

"Nowhere highlights neglected gems on DVD more brilliantly than DVD Delirium." (The Times)

DVD Delirium Volume 3 is in stock and shipping now! Click here to order, or simply to find out more about this astonishing reference book. Also, take advantage of our special Multi-buy offers and save money building up your DVD Delirium book collection. Full details at the DVD Delirium Volume 3 page!

Selected T-shirts now available in Small and XXL!

We now offer five different sizes of shirts: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, and XXL

These T-shirts are hand picked from our suppliers to ensure that you get the HIGHEST QUALITY possible! All shirts are 100% pre-shrunk cotton. We are constantly adding to the range of designs offered, and though we cannot guarantee that all designs will be available in all sizes at any one time, we do try and keep track of stock at all times, so this site should give you a very accurate guide to what is actually available in your size when you decide to buy one of these extra-high-quality T-shirts. The latest additions to our range are stunning designs for Hammer’s Dracula Prince of Darkness, plus Italian horror classics Anthropophagous the Beast (directed by Joe D’Amato) and Phenomena (by Dario Argento), and also a fantastic design for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which is based on the old pre-VRA UK video release art.

Click here to select your size, then you will be able to see the entire range of designs currently available for you to buy.

Provocative biography of the genius behind the cult classic British film Performance, starring Mick Jagger!

When Donald Cammell, the Scottish painter, filmmaker and novelist, committed suicide in 1996, he left behind a handful of unusual, innovative, frequently disturbing films. Cammell's extraordinary life was shrouded in both mystery and legend. In this provocative and comprehensive biography, Sam and Rebecca Umland explore Cammell's remarkable life and times, from his father's friendship with the notorious Aleister Crowley, right through to Donald's final years of frustration and ultimate tragedy in Hollywood.

Donald was in love with death. That's why I cast him in Lucifer Rising as Osiris, Lord of Death.
- Kenneth Anger

Illustrated with many examples of Cammell's work as an artist, plus rare and previously unpublished photographs, and 32 stunning pages of full colour poster reproductions and film stills, Donald Cammell: A Life on the Wild Side sheds startling new light on one of Great Britain's most fascinating filmmakers.

How many geniuses do you get to work with in one life?
- Frank Mazzola, editor of Donald Cammell's Wild Side.

DVD Delirium Volume 1 Redux is the fully revised and updated edition of Nathaniel Thompson’s best-selling guide to weird and wonderful films on DVD. This Redux edition includes detailed information about the many new DVDs of the films reviewed in these pages since the book’s first edition was published.

DVD is the ultimate home entertainment format, but it’s a minefield for serious collectors. If you want to know whether you should buy a particular film, this 768 page book will become your first point of reference. If it saves you from buying even one second-rate DVD, it will have paid for itself right away!

Reviews of the first edition:
"An absolute must for DVD collectors." (Film Review)

"Nowhere highlights neglected gems on DVD more brilliantly than DVD Delirium." (The Times)

DVD Delirium Volume 1 Redux is in stock and shipping now!

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"Book of the Dead is one of the best genre books of recent memory. Russell’s book is magnificently structured... stunningly designed... essential, intelligent and entertaining." - Rumour Machine website review

Book of the Dead charts the ghoulish history of zombie cinema, from the creature’s origins in Haitian voodoo to its cinematic debut in 1932’s White Zombie, George A. Romero’s quartet of ‘Dead’ movies (which includes the two acknowledged classics of the genre, Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead), and recent blockbuster hits like 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead and Land of the Dead.

Covering hundreds of movies from America, Europe and Asia, this comprehensive book chronicles the zombie’s on-screen evolution from Caribbean bogeyman to flesh-eating corpse. Along the way, Book of the Dead looks at Bela Lugosi B-movies, Italian gore films, Asian zombies, British zombies, blind monk zombies, shot-on-video backyard epics and the videogame phenomenon of Resident Evil. Spanning seven decades of horror movie history with hundreds of stills - including an incredible 64 pages of blood-drenched full colour photos and rare international poster art - and an exhaustive filmography, Book of the Dead explains why we continue to be so fascinated by these fugitives from the undertaker.

"This is the book that zombie fans have been waiting for... enough to keep deadhead enthusiasts happy the world over!" - Eat My Brains website review

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New, revised edition with extra colour illustrations and updated text!

This third pressing of Agitator features a new and expanded 16-page colour section, completely updated DVD information, and several brand new reviews of Takashi Miike films that were unavailable for coverage at the time of the book’s initial production.

