Timothy Ray Lucas (born May 30, 1956) is an American

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, best known for

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the video review magazine ''

Video Watchdog ''Video Watchdog'' was a bimonthly, digest size film magazine published from 1990 to 2017 by publisher/editor Tim Lucas and his wife, art director and co-publisher Donna Lucas. Although devoted chiefly to the horror, science fiction, and fant ...

''.

Biography and early career

Lucas, born in

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, was the only child of Marion Frank Lucas, a typesetter and musician, and the former Juanita Grace Wilson; his father died six months prior to his birth, on November 14, 1955, of a congenital heart ailment at age 33. Tim Lucas subsequently spent most of his childhood in the homes of various relatives and caregivers, seeing his widowed mother only on weekends, when she took him to drive-in theaters. After publishing single issues of two

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, he became a film critic and cartoonist for Norwood High School's newspaper ''The Mirror''. He began writing professionally in 1972 when he became a regular reviewer and correspondent for the influential fantasy film magazine ''

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''. He wrote for the magazine for 11 years. Though Lucas did not graduate high school, he succeeded in placing an essay about

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in the Autumn 1981 issue ''

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s literary quarterly ''Modern Fiction Studies''. His article, ''The Old Shelley Game: Prometheus and Predestination in Burgess's Works'', was subsequently anthologized in ''Modern Critical Views: Anthony Burgess'' (1987, ), a collection "of the best criticism available upon the novels of Anthony Burgess" in the words of its editor,

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''Video Times''

In 1984, Lucas began reviewing

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and

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releases for the Chicago-based magazine '' Video Times''. The editors then hired him to edit and co-author a series of twelve paperback video guides published in the summer and winter of 1985 by

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. Of these, he wrote the introductions to all twelve and the entirety of four: ''Movie Classics'', ''Horror'', ''Science Fiction & Fantasy'' and ''Mystery & Suspense''. The books were formally credited to "The Editors of ''Video Times''" with Lucas receiving credit only on the copyright pages.

"Video Watchdog"

In October 1985, ''Video Times'' published the first installment of a new Lucas column, "Video Watchdog", in which he investigated the changes made to various films (usually horror, cult and fantasy) when they appeared on video. With the dissolution of ''Video Times'' in 1986, the column resurfaced as a shot-on-video featurette, hosted and narrated by Lucas, in Pacific Arts Corporation's one-shot video-magazine-on-video experiment ''Overview'', produced by

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. ''Video Watchdog'' was subsequently reborn in the pages of the ''

Fangoria ''Fangoria'' is an internationally distributed American horror film fan magazine, in publication since 1979. It is published four times a year by Fangoria Publishing, LLC and is edited by Phil Nobile Jr. The magazine was originally released i ...

'' spin-off ''Gorezone'', where it regularly appeared from 1988 for a few years. These early columns were later collected with other material in ''The Video Watchdog Book'' (1992, ). With his wife, Donna Lucas, Lucas launched ''Video Watchdog'' as a separate magazine in June 1990. ''Video Watchdog'' added full color covers with #13 (September/October 1992), increased its frequency from bimonthly to monthly with #55 (January 2000), and changed to a full interior color format with its 100th issue (October 2003). Its contributors include

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, David J. Schow and Douglas E. Winter. The magazine's 20th Anniversary issue was published in June 2010. Director

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praised ''Video Watchdog'' in the pages of the Italian newspaper ''Il Fatto Quotidiano'' as "l'unica rivista di cinema autorevole al mondo" ("the only reliable film magazine in the world"). In October 2016, Lucas said ''Video Watchdog'' would cease publication with its 184th issue.

''Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark''

Lucas's critical biography ''

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: All the Colors of the Dark'' (), a vast work thirty-two years in preparation, with an introduction by

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, was published in August 2007 by Video Watchdog. This 1,128-page work received words of praise from such filmmakers as

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and

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. In the Italian newspaper ''Il Fatto Quotidiano'' in 2010,

called it "the best book on films ever written."

''Videodrome''

Lucas' ''Videodrome'', a study of the 1983

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film, inaugurated the ''Studies in the Horror Film'' line from

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in September 2008. The book contains Lucas' previously unpublished production history, written in 1983, and new chapters of essay, criticism, and personal memoir.

''Spirits of the Dead''

Lucas' ''Spirits of the Dead (Histoires Extraordinaires)'', is a 232-page monograph about the 1968 anthology film based on three

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tales, directed by

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Louis Malle Louis Marie Malle (; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down", Malle made document ...

, and

Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...

. It was published in the UK by PS Publishing's imprint Electric Dreamhouse.

