Bill Rebane
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William "Ito" Rebane (born February 8, 1937 in Riga, Latvia) is a film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He is best known for low budget horror movies such as Monster A Go-Go and The Giant Spider Invasion. Rebane also ran for governor of Wisconsin in 2002 as the American Reform Party candidate. He had previously run for the position in 1979. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Rebane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
North by Northwest
A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Two NASA scientists try to save the world.
The Giant Spider Invasion
A college student returns home to find her parents missing, and their home vandalized. Soon, matters take a turn for the worse, when she finds herself stalked, and her friends disappearing one by one.
Blood Harvest
Four people become trapped in the once-vibrant Rosemont Lodge during a blizzard before Christmas.
Rosemont
A microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes passengers in a railroad office.
The Alpha Incident
Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three liberated, assertive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers. One of the women is a reincarnation of the witch, who proceeds to exact revenge on them.
The Devonsville Terror
A space capsule crash-lands on Earth, and the astronaut aboard disappears. Is there a connection between the missing man and the monster roaming the area?
Monster a Go-Go!
A small town has made an industry out of Bigfoot sightings and ancillary merchandising. All this may come to an end very soon though, as a local businessman hopes to trap Bigfoot once and for all, in order to get all the publicity gravy.
The Capture of Bigfoot
A feature-length documentary on the life and work of Wisconsin grindhouse cinema auteur Bill Rebane, featuring historians, critics, and filmmakers, plus cast and crew members who worked with Rebane himself.
Who Is Bill Rebane?
A murderous demon lurks inside an antique piano in a picturesque coastal town.
The Demons of Ludlow
Plane passengers are stranded in the snow at the mercy of an alien death ray.
Invasion from Inner Earth
After a terrifying youth encounter with a strange half man/half frog monster living in a lake that killed his father, a young man returns to search for the monster's hidden treasure, and to see if the legendary creature really was killed.
Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake
Three bored millionaires set a fortune as the prize if any one of nine people, that they've gathered in an old mansion, can meet and conquer their greatest fear.
The Game
Three bumbling criminals have been trying to get their hands on the computerized control system of Mr. Twister, a talking monster truck with a mind of its own.
Twister's Revenge!
A short, comedic documentary showing the contrast between The Twist and other dances that came before it. Not to be confused with Allan David's 1962 short "Twist Craze," both of which are made from footage from the same production.
Dance Craze
Documentary short on how to do the twist.
Twist Craze
An action packed industrial film about how to handle kidnapping and extortion made by Bill Rebane under his North Star Communications Company for the Citizen's State Bank & Trust Co. in Wausau, Wisconsin. Restored and included on the Arrow Video Weird Wisconsin collection.