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Forrest J. Ackerman

Forrest J Ackerman (born Forrest James Ackerman; November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008) was an American magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom, a leading expert on science fiction and fantasy films, and acknowledged as the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia. He was based in Los Angeles, California. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Forrest J Ackerman", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Born : 24th-Nov-1916

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Braindead

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Released : 13th-Aug-1992

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Vampira: The Movie

Vampira The Movie chronicles the story of Malia "Vampira" Nurmi living on the very edge of show business and her rise to celluloid cultdom 50 years later. Her big break came in 1954 when she played the "glamour ghoul" Vampira, emerging from the mist to greet viewers of obscure horror movies on the new medium - television. Her newfound fame led to friendships with Marlon Brando, James Dean and Anthony Perkins. But Vampira's show was abruptly cancelled. Nurmi appeared as Vampira again in the 1959 low-budget horror / sci-fi film, Plan 9 from Outer Space, directed by Edward D Wood Jr. and often dubbed "the worst film of all time." But you can't keep a good vampire down and Nurmi's character rose from the dead again in 1993's Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The movie renewed interest in Maila Nurmi and she has since achieved a Bettie Page-like cult status.
Released : 31st-Oct-2006

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My Lovely Monster

A silent film character is stuck in a German theater and wants to return to his film.
Released : 16th-Feb-1991

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Beach Blanket Bloodbath

Segment from Sleazemania Strikes Back
Released : 1st-Jan-1985

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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 movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.
Released : 19th-Jun-1997

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The Howling

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Released : 21st-Jan-1981

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Dinosaur Valley Girls

Haunted by recurring dreams of Hea-Thor, a gorgeous cavegirl,and a menacing Allosaurus, action-movie star Tony Markham soon finds himself transported, by means of a magic Icon, back through time to Dinosaur Valley. Now trapped in world of dangerous dinosaurs, grunting cavemen and a tribe of exotic, love-starved cavegirls, Tony must put his modern-days skills to extreme tests in order to survive prehistoric perils, win the cavegirl of his dreams and (maybe) return to his own time?
Released : 1st-Jan-1995

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I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies

From 1953 to 1969, Don Glut made amateur movies. Shot on 16mm, these films became "legendary" throughout the world.
Released : 3rd-Oct-2006

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Return of the Living Dead Part II

A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
Released : 15th-Jan-1988

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Queen of Blood

A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster. Uses footage from Encounter in Space (1963).
Released : 1st-Mar-1966

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Innocent Blood

Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger
Released : 25th-Sep-1992

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The Vampire Hunters Club

Released : 1st-Feb-2001

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Evil Spawn

Microbes are brought back to earth via a space probe from Venus. A scientist is using them in experiments on aging, but dies before the work is finished. His assistant approaches an aging actress who is being passed by for the lead roles, and she injects the serum hoping to become young again. When the actress is still passed up for the plum roles, the alien bacterium transforms her into a hideous bug-like alien resulting in a predictable attrition problem amongst her detractors.
Released : 1st-Sep-1987

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Hard to Die

While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings years back, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Released : 9th-Oct-1990

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait

A documentary about the classic 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' film, including interviews with Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, John Dugan and Jim Siedow.
Released : 1st-Jan-1988

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The Naked Monster

Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
Released : 22nd-Apr-2005

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Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion

A documentary detailing the making of the cult favorite "Plan 9 from Outer Space," featuring interviews with cast members and prominent filmmakers about the film, its lasting legacy, and its creator, Edward D. Wood Jr.
Released : 1st-Jan-1992

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Hollywood Boulevard

A Midwestern ingenue arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes in low budget B-movie fair, which starts being plagued by strange, deadly accidents.
Released : 25th-Apr-1976

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Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

A look behind the scenes at Cortlandt Hull's "The Witch's Dungeon," a movie-themed Halloween attraction in Bristol, Connecticut -- now the longest-running show of its type in the United States.
Released : 1st-Jan-2006

