William Lustig
notum enim: Directing
dies natalis: 1955-02-01
Locus Natus: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Et ut: Billy Bagg, Bill Lustig
VHS Revolution
Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched...
release : 2017.08.28popularis : 7.299
In Search of Darkness: Part III
The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror...
release : 2022.11.25popularis : 3.371
Hollywood Rated 'R'
A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach...
release : 1997.06.19popularis : 2.654
Maniac Cop
Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the...
release : 1988.05.13popularis : 14.337
American Grindhouse
This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S....
release : 2011.02.04popularis : 5.69
The Joe Spinell Story
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...
release : 2001.08.21popularis : 4.662
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
Behind the scenes documentary on the 2012 film MANIAC directed by Franck Khalfoun.
release : 2013.10.15popularis : 1.493
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
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...
release : 2015.07.15popularis : 4.945
Returning to the scene of the crime
Four decades after directing "Maniac" Bill revisits the filming locations to reflect on 1970s New York & his leading man, Joe Spinell.
release : 2018.12.11popularis : 1.246
Maniac: The making of a living pulp novel
An interview with William Lustig about Maniac.
release : 2020.06.08popularis : 0.751
Vigilante
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...
release : 1982.05.18popularis : 10.106
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
release : 2000.09.21popularis : 3.514
Maniac
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and local girl American models and takes their scalps as trophies.
release : 1980.05.10popularis : 13.07
Darkman
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been...
release : 1990.08.24popularis : 18.109
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic...
release : 2009.05.19popularis : 3.412
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Documentary that explores Argento's film career.
release : 2001.04.15popularis : 1.616
Trepanator
Dr. Herbert East is working in his uncle's clinic and experimenting with brain transplants.
release : 1992.01.01popularis : 2.058
The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Documentary on the life and films of Antonio Margheriti.
release : 2013.04.17popularis : 0.743
Cameron's Closet
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...
release : 1988.12.02popularis : 2.717
Relentless
Two Los Angeles police detectives hunt for a serial killer who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
release : 1989.08.30popularis : 4.894
Tax Shelter Terrors
The first feature-length documentary that fully explores how the toxic social and political Canadian context after 1968 created some of the most...
release : 2017.12.31popularis : 0.9
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Final entry in the Bravo scary movie moments countdowns that aired in 2009.
release : 2009.10.10popularis : 1.285
Army of Darkness
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty...
release : 1992.10.31popularis : 57.6
Maniac Men
Documentary about the origins of the song "Maniac".
release : 2010.10.26popularis : 1.715
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
This thirty minute documentary features interviews with Giovinazzo's key contemporaries discussing the continued impact and influence of Combat Shock...
release : 2009.07.28popularis : 2.491
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
Documentary tracing the rise of the 'slasher' movie.
release : 2000.10.28popularis : 2.307