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- Italian horror fan and academic Calum Waddell speaks with some of the original makers of the controversial horror classic "Cannibal Holocaust" before venturing into the Amazon jungle and surrounding city port, Leticia, to uncover some of the local stories behind the making of the motion picture. What is uncovered, however, leads to a wider and unexpected "true crime" story.
- A look at the ideas and people that was involved in the naziploitations movies.
- 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 Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip.
- The rise and fall of Hong Kong's notorious Category III cinema which reached a peak during the years 1988 and the lead-up to the Handover in 1997.
- A documentary on the short-lived craze of Italian cannibal films in the '70s and '80s,
- A celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost always a final girl and rarely a final guy... this is a documentary which is designed for both the biggest fan of "mad maniac" movies and the person who may only have seen HALLOWEEN and SCREAM. Either way, this is a documentary that proves the SLASHER FILM is truly FOREVER!
- The history of Italian zombie cinema, beginning with the breakout worldwide influence and success of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and continuing through to Lucio Fulci's trend-setting Zombie Flesh-Eaters (Zombi 2) and its many imitators.
- Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed features, in a change of pace for horror documentaries, an all-female line-up, discussing horror movies from their perspective.
- Produced for the "ultimate edition" of "Rollerball" from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original 1975 classic comes packed with this fascinating 85-minute documentary that charts the influence of "Rollerball" on contemporary scifi cinema, including "Mad Max", "The Warriors" and "Escape from New York", as well as the Italian variant that struck the big time with motion picture successes such as "The Bronx Warriors" franchise, "The New Barbarians" and the wonderfully trashy "Endgame".
- The first feature-length discussion of the Spanish zombie film, which rose to prominence in the 1970s. This documentary was made for Synapse Film's release of "Tombs of the Blind Dead" on Blu-ray in 2022.
- The making of The Caller.
- Exhaustive look back at the making of comedy classic "The Silence of the Hams", including the genesis of the project, its shoot and the distribution and critical reception - as well as its reappraisal in subsequent years. This was produced for the Turbine release of "The Silence of the Hams" on Blu-Ray, the film's international HD premiere, in Germany.
- A documentary made about the transition of the RING horror film franchise from Japan to America. The documentary was produced for the Shout. Factory box set comprising new 4k editions of the three American RING films.
- A documentary on the life and career of the legendary British exploitation film director Norman J. Warren, who gained a name for himself in the sexploitation business in the late 1960s before moving into low budget horror pictures in the 1970s and 1980s. Produced for the American release of "Inseminoid", which debuted on Blu-Ray in the USA on March, 10th 2020, this extensive documentary draws on hours of footage of Warren and also some of his best known collaborators such as the screenwriter David McGillivray.
- Produced for the deluxe edition Blu-Ray and DVD release of "Sign 'o' the Times", the legendary Prince concert film for its Germany release on September, 13th, 2019.
- A documentary looking at the life and times of Donald P. Borchers, one of Hollywood's most underrated and under-acknowledged independent film producers. Particularly associated with New World Pictures in the 1980s, Borchers made a considerable mark in Hollywood, including through launching such franchises as "Angel" and "Children of the Corn". This documentary was released in the UK with the original 1984 classic "Children of the Corn" in 2016 and was the brainchild of producer Calum Waddell.
- Director James Glickenhaus talks about the making of his action movie McBain for the 2011 Arrow DVD release in the UK.
- A number of leading academics and genre film critics, as well as those who worked with Jess Franco, look back at the career of the low budget art-sleaze maestro and his many, often quickly turned-out, projects. A tribute to the life and times of Jess Franco and his longevity and importance to the wider world of Spanish genre cinema. Released on May 28th, 2020 as part of the German five-disc Blu-Ray of Franco's "The Bloody Judge" from Koch Films.
- A look back at the genesis and the success of the Shaw Brothers' hit franchise "The Brave Archer".
- Extensive documentary on the making of Tobe Hooper's infamous 1985 science fiction flop LIFEFORCE. Features interviews with Hooper, producer Michael J. Kagan, editor John Grover, actors Aubrey Morris and Nicholas Ball, makeup artist Sandra Exelby, screenwriter Michael Armstrong, sound designer Vernon Messenger, artistic designers Tom Adams and Roger Stewart and effects artist John Schoonraad.
- The first feature-length documentary to chart the impact and influence of Wes Craven's classic "The Last House on the Left" (1972) and how the motion picture inspired a cottage industry of spin-off films, predominantly from Italy - most notably Ruggero Deodato's infamous "House on the Edge of the Park". The documentary concludes with an analysis and discussion of the 2009 remake of "The Last House on the Left".
- Brand new making of documentary on Highlanger, directed by Naomi Holwill for the Studio Canal 4k release of the action classic.