Find similar and related movies for Orgy of the Dead (1965) - Stephen C. Apostolof on AllMovie AllMovie. In Theaters; New on DVD; New to Stream. Children's/Family; Crime; Western; Mystery; All Genres. Criswell, Fawn Silver. Stephen's Orgy of the Dead (Estados Unidos) m Orgy of the Dead (1965) A.C. Stephens' Orgy of the Dead Orgy of the Vampires. Apostolof - Wikipedia. Stephen C. Apostolof. Born. Stefan Hristov Apostolov(1. February 2. 5, 1. Burgas, Bulgaria. Died. August 1. 4, 2. Mesa, Arizona, United States. Cause of death. Stroke. Nationality. American. Other names. A. Stephen. Robert Lee. The Prince of Confidential. Directed by Stephen C. Stephen's Orgy of the Dead' - USA (video box title). Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Orgy of the Dead (1965) Recent Posts (updated daily). Ethnicity. Bulgarian. Occupation. Producer, Film director, Scriptwriter. Years active. 19. Apostolof (February 2. Stephen's Orgy of the Dead: A. Actores: Fawn Silver, Pat Barrington, Criswell, William Bates, Mickey Jines, Barbara Nordin, Bunny Glaser: Director: Stephen C. Directed by Stephen C. Orgy of the Dead (1965) 2.7 /10. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Stephen's Orgy of the Dead, pel. Stephen) con Criswell, Fawn Silver, Pat Barrington, William Bates. Stephen's Orgy of the Dead. Bob Directed by Stephen C. Apostolof Writing Credits Screenplay by Edward D. Orgy of the Dead 1965 grubby. Burgas, Bulgaria . Stephen(s) or Robert Lee, was a Bulgarian- American filmmaker specializing in low- budget exploitation and erotic films, who gained a cult following for a wide variety of films that range from erotic horror (Orgy of the Dead) and suburban expos. Apostolof had gained a reputation for creating high- quality mass entertainment with minimal budgets. He was also one of the few directors to work steadily with the infamous Ed Wood and such sexploitation icons as Marsha Jordan and Rene Bond in the 1. Apostolof had a brother, Stavri, and two sisters, Vesa and Lila. The Apostolofs were an artistically inclined family. Steven attended a German- language high school for several years. In 1. 94. 6, when he was only 1. Communist regime in Bulgaria. He was eventually arrested and spent 1. In 1. 94. 8 he escaped from Bulgaria by stowing away on a Finnish freighter. He was caught in Turkish territorial waters and thrown in jail for several months, accused of being a Bulgarian spy. After a short stay in Istanbul he drifted to Paris, France. After serving in the French Foreign Legion, in 1. Canada, and from there in 1. Los Angeles, California, where he became a clerk for Bank of America. Apostolof's career in films began at 2. Century- Fox, where he was doing some number- crunching in the production department in 1. Dertano and William C. Thompson to create SCA Productions, a company that produced the semi- autobiographical Cold War melodrama Journey to Freedom (1. The film starred Tor Johnson, the Swedish wrestler best known for appearing in Edward D. Wood Jr.'s movies Bride of the Monster (1. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1. Night of the Ghouls (1. Journey to Freedom was shot in the legendary Sunset Gower Studios and later picked up for distribution by Republic Pictures, known for its quality B- movies and westerns, many of them starring John Wayne. Although not very popular at the time, Journey to Freedom became part of the so- called Red Scare, a period of intense anti- Communism that had already produced propaganda films like I Married a Communist (1. The Red Menace (1. Big Jim Mc. Lain (1. Journey to Freedom tells about Apostolof's escape from Communist Bulgaria through Istanbul, Paris and Toronto to Los Angeles, California. In the mid- '6. 0s Apostolof became involved in sexploitation cinema, adopting the less foreign- sounding . Apostolof cites Russ Meyer's The Immoral Mr. Teas (1. 95. 9), the first nudie- cutie, as a major influence in his sexploitation- oriented career. I saw those sexy type of pictures that were becoming popular. I went and saw them and I wanted to see how far you could go with nudity. Stephen with a screenplay by Ed Wood, is now considered a camp classic and has inspired a cult following. It features the legendary oracle The Amazing Criswell (known from Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space) and burlesque queen Pat Barrington (later to star in Harry H. Novak's The Agony of Love). Wood served as writer, production manager, casting agent, and even held up cue cards for Criswell, although he did not direct. Orgy of the Dead was the beginning of a very successful partnership between Apostolof and Wood that would last until the latter's death in 1. This cooperation resulted in several films that captured the zeitgeist of the late 1. Suburbia Confidential (1. According to the promotional materials, the film . In Suburbia Confidential psychiatrist Dr. Henri Legrand reviews the files of several sexually frustrated suburban housewives who are shown having sex with