Description
New York City, 1976. Newspaper ads across Manhattan dare the denizens of Times Square to see a morbid little movie called The Incredible Torture Show.
The film is yanked from theaters before it finds its audience.
Years later it is retitled Blood Sucking Freaks and hits pay dirt, playing to shocked and sickened crowds, and becoming a perverse cult classic. Its writer and director is Joel M. Reed.
Like his films, the life of Joel M. Reed is a crazy cocktail of New York satire and sleaze, commencing with swanky supper clubs and cocktail lounges in the 1950s, before hitting the decrepit grindhouses of the 1970s.
Using Reed and Blood Sucking Freaks as its cornerstone, this book — twenty years in the making — is a dirty snapshot of the last gasp of Times Square as AIDS, crack cocaine, and anti-pornography laws strike their final blow. Strap yourself in for an unforgettable journey.
