Bill Rebane  

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Bill Rebane (born February 8, 1937 in Riga, Latvia) is a movie director. He is best known for low budget horror movies such as Monster A Go-Go and The Giant Spider Invasion. Rebane also ran for governor of Wisconsin in 2002.

Rebane's mother was Latvian and his father, Arnold Rebane, was Estonian.

Filmography

• Blood Harvest (1987)
  
• Twister's Revenge! (1987)
  
• The Game (1984)
  
• The Demons of Ludlow (1983)
  
• The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
  
• The Alpha Incident (1978)
  
• The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
  
• Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (1975)
  
• Invasion from Inner Earth (1974)
  
• Monster A Go-Go (1965)

Further reading

• Famous Wisconsin Movie Stars (Badger Books)

• Gods In Polyester, or, a Survivors' Account of 70's Cinema Obscura (Succubus Press/2004)

Rebane contributed chapters on the making of The Giant Spider Invasion and The Alpha Incident.

• Gods In Spandex, or, a Survivors' Account of 80's Cinema Obscura (Succubus Press/2007)

Rebane contributed chapters on the making of The Game, Demons of Ludlow, Twister's Revenge and Blood Harvest.

Both "Monster A Go-Go" and "The Giant Spider Invasion" were featured on TV's "Mystery Science Theater 3000". Both films also feature as part of the opening credit sequence a still shot of a galaxy.