THE ALLURE OF THE OBSCURE

Took out this book from the College library.
 

The horror isle in the small, dingy video hire shop in the town where I grew up as a kid gave me a taste for these kind of movies. It was 'trash' movies are what made me want to make films myself.
I remember waiting weeks for my local store to track down used VHS copies of classic movies like Piranha and Alligator - films I had a bee in my bonnet about and simply couldn't get to see any other way. It was like that then. And I think the 'just-out-of-reach-ness' was a large part of their attraction.
Of course its different now, but I've never lost interest - these films are still my cinematic soft-spot and my main inspiration. And this book is turning up plenty of fresh titles...