Bootlace Cinema: Collecting Horror, Science Fiction & Exploitation Movies on Super 8! (Bootlace Cinema – Collecting Movies on 8mm) Hardcover – July 16, 2024

Before Laser Disc, before Video 2000, before Betamax, before VHS, before any Home Entertainment format there was … SUPER 8! You are holding the first and only available book to spotlight the history and graphic artwork used to market this highly collectable format.BOOTLACE CINEMA features an explosion of the rare, lurid and dynamic sleeve and box art used to sell Super 8 movies to discerning movie collectors. Also featuring film reviews and technical/release information on all films.This book illustrates the overall popularity of the hobby with a legacy of amazing and wholly original artwork, most previously unseen in print before."It's a nostalgic treat for 8mm collectors!" Allan Bryce – Editor, Dark Side Magazine and Infinity Magazine"I was blown away, never thought I'd see so many Derann box labels!!"Ged Jones. MD at Derann"Bootlace Cinema is a unique insight into a largely forgotten format with some amazing cover art."Graphic artist Tom 'The Dude' Hodge"Remember when movies became available for domestic viewing? In compact form, sometimes uncensored, sometimes in truncated tatters? And oh that vivid box art! I’m talking about video rentals, right? No, mate – because Mark Williams, a face on the British cult film scene who has witnessed things on screen that you and I can only dream about, is here with ‘Bootlace Cinema’! His new, gorgeously-illustrated look at the glory days of Super 8, when celluloid could pass through your hands right in your living room, where Star Wars could play on a strung-up bedsheet in your loft, where Vincent Price glowered in Savage Justice and Raquel Welch strutted her cavewoman stuff in Day of the Monsters! Forget Severin and Indicator, and celebrate Derann, Walton, Mountain, and Powell, those pre-tape, pre-disc pioneers of home entertainment."Darrell Buxton – Editor, We Belong Dead Magazine"Great memories. Couldn’t put it down!"David McGillivray – writer of the films Frightmare and House of Mortal Sin Read more