The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film by Michael J. Weldon

Other topics include Ghoulardi, Roger Corman, hypnotism, Diane Keaton’s HEAVEN, Club 57, Johnny Ramone, cattle call auditions for GHETTO FREAKS, childhood filmmaking efforts, Alfred Sole, research methods, 42nd Street theatres, THE HYPNOTIC EYE and being killed over and over by Dr. Weldon about his many endeavors, from drumming with Cleveland proto-punk act Mirrors and reviewing movies for Cle, to Psychotronic, his photocopied, hand-written fanzine that lead to books like the influential PSYCHOTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM, the long-running PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO magazine, calendars, film festivals and the Psychotronic store he manages today. Head to our gallery for monsters, shrieking women, and nods to the coolest cult films in cinema.Bill speaks to author and magazine publisher/editor Michael J. He’s since opened a Psychotronic store in Augusta, Georgia - but Psychotronic Video lives on amongst fans of collectible cult ephemera. There was a Psychotronic store in New York City’s East Village for a time, until high rents forced Weldon out. /rebates/2fbook-search2ftitle2fpsychotronic-encyclopedia-film2fauthor2fweldon-michael2f&.

Weldon in 1980 in New York City, covering what he dubbed 'psychotronic movies', which he defined as 'the ones traditionally ignored or ridiculed by mainstream critics at the time of their release: horror, exploitation, action, science fiction, and movies that used to play in drive-ins or inner city. The Psychotronic Encyclopedia Of Film was published in 1983, before Weldon even owned a VCR. Psychotronic Video was an American film magazine founded by publisher/editor Michael J.

Along with Weldon’s famous reviews were interviews with cult filmmakers like Larry Cohen, Timothy Carey, and Radley Metzger. Weldon in his 1983 cult-movie reference book The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of. Think grindhouse, drive-in, and science fiction matinée. If youre an Andy Milligan fan, theres no hope for you, wrote Michael J. The psychotronic encyclopedia of film Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Weldon, was born in the 1980s as “an alternate guide to movies on local TV stations.” The definition of “Psychotronic cinema” is long and varied, but one look at the covers of Weldon’s zine, several of which we spotted on Dangerous Minds this week, and you get the picture.

Psychotronic Video, self-published and created by Michael J. What started as a hand-written, photocopied weekly fanzine became a time capsule of horror, exploitation, and weird cinema.

The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film by Michael J. Weldon