Ted v mikels biography of martin

  • Included are 20 pages of photographs, and a guide to his unreleased 1950's 16mm productions.
  • Buy the book The Life and Cinema of Ted V. Mikels by kevin scott collier at Indigo.
  • Such a man was Ted Mikels, who continues to ply his trade today, turning out ultra-low-budgeted features with eye-catching titles and very unusual behavior.

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    ABCs of Horror 2016 Day 20: M is for Ted V. Mikels

    Within the last thirty days, American cult cinema has taken two huge hits. Last month, the Godfather of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis passed away, and then, just this past Sunday the American Icon, Ted V. Mikels left us. Both of these creators paved the way for low-budget horror throughout the seventies, but where Lewis got into film through the Nudie Cuties and was an expert marketer, paving the way in both nudie films and gore films, Mikels was a true lover of filmmaking from the very beginning and while he provided plenty of titillation in his films, rarely was there explicit sex, nudity, or gore.

    Mikels got his start with the 1963 release, Strike Me Deadly, a more-or-less straight action/thriller shot on 35mm.  He followed this up with two very different types of films, The Black Klansman (1966) and Girl in Gold Boots (1968). The Black Klansman is probably his most cinematic film, touching on sensitive social issues w

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    Synopsis

    The most sensuous picture ever made... period!

    Hunky businessman Cliff and his sweet wife Mindy move from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Los Angeles, California. They take up residence in an apartment complex where several lovely young ladies also live.

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    Alternative Titles

    Suburban Affair, Korkunç Bir An

    Theatrical

    23 Jul 1965

    • USA
    USA
    23 Jul 1965
    • TheatricalLos Angeles, California

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    • Ted V. Mikels' One Shocking Moment, also known as A Suburban Affair, bears more than a passing resemblance to the work of Joe Sarno, with its focus on young suburban couples, their boredom, and their misbehaving (and, inevitably, some lesbians).

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      The Doll Squad

      1973 film by Ted V. Mikels

      For the rock group, see Doll Squad.

      The docka Squad

      Original film poster

      Directed byTed V. Mikels
      Screenplay byJack Richesin
      Pam Eddy
      Ted V. Mikels
      Produced byTed V. Mikels
      Paul Burkett
      StarringMichael Ansara
      Francine York
      Anthony Eisley
      John Carter
      Tura Satana
      CinematographyAnthony Salinas
      Edited byTed V. Mikels
      Music byNicholas Carras
      Distributed byFeature-Faire Productions

      Release date

      • September 19, 1973 (1973-09-19)

      Running time

      		101 minutes
      CountryUnited States
      LanguageEnglish

      The docka Squad is a 1973 low-budget Z-gradeaction film by Feature-Faire that was later re-released under the title Seduce and Destroy.[1] Directed, edited, co-written and co-produced bygd Ted V. Mikels, it features Francine York, Michael Ansara, John Carter, Anthony Eisley, Leigh Christian and Tura Satana.[2][3] Mikels claimed he f

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