Trashfiend
Scott Stine
Headpress 2009
Disposable
Horror Fare of the 1960s and 1970s
Trashfiend was a magazine devoted to
"Horror and Exploitation Fare from the 1960s & 1970s." Its focus
was on low- rent horror fare and monster and horror memorabilia from the two
decades with which creator Scott Aaron Stine was (and still is) obsessed. Since
there is only so much you can fit into a small format forty eight page magazine
now the Trashfiend book series can explore Stine’s obsessions in greater
detail, thrilling us with new discoveries and bizarre content. Scott Stine
picks up where his legendary magazine left off for a fun, energetic and
critical look at this beloved genre.
Trashfiend combines in-depth articles and
superb research with its trademark humor and love for bad and sleazy media.
Packed with reviews, trivia, interviews, anecdotes and rare illustrations, and
written with witty and insightful flair, Trashfield the book will fascinate
cult cinema obsessives, nostalgists, collectors and horror lovers of every
stripe.
Included are interviews with John Stanley,
an ex-horror host who also directed "Nightmare in Blood" and authored
"The Creature Features Movie Guide"; Richard Cardella, star and
co-writer of "The Crater Lake Monster", Bruce Jones, comic artist and
writer who has received accolades for his work on "The Incredible
Hulk"; and Cal Bolder, star of "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's
Daughter" and the Horror Westerns of William Beaudine.
Just some of the topics covered include
blaxploitation movies, Marvel monster magazines, trading cards, Horror Digest
magazines, Monsterabilia and
glow-in-the-dark self assembly model kits!
Trashfield includes over 100 reproductions
of rare ad art, vintage books, toys and magazines with eight pages in
outrageously garish colour !
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review will appear in Volume 2 No.4
(2009) of the digital and print edition of Synergy Magazine.
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