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When Dracula Met Frankenstein: My Years Making Drive-In Movies with Al Adamson

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In 1968 two ambitious young filmmakers, working on a shoestring, made a movie about a ruthless motorcycle gang. Titled Satan&#8217sSadists, it became the initial release of their new company, Independent-International Pictures, and was wildly successful. Over the next two decades Sam Sherman and Al Adamson collaborated on a succession of low-budget films that attracted moviegoers to drive-ins and urban hardtop theaters alike. They exploited all the hot trends&#8212horor, sci-fi, biker films, martial arts, sexploitation, blaxploitation&#8212an marketed their product with dynamic, occasionally lurid campaigns. IIP used limited resources wisely and cast its films with a mix of talented young performers and former stars of Hollywood&#8217sGolden Age. Along the way Sam and Al encountered many of the industry&#8217smost colorful characters, both behind and in front of the camera. Today, many of IIP's films&#8212inluding Satan's Sadists, Naughty Stewardesses, Cinderella 2000, Brain of Blood, Girls for Rent, Psycho a Go-Go, Horror of the Blood Monsters, and of course Dracula vs. Frankenstein&#8212ar cult classics that sell like hotcakes on DVD and Blu-ray.In this book Sam Sherman revisits those halcyon days and reveals the behind-the-scenes story of IIP&#8217srise and fall. But When Dracula Met Frankenstein is more than the chronicle of one company: It paints a vivid picture of the entire drive-in era and the feisty independent producers and distributors who comprised the lower strata of the motion-picture industry. Accompanied by nearly 250 images&#8212poters, scene stills, and candid on-set photos (many never before

published)&#8212Sa&#8217smemoir is a must-have for casual fans and film historians alike.

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