In a bygone era, when Times Square was crammed with adult bookstores, gun shops and drug pushers, disenfranchised moviegoers flocked to the grindhouses along 42nd Street. Those theatres were gone by the mid-1980s, but the films survived. Now SLEAZOID EXPRESS reproduces for the reader what no home video can - the experience of watching a movie in the grindhouse setting. Each chapter focuses on a unique exploitation genre - blood horror, Eurosleaze, celebrity crime, etc. - and paints a close, intimate portrait of its directors, stars and showcases. Also included are detailed reviews of landmark films such as Blood Feast and Let Me Die a Woman, plus an appendix of exploitation video companies, making this an indispensable overview of the canon of sleaze.
Author Biography
Bill Landis founded the legendary underground film magazine Sleazoid Express in 1980 while working as a projectionist on the old 42nd Street. He is also the author of an acclaimed biography of the filmmaker Kenneth Anger. Michelle Clifford founded and co-publishes (with Landis) the critically acclaimed Metasex, a magazine about the sex film industry of the 1970s. Together, they have contributed to The Village Voice and Film Comment.
