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Calum Waddell

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Calum Waddell
The feature-length documentary AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment. Exploitation Cinema has left an indelible mark on American culture, and this informative and amusing documentary proves that its principles—and popularity—endure to this day. This introduction to the documentary features interviews with such notable filmmakers as John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Animal House) and Joe Dante (The Howling, Innerspace). Copyright © 2009 Lux Digital Pictures, Inc.
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Calum Waddell was born in Fife, Scotland, UK. He is known for 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015), Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed (2014) and Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015).
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    42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015)
    42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
    7.4
    • Producer
    • 2015
    Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed (2014)
    Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
    6.2
    • Producer
    • 2014
    Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015)
    Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
    7.0
    • Producer
    • 2015
    American Grindhouse (2010)
    American Grindhouse
    7.1
    • Producer
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Producer

    • The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary (2025)
      The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
      6.3
      Video
      • producer
      • 2025
    • A Leslie Cheung Story: Hong Kong's Eternal Icon
      • produced by
      • 2025
    • Tai Chi Madam - The Michelle Yeoh Effect
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey of Stephen Chow
      • producer
      • 2024
    • England's Unknown Exploitation Film Eccentric: The Schlock Cinema Legacy of Lindsay Shonteff (2024)
      England's Unknown Exploitation Film Eccentric: The Schlock Cinema Legacy of Lindsay Shonteff
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Ambition on Another Scale: Chronicling a Blockbuster Sequel (2024)
      Ambition on Another Scale: Chronicling a Blockbuster Sequel
      • producer
      • 2024
    • A Jagged Edge (2024)
      A Jagged Edge
      Video
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized Tinseltown (2024)
      Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized Tinseltown
      • producer
      • 2024
    • The Forgotten War: Hollywood's Vietnam in the Philippines (2023)
      The Forgotten War: Hollywood's Vietnam in the Philippines
      • producer
      • 2023
    • The Unlikeliest Franchise - Opening the Door to House
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Conversations about Cabal: The Making of Nightbreed
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Fine Archery: The Brave Archer Franchise
      • producer
      • 2023
    • From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema (2023)
      From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film (2022)
      Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
      6.7
      • producer
      • 2022
    • The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves (2022)
      The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
      7.0
      • producer
      • 2022

    Director

    • The Forgotten War: Hollywood's Vietnam in the Philippines (2023)
      The Forgotten War: Hollywood's Vietnam in the Philippines
      • Director
      • 2023
    • The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves (2022)
      The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Searching for Cannibal Holocaust (2021)
      Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2021
    • In the Shadow of Shelley
      Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • The Last Word on the Last House on the Left: The Legacy of Horror's Most Controversial Classic
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Nancy Allen and Michael Paré in A Conspiracy Classic - The Making of the Philadelphia Experiment (2020)
      A Conspiracy Classic - The Making of the Philadelphia Experiment
      Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie Maverick
      7.7
      • Director
      • 2020
    • A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Grindhouse All-Stars: Notes from the Sleaze Cinema Underground
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Prince: The Peach and Black Times (2019)
      Prince: The Peach and Black Times
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2019
    • The Strange Story of the Eurocine Cannibal Film
      4.6
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018)
      Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2018
    • All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan (2018)
      All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2018
    • The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film (2018)
      The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Images of Apartheid: Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2018

    Writer

    • Searching for Cannibal Holocaust (2021)
      Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
      5.6
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • House Quake: Interview with Giorgio Mariuzzo (2020)
      House Quake: Interview with Giorgio Mariuzzo
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Dyanne Thorne in Fascism on a Thread- The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema (2019)
      Fascism on a Thread- The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
      6.7
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015)
      42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
      7.4
      • written by
      • 2015
    • Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015)
      Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
      7.0
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • All About the Girl: Memories of a Giallo Gem
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed (2014)
      Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
      6.2
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times (2014)
      Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times
      7.2
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • American Grindhouse (2010)
      American Grindhouse
      7.1
      • written by
      • 2010
    • Gore Gourmet: A Feast 40 Years in the Making
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter (2009)
      Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
      6.7
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Macabre: The Golden Age of Italian Exploitation (2009)
      Macabre: The Golden Age of Italian Exploitation
      5.5
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Sleepless (2001)
      Murder Madness and Mutilation: Sleepless and the Modern Italian Giallo
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2009

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