It might be called a magazine, but Filmrage puts most film books to shame - an oversized, landscape format hardcover clocking in at 120 full colour pages, this is a visual treat for fans of exploitation cinema.

The text in the book is relatively throwaway, consisting of sharp, short reviews of a variety of movies. If you are looking for deep insight, you won't find it here. but that is hardly the point. Where these books excel is in the visuals - Eikrem clearly has a hefty collection of rare movie stills, and presents them here as full page, gloriously lurid eye-poppers. The titles tell all: Sister Emanuelle, Cleopatra Jones, Truck Stop Women, Ilsa - Tigress of Siberia, Brain Damage, Cannibal Ferox, Foxy Brown and the covered-featured Mondo Candido (shown here) are just a few of the movies covered here.

There are errors - a few reviews turn up twice in the same volume, which is unfortunate. But with such a surfeit of stunning images on display, that's a small price to pay.

The cover price is not so small, it must be said - the books are £55 a pop on the website, and that might be too steep for many fans. But if you can afford it, then Filmrage comes highly recommended.

Available from www.filmrage.co.uk

DAVID FLINT