Blogs and columns

Beginning in October 2005, Lucas added ''Video WatchBlog'', an essay blog that touches on film, music and literary as well as personal subjects; and, since at least 2006, "NoZone", a DVD column for the British monthly film magazine ''

Sight and Sound ''Sight and Sound'' (formerly written ''Sight & Sound'') is a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI). Since 1952, it has conducted the well-known decennial ''Sight and Sound'' Poll of the Greatest Films of All Time. ...

''. It ran for 112 issues, ending its run with the newly reformatted September 2012 issue. He also makes frequent contributions of liner notes, audio commentaries and archival materials to DVD and Blu-ray releases. On January 1, 2012, Lucas launched the blog ''Pause. Rewind. Obsess.'', a screening diary. It ran a year and 226 columns. In 2013 Lucas debuted the column "Tales from the Attic" as a regular feature in the magazine ''Gorezone'', beginning with issue number 28.

Other writing and projects

Other film-related books featuring his work are ''The Book of Lists: Horror'' (edited by Amy Wallace, Del Howison and Scott Bradley), ''Nebula Awards Showcase 2009'' (edited by Ellen Datlow), ''If Looks Could Kill'' (edited by Marketa Uhlirova), ''The Famous Monsters Chronicles'' (edited by Dennis Daniel), ''Horror: Another 100 Best Books'' (edited by Stephen Jones and

), ''The BFI Companion to Horror'' (edited by Kim Newman), ''The Shape of Rage: The Films of

'' (edited by Piers Handling), ''The Eyeball Companion'' (edited by Stephen Thrower), ''The Hong Kong Filmography'' by John Charles (with a foreword by Lucas), ''

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: 50 anos de carreira'' (edited by Eugenio Puppo) and ''Obsession: The Films of Jess Franco''. He is also the subject of a chapter-long interview in ''Xerox Ferox: The Wild World of the Horror Film Fanzine'' by John Szpunar. From 1988 to 1992, Lucas contributed comics stories to Stephen R. Bissette's horror anthology ''

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'', including three that formed the genesis of Lucas' first novel, '' Throat Sprockets''. Two of them, "Throat Sprockets" and "Transylvania mon amour", were illustrated by Mike Hoffman, while "The Disaster Area" was drawn by David Lloyd. Lucas' other ''Taboo'' stories were "Sweet Nothings" (illustrated by Simonida Perica-Uth) and "Blue Angel" (illustrated by Stephen Blue). In 2013, he penned an introduction to the first issue of ''Flesh and Blood'', a horror graphic-novel serial co-written by Robert Tinnell and Todd Livingston and illustrated by Neil D. Vokes. In 2006, Lucas became a published poet when he placed several poems in issues 13 and 14 of the Manchester, England-based journal ''The Ugly Tree.'' In 2013, his first published short story, "Banishton", appeared in the first issue of the British literary magazine ''The Imperial Youth Review''.

Novels

Lucas' 1994 novel '' Throat Sprockets'' (), the fulfillment of an uncompleted

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serialized in ''

'', is about a man whose life is altered by a chance encounter with an erotic and disturbing film of mysterious origin. It was singled out as the year's best first novel in

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and Ellen Datlow's ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'', and was chosen by novelist

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for inclusion in ''Horror: Another 100 Best Books'' (2005, ). In October 2006, '' Rue Morgue'' magazine included '' Throat Sprockets'' on a list of 50 essential alternative horror novels. Lucas wrote the 2005 novel '' The Book of Renfield: A Gospel of Dracula'' (), a complement to

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's ''

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'' that focuses on the character of

Renfield R. M. Renfield is a fictional character who appears in Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel ''Dracula''.

and how the circumstances of his tragic past predisposed him to become the ideal pawn for the Lord of the Undead. In 2020 Lucas announced that two previously unpublished novels, ''The Only Criminal'' and ''The Art World,'' would be published by Riverdale Avenue Books, and that the new novella ''The Secret Life of Love Songs'' would be published by PS Publishing. The latter work will include a soundtrack CD of five original song co-written by Lucas and Dorothy Moskowitz. He earlier had co-written her song "Merry Christmas Anyhow", released under the credit Dorothy Moskowitz Falarski in December 2019.

