Hal 'Fats' Manciano
Posted 18th June 2010 at 10:37 AM by Sam@Cult Labs
Updated 23rd June 2010 at 09:28 PM by Sam@Cult Labs
Updated 23rd June 2010 at 09:28 PM by Sam@Cult Labs
Just doing some research into obscure genre film makers and I turned up 'Fats' Manciano.
Above: Hal captured at the Santa Barbara Cult Cinema Expo Circa 1993
In a career that spanned almost 50 years of B movie production, Manciano produced pictures that act almost as a time line of American exploitation, as he directed and produced pictures that cashed in on teen fads and moral outrages up until his death from a heart attack in a downtown LA strip joint in the mid 90s.
Funnily enough, his films aren't well represented on DVD, so I've been hunting down bootlegs. If anyone wants to read a review of a film listed below, post a comment and If I have the title, I'll write something...
1949 Real Life Births
1950 Marijuana - Weed of Satan
1951 They Came from Beneath Mars
1951 Hercules Vs The Mummy
1952 Glen & Glenda Meet the Eunach From Hell
1952 Space Rocket Jackson
1953 Space Rocket Jackson meets the Venus Women
1954 Hardboiled Milly Solves the Case
1955 Space Rocket Jackson Vs Dr. Darkhand
1956 Rock 'n' Roll Hula-rama-go-go
1956 Teenage Bellyache
1956 Caveman Teen Stomp
1957 Motor-Teens Go Bananas!
1957 Dragstrip Darla meets Space Romeo
1958 Dracula's a Rockin' Daddy
1958 Psycho Beatnik Murder Beach
1959 Hey Daddy-O, Don't Jive Me!
1960 Beat Cabin Hot Sauce
1961 Nude Ranch
1961 Nude Typing Pool
1962 Nude Secretary in Clover
1962 Naked-A-Go-Go
1963 Werewolf Meets the Nudists
1964 Switchblade Santa Claus
1964 Johnny Snarl
1964 Surf Party Vampires
1964 Mondo Texas
1965 Co-ed Frankenstien
1966 Wow!
1966 Marijuana - God's Miracle
1967 Happening on Go-Go Street
1968 Bells, Beads, Flowers and Murder
1968 Hell's Angel Laundry
1968 She-Bikers from Planet Hate
1968 Up! Down! In! Out!
1969 Joey Fat Fat Meets the Down Town Gorilla
1970 The Hippy Hairdresser Murders
1971 Deep Nose
1971 F**K! A Musical
1972 A Smack Down on Dope Street
1972 Hassle Town Rumble
1972 Barn Door Sally
1972 Crimson Squad
1972 Barn Door Sally 2: Country Ways
1972 Barn Door Sally Gets Laid
1973 Flop House
1973 Flop House 2: The Ballard of Wandering Jim
1973 Don't Go Next to the House by the Park near the Cemetary
1973 Polyester Nights
1973 Stud McCollins - Texas P.I.
1973 Stud McCollins 2: Cowpoke County
1973 Stud McCollins 3: New York City Stud
1974 Black Chocolate Sunshine
1974 Badass Bertha Breaks a Sweat
1974 Horror of the Midgets
1974 Buzz! Night of the Mosquito
1974 Typhoid!
1974 Cult of the Sex Tigers
1975 Goose Michaels - Stunt Lawyer
1975 Space Critters
1976 Hooker Patrol
1976 Quit Jivin' Me!
1977 Schoolgirl Stewardess
1977 Screwball College
1977 Screwball College 2: Alpha Beta Titty Fraternity
1978 Screwball College 3: Dean Straightbacks revenge
1979 Easter Sunday
1980 Easter Sunday 2: Bunny's Revenge
1981 Maniac Chiropractor
1981 Teen Beat '81
1982 Wasteland 2230 AD
1982 Nuclear Teens Get Wasted
1983 Ninja Death Cloud
1983 California Ninja
1983 California Ninja 2: Fatal Flying Frisbee
1984 California Ninja 3: Hacky Sack
1985 Skate Kids Vs the Sludge Creature
1985 Mudfish and a Bear Called 'Hoss
1987 Truck Stop Massacre
1987 Vampire Mall
1987 Naked Buellers's Day Off
1988 Gang Bang Boomerang
1989 Vase of Blood
1990 Slacker College
1991 Slacker College 2: Hazing Holiday
1992 LAPD Hot Tub
1995 Albino Alligator (AKA It Came From the Sewers)
Above: Hal captured at the Santa Barbara Cult Cinema Expo Circa 1993
In a career that spanned almost 50 years of B movie production, Manciano produced pictures that act almost as a time line of American exploitation, as he directed and produced pictures that cashed in on teen fads and moral outrages up until his death from a heart attack in a downtown LA strip joint in the mid 90s.
