
Birthday:
04-29-1929
Deathday:
10-16-2016 (87 years)
Birthplace:
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Ted V. Mikels (born Theodore Mikacevich on 29 April 1929) was an American filmmaker of independent cult films. Mikels was also known for his home life, as he once lived with a harem in a Glendale, California castle that contained secret passageways.
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Ted V. Mikels (born Theodore Mikacevich on 29 April 1929) was an American filmmaker of independent cult films. Mikels was also known for his home life, as he once lived with a harem in a Glendale, California castle that contained secret passageways.
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The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
Act like Himself
event2008 star_border 6
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THE WILD WORLD OF TED V. MIKELS, a new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels (no blood relation to Ted, but the same spirit), is a rollicking look at the independent cinema and film pioneering of Ted V. Mikels, who has been producing films for over 60 years. Way before limited-budget action films became termed as "grindhouse," Ted was wowing audiences with his own special brand of guts, gore, humor, violence and most of all -- style. THE CORPSE GRINDERS 1 + 2, THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES, 10 VIOLENT WOMEN, MISSION: KILLFAST, THE BLACK KLANSMAN, THE DOLL SQUAD, THE WORM EATERS and GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS are some of Ted's films that have made their cinematic mark.
Mark of the Astro-Zombies
Act like Dr. Mikacevich
event2004 star_border 3.7
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The existence of mankind hangs in the balance as two warring factions of aliens do battle in Mark of the Astro Zombies. The film begins with an invasion of Earth by aliens who plan to turn human beings into zombies. They gather high-level government officials and attempt to get from them certain knowledge and information they will need. A kind race of aliens lands on Earth and decides to try and stop the evil ones from succeeding with their plans.
Dead Country
Act like Ted Carradine
event2008 star_border 3.4
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When a space ship containing hazardous material explodes over a small rural town, a deadly virus is unleashed upon the population, turning them into zombies. Only the alien being responsible for the terrible accident and a small group of survivors can stop the epidemic from spreading, but first they have to survive the experience.
American Grindhouse
Act like Himself
event2011 star_border 6.7
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This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.
Planetfall
Act like President Arch Stanton
event2005 star_border 3
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A spaghetti western in science fiction clothing. Competing female bounty hunters track down the ultimate treasure on a planet wracked with turmoil. A drug named psylenol has hit the streets, stolen from a secret military program and reconditioned to be an over-the-counter psychedelic. When the general populace starts developing telekinetic powers, the corrupt government of Zita declares martial law. When the film starts, a confiscated shipment of the drug has been stolen. Now the race is on to obtain the last supply of the most powerful drug in the universe!
The Corpse Grinders 2
Act like Prof. Mikoff
event2000 star_border 4.7
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A campy low-budget sequel to 1971's cult classic gore-fest with an interplanetary sub-plot grafted on. The giant flesh-mangling meat grinder in the basement of the Lotus Cat Food Company is back in business under new management. And this time the popular "food for cats who like people" has drawn the attention of an alien race of intelligent felines from the planet Ceta. The Cetans' food supply has been destroyed in their interplanetary war with dog-headed dinosaurs. With help from the U.S. government's "men in black" the cat queen, Felina, negotiates a mega-deal with the Lotus Company to supply her planet with food. This sudden increase in orders has the new owners scrambling for fresh - and not-so-fresh- human flesh to meet the growing demand.
Dimension in Fear
Act like Motel desk clerk
event1998 star_border 3.3
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Escaped murderer Cal Lewis wants revenge for those responsible for him being put away. Enroute from Texas to Las Vegas he crosses paths with young TV news reporter Deidre Holland who quickly becomes his target.
Addicted to Murder 2: Tainted Blood
Act like Jonas Collins
event1998 star_border 1.7
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Vampires run amok in New York City.
The Corpse Grinders
event2025 star_border 3
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Landau, the young owner of "Lotus Cat Food", is struggling to keep the company alive as business is worse than expected. Landau is broke and down on his luck and can no longer afford to pay his employees. Because of this, he starts to kill one of his employees every couple of days. Gradually, more people disappear until the police become involved in the case. One of the missing persons, Frank, has an overprotective girlfriend, Tessie, who sets out in search for him. Tessie follows the leads all the way back to "Lotus Cat Food" and its sinister truths.
TURA!
