Ted Newsom

Ted Newsom

Birth : 1952-12-03, Portland, Oregon, USA

Death : 2020-07-04

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Ted Newsom

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Night Train to Nowhere: Ted Newsom on Bernard Gordon
Himself
Filmmaker Ted Newsom discusses the career of Horror Express producer Bernard Gordon.
Personal Demons
Writer
An actress recently released from a mental institution inherits a mansion where she's forced to face her haunting past.
Sleeping Beauties
Mr. Logan
Awakened from a curse after 400 years, Sleeping Beauty (Sarah Hunter) marvels at the wonders of the new century. She falls in love with a famous architect who is working to restore the castle she once lived in, but finds there are enemies plotting against her. Giving in to her long pent-up sexual desires, Beauty cannot resist the lustful advances of both men and women and after 400 years, she's ready to explore everything and everyone!
Cyborg Hookers
Dr. Isaacson
A manipulative, dirty politician programs bikini-model robots to seduce his rivals for blackmail purposes.
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
Himself
Feature-length documentary about the early history of American International Pictures.
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Filmmaker
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
Sexy Warriors
Morty
When the Mystic Orb of Atos is disturbed by two warring Amazons they are magically transported from their primitive island in the Dark Ages to the modern world of Los Angeles. Lost in time they continue their campaign of combat as each seeks out the other in an attempt to settle their deadly score once and for all. Their desire to fight is only matched by their desire to conquer every new form of pleasure they encounter.
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified
Neal
In Depression-era America, Bonnie Parker met Clyde Barrow over a cup of hot chocolate, and it was love at first sight. Their violent courtship took them through bank robberies, prison and a multi-state crime spree, securing their place in history as one of America's most notorious couples
Strippers from Another World
Prof. Finkleman
When two nerdy college coeds, Erika Jordan and Krissy Lynn, wish upon a falling star they are whisked into outer space where an alien experiment transforms them into hot sexy space babes who return to Earth as strippers.
The 9th Wonder of the World:  The Making of 'Gorgo'
Self
Retrospective documentary on the making of Gorgo (1961).
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
Self
A documentary about the career of director Jack Arnold at Universal-International Studios. (An early version of this film, only 20 minutes in length, was screened in 2012.)
The Teenie Weenie Bikini Squad
Tef
Sexy secret agents go undercover (and under the covers) at an erotic magazine to catch a saboteur.
Sexual Witchcraft
Cooper
Witches have moved into the neighborhood and Michelle Bauer is not happy about it. Christine Nguyen and her husband have irked the neighbors with their sexual sorcery. Holly Sampson has come down from sexual witch heaven to help Christine navigate the modern world. She imports Cleopatra for reasons that are too ridiculous to mention. It all ends with a lot of mediocre sex and a great ad campaign for Christine's husband. But I'm with Bauer. Her neighbors are bringing down property value in the softcore neighborhood.
Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era
Himself
Three girls living in Los Angeles, CA in the 1980s found cult fame when they "accidentally" transitioned from models to B-movie actresses, coinciding with the major direct-to-video horror film boom of the era. Known as "The Terrifying Trio," Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Brinke Stevens (The Slumber Party Massacre) and Michelle Bauer (The Tomb), headlined upwards of ten films per year, fending off men in rubber monster suits, pubescent teenage boys, and deadly showers. They joined together in campy cult films like Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama (1988) and Nightmare Sisters (1987). They traveled all over the world, met President Reagan, and built mini-empires of trading cards, comic books, and model kits. Then it all came crashing down. This documentary remembers these actresses - and their most common collaborators - on how smart they were to play stupid
Bikini Time Machine
Watergate
The bikini time machine sends people back in time, but it has the side effect of making them very horny. The professor who invented it gets fired because the dean thinks he's just a dirty old man; however, he gets a chance to use his invention for good.
Twilight Vamps
Detective Simpson
A vampire nudie bar? Let's get the party started! Two guys get the lap dance of their lives as they encounter a bevy of bounteous beauties with an appetite for human blood in one of the sexiest night clubs around. With a gang of vampire strippers led by the lovely Tabitha it's a dusk-to-dawn marathon of sex, rock and roll, and more sex! Who will survive and what will left of them?
Housewives from Another World
Mr. Roberts
Heather Vandeven headlines this sexy sci-fi comedy about three beautiful housewives whose heavenly bodies get snatched by aliens attempting to prevent the launch of a deep-space satellite.
Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros
Mr. Martin
Dr. Bikini Jones is on the hunt for the lost Temple of Eros. Using a golden idol as her guide, she searches the wild land of Moronica, along the way battling man-eating dinosaurs and fending off the sensuously wicked Evilla. Bikini will do anything to find the sacred temple... and certainly does (much to the delight of her fans)!
Bikini Frankenstein
Professor Van Sloane
Convinced that the average male couldn't tell the difference between a living woman and a corpse, the nefarious Dr. Frankenstein creates an undead sex-kitten named Eve.
Bikini Royale 2
Newton
When an enemy spy ring is discovered to be operating out of a Madame Zola's House of Tarts, Tanya X must go uncover to infiltrate to the gang using her sensuous and secretive talents.
Bikini Royale
Newton
Special Agent Tanya X attempts to unmask enemy agents who are passing top secret missile plans via high stakes poker games.
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
Himself
The composer of ‘The Terror’ and ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’ among others is remembered by Harlene Stein, Jack Hill, American Cinematheque’s Chris D. and others.
Bewitched Housewives
Brother Hopkins
In 1692 Salem an accused witch is rescued at the last moment by the Sisterhood of Witches and transported to the modern day where she assume the life of a Plain Jane suburban housewife. When the Witch Hunter is accidentally transported through time as well it becomes a game of Cat and Mouse.
Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet
Hobart
When the ladies who inhabit the all-lesbian planet of Aquaterra need some top-grade male breeding stock, what else would they do besides don their bikinis and blast off for planet Earth? With men on their minds, two of Aquaterra's finest run into plenty of adventures as they search for Earth studs in director Nicholas Medina's erotic spoof starring Alexandre Boisvert, Evan Stone and Brad Bartram.
The Naked Monster
Hospital Orderly
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
The Naked Monster
Editor
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
The Naked Monster
Producer
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
The Naked Monster
Screenplay
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
The Naked Monster
Director
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
Wild Spirit
Screenplay
The ghost of his teenage love returns to sensuously haunt a repressed sex-therapist on the even of his wedding to a calculating ice-queen.
Sapphire Girls
Irish Priest
Once, Ruby, Crystal and Jade were on top of the world. Now they're desperate for a comeback. When a mysterious millionaire offers them a world tour, they jump at the chance. But there are a few strings attached, and soon these sexy sirens are in hot water. With the help of an undercover agent, they're about to prove that you don't toy with the Sapphire Girls.
Sapphire Girls
Screenplay
Once, Ruby, Crystal and Jade were on top of the world. Now they're desperate for a comeback. When a mysterious millionaire offers them a world tour, they jump at the chance. But there are a few strings attached, and soon these sexy sirens are in hot water. With the help of an undercover agent, they're about to prove that you don't toy with the Sapphire Girls.
A Century of Black Cinema
Director
This film highlights moments in the long and rich African American cinema history in relation to social and political events, and how it affected Black viewers of the time.
The Craven Cove Murders
Risher
Lucas Swan, owner of a bed and breakfast, authored a book on a rash of murders a few years before. The murders begin anew, and when police refuse to listen, Swan sets out to kill the killer, only to learn afterward that he somehow survived.
Witchouse II: Blood Coven
Knowledgable Man
When an old house in a small town is razed to make way for a shopping mall, the crew unearths four unmarked graves. A professor from a nearby university is asked to find out who the bodies are, but when she and her students arrive in town and begin to ask questions, they discover that no one wants to talk to them or help them in any way.
A Passion to Kill
Charles
Erotic thriller with sci-fi elements.
Deadly Tales
2nd DiCaprio Hitman
Three part horror anthology based on three short stories by H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley, and Rudyard Kipling.
Time Tracers
Writer
When the discovery of a five-thousand year old artifact of a humanoid reptile leads an investigative reporter to the Kronos Project, he uncovers an experimental device created to send humans through time, controlled by a ruthless multi-billionaire. As the Kronos experiment progresses through the Civil War era to the Jurassic age, high-tech sabotage and deceit ensue, resulting in devastating events that lead to a ripple in time, a paradox, that if not contained could change the entire course of evolution and destroy the universe as we know it.
Frank Sinatra: The Vintage Years
Director
Some of Frank Sinatra's final film ventures in the changing world of Hollywood and America. Although he lost his parents during this time, his children made him proud by following his footsteps in their careers. Sinatra attempted to retire for a while, but the old itch came back and he returned with the record Ol' Blue Eyes is Back.
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
Director
These were the years Frank Sinatra led a group made up of talented rowdies called the Rat Pack. The members include Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. They always had a ball performing together and even more fun off screen. Never have such a collection of name stars worked and played together so long.
