Title: Down and dirty : Hollywood's exploitation filmmakers and their movies /
Authors: Quarles, Mike, 1957-
Publisher: McFarland,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Motion picture producers and directors United States; Sensationalism in motion pictures.; Sex in motion pictures.; Violence in motion pictures; Horror films History and criticism; Motion picture industry United States History; Exploitation films United States History and criticism.; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History.
Contents: Ted V. Mikels, or how to build a corpse-grinding machine for $38 -- Ray Dennis Steckler : Genre filmmaking in a funhouse mirror -- Humble origins : Big-timers with skeletons in their closets -- H.G. Lewis : More than gore -- Russ Meyer : T and A and $ -- Kroger Babb : Who was America's foremost hygiene commentator? -- John Waters : They used to call him "The prince of puke" -- Trailers : Coming to this theater -- George Romero : On Pittsburgh zombies and an Italian subgenre -- Fred Olen Ray : The direct-to-videl king -- Super 8 : The new medium of choice -- Tobe Hooper : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -- Dwain Esper : Exposing a nation's shame and getting away with it -- Andy Milligan : Period dramas for under $10,000 -- Larry Buchanan : Does Mars need women that badly? -- Doris Wishman : How did a nice girl like you wind up in a book like this? -- David Friedman : The promoter -- Rogues' gallery : A cast of dozens.