Screenwriting/Directing

One of Lucas' film scripts, ''The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes'' (co-written with Charlie Largent, with additional work by Michael Almereyda and James Robison), a comedy about the filming of

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's 1967 film '' The Trip'', was optioned by Elizabeth Stanley Pictures, Metaluna Productions and SpectreVision, with director

becoming involved. In October 2016, the script was the subject of a live table reading at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles, promoted as "The Best Film Never Made." The performance starred

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as Corman,

himself as Roger Today,

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, and Claudia O'Doherty as Corman's longtime assistant Frances Doel. In November 2010, Lucas made his directorial debut at The Factory Digital Filmmaking School of the Douglas Education Center, with a promotional trailer and dialogue scene for a proposed feature film adaptation of his novel '' Throat Sprockets'', executive produced by Robert Tinnell. The self-contained three-minute short, adapted from the novel's "Transylvania mon amour" chapter, features Christopher Scott Grimaldi as Ad Man (unnamed in the novel) and Brandy Loveless as

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. The short premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec on July 18, 2011, as a lead-in to the documentary ''Jean Rollin - Le Reveur Égare''. In 2010, The Factory Digital Filmmaking School said director

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would direct a short film, ''The Baggage Claim'', based on a screenplay by Lucas.

Audio commentaries

Since 2000, Lucas has recorded numerous feature-length audio commentaries for DVD and Blu-ray releases. In addition to providing commentaries for most Mario Bava releases, he has recorded commentaries on a range of other subjects, including

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('' Eyes Without a Face'' - BFI UK release only), Jean-Luc Godard ('' Alphaville'' - Kino Lorber release only),

(''Pit and the Pendulum'' - Arrow Films & Video UK release only), Jess Franco (Redemption's ''The Awful Dr. Orlof''),

Robert Fuest Robert Fuest (30 September 1927 – 21 March 2012) was an English film and television director, screenwriter, production designer, and painter, who worked mostly in the horror, fantasy and suspense genres. His notable works include the ...

(''Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' - Arrow Films & Video UK release only),

(''

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'' - Arrow Films & Video release only) and

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(each of the five main features in BFI's 2014 box set, and Kino Lorber's '' Last Year at Marienbad'').

Awards

: All the Colors of the Dark'' was named Best Book of 2007 by the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards and won an Independent Publisher Book Award Bronze Medal in the Performing Arts category. The

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films is an American non-profit organization established in 1972 dedicated to the advancement of science fiction, fantasy, and Horror fiction, horror in film, television, and home video. The Aca ...

recognized ''Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark'' with a Special Achievement

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, and had actor John Saxon present it to Lucas and his wife Donna. In 2008, the book received the

International Horror Guild Award The International Horror Guild Award (also known as the IHG Award) was an accolade recognizing excellence in the field of horror/dark fantasy, presented by the International Horror Guild (IHG) from 1995 to 2008. The IHG Awards were determined by ...

for Non-Fiction. Lucas book ''Videodrome'' was nominated for Best Book in the 2008 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.

Kino Lorber Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art film, art ho ...

's home-video release of

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's movie '' Lifeboat'', which includes commentary by Lucas and by film professor Drew Casper, won the 2018 Saturn Award for Best DVD/BD Classic Film Release. ''Video Watchdog'' won the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award as Best Magazine every year from 2003 through 2007, the first five years the award was presented. The spinoff ''Video WatchBlog'' received the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Best Website/Blog in 2007 and Best Blog in 2008. Lucas' column "Tales from the Attic" in the magazine ''Gorezone'' was nominated for Best Column in the 2014 Rondo Awards. Additionally, Lucas won the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Best Writer / Writer of the Year from 2007-2009, then again in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, he was nominated for Best Reviewer, Best Interviewer, Best Article, and Best Blog ("Classic Movie Monsters" and "Pause. Rewind. Obsess"). Lucas won for Best Interview for his "Top 50 Best Sequels" interview with

in ''

'' #172. That same year, Lucas was nominated for Writer of the Year, Reviewer of the Year, and Best Commentary ('' The Awful Dr. Orlof'') and other categories. He won Best Commentary in 2018 (Kino's ''The Night Stalker/Strangler''). Tim Lucas and his wife and business partner, Donna Lucas, were among the first class inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame in May 2011, along with historian Tom Weaver, fantasy artist

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, poster collector and historian Ron Borst, director George A. Romero; and the late Verne Langdon, from the Don Post mask studios.

Legacy

In 2005, film critic

Dave Kehr David Kehr (born 1953) is an American museum curator and film critic. For many years a critic at the ''Chicago Reader'' and the ''Chicago Tribune,'' he later wrote a weekly column for ''The New York Times'' on DVD releases. He later became a c ...

said, "Tim pretty much invented video reviewing as a genre distinct from movie reviewing".

References

External links

Video Watchdog website

Video WatchBlog (Tim Lucas's blog)

Pause. Rewind. Obsess. (Tim Lucas's screening diary blog)

Bava Book Update Blog

GreenCine Daily profile
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