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Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents by Stephen Thrower
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. In-depth EXCLUSIVE interviews with twenty-five grindhouse movie makers, many of whom are discussing their work for the first time ever in print, including David Durston (I Drink Your Blood), Robert Endelson (Fight for Your Life), Frederick Friedel (Axe), Don Jones (Schoolgirls in Chains); and Joseph Ellison (Don’t Go in the House). Over 175 individual films reviewed, with full cast and crew credits compiled by world-renowned cinema archivist Julian Grainger. Vast quantities of previously unpublished stills, posters, press-books, plus behind-the-scenes photographs from the filmmakers’ own collections. TABLE OF CONTENTS -———————————————- Section One: The Exploitation Independents A 25,000 word essay charting the rise of Exploitation Horror: from Herschell Gordon Lewis and George Romero to the Slasher phenomenon of the 1980s Section Two: Essays on Films and Filmmakers Dirty Games in Hollywood – the career of James Bryan (Don’t Go in the Woods) The Frozen Scream Is a Clean Machine – Renee Harmon (Frozen Scream) The Fiend from Prime-Time – John Peyser on The Centerfold Girls Carolina on My Mind – the films of Frederick Friedel (Axe, Kidnapped Coed) It Came from New Jersey! – Douglas McKeown on The Deadly Spawn Let’s Play Nasty – the films of Don Jones (Schoolgirls in Chains, The Love Butcher, The Forest) Louisiana Screamin’ – James L. Wilson on Screams of a Winter Night Satan Was an Acid-Head! – the films of David Durston (I Drink Your Blood, Stigma) Don’t Make Me Do Anything Bad, Mother… – Joseph Ellison on Dont Go in the House If You Go Down in the Caves Today – Mark Sawicki on The Strangeness The Vigilante of 42nd Street – Robert Endelson on Fight for Your Life The Living Dead at the All-Night Mall – Willard Huyck on Messiah of Evil Hollywood After Dark – the films of John Hayes (Grave of the Vampire, Dream No Evil, Garden of the Dead) What Really Happened to Tony Vorno’s Victims? – Daniel DiSomma on Victims If At First You Don’t Succeed… – the films of Tony Malanowski (Night of Horror, Curse of the Screaming Dead) Punished By the Sun – Marc B. Ray on Scream Bloody Murder Growing Pains – John Ballard on Friday the 13th: The Orphan Blood Relations – the films of Irv & Wayne Berwick (Hitch Hike to Hell, Microwave Massacre) Mind Before Matter – Robert Allen Schnitzer on The Premonition Spawn of Venice Beach – Stephen Traxler on Slithis Beyond the Black Room – the films of Norman Thaddeus Vane (The Black Room, The Horror Star) Robert Voskanian & Robert Dadashian – Raising The Child Who’s the Ghostest with the Mostest? – the films of Fredric Hobbs (Alabama’s Ghost, Godmonster of Indian Flats) To Sleep, Perchance to Scream – George Barry on Death Bed: The Bed That Eats - supplemented in the text by a further twenty interviews with cast and crew members. -
After The World Ends: When Post Apocalyptic Movies Were Telling the Future!
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. In After the World Ends, you will be taken on a journey through post-apocalyptic cinema from its origins to its Golden Age on VHS. With dozens of films reviewed and hundreds of photos and posters, the recurrent themes and tropes that informed the genre are explored in minute detail. Packed with brand new interviews with the people who made the films, including Fred Williamson, Sergio Martino, David Worth, Rae Dawn Chong, Steve De Jarnatt to name a few, After the World Ends is not to be missed by aficionados and newcomers to the genre. Let "The End" begin. -
50 Classic Motion Pictures: The Stuff that Dreams are Made of
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. A selection of Vintage Films from Hollywood's Golden Age by film buff, David Zinman. In 1970, Zinman published a book listing his writings on films that still "hold up on repeat screenings today" from the 1930s and 1940s. Zinman has described himself as a "movie bum" rather than a movie scholar and as such the list itself serves as a refined and nostalgic look back on films from yesteryear. I. Grand Dames (1-5) II.Heroes and He-Men (6-12) III. Adventure (13-19) IV. Funny Men (20-23) V. Life Styles (24-28) VI. Monsters (29-31) VII. We the People (32-36) VIII. Directors (37-41) IX. The Love Game (42-45) X. Intrigue (46-50) -
Incredibly Strange Films: Favorite Films Compiled by Jim Morton and Boyd Rice
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. From the book Incredibly Strange Films this selection of films represents some of the guest editor's favorite films. -
byNWR.com Exhibited Films