salesmen, bellboys and repairmen. The film includes scenes of bondage, lesbianism and a transvestite based on Apostolof's frequent collaborator Ed Wood. Suburbia Confidential is the first in a series of three films made by Apostolof in the late 1. Williams and Jordan have a lesbian encounter and a gay transvestite is talked into experimenting with a woman who deep throats bananas. Office Love- in, White- Collar Style also features Colleen Murphy (the star of Alice in Acidland) and Forman Shane, who was in just about all of Apostolof's films. Lady Godiva Rides (1. It tells the story of a pair of male and female con artists who go into hiding at a ski lodge. Hot Ice marks the demise of classic sexploitation cinema with its content absorbed into mainstream movies. Hardcore porn films had gained a firm foothold in the theatrical market by this point and had pushed out much of the . The advent of the home video market in the late '7. Apostolof's struggles to finance another film project. The sheer numbers of hardcore porn films available on video. At the beginning of the decade Apostolof found his way into film distribution. He owned the rights to all of his films and spent the '8. DVD market. Unrealized projects. The most notable of these were a sequel to his most successful film Orgy of the Dead called The New Generation and a thriller entitled State of Fear. In the early '9. 0s he was also planning on shooting a documentary on his own life and career. Personal life. His first marriage was to a woman named Joan, and it produced four children: Maria, Susan, Polly and Steve. In 1. 96. 4, after divorcing Joan, he married Patricia J. Rudl, but three years later they divorced. In 1. 97. 3 he met and married Shelley Barbara Cooper and had a son Christopher. After the 1. 99. 4 Northridge earthquake, Apostolof moved with Shelley to Las Vegas, Nevada, and then to Mesa, Arizona. Religion. On December 8, 1. Dr. Matthew Jeikoff along with other Bulgarian emigres founded . The church had strong ties to Simeon II, the Bulgarian king in exile, and soon became a bulwark of Bulgarian anti- Communists and monarchists in Los Angeles. Near the end of his life, Apostolof had worked on the script for a projected post- apocalyptic thriller entitled State of Fear. Despite some preliminary work, the story was never filmed. Stephen Apostolof died on August 1. Mesa, Arizona. He was survived by his third wife Shelley and five children. Apostolof made 1. Today Apostolof may not be a household. His legacy lives on, ridiculed or revered by critics and fans alike. He has taken a permanent place in the B- movie culture and is widely recognized as one of the greatest American erotic filmmakers. In 1. 98. 7 The Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival honored him with a special screening of Orgy of the Dead, and all his films were released on video in the 1. DVD in the 1. 99. In 2. 00. 7 Legend House released Suburbia Confidential and College Girl Confidential as a double- feature DVD. Some of his frequent collaborators include Edward D. Wood Jr., Marsha Jordan, Rene Bond, Harvey Shane (often credited under the alias Forman Shane), Ric Lutze and Vincent Barbi, among others. Like Alfred Hitchcock, one of the directors Apostolof admired, he appeared briefly in some of his own films. For example he is seen in Journey to Freedom where he's playing a Frenchman sporting beret and a moustache. In Lady Godiva Rides he is credited under the name One Eye Apostolof. In the beginning of The Beach Bunnies he plays the piano in a restaurant. In The Snow Bunnies he could be spotted sitting in front of a ski chalet together with his third wife Shelley. Memorable quotes. Why should a fellow see my film when he can see everything in a hardcore for the same price? Unfortunately, some people among us saw the money and they dove in. It feels good to have new generations still discovering and liking my films. It makes me feel that I was correct in my thinking. You have to remember one thing. And sex will be here after you and I are gone. In April 2. 00. 7 the British film magazine Sight & Sound listed him among the most prominent figures in sexploitation genre. He was dubbed the . Andaluz portrayed a fictional version of Apostolof in the play The Incredible Story of Ed Wood. A poster from Orgy of the Dead was featured, along with artwork from other prominent sexploitation directors like Russ Meyer, Radley Metzger and Gerard Damiano. According to some sources, he spoke fourteen languages. In 2. 00. 0 Apostolof was canonized as the . Stephens. 20. 08 The Lascivious World of A. C. Stephen and Ed Wood, Jr. Bibliography. Wood, 1. Rudolph Grey. Shock Cinema (USA), 1. Iss. Apostoloff: Bulgarian nudie director. Suburbia Confidential/Office. Love- In (1. 96. 6).^. Stephen & Edward D. Wood, Jr., by Adam Becvar (aka Luigi Bastardo)^. Where Reverend Steve and the Board of Woodian Reverends announce the first list of Holy Woodian Saints!
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