Since cinema's earliest beginnings, there has been friction between producers and directors. Shady accounting practices, which favored the distributors at the expense of the filmmakers, were all too common, causing many filmmakers to form independent companies to make and distribute their own product. This book examines six such low-budget exploitation companies--Associated Distributors Productions, Filmgroup, Hemisphere Pictures, American General Pictures, Independent-International Pictures, Dimension Pictures, and the author's own American-Independent Productions. A brief history of each company, laced with quotes from the company's principals, is presented, followed by a filmography that lists all known credits for that company.

Over more than six decades and 200 films, supreme movie villain John Carradine defined the job of the character actor, running the gamut from preacher Casey of ""The Grapes of Wrath"" to his classic Count Dracula of ""House of Frankenstein"" and ""House of Dracula"". But for every Prisoner of Shark Island or Jesse James, Carradine - who also did great work on Broadway and the classical theater (he produced, directed and starred in Hamlet) - hammed it up in scores of ""B"" and ""C"" horror and exploitation films, developing the while quite a reputation for scandal. Through it all, though, he remained a survivor and a true professional.This is the first ever work devoted exclusively to the films of John Carradine. In addition to the comprehensive filmography, there is a biography of Carradine (contributed by Gregory Mank), commentary on the man by indie film director Fred Olen Ray (who helmed many latter-day Carradine movies), and an interesting piece by director Joe Dante, who writes about Carradine's involvement in Dante's 1981 werewolf movie ""The Howling"".

Documentary about the Ed Wood Awards, created to celebrate the worst horror films ever made. With ballots cast by 'Midmar' readers, categories include Worst Teenage Horror Film and Vegetables Most Past Their Expiration Date. In addition to the awards this also contains the short 'The History of the Horror Film' by The Horror and Fantasy Society and 'Guilty Pleasures of the Horror Film' featuring members of the society.

Children's adventure about an invisible talking dog. After Chad (Daniel Zykov) gets a science set for his birthday, he accidentally turns his best friend Abner the dog (voice of Mark Lindsay Chapman) invisible with a formula hidden in the set by criminals. But when they come to retrieve their stolen solution and his parents go out of town, Chad is forced to defend his house and dog alone from the crooks.