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The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope

December 15, 2023

The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope is an American movie magazine devoted to cult cinema and genre movies and exploitation films that was released four times a year through end its end with issue #115 (Fall 2020), after the death of its primary founder and editor, Joe Kane. Sometimes, though not on the cover, the last word in the magazine's title is spelled VideoScope.[1]

History edit

The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope started as a newsletter in 1993, and after 14 issues became a glossy-cover magazine.[2] The publication was founded and is edited by Joe Kane[3] (not the author and National Geographic journalist Joe Kane). It has spawned a reference book entitled The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos.

As the librarian service magazine Library Tech Files described the magazine:

Inside you can find over eighty different genre reviews of classic and contemporary exploitation movies. It provides a best of both worlds. The Italian film aficionado can read up on the rarely reviewed 1970'S Euro-Horror flicks of Amando De Ossorio. The modern horror-hound can whet his appetite with a look at the up-and-coming bright directors highlighted in Joseph Perry's always enlightening column, 'Best of the Fests' – a thoughtful examination of the newest films from future movers and shakers.[4]

Issues have included interviews with such genre and exploitation-film directors as John Waters, James Gunn, Roger Corman, George A. Romero, Walter Hill and Brian Yuzna and such cult actors as Crispin Glover, Adrienne Barbeau, L. Q. Jones, Tobin Bell, and Clint Howard. In addition to Kane, the magazine's writers included Max Allan Collins,[5] Dan Cziraky, Terry and Tiffany DuFoe, Robert Freese, Tim Ferrante, Don Kaye, Dwight Kemper, Nancy Naglin, Debbie Rochon, Kevin G. Shinnick, Calum Waddell, and Tom Weaver.

The magazine was based in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.[6] The website remains active as of November 2021.

Legacy edit

Joe Kane and The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope have been cited in books including Universal Terrors, 1951-1955,[7] Horror Noir,[8] Character Kings 2,[9] and Claws & Saucers: Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Film 1902-1982.[10]

Entertainment Weekly said the book The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope "aims to separate the wheat from the chaff. A noble endeavor, to be sure — after all, filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, James Cameron, and Ron Howard all got their start in this Hollywood basement — but Kane's wildly inconsistent critical eye (both Schwarzenegger's The Running Man and the out-of-place Apocalypse Now get 3 1/2 stars) makes the book more entertaining than useful."[11]

Kane appears in the 2015 Moe Howard documentary Hey Moe! Hey Dad!.[12] As an exploitation-film authority, he has been quotes in The New York Times.[13] In 2021, Kane was inducted posthumously into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.[14]

The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope Collection within the University of Pittsburgh Horror Studies Collection comprises the complete run of the magazine that has been digitized and made available online.[15]

Joe Kane edit

Joe Kane started writing professionally while attending Queens College in New York City:

Actually, the first three pieces I sold were all college class assignments—an article on doomsday movies my film course teacher suggested I submit to Take One magazine; a short story/memoir my English teacher submitted to a Doubleday anthology called 'Growing Up in America'; and a media course paper on how comic strips reflected the changing culture, which New Times used as a cover story, illustrated by legendary underground cartoonist Yossarian, no less. My main areas of interest were fiction, satire and genre-movie criticism, though I wrote a bit about rock music and other pop-culture topics, as well. I also co-won the Queens College literary award my senior year, which paid cash, which, as Yogi [Berra] points out, is just as good as money.[2]

After college, living in New York City's East Village,[16] he wrote humorous pornographic stories for the periodicals Luv and Bang, and worked for three months as a file clerk at an insurance company. He began doing work for Screw X, a spin-off of Screw. The art directors, Larry Brill and Les Waldstein, left to found The Monster Times, which Kane called "sort of a Famous Monsters of Filmland filtered through an NYC underground attitude in an East Village Other vein."[2]

Kane joined the original editorial staff in 1972, and later than year became its editor in chief through its cancelation in 1976.[1] He then became an editor at Screw.[2] In 1984, at the suggestion of a New York Daily News editor, Susan Toepfer, Kane began reviewing genre movies for that newspaper, using the pen name, later his registered trademark, The Phantom of the Movies, with many reviews followed with a memorably laughable movie quote, under the subhead "Wish I'd Said That."[1][2] He also wrote a companion column reviewing home video, "Mondo Video."[17] In 1993, he began publishing the genre-film magazine The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope.[1] During a time of uncertainty over the future of the Daily News, Kane launched a spin-off newsletter. A mention of it in his column brought in some subscribers and "seed money to launch the newsletter, with the invaluable assistance of my wife (writer Nancy Naglin) and my writer friend Tim Ferrante, in early 1993. After 14 issues, we expanded to a magazine format."[2]

