William Lustig

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of...

The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics...

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach...

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S....

The 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...

Behind the scenes documentary on the 2012 film MANIAC directed by Franck Khalfoun.

The 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...

Four decades after directing "Maniac" Bill revisits the filming locations to reflect on 1970s New York & his leading man, Joe Spinell.

An interview with William Lustig about Maniac.

New 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...

A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been...

Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic...

Documentary that explores Argento's film career.

Dr. Herbert East is working in his uncle's clinic and experimenting with brain transplants.

Documentary on the life and films of Antonio Margheriti.

A father who experiments with his son's psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments have released a demon from hell which lives in his...

Two Los Angeles police detectives hunt for a serial killer who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.

The first feature-length documentary that fully explores how the toxic social and political Canadian context after 1968 created some of the most...

Final entry in the Bravo scary movie moments countdowns that aired in 2009.

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty...

Documentary about the origins of the song "Maniac".

This thirty minute documentary features interviews with Giovinazzo's key contemporaries discussing the continued impact and influence of Combat Shock...

Documentary tracing the rise of the 'slasher' movie.

The shocking true story behind the most outrageous movies of all time and the directors who made them.

Rebel, outlaw, porn pioneer: FINDING PLANET PORNO tells the story of filmmaker Howard Ziehm, whose MONA THE VIRGIN NYMPH was the first explicit...