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There are great recommendations in here, here's a few more, mostly focused on European cult films.

Immoral Tales is a great overview of Euro cult films with chapters dedicated to the films of Jesse Franco, Jean Rollin, Walerian Borowczyk, Jose Larraz, and Alain Robbe-Grilette, as well as chapters that cover a wider territory that feature directors who aren't as well known. It was a pretty eye-opening book and great resource when it first came out (1995) and I re-read it recently and it didn't seem outdated at all. You'll discover a lot of great films to watch flipping through it. It's currently out of print but you can probably find a copy on Ebay for pretty cheap.

For a more in-depth look into specific Euro cult directors, the works of Jess Franco are covered very well by Stephen Thrower. His book Murderous Passions is great but currently out of print and going for dumb money, hopefully they'll do a re-print soon. He has a follow up Flowers of Perversion that is coming out in a couple of months. Stephen has also done great books on Lucio Fulci Beyond Terror and on American cult films Nightmare USA.

Fascination: The Celluloid Dreams Of Jean Rollin and Lost Girls are both pretty great books covering the cinema of Jean Rollin, one of my favorite Euro cult directors. There is another book on Rollin called Psychedelic Sex Vampires, but it's a bust.

Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic is very good. There's another good Argento book called Art of Darkness but it is out of print and expensive, but if you are a fan, it is worth it if you can find a relatively cheaper used copy somewhere.

If you like giallo, the So Deadly, So Perverse books Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are awesome.

If you are in the mood for less reading and more art, Nicolas Winding Refn did a cool book titled The Act of Seeing which has photos of his cult & exploitation film poster collection. It's rad. The publisher of The Act of Seeing, FAB Press, has done so many fantastic books, covering cult films from all over the world.

For magazines, Cinema Sewer is a pretty great current magazine, and you can't go wrong with old back issues of the now sadly defunct Video Watchdog that was run by Tim Lucas, who you might know from his multiple audio commentaries and liner notes.

The Murnau, Borzage, & Fox box set is my favorite. The Ford At Fox (the 24 film set) is also great. If you want Arrow's Rivette set, make sure you get the one that has: Out 1: Noli Me Tangere (1971), Out 1: Spectre (1974), Noroît (1976), Duelle (1976), and Merry-Go-Round (1981) (it's currently the lowest it's ever been at Amazon). Studio Canal's Bunuel Boxset, Melville Boxset, and Godard: The Essential Collection are all worth your consideration, as is the BFI's Carl Theodor Dreyer Collection, The Werner Herzog Collection, and Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969 - 1989). Coffret Rohmer intégral is amazing if you like Rohmer. The Coffret encyclopédique western is great if you like westerns. And the Buster Keaton Collection (14 film set from kino) is amazing because Buster is a god.

For sure, I checked through my purchase history and it's only going back to February of this year and the player was purchased around December so I don't have the exact details currently. But just letting you know that Sony doesn't actually make region free Blu Ray players, so the one I ended up getting was a modded one but it works great! It was used on one of the cheaper models of Sony's players so it doesn't have built in wifi it's pretty much only useful for region free Blu rays and that alone. Here is what looks similar to what I purchased, it was a little cheaper when I got it though:
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Multi-Zone-Region-Player/dp/B00VPGS1J0/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=sony%2Bregion%2Bfree%2Bblu%2Bray%2Bplayer&qid=1562023170&s=gateway&sprefix=sony%2Bregion%2Bfree%2B&sr=8-5&th=1&psc=1

Edit: The mod I got came with a remote that would allow you to change the region of the player. It came with 4 colored buttons and you'd press let's say blue to be region 2 or B, and Green for Region 3 or C, and so on

Edit 2: cheaper https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F232159019998

Mine:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-Smart-LED-UN50NU6900FXZA/dp/B07F26ZBWT

I quite like it but the one consistent complaint about it is having wifi/connectivity issues. I don't need that functionality so it works for me, and being a 2018 model it's a great price (I actually bought it on BestBuy for a bit more). That said, I'm no TV expert. I just saw something with good reviews where it mattered and a great price, so YMMV.

I pre-ordered it from Amazon about 30 minutes ago. Hopefully I get it....

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https://www.amazon.com/Videohounds-Complete-Guide-Flicks-Trash/dp/B00TCWMMLW

I ran across this at my library and it was pretty good. What I liked most about it was a glossary of genres and a list of films attributed to them. It had the most bizarre combinations.

https://www.amazon.com/Psychotronic-Encyclopedia-Film-Michael-Weldon/dp/034534345X

Just stumbled across this while looking for the above and it sounds pretty good too.

https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Movies-Capo-Paperback-Hoberman/dp/0306804336/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1524489271&sr=8-2&keywords=midnight+movies+book

A little old, but it was one of the first serious books on the subject, and is still full of great writing. Interesting, too, to see what reaction was to these movies before they were canonical, when cult movies were still, well, cult-y.

No steelbook, just a 4-disc digipack. It’s such an amazing set! If you ever get the chance to get ahold of one for a good price, do not hesitate! It’s definitely one of the best releases on blu-ray that I’ve ever seen, especially when it comes to box sets... Here’s a link so that you can check out what’s in it


https://www.amazon.com/Year-Commemorative-Ultimate-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B00E5QTWLI/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=jfk+ultimate+collectors+edition&qid=1570720107&sr=8-1

I already have the Finnish bluray of The White Reindeer (same restoration) but those extras look pretty nice

If you like Giallo, this Mario Bava set is an amazing value:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Macabre-Visions-Films-Mario-Blu-ray/dp/B07TMRS363

Nightmare USA. Hands down my favorite film book! This things is super massive. Specifically focuses on exploitation horror in the US from 1970 to 1985. It’s worth every penny.

https://www.amazon.com/NIGHTMARE-USA-Untold-Exploitation-Independents/dp/1903254469

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Back in stock on Amazon UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oldboy-Limited-Blu-ray-Choi-Min-sik/dp/B07SG7RNHF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Y6PRXCGE8JWL&keywords=oldboy+limited+edition+blu+ray&qid=1571148011&sprefix=oldboy%2Caps%2C343&sr=8-2