Calum Waddell

Fine Archery: The Brave Archer Franchise (2023)

A documentary centered on The Brave Archer series featuring actors from the films alongside critics detailing the making of them. ...

From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema (2023)

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. ...

Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film (2022)

A feature-length documentary exploring the history of the Spanish zombie film. ...

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves (2022)

A revealing insight into the short life and times of Michael Reeves. ...

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust (2021)

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 ...

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King (2020)

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 ...

An Italian Aenigma: Appraising Late Day Fulci (2020)

A discussion of the later day period of Lucio Fulci's career, incorporating his bad health through to his eventual death and a retrospection of the supposedly "lesser" motion pictures that emerged, including "Aenigma" (1987) and "Cat in the Brain" (1990). ...

From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic (2020)

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 ...

Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic (2020)

Newman covers a lot of ground in under a half hour, including Let's Scare Jessica to Death's connections to Hammer Horror, vampire movies in the Seventies (which is a genre he claims experienced an "enormous boom" during that era), and much more. ...

Prince: The Peach and Black Times (2019)

Documentary featuring Dr. Fink (keyboards), Susan Rogers (sound engineer), Steve Purcell (editor), Leroy Bennett (stage and lighting design), Gert de Bruijn & Michiel Hoogeboezom (sound engineers), Dave Rusan (Rusan Guitarworks) and Edgar Kruize (author of ...

Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie Maverick (2019)

A documentary taking a look at the career of Jess Franco. ...

The Strange Story of the Eurocine Cannibal Film (2019)

A look back at the brief period of Eurocine cannibal film production that resulted in such oddball horror epics as 'Cannibal Terror', 'The Devil Hunter' and 'White Cannibal Queen'. ...

Me Me Lai Bites Back (2018)

Documentary on actress Me Me Lai, who's best known for playing native girls in several controversial Italian cannibal jungle adventure movies. ...

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018)

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 latt ...

All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan (2018)

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. ...

The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film (2018)

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- ...

Images of Apartheid: Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa (2018)

New historical documentary on the largely unknown period of South African B-movies, and the later cinematic identity of the nation that was established under the apartheid regime. ...

Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci (2018)

Documentary about the later works of director Lucio Fulci with special focus on "A Cat in the Brain". ...

Grindhouse All-Stars: Notes from the Sleaze-Cinema Underground (2017)

Insightful new documentary in which Jeff Lieberman, Roy Frumkes, Matt Cimber and Joe Ellison share memories of the slime and grime of the grindhouse glory days! ...

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo (2016)

Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo film genre from its beginnings as early 20th century crime fiction, to its later influences on the modern slasher film genre. Featuring interviews with Dario Argento, Umb ...

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015)

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 Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip. ...

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015)

A High Rising Productions documentary on the short-lived craze of Italian cannibal films in the '70s and '80s, featuring interviews with Umberto Lenzi, Ruggero Deodato, Sergio Martino, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, and Robert Kerman. Featured on the Grindhouse ...

Hallmark of the Devil (2015)

Author and critic Michael Gingold looks back at Hallmark Releasing, the controversial and confrontational distributor that introduced Mark of the Devil to American cinemas. ...

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix (2015)

A featurette looking back at the early years of the celebrated Canadian production company, including interviews with author Kier-La Janisse and special make-up artist Joe Blasco. ...

Terror in Times Square: A Guide To Nightmare's Grindhouse Kingdom (2015)

2015 featurette documentary behind the experience of Nightmare and grindhouse cinema. ...

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed (2014)

Directed by UK-horror scene stalwart Calum Waddell and hosted by scream queen Debbie Rochon (Terror Firmer, Tromeo and Juliet) Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed features, in a change of pace for horror documentaries, especially those focusing on femal ...

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' (2014)

"Parasite Memories" is a brand new retrospective piece on the film produced by High Rising Productions with lively contribution from effects artist Joe Blasco, actresses Lynn Lowry and Barbara Steele, actor Allan Kolman, and Canadian critic Kier La-Janisse ...

Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times (2014)

A documentary about the 'new wave' of British horror directors and their films in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs (2014)

An in depth look at the making of The 'Burbs, from High Rising Productions. This feature-length documentary includes interviews with director Joe Dante, actors Corey Feldman, Courtney Gains and Wendy Schaal, director of photography Robert M. Stevens and pr ...

