The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988)

Name: The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Jonathan Ross

Documentary

A series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies; focusing on the lives of filmakers such as Hershell Gordon Lewis, Saim Raimi, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr, and Tsui Hark. Covers weird movie genres, like Mexican wrestling movies and Hong Kong horror films.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (182 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Jonathan Ross Self

Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

7.50 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 8.0 38 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	John Waters	7.2	42
2	Herschell Gordon Lewis	7.7	29
3	Ray Dennis Steckler	7.8	21
4	Ted V. Mikels	7.2	12
5	Russ Meyer	7.1	42
6	Sam Raimi	8.0	34

Season 2 (1989)

7.40 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 7.1 42 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Jackie Chan	7.5	34
2	Fred Olen Ray & Doris Wishman	7.5	14
3	The Legend of El Santo	7.3	6
4	Ed Wood Jr.	8.0	23
5	Tsui Hark & Stuart Gordon	7.0	12
6	George A. Romero & Tom Savini	7.1	25

The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988)

Cast

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