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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DAYS OF THE DEAD (PRE-SHOW PARTY)
Thursday, April 04, 2013 @ 7:30pm
The Viper Room, West Hollywood, CA
Bill Moseley hosts this rockin' event.
LA Premiere screening of music video "Vampira Chant," by director Kevin Sean Michaels

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Friday - Sun. April 5 - 7, 2013
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MONSTERPALOOZA 2013 - The Art Of Monsters
April 12th - 14th, 2013
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Ed Wood's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE INTERACTIVE!
Friday, April 26th
7:30 p.m. doors; 8:30 p.m. show, $5 per person, 21 and over
1624 N.W. Glisan, Portland, OR 97209
Kevin Sean Michaels and Dennis Nybeck host the "worst" movie ever made!

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