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2024
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The one and only Tura Satana. Best remembered for her role as the fierce Varla in Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Tura’s real life was just as wild and unapologetic as her on-screen persona. And her post-film legacy was just as noteworthy, leaving a fist-shaped mark on pop culture and an indelible signature in burlesque stages, queer clubs, and comic conventions everywhere.
Mission: Killfast
Act like Mercenary
event1991 star_border 4.1
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A high-speed martial arts action/adventure pitting a C.I.A. recruited martial arts master against Las Vegas gangsters and a psychotic arms dealer supplying a diabolical terrorist organization with nuclear weapons! Fully loaded with bone-crushing kung fu mayhem, sexy, scantily clad women and extreme firepower!
Deader Country
Act like Dale Carradine
event2009 star_border 2.3
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Whilst wagging school, two teenagers stumble across a strange hybrid creature, a beast that is half man, half alien and all zombie, which has managed to make its way unseen across desolate countryside to the town of Pleasance.
Female Slaves Revenge
Act like Landowner
event1997 star_border 1.8
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After a slave uprising, 10 black mistresses of a white landowner decide to capture their master after he refuses to turn over his ill-gained wealth. A trial to decide his fate ensues.
Heart of a Boy
Act like Grandpa Theo
event2006
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Five year old Timmy needs a heart transplant to live. A community struggles to help him survive.
Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages from the Dead
Act like Old Man in Park
event2015 star_border 4.2
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Two loves are separated by a tragic accident but death cannot keep them apart. This is a haunting tale of love, life, death, and the intervention of the dead.
Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned
Act like Ivan / Crazy Peter
event2010 star_border 2.3
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An ultra-secret government weapons project is headed up by a mad scientist's grand-daughter. Her mission: recreate the demented killing machines known as Astro Zombies. It doesn't take long before the deadly mutant clones escape from Area 51 and all hell breaks loose! Elite teams of Men In Black attempt extreme damage control measures, while government officials, master criminals, and the famed Doll Squad spring into action -- creating a mess of epic proportions!
Astro Zombies: M4 - Invaders from Cyberspace
Act like General Mikacevic
event2012 star_border 2.5
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Mutant hordes are sent to annihilate mankind.
Dr. Sex
Act like Peeping Tom
event1964 star_border 3.1
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Three sex researchers discuss their strangest cases.
Malevolence
Act like Rene Cardoza Jr., Movie Producer
event2004 star_border 3.8
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Antonio owes the Robaldo family a hundred G's, Gray wants revenge on the street gang who mugged him, Jimmy's escaped from prison, and his brother/accomplice David has many serious mental conditions. Detective Brickley is hot on their trail willing to stop them with any means necessary, while a pair of rogue psychiatrists track them to discover the roots of David's condition. It isn't long before the paths of these characters cross with violent and tragic consequences. The result is a shocking and disturbing portrait of human nature at its worst that can only be summed up in one word: Malevolence.
The Astro-Zombies
Act like Drummer in Nightclub
event1968 star_border 3.6
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For devilishly mad "astro-scientist" Dr. DeMarco (John Carradine), a typical day involves run-ins with reanimated corpses, bloodthirsty solar-powered killer robot zombies, Chinese communist spies and vicious Mexican secret agents. But when a bloody trail of young female murder victims leads an intrepid CIA agent to his door, things get really interesting. Ted V. Mikels directs this unique B horror-thriller.
Mondo Collecto
Act like Self
event2006 star_border 4.5
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Mondo Collecto is a thrilling documentary that boldly reveals the world of the Modern Collector. Produced by filmmaker R.P. Whalen and featuring Ted V. Mikels, Mondo Collecto is the result of a four year project that presents some of the most unusual collectors and collections that you will ever see!
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 10
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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.
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 5.4
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Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ritual works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.
Girl in Gold Boots
Director (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 2.9
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A girl tries to become the top star in the glamorous world of Go-Go Dancing.
The Corpse Grinders
Director (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 4
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When the Lotus Cat Food Company finds itself in financial trouble, the owners decide to find a new, cheap source of meat -- the local graveyard. Only one problem -- soon cats develop a taste for human flesh, and tabbies are tearing out throats all over town.
Blood Orgy of the She-Devils
Director (1 ep.)
event1973 star_border 3.7
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Lorraine and Mark enter the world of witchcraft where Mara foretells the future and helps them remember their past lives. When a series of mysterious murders begin to occur, they turn to Dr. Helsford for advice.