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The Aftermath

After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth transformed by nuclear war. As renegade gangs and mutants rule Los Angeles, the astronauts join two pretty women and a couple of kids in a growing resistance movement. This sci-fi adventure follows the men as they battle bell-bottomed biker leader Cutter and his brutal gang.
Released : 22nd-Mar-1982

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The Time Travelers

Research scientists experimenting with time warps are accidentally propelled forward into an unbearable future.
Released : 29th-Oct-1964

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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.
Released : 8th-Nov-2007

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The Dead Undead

Good Vampires battle Zombie Vampires while trying to hide their own identity and prevent the infection from spreading.
Released : 13th-May-2010

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Frazetta: Painting with Fire

A documentary on the life of painter Frank Frazetta, who revolutionized science fiction, fantasy and comic art with breathtaking realistic paintings of fantastic heroes, most famously Conan the Barbarian.
Released : 8th-May-2003

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Red Velvet

A man and a young woman have a chance encounter at a laundry mat which leads to a story about a birthday party where everyone has been killed by a madman in a white jumpsuit.
Released : 28th-Aug-2009

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Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

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.
Released : 2nd-Apr-2001

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Schlock

A quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd.
Released : 1st-Mar-1973

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Sex, Death & The Hollywood Mystique

Larry Wessel presents darkest Hollywood and explores some of tinsel town's most grisly tragedies, including the murders of Sharon Tate and The Black Dahlia.
Released : 2nd-May-1999

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The Double-D Avenger

Three of the biggest and bustiest Russ Meyer stars - Kitten Natividad, Haji, and Raven De La Croix - make a comeback in 'The Double-D Avenger,' the first in a series of sexy action/comedy feature films by William Winckler Productions. Big, busty Chastity Knott must use her new amazing abilities as the super-stacked costumed crime fighter, the Double-D Avenger, to stop villainous bikini bar owner Al Purplewood and his sexy, murderous strippers.
Released : 17th-Sep-2001

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The Sci-Fi Boys

Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blockbusters that have captured the world's imagination. This is the story of the Sci-Fi Boys, who started out as kids making amateur movies inspired by Forrest J Ackerman's FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine and grew up to take Hollywood by storm, inventing the art and technology for filming anything the mind can dream.
Released : 27th-Apr-2006

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Vampires: Thirst for the Truth

A documentary that explores man's enduring fascination with the vampire legend by examining historical accounts, literary works, and as they are portrayed in film and television.
Released : 1st-Jan-1996

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American Scary

A fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host.
Released : 21st-Oct-2006

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Skinned Deep

An ordinary family goes on a trip by car, but their car breaks down. The dutiful father of the family immediately sets off to get help and seems to find it with a nice elderly lady. The woman invites the whole family to dinner, but the hospitality soon turns out to be an ambush.
Released : 14th-Feb-2004

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Nudist Colony of the Dead

Judge Rhinehole orders the Sunny Buttocks Nudist Camp closed down as an affront to the community. The members of the camp enter into a suicide pact, but vow to return for vengeance. Five years later, a group of campers on a retreat argue with each other about religion and sing big production numbers as the group begins experiencing an attrition problem.
Released : 5th-Aug-1991

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Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania

Hosted by everyone's favorite vamp, Elvira, this program is a lighthearted look back at the monster movies of the '50s. All the monsters that scared your parents make appearances here including Godzilla and King Kong. Also included are many interviews with the men behind the monsters including special effects wizards and directors. A special look at the monsters of Japan and Great Britain are included as well.
Released : 1st-Jan-1999

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Hollywood Goes Ape!

