Rick Sloane (born August 22, 1961, in Los Angeles, California) is an American cult film maker. He is credited as writer, director, producer, editor and cinematographer of much of his own work. He is perhaps best known for his B-movie-grade, camp horror film Hobgoblins; which was revived during its television airing on Mystery Science Theatre 3000, where the hosts were as critical of Sloane as a director as they were to the film itself.
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Rick Sloane (born August 22, 1961, in Los Angeles, California) is an American cult film maker. He is credited as writer, director, producer, editor and cinematographer of much of his own work. He is perhaps best known for his B-movie-grade, camp horror film Hobgoblins; which was revived during its television airing on Mystery Science Theatre 3000, where the hosts were as critical of Sloane as a director as they were to the film itself.
Rick attended Hollywood High School in Hollywood California. While in film school at Los Angeles City College, Sloane was singled out among his peers by a number of instructors and deemed the least talented student in the bunch. His directing teacher dropped him from the class on the first day, weeding out people that didn't belong in film making. He waited a year for another teacher to take the course.
At the age of 18, Sloane was inspired by the ultra-low budget film Hollywood Boulevard which heavily inspired the look of his future films. Ironically,...
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