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Author (1 ep.)
event1979 star_border 2.8
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An American intelligence agent travels to pre-Islamic Revolution Iran to try to thwart a power-mad European baron from using a stolen cruise missile to destroy an unspecific target in that country.
Angel of Vengeance
Director (1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 4.8
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A young woman newly arrived in a small town comes up against a crazed group of survivalists who have killed a party of motorcyclists in the desert. They capture and rape her, but she escapes and makes plans to take her vengeance on them.
The Doll Squad
Director (1 ep.)
event1973 star_border 4.5
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After a terrorist plot to sabotage a Cape Canaveral space mission is discovered, a squad of attractive and lethal spies have to locate the culprits. On their mission, they use a wide range of secret weapons.
The Black Klansman
Director (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 6.4
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After his daughter is killed by the KKK, a black man seeks revenge by passing as white and becoming a Klansman.
Ten Violent Women
Director (1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 2.6
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Eight women miners get fed up with their lifestyle and decide to try crime. After successfully pulling off a jewelry store robbery, they are busted by narcs when they try to buy cocaine. The eight get sent to a prison where a butch head guard uses the prisoners for her own deviant pleasures. Two of the women manage to escape and then get mixed up with a shah who had a scarab ring stolen in their jewelry heist.
The Corpse Grinders 3
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 2.2
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Lotus Cat Food is under new management and this time they have improved the recipe even more.
Little Red Riding Hood Saves the Big Bad Wolf
Director (1 ep.)
event1993
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Short, cheap adaptation of the famed fairytale with a modern ecological twist.
Day of the Nightmare
Director of Photography (1 ep.)
event1965 star_border 5.1
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A young wife's marriage begins to crumble after she's attacked by a knife-wielding woman whom the police believed was already dead.
Genesis
Director of Photography (1 ep.)
event1964
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An allegory of Adam and Eve... without Eve. An innocent old man departs his forest sanctuary and discovers sin in the big city.
Strike Me Deadly
Director (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 5
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A forest ranger witnesses a murder. He and his wife are captured by the killer and held captive in a remote cabin.
Alex Joseph and His Wives
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1977
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A cop "drops out" and becomes a polygamist, ultimately taking on 12 wives, and begins his own town with his "family". The authorities are repulsed by his eccentric lifestyle, and he finds himself being investigated by them on charges of drug trafficking and fencing stolen property. Based on a true story.
Ten Violent Women: Part Two
Director (1 ep.)
event2017
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When two athletic girls are forced to become drug mules and are then murdered by the mob, their girlfriends from the gym unite to avenge their deaths.
One Shocking Moment
Director (1 ep.)
event1965 star_border 4.2
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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.
Agent for H.A.R.M.
Director of Photography (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 2.4
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The head of the Human Aetiological Relations Machine pits an agent against a flesh-to-fungus spore gun.
Spooky World
Director (1 ep.)
event1994
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A tour of the Spooky World Amusement Park, located in Berlin, Massachusetts.
The Indian Fighter
Stunts (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 6.2
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A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
Demon Haunt
Director (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 3
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A school teacher and her wheelchair-bound sister purchase a house that seems to be haunted by a strange supernatural force. Father LeCleur and his son Raymond are called in to vanquish the demonic entities. But when the hell-spawn turn out to be much stronger than anyone thought, a bloody showdown ensues.
The Worm Eaters
Producer (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 4.4
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Herman Umgar, a German hermit, has an ability to communicate with worms. One day the mayor of the town runs him off his property, so in revenge he plants worms in everybody's food. However, these worms are a special breed of mutant worms from the Red Tide, and when the people eat them they are transformed into giant worms themselves. These worm-people also become Herman's slaves. What will the remaining do?
The Hostage
Director of Photography (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 4.6
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The Hostage is a 1967 Crown International low-budget motion picture starring Don O'Kelly, James Almanzar and Joanne Brown, with Leland Brown, John Carradine, and Harry Dean Stanton. The plot centers on a young boy who becomes a hostage after he is accidentally closed inside a moving van.
Catalina Caper
Cinematography (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 2.3
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A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.
Eden Cried
Director of Photography (1 ep.)
event1967
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Surrounds two high school students, who fall in love, get married and realize problems multiply, compared to their previous single life as carefree teenagers.
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