Grady Hendrix
Writer · Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorstör, My Best Friend’s Exorcism (which was adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, and the New York Times bestseller The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (currently being adapted into a TV series). Hendrix also authored the Bram Stoker Award–winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the horror paperback boom of the seventies and eighties, and his latest non-fiction book is These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World. He is a co-founder of the New York Asian Film Festival.
Movies3
Movie6.7DocumentaryHistoryThe fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019 · 63 votes
Movie5.7DocumentaryA profile on martial artist John Liu and the making of his "lost" U.S. directorial debut, 'New York Ninja'.
Re-Enter the 'New York Ninja'
2021 · 3 votes
Movie6.0ComedyHorrorIn 1984, a massive fire destroyed the entire 17-year output of an exploitation movie studio. But the recent discovery of eleven lost trailers sheds a light on this disrespected, long-forgotten B-movie factory, and the mogul at its center.
Series1
TVDocumentaryA docuseries presented in found footage style, exploring the world of found footage and fake documentary movies. Each episode is broken down by subgenre, featuring recommendations, filmmaker interviews, and historical & behind-the-scenes information.