Calum Waddell

Directing Fife, Scotland, UK

Calum Waddell was born in Fife, Scotland. He is a producer and director, known for 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015), Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed (2014) and Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015).

Known For

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary 2025 8

The Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando Baldi 2025 8

Fine Archery: The Brave Archer Franchise 2023

From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema 2023

Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film 2022

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves 2022 8

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust 2021 4.4

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King 2020

An Italian Aenigma: Appraising Late Day Fulci 2020

The Emmanuelle Effect 2020

From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic 2020

A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren 2020

Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic 2020

Prince: The Peach and Black Times 2019 6.5

Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie Maverick 2019

The Strange Story of the Eurocine Cannibal Film 2019

Me Me Lai Bites Back 2018

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema 2018 5.5

All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan 2018 6

The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film 2018 6

Images of Apartheid: Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa 2018

Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci 2018 7

Grindhouse All-Stars: Notes from the Sleaze-Cinema Underground 2017

Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema 2017