William Lustig Movies

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of ca...

The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that...

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach mo...

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema...

The Joe Spinell Story is a An outstanding and eye-opening documentary, made in 2001 for the Anchor Bay DVD release of Maniac (1980). His most notable...

Behind the scenes documentary on the 2012 film MANIAC directed by Franck Khalfoun.

The story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd...

Four decades after directing "Maniac" Bill revisits the filming locations to reflect on 1970s New York & his leading man, Joe Spinell.

An interview with William Lustig about Maniac.

New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murd...

A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been bur...

Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know...

Documentary that explores Argento's film career.

Dr. Herbert East is working in his uncle's clinic and experimenting with brain transplants.

Documentary on the life and films of Antonio Margheriti.

A father who experiments with his son's psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments have released a demon from hell which lives in his son'...

Two Los Angeles police detectives hunt for a serial killer who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.