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- ↑ The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors - By Fred Olen Ray Page 89 American General Pictures David L. Hewitt
- ↑ Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998 By Dennis Fischer Page 297 - David L. Hewitt
- ↑ The Dinosaur Filmography By Mark F. Berry Page 153. Journey to the Center of Time
- ↑ Letterboxd The Monsters Crash the Pajama Party
- ↑ The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors - By Fred Olen Ray Page 89 American General Pictures David L. Hewitt
- ↑ Eye on Science Fiction: 20 Interviews with Classic SF and Horror Filmmakers - edited by Tom Weaver Page 190 - Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (American General, 1967)
- ↑ About.com February 29, 2016 Horror Anthology Movies 101, Three Stories Are Better Than One - By Mark H. Harris Archived 2016-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Wild Beyond Belief!: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s By Brian Albright Page 202 The Girl from Thunder Strip, Megan Timothy
- ↑ A Year of Fear: A Day-by-Day Guide to 366 Horror Films By Bryan Senn Page 189 - May 16. The Mighty Gorga
- ↑ Nazisploitation!: The Nazi Image in Low-Brow Cinema and Culture - edited by Daniel H. Magilow, Elizabeth Bridges, Kristin T. Vander Lugt Page 320 - Selected Filmography
- ↑ "Gallery of Horrors". cultflicks.net. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ↑ franc's cinema March 2, 2015 biker, grindhouse, nazisploitation, The Tormentors