Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (960 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 034534345X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 814 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He is now unfit for conventional employment. Because of the addictive nature of these films, we the publishers cannot guarantee that your sanity won't be endangered by reading this book. From the Inside Flap The Complete Viewers' Guide to the Weirdest Movies of All Time!From the slightly offbeat to the outlandishly bizarrefrom the no-budget quickie to the multimillion-dollar box-office smashPsychotronic films range from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes to E.Tom Angel's Wild Women and Hellcats of the Navy to/Dismember Mama and Let Me Die A Womanfrom sincere social commentary to utter trash.Psychotronic stars are ex-models, ex-sports
The Complete Viewers' Guide to the Weirdest Movies of All Time!From the slightly offbeat to the outlandishly bizarrefrom the no-budget quickie to the multimillion-dollar box-office smashPsychotronic films range from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes to E.Tom Angel's Wild Women and Hellcats of the Navy to/Dismember Mama and Let Me Die A Womanfrom sincere social commentary to utter trash.Psychotronic stars are ex-models, ex-sports heroes, dead rock idols, future presidents, would-be Marilyns, and has-beens of all types.Psychotronic films keep sleepless fans glued to their TVs and lined up outside revival houses in big cities and small towns all over the country.See these outrageous films through the eyes of Michael Weldon, the world's leading authority on Psychotronic films!Arranged from A to Z! Crammed with rare illustrations!Featuring cast, crew, and characters!Uniquely eccentric reviews of over 3,000 movies!Warning: The author of this book has been watching these movies obsessively since the age of 6. Because of the addictive nature of these films, we the publishers cannot guarantee that your sanity won't be endangered by reading this
"We're all here because we're not all there" according to A Customer. I am the first to confess that not everyone spends their time wondering if they might like to watch Untamed Women tonight, or have an Ed Wood film festival, but I am one of them. Call me crazy (ahem!), but I like really bad old movies, especially the ones that try to scare/pander you. Perhaps I yearn for the time when showing a bit of cleavage was considered racy. So I nose around the discount rack looking for such gems as Mermaids of Tiburon or The Earth Dies Screaming. I come across a copy of . The Amazing Colossal Film Guide This mind-boggling encyclopedia grew out of Michael Weldon's handmade, xeroxed "Psychotronic" zine in the early '80s, a weekly program guide to low-grade and forgotten movies airing on TV in New York. The term 'psychotronic,' lifted from the 1980 B-movie "The Psychotronic Man," is used by Weldon to describe not only the world of odd horror and sci-fi flicks, but cult and exploitation films of all kinds. From the flying saucer movies of the 1950's to the James Bond series to the glut of disaster . "A towering achievement!" according to El Kabong. It's scary to think 16 long years have gone by since this landmark was published. Michael Weldon's book -still the crown jewel of B movie books- remains a colossal work for the same reasons it towered over ALL competitors back in '8A towering achievement! It's scary to think 16 long years have gone by since this landmark was published. Michael Weldon's book -still the crown jewel of B movie books- remains a colossal work for the same reasons it towered over ALL competitors back in '83: he's crazy enough, and loves these movies enough, to do the job RIGHT. When the world of genre and grindhouse movies was more reliant on oral history than on a few sketchy reference works, he scaled an Everest of obscure trash art to reclaim the form away from the . : he's crazy enough, and loves these movies enough, to do the job RIGHT. When the world of genre and grindhouse movies was more reliant on oral history than on a few sketchy reference works, he scaled an Everest of obscure trash art to reclaim the form away from the