Table Of ContentIntroduction Frank Henelotter Herschell Gordon Lewis Ray Dennis Steckler & Carolyn Brandt Ted V. Mikels Russ Meyer Dick Bakalyan Joe Sarno David Friedman Doris Wishman Larry Cohen Biker Films Juvenile Delinquency Films Beach Party Films LSD Films Women in Prison Films Mondo Films Santo Ed Wood, Jr. Sexploitation Films Educational Films Industrial Jeopardy Films Young Playthings (essay) Wizard of Gore (essay) God Told Me To (essay) Daughter of Horror (essay) Blast of Silence (essay) Spider Baby (essay) George Romero (essay) A-Z of Film Personalities (directory) Quotations from Movies Favorite Films List Bibliography & Sources Index
SynopsisGuide to B-Movies and independent filmmakers, with interviews, essays, film lists and lots of pictures., Incredibly Strange Films is a functional guide to important territory neglected by the film-criticism establishment, spotlighting unhailed directors -- Hershell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer, Larry Cohen, Ray Dennis Steckler, Ted V. Mikels and others -- who have been critically consigned to the ghettos of gore and sexploitation films. In-depth interviews focus on philosophy while anecdotes entertain as well as illuminate theory. The guide includes biographies, genre overviews, filmographies, bibliography, quotations, an A-Z of film personalities, lists of recommended films, sources, index, as well as 172 photos.