Immoral Tales by Cathal Tohill

A compact critical survey of European sex-and-horror cinema that traces the rise of exploitation and transgressive filmmaking from the 1950s through the 1980s, examining how eroticism, violence and taboo subjects were pushed onscreen. It combines historical background, production and censorship histories, and film-by-film commentary to profile key directors, recurring themes and subgenres while situating these films within wider cultural and social shifts. The tone is both analytical and enthusiastically detailed, offering readers an accessible guide to notorious and overlooked works of continental genre cinema.