Blood Sucking Freak: The Life and Films of the Incredible Joel M. Reed - Softcover

John Szpunar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909394521 ISBN 13: 9781909394520

Publisher: Headpress, 2018

Synopsis

New York City, 1976. Newspaper ads dare the denizens of Times Square to see a morbid little movie called The Incredible Torture Show.

The film is yanked from theatres before it finds its audience. Years later it is retitled Blood Sucking Freaks and hits pay dirt, playing to shocked crowds and becoming a perverse cult classic. Its writer and director is Joel M. Reed.

Like his films, the life of Joel M. Reed is a crazy cocktail of New York satire and sleaze, from swanky supper clubs in the 1950s through to the decrepit grindhouses of the 1970s.

Using Reed and his films as its cornerstone, this book - twenty years in the making - is a dirty snapshot of the last gasp of Times Square before AIDS, crack cocaine, and anti-pornography laws strike their final blow. Strap yourself in for an unforgettable journey.

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About the Author

John Szpunar is the author of the Rondo Award nominated Xerox Ferox: The Wild World of the Horror Film Fanzine (Headpress, 2013) and co-editor of Famous Monsters Chronicles II (FantaCo Enterprises, 2016). He is a regular contributor to Weng's Chop, Monster, and Evilspeak Magazine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Headpress
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909394521
• ISBN 13: 9781909394520
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424