His work also appeared in magazines and newspapers including The National Lampoon, Maxim, The Washington Times, The Village Voice,[1][2] and High Times, which serialized his series "Dope in the Cinema."[18] Kane also published a satiric science-fiction short story called “Death After Death” in Penthouse.[2]

Kane died November 1, 2020.[19] He was survived by wife Naglin and his sister, Joan Nichols.[20] In 2021, he was posthumously inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.[21]

Works edit

Books

  • Kane, Joe (1982). Baseball's Dream Team. Ace Books. ISBN 978-0448169224.
  • Kane, Joe (2000). The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos. New York, New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-8129-3149-1
  • Kane, Joe (1989). The Phantom's Ultimate Video Guide. New York, New York: Dell Books. ISBN 0-440-50212-8
  • Kane, Joe (2010). Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever. New York, New York: Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-3331-5
  • Kane, Joe (2012). Masters of Midnight! (Cult-Film Confidential Book 1). PhanMedia.
  • Found Footage: How the Astro-Zombies Saved My Life and Other Tales of Movie Madness. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2018. ISBN 1718731590; ISBN 978-1718731592.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "About Us". The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Phantom of the Movies' VideoScope Magazine enters 15th Year". Cinema Treasures. February 5, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Ward, Steven (July 14, 2009). "The Phantom Speaks! An Interview with Cult Movie Critic Joe Kane". Pop Matters. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Johnson, James (November 30, 2020). "At the Circulation Desk: Reader's Advisory: serious about serials, a periodical in peril". Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Collins, Max Allan (February 16, 2021). "In This Exciting Issue!". Max Allan Collins official site. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  6. ^ The address appears on the bottom of each page of the Videoscope website.
  7. ^ Weaver, Tom; David Schecter, Robert J. Kiss (2017). Universal Terrors, 1951-1955: Eight Classic Horror and Science Fiction Films. McFarland & Company. p. 121. ISBN 9781476627762..
  8. ^ Meehan, Paul (2011). Horror Noir: Where Cinema's Dark Sisters Meet. McFarland. ISBN 9780786462193..
  9. ^ Voisin, Scott (2014). Character Kings 2: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting. BearManor Media. ISBN 9781593935801..
  10. ^ Goldweber, David Elroy (2015). Claws & Saucers: Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Film 1902-1982: A Complete Guide. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781312288034..
  11. ^ Bernardin, Marc (March 17, 2020). "Book Review: 'The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  12. ^ "Hey Moe! Hey Dad!". The Three Stooges Online Filmography. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Nichols, Peter M. (August 24, 2001). "Making Room for DVD and VHS". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  14. ^ "Rondo 19 Results Are Here". Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. March 7, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  15. ^ "VIDEOSCOPE Magazine". ULS Digital Collections. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  16. ^ Kane, Joe (February 26, 2012). "I Got My Gig Through the East Village". The Local East Village. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  17. ^ Groves, Adam. "Joe Kane: 1947-2020". The Bedlam Files. On & Off Productions. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  18. ^ Kane, Joe. "Dope in the Cinema" in High Times
    • "Part I," March 1, 1977
    • "Part II," April 1, 1977
    • "Part III," June 1, 1977
    • "Part IV," January 1978
    • "Dope In the Cinema, '78," April 1, 1979
  19. ^ Millican, Josh (November 1, 2020). "RIP Joe Kane AKA 'The Phantom of the Movies': Editor/Publisher of 'Videoscope' Magazine Has Passed Away". Dread Central. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  20. ^ "Joe Kane [Paid Death Notice]". The New York Times. November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2021. Via Legacy.com.
  21. ^ Colton, David (March 7, 2021). "Rondo 19 Results Are Here". RondoAward.com.