Remo, Rambo, Reagan and Reds: The Eighties Action Movie Explosion (2014)

This feature-length documentary from High Rise Productions takes a close look at some of the most popular action movies from the '80s and the different political overtones in them, as well as the very specific characterizations they promoted, their general ...

Behind the Swinging Blade (2014)

Filmed exclusively for Arrow Video in 2013, this documentary looks at the making of The Pit and the Pendulum and features producer and director Roger Corman, star Barbara Steele, Vincent Price's daughter Victoria Price and more. ...

Can't Get Enough of The Stuff: Making Larry Cohen's Classic Creature Feature (2014)

A 50-minute retrospective on Larry Cohen's 1985 cult classic, The Stuff. ...

Carnage at the Cinema: Lamberto Bava and his Splatter Masterpiece (2013)

Dario and the Demons: Producing Monster Mayhem (2013)

Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce (2013)

Extensive documentary on the making of Tobe Hooper's infamous 1985 science fiction flop LIFEFORCE. Features interviews with Hooper, producer Michael J. Kagan, editor John Grover, actors Aubrey Morris and Nicholas Ball, makeup artist Sandra Exelby, screenwr ...

Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky (2013)

Andrei Konchalovsky reflects on the making of Runaway Train. ...

Don't Go In The Backwoods - Rural Rampages and the Horror Film (2013)

A look at horror films featuring people who leave modern civilisation with the aim of seeking out pastures new. ...

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie (2012)

The history of Italian zombie cinema, beginning with the breakout worldwide influence and success of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and continuing through to Lucio Fulci's trend-setting Zombie Flesh-Eaters (Zombi 2) and its many imitators. ...

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012)

A celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost always a final girl and ra ...

All Out of Bullets (2012)

Dolph Lundgren discusses the making of 'Red Scorpion'. ...

Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker (2012)

Director Frank Henenlotter, actor James Lorinz and special effects wizard Gabe Bartalos speak about the making of the cult classic Frankenhooker. Released on the Arrow Video Blu Ray edition of Frankenhooker. ...

Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell (2011)

Larry Cohen remembers the genesis of Maniac Cop and his part in the creation of the film in this documentary shot exclusively for the Arrow UK Blu Ray release of the movie in 2011. ...

Naschy of the Full Moon (2011)

An affectionate look back at the life and career of Paul Naschy from those who worked with him, admired him and spent time with him. Produced for the Arrow DVD release of The Man with the Severed Head (AKA Crimson). ...

All in the Head: Brian Yuzna on the Re-Animator Chronicles (2011)

Brian Yuzna sits down for a lengthy talk about the Re-Animator franchise for the The Beyond Re-Animator UK DVD. ...

AKA Sarah Keller: Cinzia Monreale Remembers 'The Beyond' (2011)

Actress Cinzea Monreale guides viewers through her cult roles - most noticeably as the mysterious blind girl Emily in Lucio Fulci's classic haunted house film The Beyond (1981). ...

Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist (2011)

This documentary is featured on Arrow Video's 2011 DVD & Blu-ray releases for The Beyond (1981). ...

Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena (2011)

Five of the main players behind Dario Argento's classic horror shocker Phenomena (1985) sit down to take viewers through this exclusive, epic-sized, 52 minute making of feature documentary. This was compiled and created for the nationwide Arrow UK DVD and ...

American Grindhouse (2011)

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. ...

Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter (2009)

Lucio Fulci documentary ...

From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema (2023)

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. ...

Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film (2022)

A feature-length documentary exploring the history of the Spanish zombie film. ...

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust (2021)

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 ...

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King (2020)

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 ...

The Emmanuelle Effect (2020)

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. ...

From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic (2020)

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 ...

Me Me Lai Bites Back (2018)

Documentary on actress Me Me Lai, who's best known for playing native girls in several controversial Italian cannibal jungle adventure movies. ...

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018)

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 latt ...

All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan (2018)

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. ...

The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film (2018)

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- ...

Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci (2018)

Documentary about the later works of director Lucio Fulci with special focus on "A Cat in the Brain". ...

Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema (2017)

Documentary that breaks down the rise of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema. ...

The Raven (2006)

As a child, Lenore was tormented by nightmares and obsessed with the dark poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe. As the lead singer in a Los Angeles band, the adult Lenore (Jillian Swanson) finds herself, friends and colleagues haunted by a murderer from be ...