Who is Ted V. Mikels?

American filmmaker Ted V. Mikels holds a unique position as one of the most unconventional directors of exploitation cinema. Famous for his eccentric home life (he once lived with a harem in a castle with secret passageways) and promotional gimmicks (he was known for having nurses and ambulances on hand to assist "scared-to-death" moviegoers), Mikels is now considered a pioneering master of low-budget movie making.

Examples of Mikels' influence can be seen everywhere: from music (punk band The Misfits wrote a tribute song called "The Astro-Zombies"), to Mikels' film The Doll Squad being the template for the television series Charlie's Angels, to inspiring the look of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.

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The Corpse Grinders II

Synopsis from press-book

The starving cat-people of planet CETA seek food sources from Earth after fighting a losing battle with Planet TRAXIS in outer space. On Earth, relatives of Landau and Maltby from The Corpse Grinders, in a get rich quick scheme, resume the factory operation of LOTUS CAT FOOD, 'for cats who LIKE people'. FELINES, after a taste of the ingredients, can't get enough of this rare delicacy. Government aides authorize a shipment of LOTUS CAT FOOD to be transported to planet CETA, thus keeping Mortuaries, Crematoriums and Caleb at the local cemetery busy, and making Landau and Maltby rich.

More information

IMDB listing

Where to buy

Autographed copy from Ted V. Mikels

Amazon.com

Oldies.com

Also available on The Corpse Grinders Collection (Amazon.com, Oldies.com) and the Ted V. Mikels Signature Collection (Amazon.com, Oldies.com).

Merchandise

Poster at Oldies.com

See also

The Corpse Grinders

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