
William Lustig
Director · b. 1955 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
William Lustig (born February 1, 1955) is an American filmmaker and film distributor, known for his work in the horror genre. His best-known films include Maniac (1980), Vigilante (1982), and Maniac Cop (1988) and its sequels. He is also the founder of the boutique home video label Blue Underground. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Lustig, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie7.3FantasyHorrorAsh, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
Army of Darkness
1992 · 3.7K votes
Movie6.4ActionScience FictionDr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
Darkman
1990 · 1.6K votes
Movie6.1ActionHorrorA killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.
Maniac Cop
1988 · 549 votes
Movie6.2CrimeActionNew York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
Vigilante
1983 · 115 votes
Movie6.4HorrorA psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.
Maniac
1980 · 512 votes
Movie5.3MysteryThrillerTwo Los Angeles police detectives hunt for a serial killer who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Relentless
1989 · 36 votes
Movie5.0DocumentaryLegendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know-how in Direct Your Own Damn Movie! Lloyd offers you the magic key to operating outside the film studio system as well as providing you with the roadmap to script writing, pre-production, casting, managing your set, post-production and the secrets of selling you movie!
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
2009 · 1 votes
Movie6.7DocumentaryThis documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.
American Grindhouse
2011 · 67 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryHorrorFinal entry in the Bravo scary movie moments countdowns that aired in 2009.
13 Scarier Movie Moments
2009 · 4 votes
Movie4.6HorrorDr. Herbert East is working in his uncle's clinic and experimenting with brain transplants.
Trepanator
1992 · 5 votes
MovieDocumentaryRebel, outlaw, porn pioneer: FINDING PLANET PORNO tells the story of filmmaker Howard Ziehm, whose MONA THE VIRGIN NYMPH was the first explicit feature film to be distributed in the US in 1970 - at a time when the production of pornography was still illegal. He later made the cult science fiction sex parody FLESH GORDON, whose production was plagued by battles against the law, an acute lack of money and other problems. The documentary approaches Howard's story on a personal level, and through his eyes and those of his companions it paints a thrilling portrait of an unusual person - and a time that brought about great social change. But what is left of it all?
Movie5.3DocumentaryThe Joe Spinell Story is a An outstanding and eye-opening documentary, made in 2001 for the Anchor Bay DVD release of Maniac (1980). His most notable roles were as mafioso Willi Cicci in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, and as loan shark Tony Gazzo in Rocky and Rocky II. Although primarily known as a character actor, Spinell co-wrote and starred as a serial killer in the 1980 film, Maniac.
The Joe Spinell Story
2001 · 9 votes
Movie7.0TV MovieDocumentaryDocumentary tracing the rise of the 'slasher' movie.
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
2000 · 2 votes
Movie4.7HorrorA father who experiments with his son's psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments have released a demon from hell which lives in his son's closet, preparing to take over the young boy's soul.
Cameron's Closet
1988 · 31 votes
Movie5.3DocumentaryHorrorA roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.
Movie7.8DocumentaryThe story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip.
Movie7.0DocumentaryA documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
2000 · 25 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryHorrorThe conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 · 24 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryHorrorDocumentary that explores Argento's film career.
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001 · 17 votes
MovieDocumentaryThe shocking true story behind the most outrageous movies of all time and the directors who made them.
MovieDocumentaryHorrorBehind the scenes documentary on the 2012 film MANIAC directed by Franck Khalfoun.
MovieDocumentaryThis thirty minute documentary features interviews with Giovinazzo's key contemporaries discussing the continued impact and influence of Combat Shock twenty-five years later.
Movie6.3DocumentaryHistoryUsing testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of canine television games, seduction manuals, aerobics class while holding a baby, among others.
Movie6.0DocumentaryDocumentary on the life and films of Antonio Margheriti.
The Outsider - Il Cinema Di Antonio Margheriti
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013 · 1 votes
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TV10.0"Creature Features" see a has-been rock star Vincent Van Dahl hosts horror films in his haunted mansion with the help of his stalwart butler Mr. Livingston and quixotic housemate Tangella.
Creature Features
2016 · 1 votes
TVDocumentaryMarcians
2017
TV7.3ComedyTalk ShowThe World’s Foremost Drive-in Movie Critic – actually he’s pretty much the world’s only Drive-in Critic – Joe Bob Briggs brings his iconic swagger to this firebrand of horror and drive-in cinema offering honest appreciation, hilarious insight, inside stories and of course, the Drive-in totals.
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
2019 · 23 votes
TV7.0Talk ShowJoin trailblazing producer, director, best-selling author and B-movie mogul Charles Band as he invites you into his weird world.
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022 · 3 votes