Calum Waddell is a British

United Kingdom

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 writer and film critic.

Biography

His books include Minds of Fear, Taboo Breakers and the forthcoming work Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film and his work has been published in such magazines as Neo

Neo (magazine)

NEO is a 100-page monthly magazine published in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Uncooked Media that focuses on various aspects of East Asian entertainment such as Japanese anime and manga ; Hong Kong, Korean and Japanese films; and Japanese pop, rock and visual kei music, etc.The magazine...

, Dreamwatch

Dreamwatch

Dreamwatch was a British magazine covering science fiction and fantasy films, books and television programmes.Published monthly by Gary Leigh and then Titan Magazines , it was a leading genre entertainment magazine, competing with SFX and Cinescape in the genre magazine market.-Overview:The...

, Impact

Impact (action entertainment magazine)

Impact is a monthly magazine published in the United Kingdom since 1992. It is likely modeled on its French "older brother" "Impact" started in 1986. It covers the field of action entertainment: including Hong Kong action cinema, worldwide martial arts films, Hollywood productions, anime, comics,...

and Fangoria

Fangoria

Fangoria is an American magazine devoted to horror and exploitation films, which has a number of associated brands:* Fangoria Comics* Fangoria Films* Fangoria RadioFangoria may also refer to:* Fangoria , a Spanish electro pop band...

.

In addition, Waddell was an associate producer on the films The Collingswood Story

The Collingswood Story

The Collingswood Story is an award winning indie horror film, hailed by Shivers Magazine as "The Best Low Budget Movie Since The Blair Witch Project"...

and Brotherhood of Blood

Brotherhood of Blood

Brotherhood of Blood is a 2007 horror film, starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007....

. He is credited as a co-writer and co-producer on the documentary American Grindhouse

American Grindhouse

American Grindhouse is a 2010 documentary directed and produced by Elijah Drenner. The film made its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2010.-Overview:...

, which was directed by Elijah Drenner, it had its premiere as part of the South by Southwest

South by Southwest

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Film Festival.

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

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