Actually one of the few eastwood westerns I havnt seen yet, ive seen some clips however and it looks freakin awesome. its on the top of my list of movies to buy.

That must have been amazing to hear...

A few years back he was scheduled for an interview on NPR. Prior to the interview he asked the interviewers (for the life of me I can't remember who was conducting the interview... And I'm too lazy to use my Google skills to figure it out) NOT to call him a science fiction author.

The interview started. The interviewer asked his first question, something to the affect of, "I KNOW that you asked us specifically not to call you a science fiction write, BUT..."

And then Ellison got pissed and walked out. It was live... And... uncomfortable...

That's a perfect Ellison story. All through the convention, whenever he was speaking he would beg people NOT to write him fan mail because it took time away from his writing.

For all it's cheesiness worth, I thought Tremors was a great take on this particular sub-genre. The sequels were entertaining at best, but with the catchy background score and the cheesy interactions between Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward made this one movie very memorable.

Another notable one is of course QT's From Dusk Till Dawn. The characters may not be typical western-ish, but the setting and the atmosphere was very stereo-typical of a western. Not sure about the sequels because I haven't yet bothered to check them out, specially after hearing a lot of bad stuff about number 2 - Texas Blood Money.

Interesting stuff about Ellison guys. I can understand him getting upset, because sci-fi lit is often regarded by mainstream critics as cellar dweller pulp.

Near Dark has a bit of a western feel to it. Nice little vamp flick.

Should just get this set:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...zL._SS500_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Eastwood-Weste.../dp/B000N3SSBW

Dirt cheap, plus you get a couple other cool Eastwood flicks. High Plains Drifter is easily the best of the bunch, but the other two have the merits: Two Mules for Sister Sara is pretty good, light western entertainment (Eastwood and MacLaine make a great odd couple), and Joe Kidd is pretty straightforward but worth watching for sure.

Is High Plains Drifter the one where he rapes a chick?

I was actually painfully close to grabbing that at one time, $11 it was, if i see it a best buy again ill grab it for sure.

Not exactly western, but it's all i can think of...A movie called "The Killing Box". In a nutshell, it's about zombies in a Civil War setting. On a more modern level, the only one I can think of is "Near Dark"; a flick about cowboy vampires more or less...not really a horror though.

Yes and no.

He technically does...but whether or not it was actually "rape" is debatable.