Calum Waddell
Calum Waddell is a British writer, documentary producer/ director and film critic.
Biography
His books include Minds of Fear, Taboo Breakers, Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film and "RoboCop: The Definitive History" and his work has been published in such magazines as Neo, Dreamwatch, Impact and Fangoria.[1]
In addition, Waddell was an associate producer on the films The Collingswood Story and Brotherhood of Blood. He is credited as a co-writer and co-producer on the documentary American Grindhouse,[2] which was directed by Elijah Drenner, it had its premiere as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival.[3]
His own feature length documentary, as director, Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever was released by UK company '88 Films. Waddell also runs High Rising Productions which has created numerous DVD extra features for Arrow Films and other home video labels.[4]
Works
Books
- Minds of Fear: A Dialogue With 30 Modern Masters of Horror, By Calum Waddell. Midnight Marquee Press, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2005 ISBN 1-887664-30-0
- Taboo Breakers: 18 Films That Courted Controversy and Created a Legend, by Calum Waddell. Telos Books, 2008
- Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film, by Calum Waddell. McFarland & Company, 2008
- RoboCop: The Definitive History, by Calum Waddell. Titan Publications, 2014