Decades of Terror: 1980's Slasher Films By Steve Hutchison I'm going to be honest here. Hutchison's Decades of Terror: 1980's Slasher Films is one of the most frustrating "film reference guides" I think I've ever read. This book perfectly illustrates the divide between young fans who zip through streaming sites, going from one "slasher" title to to next, and older fans who where there, in the front row, when "slasher flicks" were a thing. My comments here are not to slam or s

Smoothen Silky Demon Fighting Pimp By Derek Slaton Sometimes, when they haven't made a good demon fighting pimp movie in a while, you have to go to literature for your demon fighting pimp fix. Smoothen Silky Demon Fighting Pimp is that book! In a nutshell, Smoothen Silky is an angel pimp sent to earth to fight demons. He is still a pimp. He works with a crew. He also has his hoes Trixie, Mixie and Dixie with him at all times. He wears nice clothes and swings a fierce 9-iron.

Winton C. Hoch: From Physicist to Cinema Heavyweight George Seminara The guy standing with Rock Hudson amongst the grape leaves is Winton C. Hoch. Coming from the Iowa cornfields, young Winton made his way to the California Institute of Technology. He graduated with a degree in Chemistry in 1931. He soon had employment as a physicist, but the klieg lights called. A new company opened in Hollywood called Technicolor, and they needed a chemist to process their new color film. T

By George Seminara Seymour Joseph Cassel, an actor, was born on 22 January 1935; died on 7 April 2019. Three Years gone! The Hilarious Fellow, Notorious Flirt, the luckiest, unlucky bastard on earth, is no longer on the planet. I always had fun with Seymour. Whether it was taking his picture or hanging around the set, and once even picketing for the guild, we'd be talking shit and laughing our asses off. That said, I didn't know him that well. I'm not sure if he wanted me to

Gods of Grindhouse Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers Edited By Andrew J. Rausch Bear Manor Media Well, by the cover I'd say we're off to a good start. That cover is one of the best I've seen on any film reference book and I have wanted a copy ever since I saw it released back in 2013. I love that cover. The contents are comprised of interviews of various length with various directors who made films in the 60's and 70's (and beyond), who's work fits into the concept of t

What? Who the hell am I talking about? His name is Carl Theodor Dreyer, and he directed arguably one of the greatest films in history. The Passion of Joan of Arc. The Passion is pretty intense. Not for the faint-hearted. It has a spectacular performance by Renée Jeanne Falconetti as Joan at its heart. She never acted in a film again. Dreyer was Method before Method, and if he did what the rumors say he did to Renée, it's no wonder she didn't do another film. My boy Carl would

ICFH contributor Scott Voison has secured a book signing event at the legendary west-coast book store Dark Delicacies. The book signing has been scheduled for Sat, Jun 18th at 3 pm to launch his much-anticipated tome titled Jon Polito - Unicycling at the Edge of the Abyss - An Actor’s Autobiography. Scott has worked on this book for nearly eight years and we are all very proud of him for seeing this project through and are equally enthusiastic to dive inside the mind of one o