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The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Created byChannel X Productions
StarringJonathan Ross
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time40 minutes
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release5 August 1988 (1988-08-05) –
27 October 1989 (1989-10-27)

The Incredibly Strange Film Show was a series of documentaries presented by Jonathan Ross focusing on the world of psychotronic movies.[1]

Each episode was focused on the lives of filmakers like Herschell Gordon Lewis, Sam Raimi, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr, Jackie Chan and many other notable filmmakers who had their own intresting style of filmmaking and had made worthy contributions to the world of cinema. Weird movie genres, like Mexican wrestling films and Hong Kong horror films, were also examined in the series.

The show was first aired on August 5, 1988 on Channel 4.[2][3] A second season renamed Son of The Incredibly Strange Film Show was also aired the following year. The show was also aired in the US on The Discovery Channel in the early 90's.[3]

Episodes

Season 1: The Incredibly Strange Film Show

Episode Featured Filmmaker First aired
1 John Waters 5 August 1988
2 Ray Dennis Steckler 12 August 1988
3 Herschell Gordon Lewis 19 August 1988
4 Ted V. Mikels 26 August 1988
5 Russ Meyer 2 September 1988
6 Sam Raimi 9 September 1988

Season 2: Son of The Incredibly Strange Film Show

Episode Featured Filmmaker First aired
1 Jackie Chan 22 September 1989
2 Fred Olen Ray & Doris Wishman 29 September 1989
3 The Legend of El Santo 6 October 1989
4 Ed Wood Jr. 13 October 1989
5 Tsui Hark & Stuart Gordon 20 October 1989
6 George A. Romero & Tom Savini 27 October 1989

See also

  • Asian Invasion, a 2006 mini-series with Jonathan Ross talking about the cinema of Japan, Hong Kong and Korea

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237969/
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237969/episodes?year=1989&ref_=tt_eps_yr_1989
  3. ^ a b "The Pulsing Cinema - The Incredibly Strange Film Show Episode Guide". pulsingcinema.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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