Jack Hunter: 16 books

Engaging the Anomalous is a collection of essays written by Jack Hunter between 2010-17. Together, the essays push toward the development of a non-reductive, participatory and experiential anthropology of the paranormal. Over the course of the book, Hunter surveys: • Trends in anthropology's...

Koji Wakamatsu's revolutionary politico-porno films of the 1960s and early 1970s remain the most powerful examples of their genre made in Japan. Wakamatsu mixed radical idealism (he was a known sympathiser with terrorist factions such as the Red Army), sexual violence, and underground film techniques...

Dennis Hopper. One of the most talented but controversial actors of the 20th century, almost as notorious for his off-screen alcohol and drug abuse as he was for his roles in such powerful films as his self-directed The Last Movie, David Lynch's Blue Velvet, or Tim Hunter's River's Edge. Dennis Hopper:...

Since its invention in 1903, the airplane has become the dominant mode of transport, travel, and combat. It has brought the entire planet closer together and changed almost every aspect of how we live today. Along the way, the airplane has inspired writers in every decade of the twentieth century...

The latter part of the 1960s saw the advent of a small, short-lived genre of Vietnam War-related cinema – the “peacenik/draft-dodger” movie, in which student anti-war demonstrations and ruses used by America’s youth to avoid conscription were used as plot devices in films ranging...

AI NO CORRIDA (1976) is Nagisa Oshima's hardcore sex version of the bizarre Sada Abe murder-mutilation-necrophilia case, which stunned Japanese society in 1936. Produced in France to avoid Japan's strict censorship laws, Oshima's film caused outrage upon its release but has since been recognised...

LAS HURDES (1932), the third film by Spanish director Luis Buñuel, is now regarded as the first ever “surrealist documentary”. Buñuel’s view of the impoverished and disease-stricken land of the blighted Hurdanos is filled with grotesque and repellent images. This special ebook...

An illustrated account of the films made by Bruce Lee, the world-famous "king of kung-fu” who remains a legend, one of the most adulated and enigmatic movie stars of all time. This special ebook covers Lee's five major movies, and analyses them with in-depth essays. Featuring Big Boss, Fist Of Fury, Way Of The Dragon, Enter The Dragon and Game Of Death.

FREAKS (1932) is the sensational horror movie that dared to use real-life "human anomalies” in its tale of greed, betrayal and retribution in a travelling carnival. Dwarfs, pinheads, and the limbless are just some of the grotesque figures that provide Tod Browning's seminal work with its unique...

Robert De Niro: one of the most versatile and acclaimed actors of recent decades, famous for the uncompromising method approach he brings to roles ranging from the psychotic Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese's seminal Taxi Driver, to the nerveless robber of Michael Mann's Heat and the loser in Tarantino's...

This ebook attempts to answer the question of why and how people believe in spirits, gods and magic from a social anthropology point of view. Covering topics such as Shamanism & Spirit Possession, Witchcraft & Magic, Ghosts, Spirits, Gods & Demons, Ethnography & the Paranormal and...

Born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1950, Christina Lindberg began nude modelling for men's magazines around 1968, first in Swedish publications such as FIB Aktuellt, and then in more international magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse. This lead to appearances in a succession of sexploitation and exploitation...

Born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1950, Christina Lindberg began nude modelling for men's magazines around 1968, first in Swedish publications such as FIB Aktuellt, and then in more international magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse. This lead to appearances in a succession of sexploitation and exploitation...

Darkness descends Again. Daylight Dims Volume Two features thirteen stories that cross the genres of surreal, dark fantasy, and heart pounding dread. This annual horror anthology is guaranteed to twist your perception of horror. From the common, comfortable tropes, to the more taboo, these handpicked...