Frank Sinatra: Hollywood the Second Time Around
Director
Although he has hit his lowest in his acting career and personal life, Frank Sinatra doesn't give up on Hollywood. He works his way back up to the top through films like From Here to Eternity, Suddenly, The Man With the Golden Arm, and High Society. He continues to act in MGM films all the way up to 1974 and even takes a stab at producing himself.
Frank Sinatra: The Hollywood Years
Director
Although viewed as a novelty and gimmick by producers, Frank Sinatra establishes himself as an actor in Hollywood. He lands main parts in musicals like Anchors Aweigh, but his career soon takes a nosedive in the new age of television. He redeems himself by fighting for the part of Maggio, in From Here to Eternity, against all odds and wins an oscar for his acting.
Frank Sinatra: The Bobby Sox Years
Writer
Frank Sinatra's beginnings in Hoboken New Jersey, and how he discovers his passion for singing. We see as Sinatra performs with various groups and bands, eventually working toward performing solo. These are also the years Sinatra develops his unique vocal style and works his way into the hearts of the girls in bobby socks and socialites alike.
Frank Sinatra: The Bobby Sox Years
Director
Frank Sinatra's beginnings in Hoboken New Jersey, and how he discovers his passion for singing. We see as Sinatra performs with various groups and bands, eventually working toward performing solo. These are also the years Sinatra develops his unique vocal style and works his way into the hearts of the girls in bobby socks and socialites alike.
Whispers from a Shallow Grave
Editor
When a beautiful photo model disappears, police track the photographer who last saw her. At his trial, the model herself tells her side of the story.
Whispers from a Shallow Grave
Director of Photography
When a beautiful photo model disappears, police track the photographer who last saw her. At his trial, the model herself tells her side of the story.
Whispers from a Shallow Grave
Producer
When a beautiful photo model disappears, police track the photographer who last saw her. At his trial, the model herself tells her side of the story.
Whispers from a Shallow Grave
Screenplay
When a beautiful photo model disappears, police track the photographer who last saw her. At his trial, the model herself tells her side of the story.
Whispers from a Shallow Grave
Director
When a beautiful photo model disappears, police track the photographer who last saw her. At his trial, the model herself tells her side of the story.
We Remember Marilyn
Director
We Remember Marilyn. Marilyn Monroe transforms from Norma Jean, a cuddly teenager, into the most recognizable face and body in the world in these home movies, photos and film clips which span her early bit parts to her most known roles.
We Remember Marilyn
Writer
We Remember Marilyn. Marilyn Monroe transforms from Norma Jean, a cuddly teenager, into the most recognizable face and body in the world in these home movies, photos and film clips which span her early bit parts to her most known roles.
A Century of Science Fiction
Writer
American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee
A Century of Science Fiction
Director
American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
Guard #1
Among the finalists for "Centerfold Of The Year" are Angel and her spiteful rival Betty. However, no one is aware of Angel's involvement in a secret medical beauty enhancement program headed by Dr. Lindstrom. Desperate to win, Angel overdoses on Lindstrom's formula, with disastrous results. Soon she has grown to monstrous but shapely proportions, causing all sorts of complications, the most dangerous being Betty's jealousy of Angel's new-found attention. Betty discovers Angel's secret and takes the formula herself, causing her to grow into an equally gorgeous giant. As the girls battle it out on Hollywood Blvd., Dr. Lindstrom races to find an antidote.
Hitler, Schindler and the Holocaust
Writer
Documentary describing the rise of Nazi Germany and the resultant Holocaust, with a focus on the lives of two Germans with vastly different attitudes and agendas, Oskar Schindler and Adolf Hitler.
Hitler, Schindler and the Holocaust
Director
Documentary describing the rise of Nazi Germany and the resultant Holocaust, with a focus on the lives of two Germans with vastly different attitudes and agendas, Oskar Schindler and Adolf Hitler.
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Writer
Explore the most legendary horror studio of all time with this fascinating, frightening journey hosted by terror titans Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. England's most successful independent film company, the "fear factory" of Hammer Studios, has a history filled with feuds, censorship battles and streaks of luck both good and bad. Now the legacy of horror returns, featuring interviews with such Hammer legends as Raquel Welch, Veronica Carlson, Caroline Munro, Ingrid Pitt, Jimmy Sangster, Hazel Court, Martine Beswicke, Freddie Francis, Val Guest and Ray Harryhausen. Plus you'll be treated to behind-the-scenes home movies and nonstop shock scenes from over 40 classic films, including Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, Curse of the Werewolf and many more! It's the definitive study of one of the greatest names in horror!
