Peter Stanfield: 2 books
The Cool and the Crazy
Pop Fifties Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
*Explosive! Amazing! Terrifying! You won’t believe your eyes! *
Such movie taglines were common in the 1950s, as Hollywood churned out a variety of low-budget pictures that were sold on the basis of their sensational content and topicality. While a few of these movies have since...
Hoodlum Movies
Seriality and the Outlaw Biker Film Cycle, 1966-1972
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
From The Wild Angels in 1966 until its conclusion in 1972, the cycle of outlaw motorcycle films contained forty-odd formulaic examples. All but one were made by independent companies that specialized in producing exploitation movies for drive-ins, neighborhood theaters, and rundown inner city theaters....