Calum Waddell
Also Known As: 卡鲁姆·瓦德尔
Biography: Calum Waddell was born in Fife, Scotland. He is a producer and director, 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).
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Fife, Scotland, UK
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Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Overview: Produced for the "ultimate edition" of "Rollerball" from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original 1975 classic comes packed with this fascinating 85-minute documentary that charts the influence of "Rollerball" on contemporary scifi cinema, including "Mad Max", "The Warriors" and "Escape from New York", as well as the Italian variant that struck the big time with motion picture successes such as "The Bronx Warriors" franchise, "The New Barbarians" and the wonderfully trashy "Endgame".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-17
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From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema
Overview: A look back at the largely undocumented period of early Chinese-language horror cinema, beginning in Hong Kong and the Shaw Brothers and graduating to Taiwan and the production of Calamity of Snakes in 1983.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-11
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Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
Overview: A feature-length documentary exploring the history of the Spanish zombie film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-09
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Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
Overview: This is the first and only feature-length documentary on the life and cinema of the late Jorge Grau, who is most famous for his classic social-political horror masterpiece "Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" (1974), seen by some critics as a fierce critique of the Franco government albeit set in a displaced foreign locale.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-01
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Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
Overview: Documentary about the later works of director Lucio Fulci with special focus on "A Cat in the Brain".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-10
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The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
Overview: Follow-up to "Eaten Alive: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film", this documentary was produced for the 88 Films UK Blu-Ray release of "Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story" and looks at the dying days of the controversial Italian cycle of jungle-based horror-adventures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-01
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All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
Overview: A look back at the storied career of the late, great exploitation director Umberto Lenzi - as told through the director, in one of his last substantial sit-down interviews, colleagues and critics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-27
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Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema
Overview: Documentary that breaks down the rise of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-16
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Me Me Lai Bites Back
Overview: Documentary on actress Me Me Lai, who's best known for playing native girls in several controversial Italian cannibal jungle adventure movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-10
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Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
Overview: An insightful look at the history of Hong Kong's exploitation cinema, from the early days of the Shaw Brothers and such shockers as "Killer Snakes" through to the advent of the Category III rating in 1988 and then the June 4th massacre in Beijing. The latter led to a panic in Hong Kong, before the Handover of the former UK colony to Mainland China, and a number of motion pictures proceeded to take freedom of speech (and sometimes political symbolism) to the extreme. This is the story of one of the most curious and invigorating periods in exploitation filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-08
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The Emmanuelle Effect
Overview: The very first feature-length discussion and breakdown of the entire "Emmanuelle" phenomenon - the atmosphere in Europe that led to the production of the original and its subsequent impact across the continent and indeed the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-08
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Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
Overview: Italian horror fan and academic Calum Waddell speaks with some of the original makers of the controversial horror classic "Cannibal Holocaust" before venturing into the Amazon jungle and surrounding city port, Leticia, to uncover some of the local stories behind the making of the motion picture. What is uncovered, however, leads to a wider and unexpected "true crime" story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-08
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