Funnily enough, his films aren't well represented on DVD, so I've been hunting down bootlegs. If anyone wants to read a review of a film listed below, post a comment and If I have the title, I'll write something...
1949 Real Life Births
1950 Marijuana - Weed of Satan
1951 They Came from Beneath Mars
1951 Hercules Vs The Mummy
1952 Glen & Glenda Meet the Eunach From Hell
1952 Space Rocket Jackson
1953 Space Rocket Jackson meets the Venus Women
1954 Hardboiled Milly Solves the Case
1955 Space Rocket Jackson Vs Dr. Darkhand
1956 Rock 'n' Roll Hula-rama-go-go
1956 Teenage Bellyache
1956 Caveman Teen Stomp
1957 Motor-Teens Go Bananas!
1957 Dragstrip Darla meets Space Romeo
1958 Dracula's a Rockin' Daddy
1958 Psycho Beatnik Murder Beach
1959 Hey Daddy-O, Don't Jive Me!
1960 Beat Cabin Hot Sauce
1961 Nude Ranch
1961 Nude Typing Pool
1962 Nude Secretary in Clover
1962 Naked-A-Go-Go
1963 Werewolf Meets the Nudists
1964 Switchblade Santa Claus
1964 Johnny Snarl
1964 Surf Party Vampires
1964 Mondo Texas
1965 Co-ed Frankenstien
1966 Wow!
1966 Marijuana - God's Miracle
1967 Happening on Go-Go Street
1968 Bells, Beads, Flowers and Murder
1968 Hell's Angel Laundry
1968 She-Bikers from Planet Hate
1968 Up! Down! In! Out!
1969 Joey Fat Fat Meets the Down Town Gorilla
1970 The Hippy Hairdresser Murders
1971 Deep Nose
1971 F**K! A Musical
1972 A Smack Down on Dope Street
1972 Hassle Town Rumble
1972 Barn Door Sally
1972 Crimson Squad
1972 Barn Door Sally 2: Country Ways
1972 Barn Door Sally Gets Laid
1973 Flop House
1973 Flop House 2: The Ballard of Wandering Jim
1973 Don't Go Next to the House by the Park near the Cemetary
1973 Polyester Nights
1973 Stud McCollins - Texas P.I.
1973 Stud McCollins 2: Cowpoke County
1973 Stud McCollins 3: New York City Stud
1974 Black Chocolate Sunshine
1974 Badass Bertha Breaks a Sweat
1974 Horror of the Midgets
1974 Buzz! Night of the Mosquito
1974 Typhoid!
1974 Cult of the Sex Tigers
1975 Goose Michaels - Stunt Lawyer
1975 Space Critters
1976 Hooker Patrol
1976 Quit Jivin' Me!
1977 Schoolgirl Stewardess
1977 Screwball College
1977 Screwball College 2: Alpha Beta Titty Fraternity
1978 Screwball College 3: Dean Straightbacks revenge
1979 Easter Sunday
1980 Easter Sunday 2: Bunny's Revenge
1981 Maniac Chiropractor
1981 Teen Beat '81
1982 Wasteland 2230 AD
1982 Nuclear Teens Get Wasted
1983 Ninja Death Cloud
1983 California Ninja
1983 California Ninja 2: Fatal Flying Frisbee
1984 California Ninja 3: Hacky Sack
1985 Skate Kids Vs the Sludge Creature
1985 Mudfish and a Bear Called 'Hoss
1987 Truck Stop Massacre
1987 Vampire Mall
1987 Naked Buellers's Day Off
1988 Gang Bang Boomerang
1989 Vase of Blood
1990 Slacker College
1991 Slacker College 2: Hazing Holiday
1992 LAPD Hot Tub
1995 Albino Alligator (AKA It Came From the Sewers)
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1950 Marijuana - Weed of Satan
1966 Marijuana - God's Miracle
Genius! I really want to see those two..
also..
1974 Horror of the Midgets
Possible contender for best title ever..Posted 18th June 2010 at 01:47 PM by the blob
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Reviews to follow.
Hal's two dope pictures really illustrates his glorious lack of morals when it comes to film production, first churning out a moralizing anti-drug flick for the Norman Rockwell crowd to tut over while getting some illicit jollies before doing a complete volte face in the late 60s when he creates a Technicolor orgy of positive hippy vibes, body painted nudes and Haight Ashbury Psych bands like The Electric Monsoon, 1846 Lollipop Shop and Pastoral Cranium.
Hal's Restricted Growth picture is a definite product of it's time and stars the legendary 70s porn queen 'Tiny' Trixie Bangaround.Posted 18th June 2010 at 03:39 PM by Sam@Cult Labs
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