Oct 31, 2008
68 min
Full-HD

The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (2008)

THE WILD WORLD OF TED V. MIKELS, a new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels (no blood relation to Ted, but the same spirit), is a rollicking look at the independent cinema and film pioneering of Ted V. Mikels, who has been producing films for over 60 years. Way before limited-budget action films became termed as "grindhouse," Ted was wowing audiences with his own special brand of guts, gore, humor, violence and most of all -- style. THE CORPSE GRINDERS 1 + 2, THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES, 10 VIOLENT WOMEN, MISSION: KILLFAST, THE BLACK KLANSMAN, THE DOLL SQUAD, THE WORM EATERS and GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS are some of Ted's films that have made their cinematic mark.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

John Waters

Narrator

Ted V. Mikels

Himself

Masuimi Max

Dr. Max

Tura Satana

Herself

Shanti

Herself

Sean Morelli

Himself

Lila Zaborin

Herself

Francine York

Herself

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