Jack Hill

Jack Hill

Born: January 28, 1933
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an U.S. film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre. Hill was born in Los Angeles. His mother, Mildred (née Pannill), was a music teacher and his father, Roland Everett Hill, worked as a set builder for film studios and was an architect.

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Boris Karloff:  The Rest of the Story
Title: Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: October 18, 2022
Type: Movie
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul, The Walking Dead (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), the Mr Wong series, The Climax (1944), Lured (1947), The Strange Door (1951), Grip of the Strangler and Corridors of Blood(1958), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), the Mexican quartet, some of his major TV appearances (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Wild Wild West, I-Spy) as well as taking a deep look at his often ignored Broadway career in the 1940s and 50's. There is also much time devoted to Karloff's more personal side and his relationship with his daughter, Sara.
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Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Title: Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Character: Self
Released: April 21, 2020
Type: Movie
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of the greatest cult movies of all-time discussing the birth of the midnight movie.
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That Guy Dick Miller
Title: That Guy Dick Miller
Character: Himself
Released: March 7, 2014
Type: Movie
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co-stars, and contemporaries.
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From Manila with Love
Title: From Manila with Love
Character: Himself
Released: June 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Retrospective documentary on the making of the 70's women-in-prison exploitation cult favorites "The Big Doll House" and "The Big Bird Cage".
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American Grindhouse
Title: American Grindhouse
Character: Himself
Released: February 4, 2011
Type: Movie
This documentary 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.
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Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Title: Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Character: Self
Released: October 15, 2010
Type: Movie
In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very permissive attitude towards cultural expression. As a result, it became a hotbed for the production of cheapie movies. Their history and the genre itself are detailed in this breezy, nostalgic documentary.
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Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Title: Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 2010
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the classic Universal Monster actor, Lon Chaney, Jr.
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Sugar Boxx
Title: Sugar Boxx
Character: Judge #2
Released: September 5, 2009
Type: Movie
Sugar State Women’s Prison. An Everglades hellhole where innocent girls are forced to slave in the swamps by day then turn tricks for the warden by night. A prison camp where corruption, brutality, and sexual abuse are all part of the daily routine. But when reporter Valerie March goes undercover inside Sugar State, that’s when the powder keg really explodes! Follow Valerie through prison life - catfights, knife fights, rape, whippings, prostitution, and the “hot box” - before she and her fellow inmates take bloody, unforgettable revenge on their captors. Inspired by the great women-in-prison films of the past, SUGAR BOXX takes everything one step further. SUGAR BOXX has it all.
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Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
Title: Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
Character: Himself
Released: October 17, 2007
Type: Movie
The composer of ‘The Terror’ and ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’ among others is remembered by Harlene Stein, Jack Hill, American Cinematheque’s Chris D. and others.
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The Hatching of Spider Baby
Title: The Hatching of Spider Baby
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary focusing on Jack Hill's classic film, Spider Baby. Featured on the new Special Edition DVD.
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I Pass for Human
Title: I Pass for Human
Character: Azami's Father
Released: March 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Jane's lover Dax overdoses on heroin. Wanting to kill the pain of loss, Jane does dope for the first time and is soon on the way to addiction herself. She then discovers that drug users are being haunted by the ghosts of dead addicts. Soon she's being followed by her dead boyfriend Dax as well as other thirsty spirits. Jane meets Rick, a young man with his own similar story. Rick is being tormented too...by the ghost of his overdosed girlfriend Azami, the most dangerous of the junkie vampire ghosts. Jane returns to her apartment after one night of nonstop terror. She goes into her bedroom and finds someone sleeping face down in her bed. Not getting a response, Jane turns over the body...
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Title: Cult Movies TV
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1999
Type: TV
In 1999, Cult Movies TV was inspired in part by two earlier video documentaries that Copner and Barnett produced, Bela Lugosi Then And Now and On The Trail Of Ed Wood.
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Hollywood Rated 'R'
Title: Hollywood Rated 'R'
Character: Self
Released: June 19, 1997
Type: Movie
A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.