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. By launching the website byNWR.com, Nicolas Winding Refn sought to make available obscure films discovered and restored by himself available to the public for free. byNWR's mission is described as such, "An unadulterated cultural expressway of the arts. Born from a passion for the rare, the forgotten and unknown, byNWR breathes new life into the culturally intriguing, influential and extreme. Quarterly volumes of content divide into three monthly chapters, each featuring a fully-restored film. These cinematic revivals inspire a wealth of original content, drawn together by our special Guest Editors. As we evolve and expand, we will encourage exploration of a wide range of avenues by curators, writers and the engaged public, building a community of those who like to create, to watch, to read, look or listen. In a world of the instant, byNWR takes its time on a tangential line towards the undiscovered where we share, enjoy and look to the future with hope, prosperity and the idea that culture is for everyone." EXHIBITION 1: CULTURE IS FOR EVERYONE VOLUME ONE - Regional Renegades, Guest Editor/Editor in Chief: Jimmy McDonough (1-3) VOLUME TWO - Missing Links, Guest Editor: Little White Lies (4-6) VOLUME THREE - Hillbillies, Hustlers and Fallen Idols, Guest Editor: Bob Mehr (7-9 VOLUME FOUR - Smell of Female, Guest Editor: Ben Cobb (10-12) VOLUME FIVE - Monstrous Extravagances, Guest Editor: Kier-La Janisse (13-15) VOLUME SIX - You Ain't No Punk, You Punk, Guest Editors: Bob Mehr with Peter Conheim (16-21) VOLUME SEVEN - What's Going On, USA, Guest Editor: R.J. Smith (22-24) VOLUME EIGHT - Dark Brink of Love, Guest Editor: William Boyle (25-27) EXHIBITION 2: THERAPEUTIC DECADENCE Not yet released. ------ Still missing from icheckmovies/imdb The Residents: Third Reich ‘N’ Roll (1976) Dir. The Residents The Residents: Hello, Skinny (1979) / One Minute Movies (1980) Dir. Graeme Whifler MX-80 Sound: Why Are We Here? (1980) Dir. Graeme Whifler Renaldo and the Loaf: Songs for Swinging Larvae (1981) Dir. Graeme Whifler -
Feature-length films shown on Nitrate at the Nitrate Picture Show
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. "Nitrate film projection is a curatorial discipline in itself; as such, its performance is a synthesis of art and science. The Nitrate Picture Show is also a celebration of all of the individuals and organizations in charge of this mission. Its motto is a variation of our predecessors’ call to action: nitrate can wait. It did. Here it is." - Paolo Cherchi Usai This list features all feature-length films presented through the projection of highly flammable Nitrate prints at the historic Dryden Theatre in Rochester, NY. -
James Gunn's 50 Favorite Horror Movies
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New York University Department of Filmography General Filmography
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. NYU Tisch is consistently ranked among the best film programs in the world and was recently ranked the #1 film school by The Hollywood Reporter. The university's Cinema Studies Program provides a list of films that highlight their choices for the most important films for their students to recognize and become familiar with. Different sections include Fiction Film Animation Experimental and Political Avant-Gardes Documentary and Ethnographic Films Fiction Films: Hollywood Genres: A) Musicals B) Westerns C) Horror D) Science Fiction E) Comedy F) Historical Drama G) Gangster FIlms H) Romantic Melodramas /"Women's Pictures" I) Film Noir / Neo Noir J) War Films K)Action-Adventure Individual Lists can be found here. -
Vinegar Syndrome Slipcovers, Hardcovers, Lenticulars and Boxsets
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. All titles released by Vinegar Syndrome that have exclusive collectible slipcovers, splitcovers, hardcovers and box sets. Vinegar Syndrome's covers prioritize original poster designs, but also frequently utilize specially made covers by artists and graphic designers. A title is given this special treatment as a result of popular demand or a desire to give an underrated film greater exposure than it would have received otherwise. -
Jim Card's Personal Film Notes
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. "Founding film curator James Card helped to establish the George Eastman Museum as a leader in the fields of cinema and film preservation. Card’s devotion to the silent era of filmmaking (1895–1928), the golden age of Hollywood (1920s–1940s), and silent German cinema created a core collection of classics unrivaled in its quality and diversity.” - George Eastman Museum This list is made up of films written about in Card’s personal notes, which were donated to Milestone Films’ Archives. The list offers insight into one of the foremost experts on silent cinema who meticulously compiled lists to formulate and organize his innovative work in the fields of film preservation and curation. Part 1: 1-52 Part 2: 53-67 Both lists can be found at https://www.milestonefilms.com/pages/the-milestone-archive -
NYU Documentary and Ethnographic Films
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NYU Fiction Films: Hollywood Genres
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. "Students should be familiar with at least two genres from the following in order to answer a possible genre question on their comprehensive examinations" A) Musicals (1-7) B) Westerns (8-15) C) Horror (16-25) D) Science Fiction (26-35) E) Comedy (36-52) F) Historical Drama (53-63) G) Gangster FIlms (63-73) H) Romantic Melodramas /"Women's Pictures" (74-81) I) Film Noir / Neo Noir (82-92) XXX J) War Films (93-101) K)Action-Adventure (102-100) -
Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
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Top Rated 100 on Blu-Ray.com
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