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Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with stunning designs and imagery. At the same time, Italian cinema developed a distinct style which produced several unique genres, perhaps most famously the so-called "spaghetti western", a mutant strain renowned both for its violence and its visual invention.A COFFIN FOR THE KILLER 2 is a collection that showcases 100 film poster designs by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, all created for western film productions from both Italy and other countries worldwide, including Spain, Mexico and the USA. From Hollywood classics of the genre to the rise of the Eurowestern, these classic posters are presented in full-color, full-page images highlighting some of the world's most innovative and evocative promotional art.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with stunning designs and imagery. At the same time, Italian cinema developed a distinct style which produced several unique genres, perhaps most famously the so-called "spaghetti western", a mutant strain renowned both for its violence and its visual invention.A COFFIN FOR THE KILLER is a collection that showcases 100 film poster designs by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, all created for indigenous western film productions and co-productions. From Sergio Leone's seminal 60s trilogy with Clint Eastwood to the genre's wild final spasms in the early 70s, these classic posters are presented in full-color, full-page images highlighting some of the world's most innovative and evocative promotional art.

The ORGY PLUS MASSACRE series presents a visually-led sampler of sexy, scary and sensational cinema from the years 1950 to 1979, three of the most consequential decades in film history. It was during these years that global cinema came of age, not only in the technological sense but especially by way of pushing back pre-war restrictions of censorship, so much so that by the end of the 1960s, explicit sex and graphic violence had both become accepted in the mainstream. This new liberalism peaked in the mid-70s, when pretty much anything could be legally seen on commercially available film in one form in another, from picture houses to backstreet projection booths. ORGY PLUS MASSACRE will focus on these decades when film-makers were increasingly free to express their most expansive, excessive and extreme visions on celluloid. ORGY PLUS MASSACRE Volume 1 includes over 100 rare and unusual photographs, with accompanying informative texts, from the years 1950 to 1956. This period saw global cinema in full recovery from the recent world war, and the transition of pulp narratives towards a darker realm informed by fears born of the new atomic age and the horrors of the concentration camps. The book is divided into five sections: Horror, Science Fiction, Mayhem (delinquency, crime, murder, atrocity), Myth (fantasies of other worlds and time periods), and last but not least, Sex (nudity, sexploitation, adult).

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery - not least in the exploitation and cult film genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of fantasy and terror.VOLUPTUOUS TERRORS 10 collects 120 film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. Classic exploitation, crime, science fiction, pulp horror and giallo movies all figure in full-color, full-page reproductions showcasing some of the world's most innovative and seductive poster design.

Post-war cinema saw a rapid rise in the production of B-movies - low-budget genre films dealing with such subjects as horror, science fiction, juvenile delinquency and beatniks, bad girls and women in prison, bikers, gangsters, jungle terror, mondo, drug culture, and finally sexploitation, which eventually flourished due to a constant push-back against censorship.GRINDHOUSE VISIONS 1 is a striking collection of 100 classic English-language film posters which were originally designed to promote these various genres of cult movies. All posters are reproduced in full colour, and at full page-length or page-width.

In the same way that Italian post-war film poster art set new standards of innovation, so the Italian lobby card, or fotobusta, would also become renowned for pushing the boundaries of promotional design. Classic Italian lobby cards from the unfettered cult movie zone combine transgressive image collages, vivid typography and kinetic graphics to convey forbidden thrills and terrors. GRINDHOUSE VISIONS 2 reproduces 140 striking Italian lobby cards created to promote cult movies over three decades, with a particular focus on the horror and giallo/slasher genres. All lobby cards are shown in full color.NEW REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery - not least in the horror and giallo genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of blood and terror.CRYPT OF CARNAL TERRORS 2 showcases 100 classic artworks crafted for film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. Classic horror and giallo/slasher/psycho images figure in full-color, full-page images highlighting some of the world's most innovative and seductive movie poster art.

In the same way that Italian post-war film poster art set new standards of innovation, so the Italian lobby card, or fotobusta, would also become renowned for pushing the boundaries of promotional design. Classic Italian lobby cards from the unfettered cult movie zone combine transgressive image collages, vivid typography and stunning graphics to convey forbidden thrills and terrors.GRINDHOUSE VISIONS 5 reproduces 140 striking Italian lobby cards created to promote cult movies over three decades, with a particular focus on the horror and giallo genres. All lobby cards are shown in full colour.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery.VOLUPTUOUS VICES 4 showcases 50 film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. The book focuses on sexploitation and adult movies; all posters are shown in full-color, maximal-size images highlighting some of the world's most seductive promotional designs.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery - not least in the cult and exploitation genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of fantasy and terror.VOLUPTUOUS TERRORS 9 collects 120 film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. Classic exploitation, science fiction, pulp horror, giallo and other cult movie genres all figure in full-color, full-page reproductions showcasing some of the world's most innovative and seductive poster design.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery - not least in the cult and exploitation genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of fantasy and terror.VOLUPTUOUS TERRORS 8 is a collection that showcases 120 film poster designs by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. Classic exploitation, pulp horror, science fiction, Eurospy, crime, mondo and giallo movies all figure in full-color, full-page images highlighting some of the world's most innovative and seductive poster art.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery - not least in the cult and exploitation genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of fantasy and terror.VOLUPTUOUS TERRORS 7 showcases 120 film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. Classic exploitation, pulp horror, science fiction, Eurospy, crime, mondo and giallo movies all figure in full-color, full-page images highlighting some of the world's most innovative and seductive poster design.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery.VOLUPTUOUS VICES 3 showcases 50 film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. The book focuses on sexploitation and adult movies; all posters are shown in full-color, maximal-size images highlighting some of the world's most seductive promotional designs.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery - not least in the cult and exploitation genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of fantasy and terror.VOLUPTUOUS TERRORS 6 showcases 120 film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. Classic exploitation, pulp horror, science fiction, Eurospy, crime, mondo and giallo movies all figure in full-color, full-page images highlighting some of the world's most innovative and seductive poster design.

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery - not least in the cult and exploitation genres, for which compositions almost invariably included curvaceous female figures in jeopardy, juxtaposed with the iconography of fantasy and terror.VOLUPTUOUS TERRORS 5 collects 120 film posters by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, created for both indigenous and foreign-language film productions. Classic exploitation, pulp horror, science fiction, Eurospy, crime, mondo and giallo movies all figure in full-color, full-page reproductions highlighting some of the world's most innovative and seductive poster design.