Hollywood is a town of tinsel and glamour; but there is another Hollywood, a place where maverick independent exploitation filmmakers went toe to toe with the big guys and came out on top.
Editing
Juxtaposing sleaze with scholarly commentary perfectly
Production
Incredible archival grindhouse trailers and posters
Director
Ray Greene
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Forrest J. Ackerman, interviewed here, coined the term 'sci-fi' and was editor of Famous Monsters magazine—his basement museum held 300,000 horror artifacts.
The 'roadshow' exploitation circuit this documents essentially invented targeted niche marketing decades before Netflix algorithm recommendations.
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