MICHAEL GINGOLD began writing about movies as a teenager, editing and publishing the fanzine Scareaphanalia. He has been a writer and editor for Fangoria magazine since 1988 and its website since 2000. He is also a regular contributor to Rue Morgue magazine and Rue-morgue.com, Delirium magazine, and Inverse.com, and has written for Birth.Movies.Death and Time Out New York in print and on-line, Scream magazine, and IndieWire.com. Michael is the author of the Ad Nauseam and Ad Astra books (1984 Publishing), the novelization of Nightmare (Severin), and The FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies (FAB Press). He has directed documentaries and other bonus features, written liner notes, and taken part in audio commentaries for Blu-ray releases from Arrow Video, Severin Films, Vinegar Syndrome, Synapse Films, Shout! Factory, Blue Underground, Mondo Macabro and others, including the award-winning doc Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of “Spookies” for Vinegar Syndrome.CHRIS POGGIALI is the co-author (with Grady Hendrix) of These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World (Running Press, 2025). He is a librarian, film historian and Rondo-nominated writer who edited the fanzine Temple of Schlock from 1987-1991, and brought it back as a blog in 2008. He has written for Turner Classic Movies, Cinema Retro, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, HorrorHound, Shock Cinema, Filmfax, The Phantom of the Movies’ Videoscope, Delirium, Deep Red, Eastern Heroes, and other magazines and websites. His essays, commentaries and additional special features have appeared on DVD/Blu-ray releases from Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, Vinegar Syndrome, Arrow Films, Severin Films, Synapse Films, 88 Films, Eureka Entertainment, Mondo Macabro, Something Weird Video, and other companies.

• IntroductionChapter 1 – The Warriors: Literary Origins and Early IncarnationsChapter 2 – Shooting After Dark: Making The WarriorsChapter 3 – The Warriors: Alternative VisionsChapter 4 – Criticism and Controversy: The Warriors Hits the StreetsChapter 5 – The Warriors Battles OnAcknowledgmentsImage CreditsSource NotesAbout the Authors

MICHAEL GINGOLD began writing about movies as a teenager, editing and publishing the fanzine Scareaphanalia. He has been a writer and editor for Fangoria magazine since 1988 and its website since 2000. He is also a regular contributor to Rue Morgue magazine and Rue-morgue.com, Delirium magazine, and Inverse.com, and has written for Birth.Movies.Death and Time Out New York in print and on-line, Scream magazine, and IndieWire.com. Michael is the author of the Ad Nauseam and Ad Astra books (1984 Publishing), the novelization of Nightmare (Severin), and The FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies (FAB Press). He has directed documentaries and other bonus features, written liner notes, and taken part in audio commentaries for Blu-ray releases from Arrow Video, Severin Films, Vinegar Syndrome, Synapse Films, Shout! Factory, Blue Underground, Mondo Macabro and others, including the award-winning doc Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of “Spookies” for Vinegar Syndrome.CHRIS POGGIALI is the co-author (with Grady Hendrix) of These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World (Running Press, 2025). He is a librarian, film historian and Rondo-nominated writer who edited the fanzine Temple of Schlock from 1987-1991, and brought it back as a blog in 2008. He has written for Turner Classic Movies, Cinema Retro, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, HorrorHound, Shock Cinema, Filmfax, The Phantom of the Movies’ Videoscope, Delirium, Deep Red, Eastern Heroes, and other magazines and websites. His essays, commentaries and additional special features have appeared on DVD/Blu-ray releases from Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, Vinegar Syndrome, Arrow Films, Severin Films, Synapse Films, 88 Films, Eureka Entertainment, Mondo Macabro, Something Weird Video, and other companies.

• IntroductionChapter 1 – The Warriors: Literary Origins and Early IncarnationsChapter 2 – Shooting After Dark: Making The WarriorsChapter 3 – The Warriors: Alternative VisionsChapter 4 – Criticism and Controversy: The Warriors Hits the StreetsChapter 5 – The Warriors Battles OnAcknowledgmentsImage CreditsSource NotesAbout the Authors

MICHAEL GINGOLD began writing about movies as a teenager, editing and publishing the fanzine Scareaphanalia. He has been a writer and editor for Fangoria magazine since 1988 and its website since 2000. He is also a regular contributor to Rue Morgue magazine and Rue-morgue.com, Delirium magazine, and Inverse.com, and has written for Birth.Movies.Death and Time Out New York in print and on-line, Scream magazine, and IndieWire.com. Michael is the author of the Ad Nauseam and Ad Astra books (1984 Publishing), the novelization of Nightmare (Severin), and The FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies (FAB Press). He has directed documentaries and other bonus features, written liner notes, and taken part in audio commentaries for Blu-ray releases from Arrow Video, Severin Films, Vinegar Syndrome, Synapse Films, Shout! Factory, Blue Underground, Mondo Macabro and others, including the award-winning doc Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of “Spookies” for Vinegar Syndrome.CHRIS POGGIALI is the co-author (with Grady Hendrix) of These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World (Running Press, 2025). He is a librarian, film historian and Rondo-nominated writer who edited the fanzine Temple of Schlock from 1987-1991, and brought it back as a blog in 2008. He has written for Turner Classic Movies, Cinema Retro, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, HorrorHound, Shock Cinema, Filmfax, The Phantom of the Movies’ Videoscope, Delirium, Deep Red, Eastern Heroes, and other magazines and websites. His essays, commentaries and additional special features have appeared on DVD/Blu-ray releases from Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, Vinegar Syndrome, Arrow Films, Severin Films, Synapse Films, 88 Films, Eureka Entertainment, Mondo Macabro, Something Weird Video, and other companies.

• IntroductionChapter 1 – The Warriors: Literary Origins and Early IncarnationsChapter 2 – Shooting After Dark: Making The WarriorsChapter 3 – The Warriors: Alternative VisionsChapter 4 – Criticism and Controversy: The Warriors Hits the StreetsChapter 5 – The Warriors Battles OnAcknowledgmentsImage CreditsSource NotesAbout the Authors