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Director
Explore the most legendary horror studio of all time with this fascinating, frightening journey hosted by terror titans Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. England's most successful independent film company, the "fear factory" of Hammer Studios, has a history filled with feuds, censorship battles and streaks of luck both good and bad. Now the legacy of horror returns, featuring interviews with such Hammer legends as Raquel Welch, Veronica Carlson, Caroline Munro, Ingrid Pitt, Jimmy Sangster, Hazel Court, Martine Beswicke, Freddie Francis, Val Guest and Ray Harryhausen. Plus you'll be treated to behind-the-scenes home movies and nonstop shock scenes from over 40 classic films, including Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, Curse of the Werewolf and many more! It's the definitive study of one of the greatest names in horror!
Vincent Price: My Life and Crimes
Producer
Vincent Price discusses his career with film historian David Del Valle.
Vincent Price: My Life and Crimes
Director
Vincent Price discusses his career with film historian David Del Valle.
Frank Sinatra: Relive the magic
Director
An unauthorized biography of the famed singer and actor.
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
Producer
A hysterical documentary which uses footage of Ed Wood's movie to tell the story of his life. It may not be a deep analysis, but shows distinctly how Ed's life strongly influenced his own films.
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
Writer
A hysterical documentary which uses footage of Ed Wood's movie to tell the story of his life. It may not be a deep analysis, but shows distinctly how Ed's life strongly influenced his own films.
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
Director
A hysterical documentary which uses footage of Ed Wood's movie to tell the story of his life. It may not be a deep analysis, but shows distinctly how Ed's life strongly influenced his own films.
Teenage Exorcist
Writer
Diane is a repressed, neurotic grad student, who moves into a cursed mansion only to be possessed by the house's demonic master. She is then transformed into a raven-haired, leather and lingerie-clad seductress, who seeks a virgin sacrifice for her master. Meanwhile her sister, brother-in-law, a priest, and a pizza boy try to rescue her while avoiding the demon's wrath.
Inner Sanctum
Sergeant Levy
A woman attempts suicide when she suspects her husband doesn't love her and is having an affair. Now she's wheelchair-bound, and her husband, who indeed doesn't love her and is having an affair, hires a private nurse to look after his wife. The nurse begins to suspect that she was hired because of unproven allegations that she murdered someone's wife in a similar situation, that the husband wants her to murder his wife.
Wolfman Chronicles
Director
A compilation of scenes and trailers from horror movies having to do with wolfmen.
Shock Cinema: Volume Two
Himself
Hour long documentary features interviews with filmmakers, actors and others who work low budget movies.
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Narrator
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Writer
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Director
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Editor
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Director of Photography
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Screenplay
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Director
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Producer
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
The Alien Within
Director
After having a feud with director Kenneth J. Hall, producer Fred Olen Ray hired Ted Newsom to shoot brand new footage (on video) to weave in with scenes from Hall's film Evil Spawn (1987).
The Alien Within
Writer
After having a feud with director Kenneth J. Hall, producer Fred Olen Ray hired Ted Newsom to shoot brand new footage (on video) to weave in with scenes from Hall's film Evil Spawn (1987).
Monsters & Maniacs
Writer
Horror movie compilation of Donna Michelle Productions.
Monsters & Maniacs
Director
Horror movie compilation of Donna Michelle Productions.
Evil Spawn
Director
Microbes are brought back to earth via a space probe from Venus. A scientist is using them in experiments on aging, but dies before the work is finished. His assistant approaches an aging actress who is being passed by for the lead roles, and she injects the serum hoping to become young again. When the actress is still passed up for the plum roles, the alien bacterium transforms her into a hideous bug-like alien resulting in a predictable attrition problem amongst her detractors.
Evil Spawn
Writer
Microbes are brought back to earth via a space probe from Venus. A scientist is using them in experiments on aging, but dies before the work is finished. His assistant approaches an aging actress who is being passed by for the lead roles, and she injects the serum hoping to become young again. When the actress is still passed up for the plum roles, the alien bacterium transforms her into a hideous bug-like alien resulting in a predictable attrition problem amongst her detractors.
Blood Frenzy
Writer
A psychologist takes a group of patients into the desert for unorthodox therapy only for them to be picked off by an unseen maniac.
Layover
Writer
Plane-ly speaking, unfasten your seatbelt, grab your baggage and taxi to the nearest hotel for some earthly desires - It's Lay Over time! But this flight crew just can't seem to keep their hands to their own bags. And it's always a sexy surprise waiting inside. Because this foxy flock of flying felines have their wings spread and tail spinning right here, on the ground.