Suburban Grindhouse

"nick cato’s desire for sex, blood, and filth fleshes out the lesser-known neighborhood venues where lone pervs would anonymously gather to get their collective rocks off.  an essential addition to the grindhouse scholar’s shelf, cato’s roadmap to cinematic depravity relights those long-dimmed and demolished dingy marquees, comforting us with the gentle solace and reminiscence of what can only be experienced in the darkest shadows of the cinema."

--Shade Rupe, author of DARK STARS RISING.

"no movie is an experience in and of itself. there's a big difference between seeing texas chainsaw massacre on a nice, shiny dvd in your living room and seeing it the way god intended--in a theater full of filth, cigarette butts, broken bottles and used syringes. in suburban grindhouse, nick cato becomes the marcel proust of trash cinema, resurrecting memories of the kinds of late, lamented, mom and pop fleapits in which seeing an anti-social movie with your buddies was a gloriously anti-social act. he writes about the total experience of seeing exploitation movies, and each entry in suburban grindhouse is a bite into a memory-packed madeleine full of delicious sleaze.”  

--Michael Marano, "MediaDrome" movie columnist for Cemetery Dance, horror writer, creator of the "Mad Prof. Mike's Headbanger Movie Reviews" on the Public Radio Satellite System show Movie Magazine International.

"there was a time not long ago when i figured that i'd never have to read another book of movie reviews again. i'd been there and done that-- i thought i'd seen (and read) it all! well, i was wrong. boy, was i ever wrong. nick cato's suburban grindhouse is, quite frankly, one of the greatest books i've ever read. funny, in your face, and most important of all, informative, suburban grindhouse is a rare treat, indeed. and-- like my favorite movies-- i look forward to visiting it again and again." 

--John Szpunar, author of Xeroxferox and Blood Sucking Freak:The Life and Films of the Incredible Joel M. Reed

Nick Cato published the influential horror film fanzine STINK from 1981-1991, is the author of one novel and six novellas, writes for the revamped DEEP RED magazine, and hosts the Suburban Grindhouse and Iron Fist Radio podcasts.