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“At the packed (in spite of the rainy night) drive-in theater where I caught Wednesday's opening, lots of customers tooted their horns with apparent glee, after every bloody death and after every dirty line in Jack Hill’s script.”
Jack HIll practically redefined the Blacksploitation and Grindhouse genres of film in the 1970s, taking them from the drive-in to the movie palaces and making them palatable to middle America. His role in shaping the American cinematic landscape of the decade can’t be overstated. JACKsploitation! The Films of Jack Hill will help shape his legacy for film lovers of all ages.
This book is not an encyclopedia of Jack’s film work, but concentrates on the best and most popular and the stuff he acknowledges as his own work.
Introduction
Looking For Jack by Beverly Washburn
Foreword by Jack Hill
A Film of Many Authors: Jack Hill and The Terror by Troy Howarth
Blood Bath: Jack Hill’s Shattered Vision by C. Courtney Joyner
Wanted — Tough Guy: Peeking into 1966’s Mondo Keyhole by Heather Drain
Spider Baby — Loving the Maddest Story Ever Told; Or, Making Merrye While We May by Stephen R. Bissette
Karloff’s Final Bow: Isle of the Snake People, The Incredible Invasion, The Fear Chamber, and House of Evil by Mark Clark
Pit Stop: Jack Hill’s Black-and-White Purple Plum Pearl-Flake Race Car Baby by Kelly Robinson
A Brief History of Dolls — An Exploration of Jack Hill’s The Big Doll House by Lucas Hardwick
“¡Viva la Revolución!”: How Jack Hill Transformed Pam Grier Into an Iconic Star in The Big Bird Cage by Lisa Morton
Coffy is the Color of Your Skin: Pam Grier and the Dream of a Strong Black Woman by Michelle Kisner
Don’t Mess Around with Foxy Brown! by Chris Alexander
Unknown Pleasures: Colleen Camp And The Swinging Cheerleaders by Anthony Taylor
I Am Not What I Am — Switchblade Sisters by Phoef Sutton
Author Biographies
Introduction
Looking For Jack by Beverly Washburn
Foreword by Jack Hill
A Film of Many Authors: Jack Hill and The Terror by Troy Howarth
Blood Bath: Jack Hill’s Shattered Vision by C. Courtney Joyner
Wanted — Tough Guy: Peeking into 1966’s Mondo Keyhole by Heather Drain
Spider Baby — Loving the Maddest Story Ever Told; Or, Making Merrye While We May by Stephen R. Bissette
Karloff’s Final Bow: Isle of the Snake People, The Incredible Invasion, The Fear Chamber, and House of Evil by Mark Clark
Pit Stop: Jack Hill’s Black-and-White Purple Plum Pearl-Flake Race Car Baby by Kelly Robinson
A Brief History of Dolls — An Exploration of Jack Hill’s The Big Doll House by Lucas Hardwick
“¡Viva la Revolución!”: How Jack Hill Transformed Pam Grier Into an Iconic Star in The Big Bird Cage by Lisa Morton
Coffy is the Color of Your Skin: Pam Grier and the Dream of a Strong Black Woman by Michelle Kisner
Don’t Mess Around with Foxy Brown! by Chris Alexander
Unknown Pleasures: Colleen Camp And The Swinging Cheerleaders by Anthony Taylor
I Am Not What I Am — Switchblade Sisters by Phoef Sutton
Author Biographies
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