Books
‘The Hitcher’ Getting an In-Depth Book Courtesy of Arrow Video
Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher (1986) taught us to never pick up strangers, but if you’re a fan of the movie, you’re definitely going to want to pick up this new making-of book!
Announced today, Arrow Books’ The Hitcher will release on December 29.
“The Hitcher is a complex beast: reviled at the time of its release, it has been adored in the long term as one of the most intoxicating, unrelenting highway cult films ever made. Starring Rutger Hauer in the title role whose alluring villainy would give his turn as Blade Runner’s Ray Batty a run for its money, The Hitcher – both the film and the character – is simultaneously of its time and of the now, a film about the real and the mythic, and a film that challenges our assumptions about masculinity and femininity. Its horrors unfold as The Hitcher tracks and tortures the film’s protagonists across the highways of Nowhere USA, and the film reveals a tangle of contradictions: it is, at times, simultaneously dense, shallow, obvious, subtle, absurd and deeply intelligent.
The critical paths into The Hitcher that this book explores are rich and plentiful, and through an exploration of its origins and production history, a close analysis of the film itself and a consideration of the immediate fallout following its release and its longer legacies, this book celebrates one of the greatest highway horror movies ever made.”
The book was penned by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, featuring new artwork by “Ghoulish” Gary Pullin along with original stills. Pre-order your copy on Arrow’s website today.
Books
The Wasteland Gets Bloody in ‘Ronin’, Midnight Pulp’s First Original Novel Available to Preorder Now
Welcome to the brutality of the wasteland, where it’s kill or be killed.
Oscar Brady’s Ronin is a new take on the post-apocalyptic ’80s exploitation/punksploitation pulp, mixed with the fem-action of Coffy, the playful sexuality of Supervixens, and the cargo-hauling, coast-to-coast adventure of Smokey and the Bandit.
It’s also the first book released by Midnight Pulp, expanding the popular streaming service’s footprint into publishing.
Ronin is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
In Ronin, “Meet Seph. Seph is a badass outsider hero for a f*cked-up, rabid, and gruesome world. All her life, she has scraped by, choosing to fight to live over ending up on some mutant cannibal’s dinner table. When she is assigned a big score to escort a truckload of trafficked sex workers across the country, she fends for her life… and the lives of her priceless cargo. Accepting the seemingly impossible quest was the easy part of the mission. Seph never knows when she will come face-to-face with randy rape riders, monstrous mutants, and feral forest folk.
“Will anybody make it out in one piece? Not if Seph has her say!”
“I am very excited to see where this new venture takes me. My story, Ronin, pays homage to the sensational, over-the-top grindhouse and exploitation films that I love watching, so Midnight Pulp makes perfect sense for me and my story,” said Oscar Brady.
Midnight Pulp. Read something strange.
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