Samuel Z. Arkoff Movies

  • 1998
    Playboy: The Story of X

    Playboy: The Story of X

    Playboy: The Story of X

    6.31998HD

    The Story Of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through...

    Playboy: The Story of X
  • 1957
    Naked Paradise

    Naked Paradise

    Naked Paradise

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    Gangster Zac Cotton and his two henchmen, Mitch and Sonny, try to get a boat to get off a tropical island after a botched robbery heist.

    Naked Paradise
  • 1994
    Runaway Daughters

    Runaway Daughters

    Runaway Daughters

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    Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town lives. Mary discovers that she's pregnant after hav...

    Runaway Daughters
  • 1997
    Pitch

    Pitch

    Pitch

    6.31997HD

    A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto Film Festival to pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film i...

    Pitch
  • 2001
    Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

    Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

    Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

    72001HD

    Hollywood is a town of tinsel and glamour; but there is another Hollywood, a place where maverick independent exploitation filmmakers went toe to toe...

    Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
  • 2001
    Drive-In Movie Memories

    Drive-In Movie Memories

    Drive-In Movie Memories

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    A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom,...

    Drive-In Movie Memories
  • 2001
    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    6.82001HD

    A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation)...

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
  • 2014
    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    62014HD

    From THINGS to BODY SNATCHERS to CREATURES FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, sci-fi monsters dominated 1950s horror. Take a ride to an era of drive-ins, Red Scar...

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
  • 2021
    Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

    Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

    Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

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    A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the people who made them.

    Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
  • 1998
    Some Nudity Required

    Some Nudity Required

    Some Nudity Required

    51998HD

    A woman working in the B movie industry begins examining the industry and the damaged, desperate people who work in it.

    Some Nudity Required
  • 1995
    After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater

    After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater

    After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater

    5.21995HD

    A video documentary/road trip that celebrates the drive-in movie theater's impact on the United States, and pays homage to the people who keep the few...

    After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater
  • 2000
    Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

    Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

    Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

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    Director Garry S. Grant’s insightful documentary celebrates the work and legacy of auteur filmmaker Mario Bava, the grand master of Italian horror and...

    Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
  • 1993
    The Troma System

    The Troma System

    The Troma System

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    A 30 minute infomercial that originally aired on Comedy Central in 1993. The idea was that by purchasing Troma Inc. movie products you could better yo...

    The Troma System
  • 2008
    The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff

    The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff

    The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff

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    Samuel Z. Arkoff, along with James Nicholson, founded the immensely successful American International Pictures. AIP discovered an untapped audience in...

    The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff
  • 1998
    The Dark Side of Hollywood

    The Dark Side of Hollywood

    The Dark Side of Hollywood

    01998HD

    Behind the scenes of Hollywood's low-budget movie industry. It is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. B-pictures hav...

    The Dark Side of Hollywood
  • 1994
    The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

    The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

    The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

    7.51994HD

    This documentary celebrates the work of illustrator Reynold Brown, whose colorful and compelling art graced over 300 movie posters during the 1950s an...

    The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters