The Ed Wood of Spain finally gets his due — chainsaws, slime, and all.
Direction
Esquinas Chanes clearly adores his subject without sanitizing him.
Production
Ridiculous behind-the-scenes stories about practical effects on no budget.
Writing
Interview subjects who worked with Simón are brutally honest.
Director
Luis Esquinas Chanes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Simón's Pieces (1982) became a notorious video nasty in the UK, banned during the moral panic era.
The director's obsession with practical effects came from his background in industrial filmmaking — he literally built machines for a living before building movie monsters.
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