…in Celluloid Wars, Allan Holzman's gripping autobiographical account of his time as the editor of Battle Beyond The Stars, we learn how certain doom was narrowly avoided for both the film and himself at several points along the way. Its creation was a perilous, often grueling journey for everyone involved and Celluloid Wars puts all the riveting details on the page.

The bulk of the book is taken from journals that Holzman meticulously kept all the way from pre-production through the final phase of editing. Those entries make an eye-opening read for b-movie buffs: there's a big difference between having a theoretical understanding that exploitation filmmaking is a struggle and actually seeing how the day-to-day grind of it plays out.

The end result delivers plenty of chaos in a tight, deliriously over-the-top 77-minute package - and it's all the sweeter for having using recycled props, costumes, sets, footage, etc. in the process. Forbidden World is thus a model of Corman's recycling aesthetic and a perfect companion piece to Galaxy Of Terror.