The Phantom of the Movies' VIDEOSCOPE: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos

About this book

Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "the best movie critic in America " Joe Kane The Phantom of the Movies has been a noted genre-film authority for many years. Now he shares his vast knowledge of genre-film culture in this fascinating collection. Kane has compiled more than twenty-five hundred reviews of horror camp sexploitation sci-fi thriller and action films along with exclusive interviews with some of the industrys giants -- Jackie Chan Pam Grier Wes Craven John Waters and John Carpenter to name just a few. Kanes writing is irreverent informative incisive and entertaining. Not only is The Phantom of the Movies VideoScope chock-full of reviews and interviews it also includes insightful sidebars covering video trends complete ordering information DVD availability and Internet resources. This is the ultimate video guide that all movie buffs must have in their collections.