Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of a B Movie Actor

Praise for If Chins Could Kill
The book offers insights into the world of independent filmmaking and the life of a B actor, but most importantly it succeeds as an evocative memoir that allows the reader to know Campbell. School Library Journal

An insightful and rant-filled guide to being almost famous. GQ

Exceptionally literate yet conversational, wide-ranging but never wandering, and copiously, gleefully illustrated Booklist

"entertaining and witty...Forecast: While a boon to film cultists and to Campbell's many fans, this book also has enough insighits and smarts to appeal tor readers with a serious interest in popular culture." Publishers Weekly

"Campbell forgoes Hollywood anecdotes for more entertaining tales of struggling to break into the biz (even after Evil Dead II, he had to work security). With a quirky assortment of rants, as well as self-deprecating chapter titles like The Higher the Budget, the Lower the Part, he s like the dinner guest you wish would never leave." Entertainment Weekly

"This book is indispensable to anyone aspiring to a career as an actor, director, producer, or just about any other aspect of movie making...A fast, enjoyable read that is sure to garner Campbell even more of a following." Fangoria

Praise for Bruce Campbell
Without Bruce Campbell as Ash, Evil Dead likely would have remained one of the early- 80s splatterhouse flicks that indie filmmakers revere as inspirational to their craft. But Campbell molded Ash into a hero for the average guy by tempering the story s adrenaline-spiking frights and nausea-inducing gore with a performance steeped in expressive slapstick. Demon vomit, hellish effluvia, barrels of limbs and spilled bowels, all of this and more were prominent in 1981 s Evil Dead and its 1987 sequel, Evil Dead II. In encouraging us to laugh at the disgusting effects, Campbell s Ash made the franchise s outrageous shocks manageable. Salon

Praise for If Chins Could Kill
-The book offers insights into the world of independent filmmaking and the life of a -B- actor, but most importantly it succeeds as an evocative memoir that allows the reader to know Campbell.---School Library Journal

-An insightful and rant-filled guide to being almost famous.---GQ

-Exceptionally literate yet conversational, wide-ranging but never wandering, and copiously, gleefully illustrated...- --Booklist

-entertaining and witty...Forecast: While a boon to film cultists and to Campbell's many fans, this book also has enough insighits and smarts to appeal tor readers with a serious interest in popular culture.---Publishers Weekly

-Campbell forgoes Hollywood anecdotes for more entertaining tales of struggling to break into the biz (even after Evil Dead II, he had to work security). With a quirky assortment of rants, as well as self-deprecating chapter titles like -The Higher the Budget, the Lower the Part,- he's like the dinner guest you wish would never leave.---Entertainment Weekly

-This book is indispensable to anyone aspiring to a career as an actor, director, producer, or just about any other aspect of movie making...A fast, enjoyable read that is sure to garner Campbell even more of a following.---Fangoria

Praise for Bruce Campbell
Without Bruce Campbell as Ash, -Evil Dead- likely would have remained one of the early-'80s splatterhouse flicks that indie filmmakers revere as inspirational to their craft. But Campbell molded Ash into a hero for the average guy by tempering the story's adrenaline-spiking frights and nausea-inducing gore with a performance steeped in expressive slapstick. Demon vomit, hellish effluvia, barrels of limbs and spilled bowels, all of this and more were prominent in 1981's -Evil Dead- and its 1987 sequel, -Evil Dead II.- In encouraging us to laugh at the disgusting effects, Campbell's Ash made the franchise's outrageous shocks manageable. --Salon