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| If [[Al Adamson]] was the poor man's [[Roger Corman]], then [[Ray Dennis Steckler]] was the poor man's [[Al Adamson]]. | If [[Al Adamson]] was the poor man's [[Roger Corman]], then [[Ray Dennis Steckler]] was the poor man's [[Al Adamson]]. | ||
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| - | '''Ray Dennis Steckler''' ([[January 25]], [[1938]] – [[January 7]], [[2009]]) was an [[American film director]], born [[Pennsylvania]]. | ||
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| - | When he was reportedly fired for almost knocking an A-frame onto [[Alfred Hitchcock]], Steckler turned to the then fledgling[[ B-movie]] circuit. Steckler made his directorial debut in the Hall vehicle ''Wild Guitar'' and co-starred under his on-screen name Cash Flagg. | ||
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| - | In 1963 he co-produced his first solo film, ''[[The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies]]!!?'', co-starring his then-wife, [[Carolyn Brandt]]. Reportedly filmed for a budget of $38,000, the film was photographed by then newcomers [[László Kovács]] and [[Vilmos Zsigmond]], a fact that both men acknowledged as their first big break. | ||
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| - | Steckler's next film was his answer to ''[[Psycho]]'', entitled ''[[The Thrill Killers]]'', released in 1964. | ||
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| - | Steckler continued to produce a number of low-budget but fanciful films which soon attained cult status, including ''[[Rat Pfink a Boo Boo]]'' (a spoof of [[Batman]]) and ''[[Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters]]'' (an homage to the [[East Side Kids]] films). By the late 1960s, he also directed the video for [[Jefferson Airplane]]'s "[[White Rabbit (song)|White Rabbit]]." | ||
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| - | With the decline of [[Drive-in theater|drive-in]] [[horror film]]s of the nature Steckler was producing in the 1960s, and following his divorce from Brandt, Steckler dabbled with producing [[pornography|porn films]] during the 1970s and 1980s, and catering to the [[home video]] market. | ||
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