The Incredibly Strange Features of Ray Dennis Steckler

“Curry offers a loving, insightful, and sometimes critical look at Steckler’s 11 completed films, interweaving plot summaries with information about cast and crew, production details, and outrageous anecdotes.....includes a list of collectible memorabilia and newly conducted interviews with Steckler’s family and former crew....Curry combines extensive research with deft writing to reveal the life of a Z-movie director through his unconventional oeuvre. Aimed at cinephiles, the book celebrates an underdog who made movies in Hollywood’s shadow.”—Library Journal; “An amazing amount of detail...Curry deserves commendation for telling the whole story, proving a writer can show reverence without being disingenuous. ...fascinating and fun”—Flick Attack; “When it comes to his knowledge of Steckler, author Chris Wayne Curry is no joke.”—Andrew Furtado, Severin Films; “A thorough, entertaining book on Ray Dennis Steckler’s incredible career…Curry’s book is a treasure. Through the pages, we witness a smaller but no less entertaining Hollywood of the 1960s.”—Plan 9 Crunch
“Deep-diving into Steckler's unique filmography requires a guide who understands the full range of delights he offered. Christopher Wayne Curry *is* that guide.”—Aaron AuBuchon, associate professor of film, Webster University
“Curry's painstaking research brings to life this fascinating and much overlooked director. Essential reading for anyone interested in the incredibly strange world of independent filmmaking.”—David Dent, Dark Eyes of London
“Curry’s biography of Ray Dennis Steckler is clearly a labor of love and it takes me through a wonderful schlock time warp in the same way as my favorite books on the subject.”—David Konow author of Schlock-O-Rama: The Films of Al Adamson and Reel Terror: The Scary, Bloody, Gory, Hundred-Year History of Classic Horror Films
“Covering the career of Ray Dennis Steckler is no easy task without either being overly critical or just a love encrusted puff-piece. Curry gives us a bit of both, showing what was really going on, but also why we should love or at least admire Steckler and his work.”—Jon Kitley, Kitley’s Krypt, author of Discover the Horror
“The Incredibly Strange Features of Ray Dennis Steckler is the book you never knew you needed about a filmmaker you never knew you needed to learn about. There’s nothing particularly strange about Christopher Wayne Curry’s new book, but true to its name it is incredible.”—Andrew J. Rausch author of The Godfather of Gore Speaks: Herschell Gordon Lewis Discusses His Films and The Cinematic Misadventures of Ed Wood