A documentary covering the history of Apes in the movies. Written and Directed by Donald F. Glut.
Released : 1st-Jan-1994

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Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles

Documentary showing how dinosaurs have been used in films. Trailers and scenes from moving about or with dinosaurs are shown.
Released : 1st-Jan-1987

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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
Released : 16th-May-2007

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King Kong! The Living Legend

Documentary special to promote the release of King Kong Lives, the grand opening of the King Kong attraction at Universal theme park, as well as a look back at the history of King Kong in the movies.
Released : 1st-Jun-1986

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The Life After Death Project 2: Personal Encounters

Spellbinding accounts of personal encounters with life after death from people of all walks of life including doctors and nurses who have seen spirit visitations and related strange phenomena. Also updates the Forrest J Ackerman case.
Released : 16th-Jul-2013

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Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me

Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.
Released : 1st-Jan-1983

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Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

From THINGS to BODY SNATCHERS to CREATURES FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, sci-fi monsters dominated 1950s horror. Take a ride to an era of drive-ins, Red Scares, low budgets and big bugs with SPACE INVADERS AND DRIVE INS.
Released : 12th-Oct-2014

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Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.
Released : 20th-Sep-1971

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Secret Lives: L. Ron Hubbard

Documentary about the creator of Dianetics and Scientology, featuring some of the people who knew him intimately.
Released : 19th-Nov-1997

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It Came from Alpha Centauri

An alien creature has traveled to Earth. What destruction will it cause.
Released : 1st-Jan-1962

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Tyran the Terrible

American horror short from 1962.
Released : 1st-Jan-1962

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Bikini Drive-In

Kim Taylor inherits her grandfather's drive-in theatre. She must raise $25,000 over one weekend or the bank will take the property from her. She also has to deal with pesky capitalist J.B. Winston.
Released : 8th-Apr-1995

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Scarlet Moon

The year is 2030 and the goal is to locate the Scarlet Moon. A fist sized red jewel that is said to hold the power to control the world, loosely tied to ancient visitors from another planet.
Released : 2nd-Jan-2006

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Uncle Forry's Ackermansions

Forrest J. "Forry" Ackerman was a fixture in the science fiction and horror scene for as long as anyone can remember. Having picked up a sci-fi magazine as a nine-year-old boy, the stage was set for a lifetime of passion for the subject. Starting a sci-fi club led to writing one of the genre's first fanzines. Getting to know writers and artists in the field landed Forry work as a literary agent and he began amassing one of the world's largest collections of fantasy material. A meeting with James Warren would turn into a pop culture- changing event as Forry was asked to head a new magazine and "Famous Monsters of Filmland" was born. He started opening his house to the public in the early 1950's, a tradition he would carry on through three Ackermansions up until 2008. His collections were stuffed to the rafters in every nook and cranny, leaving visitors to wonder where there may be living space. "Uncle Forry's Ackermansions" tours us through all three of his homes.
Released : 17th-May-2014

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Jack Parsons: Jet Propelled Antichrist

Jack Parsons: Jet Propelled Antichrist is a story about one of the fathers of modern rocketry and a founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) which as part of NASA still leads the way in the development of rockets and the exploration of space. He was also an occultist, a sorcerer and a magus. The infamous magician Aleister Crowley the self-proclaimed Great Beast called him son. He called himself ‘The Antichrist’ and was repeatedly investigated by the FBI. At the age of 38 Parsons died in a mysterious explosion that made headlines around the US. Officially it was a tragic scientific accident — other interpretations of the event persist to this day.
Released : 1st-Jan-2006

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Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes

A gay attorney uses his newfound powers to thwart a mad scientist.
Released : 4th-Jan-2005

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TV Credits

Prisoners of Gravity

Self - Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction — science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic books — and its relation to various thematic and social issues. Produced by TVOntario, the show was the brainchild of former comic retail manager Mark Askwith and writer Daniel Richler, and was hosted by Rick Green. The series aired 139 episodes over 5 seasons from 1989 to 1994.
Released : 21st-Aug-1989

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Cult Movies TV

Self - In 1999, Cult Movies TV was inspired in part by two earlier video documentaries that Copner and Barnett produced, Bela Lugosi Then And Now and On The Trail Of Ed Wood.
Released : 2nd-Jan-1999

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