Probably the easiest transition for an adult filmmaker who wants to go mainstream is to switch over to the horror genre. During the 70s and 80s a few did just that. Roommates director, Chuck Vincent, did it with the 1987 Deranged as well as numerous raunchy comedies throughout the 80s. Bill Osco was a producer who also made a name for himself in the adult industry that branched out into horror with The Being and Blood Diner. Maybe the most polished of the blue movie genre-hoppers was Armand Weston (The Defiance of Good and Take Off). Weston directed the haunted house film, The Nesting (aka Massacre Mansion), which is seeing a release now from Blue Underground.Buy The Nesting [Blu-ray]
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