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William Lustig (born February 1, 1955), also known as Bill Lustig, is an American film director and producer who has worked primarily in the horror film genre. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set As a film director, Lustig is best known for his films Maniac, Uncle Sam, and the Maniac Cop series. Maniac is a 1980 American Slasher film (though considered more of a Splatter film) about a disturbed and traumatized Maniac Cop is a 1988 horror Action film directed by William Lustig and written by Larry Cohen. Lustig has also worked as an actor playing small roles in his own films as well as in films by Sam Raimi, most notably as a fake shemp in Army of Darkness and a dockworker in Darkman. Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American Film director, producer, Actor and Fake Shemp or simply "Shemp" is the term for someone who appears in a film under heavy make-up filmed from the back or perhaps only showing an arm or a foot Army of Darkness (aso known as Evil Dead III: Army of darkness) is an American Comedy horror / adventure film released in 1993 Darkman is a 1990 superhero Action film directed by Sam Raimi that was based on a Short story he wrote that paid homage Lustig is currently the C. E. O. of Blue Underground; an entertainment company specializing in the release of various obscure films and exploitation films on DVD. Blue Underground is a company specializing in releasing authoritative editions of cult and exploitation movies on DVD. Exploitation film is a type of film that eschews the expense of quality productions in favor of making films inexpensively attracting viewers by exciting their more prurient interests

Lustig was born in The Bronx, New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous He is a nephew of boxer Jake LaMotta. Giacobe LaMotta (born July 10, 1921) better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed " The Bronx Bull " and " The Raging Bull

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(a. Maniac Cop III Badge of Silence is a 1993 horror Action film, and the second Sequel to Maniac Cop, directed by William Lustig k. a. Maniac Cop 3)
(a. Maniac Cop 2 is a 1990 horror Action film, and a Sequel to Maniac Cop, directed by William Lustig Far Out Man was a 1990 Comedy film written directed by (with an uncredited William Lustig) and starring Tommy Chong. k. a. Soul Man II)
(a. Maniac Cop is a 1988 horror Action film directed by William Lustig and written by Larry Cohen. k. a. Street Gang)

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