Video Nasty Mayhem: The Inside Story of VIPCO 9781911121701

Варианты приобретения

Цена: 35550.00T
Кол-во:
Наличие: Поставка под заказ. Есть в наличии на складе поставщика.
Склад Америка: 223 шт.
При оформлении заказа до: 2025-07-23
Ориентировочная дата поставки: конец Сентября - начало Октября
При условии наличия книги у поставщика.

Добавить в корзину

в Мои желания

Автор: Simpson James
Название: Video Nasty Mayhem: The Inside Story of VIPCO
ISBN: 9781911121701
Издательство: Dark River
Классификация:

Теория и критика кино

Кино: стили и жанры

ISBN-10: 1911121707
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 180
Вес: 0.59 кг.
Дата издания: 18.11.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 210 x 297 x 18
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: The inside story of vipco
Рейтинг:
Поставляется из: США
Описание:

Great Britain, the 1980s. VHS is rapidly becoming popular, and the more gory and violent the movies, the better. One company has latched on to this trend quickly - selling and renting controversial films to the public. It is called the Video Instant Picture Company, a.k.a. VIPCO.

Founded and run by Michael Lee - Mike to his friends - this small independent video distributor would swiftly grow into a money-making machine and become synonymous with the so-called Video Nasties scandal. Indeed, as VIPCO grew, Mike would become a millionaire, find his company raided by the police, nearly go broke, then resurface to trade in on the memory of the Nasties during the nineties and beyond.

VIPCO would give the iconic Zombie Flesh Eaters its first-ever UK home video release, create the headline-grabbing artwork for The Driller Killer, and produce the outlandish Spookies, amongst other notable achievements. Later, the company would gain notoriety for re-releasing some of the Nasties on sub-par DVDs and offering titles with shoddy video sleeves.

VIPCO would disappear from retailer shelves in 2007. It has now been over a decade since the firms closure, and many of VIPCOs former titles have found welcome homes with other horror genre distributors, but VIPCO is still shrouded in mystery...

James Simpson, a former writer for horror movie magazines and websites, reveals the real reason why the controversial VIPCO closed, as well as detailing its long and complex history. With insights from those who worked with Mike Lee, and those who worked for rival firms, Video Nasty Mayhem opens the vault on VIPCO and finds there are plenty of surprises. The book also reviews more than 60 of VIPCOs films, offers a standalone chapter on cult director Lucio Fulci, highlights Mike Lees turn at producing movies, and more. For anyone interested in the history of British film and distribution, Video Nasties, plus horror, cannibal and zombie movies, Video Nasty Mayhem is a must-read

About the author.

Growing up in the aftermath of the Video Nasties, during the late eighties and early nineties, James Simpson is from a small town in the North East of England where talking about grisly horror flicks was the norm in his school playground. For the last few years, he has written about cult cinema for several magazines and websites as well as running his own-now-defunct site: Infernal Cinema. He has interviewed horror stars Emily Booth, Barbie Wilde, and the legendary Lloyd Kaufman, amongst others, during this time. He appears in the Jason Impey documentary: VIPCO: The Untold Story. This is his first book. His favourite VIPCO movie is Spookies.

Video Nasty Mayhem: The Inside Story of VIPCO, Simpson James