My ebook on exploitation film, Fecund Horror, is now available from Amazon.

Here’s an exciting description:

Terrror! Blood! Torture! Insect sex zombie apocalypse! In Hollywood films the guy gets the girl and the monster is defeated, which is boring and unsatisfying, since who wants Tom Cruise to win, anyway? But in exploitation films, the monster gets the girl, the guy gets torn limb from limb, and the whole project is really more satisfying for everyone. This 49K collection of essays covers horror films, slashers, rape/revenge, women-in-prison and other mean, twisted, exploitation atrocities which chew up your humanity and your gender and spit it out as a staggering chitinous abomination. Freud, feminism, the male gaze, and a hideous ichor from beyond the stars engage in a struggle to the death as the world dissolves in filth and abasement.

Among the films discussed are The Thing, Cronenberg’s Shivers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Under the Skin, I Spit on Your Grave, The Stendahl Syndrome, The Last House on the Left, Martyrs, Hostel, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Caged, The Big Doll House, Death Proof, and Switchblade Sisters.

“So, while you may not have seen everymovie discussed, his enthusiasm may make you want to. At a minimum, itmakes the essays a delight to read even if they’re not about yourfavorite exploitation sub-genre. — Kate Skow, Splice Today”

Hope some of the regular readers here will feel inspired to read it…and maybe to leave a comment on Amazon if you like it (comments are important for sales, I’m told.)

I’ve published the introduction to the book (about Carpenter’s Halloween) on Patreon for subscribers…so if you want a sneak peek, you can become a patron, and help contribute to more such ebooks in the future too.