External links edit

  • The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope official homepage
  • The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope at the University of Pittsburgh Horror Studies Collection
  • "Cultmachine Talks to the Phantom". Cultmachine.com. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

December 15, 2023
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The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope is an American movie magazine devoted to cult cinema and genre movies and exploitation films that was released four times a year through end its end with issue 115 Fall 2020 after the death of its primary founder and editor Joe Kane Sometimes though not on the cover the last word in the magazine s title is spelled VideoScope 1 Contents 1 History 2 Legacy 3 Joe Kane 4 Works 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe Phantom of the Movies Videoscope started as a newsletter in 1993 and after 14 issues became a glossy cover magazine 2 The publication was founded and is edited by Joe Kane 3 not the author and National Geographic journalist Joe Kane It has spawned a reference book entitled The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope The Ultimate Guide to the Latest Greatest and Weirdest Genre Videos As the librarian service magazine Library Tech Files described the magazine Inside you can find over eighty different genre reviews of classic and contemporary exploitation movies It provides a best of both worlds The Italian film aficionado can read up on the rarely reviewed 1970 S Euro Horror flicks of Amando De Ossorio The modern horror hound can whet his appetite with a look at the up and coming bright directors highlighted in Joseph Perry s always enlightening column Best of the Fests a thoughtful examination of the newest films from future movers and shakers 4 Issues have included interviews with such genre and exploitation film directors as John Waters James Gunn Roger Corman George A Romero Walter Hill and Brian Yuzna and such cult actors as Crispin Glover Adrienne Barbeau L Q Jones Tobin Bell and Clint Howard In addition to Kane the magazine s writers included Max Allan Collins 5 Dan Cziraky Terry and Tiffany DuFoe Robert Freese Tim Ferrante Don Kaye Dwight Kemper Nancy Naglin Debbie Rochon Kevin G Shinnick Calum Waddell and Tom Weaver The magazine was based in Ocean Grove New Jersey 6 The website remains active as of November 2021 Legacy editJoe Kane and The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope have been cited in books including Universal Terrors 1951 1955 7 Horror Noir 8 Character Kings 2 9 and Claws amp Saucers Science Fiction Horror and Fantasy Film 1902 1982 10 Entertainment Weekly said the book The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope aims to separate the wheat from the chaff A noble endeavor to be sure after all filmmakers like Martin Scorsese Jonathan Demme James Cameron and Ron Howard all got their start in this Hollywood basement but Kane s wildly inconsistent critical eye both Schwarzenegger s The Running Man and the out of place Apocalypse Now get 3 1 2 stars makes the book more entertaining than useful 11 Kane appears in the 2015 Moe Howard documentary Hey Moe Hey Dad 12 As an exploitation film authority he has been quotes in The New York Times 13 In 2021 Kane was inducted posthumously into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Monster Kid Hall of Fame 14 The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope Collection within the University of Pittsburgh Horror Studies Collection comprises the complete run of the magazine that has been digitized and made available online 15 Joe Kane editJoe Kane started writing professionally while attending Queens College in New York City Actually the first three pieces I sold were all college class assignments an article on doomsday movies my film course teacher suggested I submit to Take One magazine a short story memoir my English teacher submitted to a Doubleday anthology called Growing Up in America and a media course paper on how comic strips reflected the changing culture which New Times used as a cover story illustrated by legendary underground cartoonist Yossarian no less My main areas of interest were fiction satire and genre movie criticism though I wrote a bit about rock music and other pop culture topics as well I also co won the Queens College literary award my senior year which paid cash which as Yogi Berra points out is just as good as money 2 After college living in New York City s East Village 16 he wrote humorous pornographic stories for the periodicals Luv and Bang and worked for three months as a file clerk at an insurance company He began doing work for Screw X a spin off of Screw The art directors Larry Brill and Les Waldstein left to found The Monster Times which Kane called sort of a Famous Monsters of Filmland filtered through an NYC underground attitude in an East Village Other vein 2 Kane joined the original editorial staff in 1972 and later than year became its editor in chief through its cancelation