WHEN DRACULA AND FRANKENSTEIN MET SAM SHERMAN

Now available from Murania Press is what promises to be a fascinating look into the world behind cult movie company Independent-International Pictures and the drive-in theater era during which they were wildly popular.

Edited by Tim Ferrante (occasional guest blogger at WOM!) and with a Foreward by John Russo and Afterward by Tom Weaver, "When Dracula Met Frankenstein" is producer Sam Sherman's look back at the days of B-movie horror and other exploitation films that he and Al Adamson worked on together.

This book deserves two claws up and, sight unseen, will definitely be Rondo-worthy. Order info below.

UPDATE: "When Dracula Met Frankenstein" is the Hot #1 bestseller in Amazon's VIDEO REFERENCE section, outselling James Bond, Star Wars and Jaws books!

When Dracula Met Frankenstein

By Sam Sherman

In 1968 two ambitious young filmmakers, working on a shoestring, made a movie about a ruthless motorcycle gang. Titled Satan’s Sadists, it became the initial release of their new company, Independent-International Pictures, and was wildly profitable. 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 hardtop theaters alike. They exploited all the hot trends—horror, sci-fi, biker films, martial arts, sexploitation, blaxploitation—and 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’s Golden Age. Along the way Sam and Al encountered many of the industry’s most colorful characters, both behind and in front of the camera.

In this book Sam Sherman revisits those halcyon days and reveals the behind-the-scenes story of IIP’s rise 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—posters, scene stills, and candid on-set photos (many never before published)—Sam’s memoir is a must-have for casual fans and film historians alike. Its 378 pages are chock full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes that not only to put to rest the most outrageous rumors about IIP but also provide valuable insights about the under-documented underbelly of the movie trade.

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Foreword by John A. Russo

Afterword by Tom Weaver

ISBN-13 9798530794858

378 pgs., trade paperback, 7x10

Price: $29.95

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One sheet movie poster.