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Histories

A Heritage of Horror - The English Gothic Cinema 1946-1972 
by David Pirie, Gordon Fraser Gallery 1973

A New Heritage of Horror - The English Gothic Cinema 
by David Pirie, I. B. Tauris 2009

Beasts in the Cellar - The Exploitation Film Career of Tony Tenser 
by John Hamilton, FAB Press 2005

Beyond Hammer - British Horror Cinema Since 1970 
by James Rose, Auteur 2009

British Horror Film Locations by Derek Pykett, McFarland 2008

English Gothic - A Century of Horror Cinema 
by Jonathan Rigby, Reynolds & Hearn 2004

English Gothic - Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015 
by Jonathan Rigby, Signum 2015

H. G. Wells On Film - The Utopian Nightmare 
by Don G. Smith, McFarland 2002

Keeping the British End Up - Four Decades of Saucy Cinema 
by Simon Sheridan, Reynolds & Hearn 2005

Making Mischief - The Cult Films of Pete Walker 
by Steve Chibnall, FAB Press 1998

SF:UK - How British Science Fiction Changed the World 
by Daniel O'Brien, Reynolds & Hearn 2000

Amicus

Amicus Horrors - Tales from the Filmmaker's Crypt 
by Brian McFadden, Midnight Marquee 2013

British Cult Cinema: The Amicus Anthology 
by Bruce G. Hallenbeck, Hemlock 2014

Hammer

The Art of Hammer - Posters from the Archive of Hammer Films 
by Marcus Hearn, Titan 2016

Greasepaint and Gore - The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton 
by Bruce Sachs and Russell Wall, Tomahawk 1999

Hammer Films - The Elstree Studio Years 
by Wayne Kinsey, Tomahawk 2007

Hammer Glamour by Marcus Hearn, Titan 2009

The Hammer Story by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes, Titan 1998

The Hammer Story - The Authorised History of Hammer Films 
by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes, Titan 2007

The Hammer Story - The Authorised History of Hammer Films 
by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes, Titan 2024

The Hammer Vault by Marcus Hearn, Titan 2016

The House of Horror edited by 
Allen Eyles, Robert Adkinson and Nicholas Fry, Lorrimer 1973

The House of Horror - The Complete Story of Hammer Films 
edited by Allen Eyles, Robert Adkinson and Nicholas Fry, Lorrimer 1981

The House of Horror - The Complete Story of Hammer Films 
edited by Allen Eyles, Robert Adkinson and Nicholas Fry, Lorrimer 1984

House of Horror - The Complete Hammer Films Story 
edited by Allen Eyles, Robert Adkinson and Nicholas Fry, additions by Jack Hunter (James Williamson), Creation/Lorrimer 1995

The Women of Hammer Horror - A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography by Robert Michael Cotter, McFarland 2014

James Bond

The Bond Files by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson, Virgin 1998

The Essential Bond by Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall, Boxtree 1998

James Bond Movie Posters - The Official 007 Collection 
by Tony Nourmand, Boxtree 2001

Film Studies

BFI Film Classics: Performance 
by Colin MacCabe, BFI 1998

Devil's Advocates: The Curse of Frankenstein 
by Marcus K. Harmes, Auteur 2015

Devil's Advocates: The Descent
by James Marriott, Auteur 2013

Devil's Advocates: Witchfinder General
by Ian Cooper, Auteur 2011

Performers

Biography: Mr Murder - The Life and Times of Tod Slaughter
by Denis Meikle, Kip Xool and Doug Young, Hemlock 2019

Christopher Lee - The Authorised Screen History
by Jonathan Rigby, Reynolds & Hearn 2001

Come Play With Me - The Life and Films of Mary Millington 
by Simon Sheridan, FAB Press 1999

Midnight Marquee Actors Series: Peter Cushing 
edited by Anthony Ambrogio, Luminary Press 2004