in 1976 1 He then became an editor at Screw 2 In 1984 at the suggestion of a New York Daily News editor Susan Toepfer Kane began reviewing genre movies for that newspaper using the pen name later his registered trademark The Phantom of the Movies with many reviews followed with a memorably laughable movie quote under the subhead Wish I d Said That 1 2 He also wrote a companion column reviewing home video Mondo Video 17 In 1993 he began publishing the genre film magazine The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope 1 During a time of uncertainty over the future of the Daily News Kane launched a spin off newsletter A mention of it in his column brought in some subscribers and seed money to launch the newsletter with the invaluable assistance of my wife writer Nancy Naglin and my writer friend Tim Ferrante in early 1993 After 14 issues we expanded to a magazine format 2 His work also appeared in magazines and newspapers including The National Lampoon Maxim The Washington Times The Village Voice 1 2 and High Times which serialized his series Dope in the Cinema 18 Kane also published a satiric science fiction short story called Death After Death in Penthouse 2 Kane died November 1 2020 19 He was survived by wife Naglin and his sister Joan Nichols 20 In 2021 he was posthumously inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Monster Kid Hall of Fame 21 Works editBooks Kane Joe 1982 Baseball s Dream Team Ace Books ISBN 978 0448169224 Kane Joe 2000 The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope The Ultimate Guide to the Latest Greatest and Weirdest Genre Videos New York New York Three Rivers Press ISBN 0 8129 3149 1 Kane Joe 1989 The Phantom s Ultimate Video Guide New York New York Dell Books ISBN 0 440 50212 8 Kane Joe 2010 Night of the Living Dead Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever New York New York Citadel Press ISBN 0 8065 3331 5 Kane Joe 2012 Masters of Midnight Cult Film Confidential Book 1 PhanMedia Found Footage How the Astro Zombies Saved My Life and Other Tales of Movie Madness CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2018 ISBN 1718731590 ISBN 978 1718731592 References edit a b c d e About Us The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope Retrieved November 12 2021 a b c d e f g h Phantom of the Movies VideoScope Magazine enters 15th Year Cinema Treasures February 5 2007 Retrieved January 22 2016 Ward Steven July 14 2009 The Phantom Speaks An Interview with Cult Movie Critic Joe Kane Pop Matters Retrieved January 22 2016 Johnson James November 30 2020 At the Circulation Desk Reader s Advisory serious about serials a periodical in peril Retrieved November 12 2021 Collins Max Allan February 16 2021 In This Exciting Issue Max Allan Collins official site Retrieved November 12 2021 The address appears on the bottom of each page of the Videoscope website Weaver Tom David Schecter Robert J Kiss 2017 Universal Terrors 1951 1955 Eight Classic Horror and Science Fiction Films McFarland amp Company p 121 ISBN 9781476627762 Meehan Paul 2011 Horror Noir Where Cinema s Dark Sisters Meet McFarland ISBN 9780786462193 Voisin Scott 2014 Character Kings 2 Hollywood s Familiar Faces Discuss the Art amp Business of Acting BearManor Media ISBN 9781593935801 Goldweber David Elroy 2015 Claws amp Saucers Science Fiction Horror and Fantasy Film 1902 1982 A Complete Guide Lulu com ISBN 9781312288034 Bernardin Marc March 17 2020 Book Review The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope Entertainment Weekly Retrieved November 12 2021 Hey Moe Hey Dad The Three Stooges Online Filmography Retrieved November 12 2021 Nichols Peter M August 24 2001 Making Room for DVD and VHS The New York Times Retrieved November 12 2021 Rondo 19 Results Are Here Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards March 7 2021 Retrieved November 12 2021 VIDEOSCOPE Magazine ULS Digital Collections Retrieved June 23 2023 Kane Joe February 26 2012 I Got My Gig Through the East Village The Local East Village Retrieved November 12 2021 Groves Adam Joe Kane 1947 2020 The Bedlam Files On amp Off Productions Retrieved November 12 2021 Kane Joe Dope in the Cinema in High Times Part I March 1 1977 Part II April 1 1977 Part III June 1 1977 Part IV January 1978 Dope In the Cinema 78 April 1 1979 Millican Josh November 1 2020 RIP Joe Kane AKA The Phantom of the Movies Editor Publisher of Videoscope Magazine Has Passed Away Dread Central Retrieved November 12 2021 Joe Kane Paid Death Notice The New York Times November 8 2020 Retrieved November 12 2021 Via Legacy com Colton David March 7 2021 Rondo 19 Results Are Here RondoAward com External links editThe Phantom of the Movies Videoscope official homepage The Phantom of the Movies Videoscope at the University of Pittsburgh Horror Studies Collection Cultmachine Talks to the Phantom Cultmachine com Retrieved November 12 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Phantom of the Movies 27 Videoscope amp oldid 1161575700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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