Fierce. Nonsensical. Vulgar. Powerful. These are words that could be used to describe Takashi Miike. But without doubt the most essential words are self-assured and clever.
- Shinya Tsukamoto

Takashi Miike is one of the most important filmmakers to emerge in Japan in the last twenty years. Miike’s films are marked by a dazzling visual style, brilliant narrative invention and a willingness to go far beyond accepted boundaries. Illustrated with hundreds of stills, behind-the-scenes pictures and rare photographs from the director’s private collection, Agitator - The Cinema of Takashi Miike is the first ever study devoted entirely to the work of one of the world’s most exciting filmmakers.

The fully revised and updated 3rd edition of Agitator - The Cinema of Takashi Miike is in stock and shipping now!

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Japan's most influential and unique filmmaker!

With Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, Tokyo Fist and Bullet Ballet, Shinya Tsukamoto has become one of the most widely praised filmmakers in Japan today. Edgy, intense and overwhelming, Tsukamoto's films are nightmarish visions of a world in which man's greatest enemy is his own environment of cold concrete and twisted technology.

With a foreword by Takashi Miike, this book is illustrated with hundreds of stills, behind-the-scenes pictures and rare photographs from Tsukamoto's private collection. Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto reveals the mind, the methods and the madness of Japan's most influential and unique filmmaker.

"This is him: tough and generous madman Shinya Tsukamoto... I will never be able to beat this guy."
- Takashi Miike, director of Audition, Ichi the Killer, Dead or Alive and Gozu

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"Everything, absolutely everything, is in here." - Rue Morgue magazine, April 2005

For a quarter of a century, the Friday the 13th films have endured as the most popular horror series in the history of the cinema.

Combining detailed production histories of each of the eleven films with rare anecdotes and interviews, Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood provides an entertaining and extensive document of this unique cinematic phenomenon.

Illustrated with scores of previously unseen photos, David Grove's book casts fresh light on every aspect of the Friday the 13th series. From the birth of Jason, via the first appearance of the iconic hockey mask, to the climactic pairing of Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, it's all here.

Eleven films. A body count in the hundreds. A fan-base in the millions. Friday the 13th is the horror film series that would not die!

"Exceptionally well told and researched, it fulfils its remit perfectly." - Film Review, June 2005

Making Friday the 13th is in stock and shipping NOW!

For over 20 years, Alan Jones has tirelessly reported on every aspect of Dario Argento's career. Now, for the first time, every single feature, interview, review and in-depth look at Argento's multi-faceted universe has been meticulously collated into one unique volume that tells the complete story of the man, the myths and the magic!

Illustrated with rare stills, posters and candid behind-the-scenes photos from the author's private collection, Jones probes deep into the psyche and methodology of one of the world's most celebrated genre directors - and in doing so also uncovers the luminous chaos of the entire Italian Film Industry itself.

All-new illustrations! Never-before-seen behind the scenes photos, exclusive shots specially produced for this book, rare artwork and stills. This is the most lavish FAB Press film book ever published!

Profondo Argento is in stock and shipping NOW!

An incomparable collection of comic-strip concoctions configured to critique film!

"Genius... a joy to read."
- The Guardian

"Trembles is a gleefully controversy-baiting critic. A truly hilarious, must-read innovation!"
- Empire

"Rick Trembles is among the few real innovators of comix and movie critics! Move over, Chas and Joe Bob; Howl, Gorehounds; Wake Up, Cine-Whores; Tremble, Hollywood hucksters! Rick Trembles is entering the braincells via the optic nerve - and you'll never be (or see) the same again!"
- Stephen R. Bissette (legendary comic book artist and creator of Swamp Thing!)

After over 20 years of drawing alternative comix, Rick has applied his boundless imagination and artistic talents to produce unique comic-strip reviews of an amazing cross-section of cult, horror, science fiction, arthouse and action movies from all eras. Check out the full listing of film reviews in this book by clicking here.

"In this brilliant study author Brad Stevens scrutinizes both the man and films with passion and precision. A killer-diller of a book!"
- Film Review - Book of the Month

From The Driller Killer - a victim of the original 'video nasty' panic - to Bad Lieutenant, The King of New York and beyond, Abel Ferrara's films have attracted both controversy for their extreme subject matter and admiration for their fine acting: Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Madonna, Lili Taylor, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Modine and Ice-T all gave their finest performances under Ferrara's direction. Now Brad Stevens has subjected Ferrara's output to exhaustive analysis to produce the definitive account of America's most enigmatic film director.

This fascinating and beautifully presented book is shipping now in both hardback and soft cover editions!