Hustler (volume 10, issue 10) featured an expensive and ambitious 21 page spread that Sayadian produced and directed in collaboration with musician Frank Zappa for his triple album Thing-Fish. Larry Flynt was going to pay for the production of a Broadway show based on the spread, however the cost of the Thing-Fish magazine shoot was not matched by an increase in sales, so Flynt backed out. In 1989 Sayadin co-wrote (with Stahl), art directed, production designed, costume designed, photographed and directed the avant-garde horror erotic film Dr. Caligari, whose title is inspired by the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Made on a budget of $175,000 the film went on to become a midnight movie that found a cult following after it was released on home video. Sayadian continued to write and direct surreal alt porn films as Rinse Dreams, releasing a total of six feature length video releases between 1990 and 1993 before his career came to an abrupt halt in 1995 when he was informed that he had advanced cirrhosis of the liver. Initially told by doctors that he had six months to live, Sayadian was seriously ill for over a decade before receiving a liver transplant in 2008. Filmography Nightdreams (1981) film co-written and produced as Rinse Dream Café Flesh (1982) film co-written and directed as Rinse Dream Do It Again (1987) music video for Wall of Voodoo as Stephen Sayadian Dr. Caligari (1989) film co-written and directed as Stephen Sayadian Nightdreams II (1990) film co-written and directed as Rinse Dream Party Doll A Go-Go (1991) video written and directed as Rinse Dream Party Doll A Go-Go Part 2 (1991) video written and directed as Rinse Dream Nightdreams 3 (1991) video written and directed as Rinse Dream Untamed Cowgirls of the Wild West Part 1: The Pillowbiters (1993) video written and directed as Rinse Dream Untamed Cowgirls of the Wild West Part 2: Jammy Glands from the Rio Grande (1993) video written and directed as Rinse Dream The Art of the Sell: Stephen Sayadian (2015) featurette conducted exclusively for The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray release of Dressed to Kill. Awards 1984 AVN Award for Best Art Direction - Café Flesh 1992 XRCO Hall of Fame inductee - Nightdreams 2007 XRCO Hall of Fame inductee – Film Creator 2017 AVN Hall of Fame inductee – Director Further reading "The Surreal Visions of Rinse Dream", Ultra Violent Magazine, Issue