Monster fans will know the name Joe Kane from his stint editing and writing for THE MONSTER TIMES. But Kane continued his career in journalism after MT folded in 1976. He was the editor for Al Goldstein's SCREW, then was a freelancer for THE VILLAGE VOICE, HIGH TIMES and PENTHOUSE. In 1989, he began his "Phantom of the Movies" video guide column while at THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. He published the massive THE PHANTOM’S ULTIMATE VIDEO GUIDE the same year. In 1993, Kane started a fanzine called VIDEOSCOPE which evolved into a full-size newsstand print magazine, THE PHANTOM OF THE MOVIES' VIDEOSCOPE still being published today. Any fan of cult movies has a lot to thank Joe Kane for unearthing a trove of bizarre, unusual (and even sometimes watchable!) B-movie flicks. Mr. Kane passed away in 2020.
The following article was written by Kane for the Canadian film magazine TAKE ONE, published in July 1974 in which he discusses the plight of women in horror films.