Akira Fitton: Art Director of Psychotronic Video Magazine

Michael Weldon did not invent the word "Psychotronic." It is a word to describe mind control by electronic means. If you have ever seen people wearing aluminum foil on their heads, you know they are trying to avoid Psychotronic mind control by ELF (electronic low frequency). An obscure Chicago low-budget film had used it in the title that was called The Psychotronic Man. In 1980 Michael used the term Psychotronic to describe the variety of genre films that influenced him and got into his head as a young man. Before he came along, each genre was subdivided into different categories like sci-fi, horror, crime, biker, war, and so on. Like him, the very same films influenced many of us, but serious film critics often dismissed these films as trash, garbage, z-grade, and crap. But now Hollywood makes big-budget versions of the very same material. After he gave it the name, Psychotronic, many of us were no longer embarrassed to admit we liked these films, and we found out that there were a lot of Psychotronic film fans out there. Michael legitimized it and I am very happy he did.

Akira Fitton 03/15/02