Armies of the Night: The Warriors and Its Legacy Book signing with Michael Gingold & Chris Poggiali
Schedule
Sun Oct 12 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
832 Broadway, New York, NY, United States, New York 10003 | New York, NY
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Warriors fans... come out to play! Make your way to Forbidden Planet on Sunday October 12th from 5-7PM in celebration of 1984 Publishing's newest release Armies of the Night: The Warriors and Its Legacy with authors Michael Gingold and Chris Poggiali. That's right our good friends Mike and Chris are back with another killer film book, and once again it's a Forbidden Planet favorite, this time examining the legendary NYC Gang flick The Warriors! This is an early release event so come on down, meet the authors, talk about movies, and get your hands on an autographed copy of Armies of the Night before anyone else! About the book:
The Warriors opened to scathing reviews, big box office, and major controversy. Walter Hill’s stylized tale of gang warfare wasn’t just another action movie—it rewrote the rules of the genre. Vilified and celebrated in equal measure, it rose above its notoriety to become a cult phenomenon. Today, it stands as an influential classic, spawning cross-media spinoffs and offering a vivid snapshot of late-1970s New York City.
The history of The Warriors is a complex, sometimes tumultuous one. Armies of the Night: The Warriors and Its Legacy tracks the movie’s long journey, beginning with its origins as a groundbreaking Sol Yurick novel, revealing the many changes it underwent from book to script to screen, recounting a turbulent production involving real gang encounters and a lead actor dropped mid-shoot, through to a detailed chronicle of the controversy The Warriors sparked. How did the film overcome the kind of obstacles only an all-nights NYC shoot could throw in its path? And how did a movie that does not actually contain much graphic violence ignite such a firestorm of outrage?
Authors Michael Gingold (Fangoria, Ad Nauseam) and Chris Poggiali (These Fists Break Bricks, Temple of Schlock) answer those questions and many more via exclusive interviews with cast and crew, a wealth of vintage reportage and dozens of photos and promotional images. It’s a story as unique and dramatic as The Warriors itself.
About the authors:
MICHAEL GINGOLD began writing about movies as a teenager, editing and publishing the fanzine Scareaphanalia. He has been a writer and editor for Fangoria magazine since 1988 and its website since 2000. He is also a regular contributor to Rue Morgue magazine and Rue-morgue.com, Delirium magazine, and Inverse.com, and has written for Birth.Movies.Death and Time Out New York in print and on-line, Scream magazine, and IndieWire.com. Michael is the author of the Ad Nauseam and Ad Astra books (1984 Publishing), the novelization of Nightmare (Severin), and The FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies (FAB Press). He has directed documentaries and other bonus features, written liner notes, and taken part in audio commentaries for Blu-ray releases from Arrow Video, Severin Films, Vinegar Syndrome, Synapse Films, Shout! Factory, Blue Underground, Mondo Macabro and others, including the award-winning doc Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of “Spookies” for Vinegar Syndrome.
CHRIS POGGIALI is the co-author (with Grady Hendrix) of These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World (Running Press, 2025). He is a librarian, film historian and Rondo-nominated writer who edited the fanzine Temple of Schlock from 1987-1991, and brought it back as a blog in 2008. He has written for Turner Classic Movies, Cinema Retro, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, HorrorHound, Shock Cinema, Filmfax, The Phantom of the Movies’ Videoscope, Delirium, Deep Red, Eastern Heroes, and other magazines and websites. His essays, commentaries and additional special features have appeared on DVD/Blu-ray releases from Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, Vinegar Syndrome, Arrow Films, Severin Films, Synapse Films, 88 Films, Eureka Entertainment, Mondo Macabro, Something Weird Video, and other companies.
Can't make it to our Armies of the Night book signing with Mike & Chris but still wanna get your hands on an autographed copy? No sweat, just place a pre-order right here, right now and we will send a signed copy straight to your door after the event!
It doesn't matter if you're down with the Warriors, Furies, Lizzies, Turnbull A.C. or even the Rouges... all are welcome to this epic release party. So mark your calendar for October 12th, get on your best cut, and make your way down to FPNYC in support of Armies of the Night! What better way to close out an epic New York Comic Con weekend than with one last signing at FPNYC? Can you dig it!
What: Armies of the Night: The Warriors and Its Legacy
Who: Michael Gingold (Fangoria, Ad Nauseam) & Chris Pogiali (These Fists Break Bricks)
When: Sunday October 12th 5-7PM
Where: Forbidden Planet 832 Broadway Ny, Ny 10003
Signed pre-order link: https://tinyurl.com/yttdspe2
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