Psychotronic Video
US film magazine active 1989–2006 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Psychotronic Video was an American film magazine founded by publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon in 1980 in New York City, covering what he dubbed "psychotronic movies", which he defined as "the ones traditionally ignored or ridiculed by mainstream critics at the time of their release: horror, exploitation, action, science fiction, and movies that used to play in drive-ins or inner city grindhouses."[1] It was published through 2006. Most of the magazine's hundreds of reviews were written by Weldon himself. Other contributors provided career histories/interviews with cult filmmakers and actors such as Radley Metzger, Larry Cohen, Jack Hill, William Rotsler, David Carradine, Sid Haig, Karen Black, and Timothy Carey. Regular features included "Record Reviews" by Art Black, "Spare Parts" (covering fanzines and comics) by Dale Ashmun, and "Never To Be Forgotten", an obituary column.
Editor | Michael J. Weldon |
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Categories | Film |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Founded | 1980 |
Final issue | 2006 |
Country | United States |
Based in | New York City |
Language | English |
Website | http://psychotronic.com/ |
The magazine spawned two books that, like Danny Peary's Cult Movies trilogy, helped establish a foundation for critical analysis of low-budget genre movies.[2][3]