His last directing effort, again from his own screenplay, was SORCERESS, in 1981, for Concorde-New Horizons; but after the company failed to provide the funds to finish the picture according to contract, Hill chose to remove his name from the credits as writer and director.

Jack Hill taking a break from writing (2007).

Jack Hill taking a rare break
from writing, 2007.

Jack Hill is still an active presence in Hollywood, writing scripts and developing projects, though he has yet to return to the director’s chair in over twenty years. “I get offered low-budget slasher and drug films from time to time, but I turn them down. Nowadays, I’m only interested in doing pictures that have a meaning – that I can put my heart into,” says Hill.

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