Sideshow Cinema - Paperback

by Will Crawford (Author)

Sideshow Cinema is a historic look at films that included human oddities such as little people, giants, human torsos, albinos, pinheads, Siamese twins, and all forms of deformities. This a detailed look at the movies, careers, and personal lives with biographies of sideshow performers while honoring their forgotten contribution to Hollywood history from the 1800's to the present. It also includes chapters on fun films from the 50's to the 70's like the teenage monster craze, theatre gimmicks, spook shows, TV horror hosts, weird westerns, scary circus films, giant apes, Blaxploitation, killer bikers, and listings of the strangest and worst movies ever made.