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About Cult-Film Confidential Vol. 1<br/>Since donning The Phantom mantle for the New York Daily News in 1984, I’ve had the opportunity to visit with a wide array of intriguing auteurs, a trend extended when I launched my magazine The Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope in 1993. Rather than leave them scattered across the expanse of hundreds of columns and scores of magazines, the thought occurred to gather a Butcher’s Dozen (12, with one sliced off) of our fave chinwags with cinematic midnight movers and shakers in one convenient package. Hence, this debut volume in the VIDEOSCOPE Cult-Film Confidential Collection, where we chat with such genre innovators as Alex (Dance with the Devil) de la Iglesia, Walter (The Warriors) Hill, Patty (Monster) Jenkins, and L.Q. (A Boy and His Dog) Jones. While their work ranges across the genre spectrum, what all the filmmakers share is a ferocity of vision and a commitment to quality. We treasure the time we were able to spend with them. Hope you do as well.<br/><br/>About the Author<br/>As The Phantom of the Movies®, Joe Kane covered the genre-movie beat for the New York Daily News from 1984 to 2008 and authored the books The Phantom’s Ultimate Video Guide (Dell), The Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope (Three Rivers Press), and Night of the Living Dead: Behind The Scenes Of The Most Terrifying Movie Ever Made (Kensington). He published the national magazine The Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope from 1993 to 2020. He has had film articles, humor, and fiction published in the National Lampoon, Maxim, Penthouse, High Times, The Monster Times, The Village Voice and many other publications. His novel The Saga of Six-Finger Pikeand his memoirFound Footage: How The Astro-ZombiesSaved My Life And Other Tales Of Movie Madnessare availablein paperback and Kindle editionson Amazon.