MOVIES
1991: The Year Punk Broke - David Markey's documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana during their tour of Europe in late 1991. Also featuring live performances by Dinosaur Jr, Babes In Toyland, The Ramones and Gumball.
2020 Texas Gladiators - When Earth becomes an arena... murder becomes a way of life.
Acting Out - Documentary depicting the sexual fantasies of everyday people, starring the very people whose fantasies are chosen.
Adventures in Dinosaur City - This is a great flick! A scientist's kids are sucked into a TV screen and wind up in the Stone Age with cavemen and dinosaurs. See dinosaurs in hoodies!
Alice on The Wall - Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland' set to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'
Alien Appendix #1: Alien Evoution - A preservation of the Alien doc as it originally aired, not the truncated version that was featured on the Quadrilogy box set. More info here.
Alien Appendix #3: Alien Archives - A collection of promos, interviews and other clips pretaining to Alien. More info here.
Alien & Aliens promos and b-roll - A collection of on-set footage and interviews regarding the first two films in the Alien series.
Amblin' - Two wanderers meet in the desert and decide to travel on togeter. An early Steven Speilberg film, from when he was in UCLA. His production company takes his name from it.
The Amish: Not to Be Modern - A 1986 documentary featuring a rare look into the culture of the Amish.
P.T. Anderson short films - His two early films, "The Dirk Diggler Story" and "Cigarettes & Coffee." These films would later be plundered for material in Hard Eight, Boogie Nights and Magnolia.
Asylum - 1992 documentary about the Patton State Hospital which is a maximum security facility for the criminally insane. Also includes an old silent film about crazy people.
Atlantis Interceptors - A team of scientists working to raise a sunken Russian nuclear submarine on an ocean platform off the coast of Miami, Florida, unearth an ancient Atlantean relic from the sea floor and bring in an expert to make some sense of it. But while attempting to raise the sub, radioactive leakage from its missles triggers the re-emergence of Atlantis, and the resulting tidal wave destroys the platform and leaves only a small group of survivors. Rescued by two Vietnamvets-turned-heavies who are out relaxing after their latest job, their boat eventually runs aground on a Carribean island nearby where, upon going ashore, it is discovered that everything has been destroyed and everybody killed. The culprits, a vicious group of well-armed raiders, and their leader, Crystal Skull, are descendants of Atlantis' original race who set about reclaiming the world and adding the survivors to the list of victims as they struggle to stay alive and defeat the raiders and send Atlantis back to the ocean floor.
Bachelor Flat - Anthropology Professor Bruce Patterson (Terry Thomas) has the natural British charm that allures women automaticaly. When his fiancée Helen Bushmill (Celeste Holm) is abroad for an extended time, he has to fight the neighborhood ladies and his students away. Helen has failed to tell him that she has a seventeen year old daughter Libby (Tuesday Weld) who shows up at her mothers home unaware that she in engaged.
Back to the Future trilogy b-roll and interviews - On-set footage and interviews regarding the BTTF trilogy.
Backwoods - A hillbilly father and his idiot son terrorize and murder campers.
Bad American Dubbing Vol. 1-3 - A collection of various kinds of humorous dubbing of foreign flicks.
The Bag Man - In a world where Charles Manson is running for President of the United States and the ghost of Jack the Ripper still walks the earth, anything is possible. A movie from the Church of the SubGenius. (2 discs)
Banned Bond 1: Dr. No - Check here for info.
Banned Bond 2: From Russia With Love - Check here for info.
Banned Bond 3: Goldfinger - Check here for info.
Clive Barker Short Films: Salome & The Forbidden - Two student films by horror master Clive Barker.
Batman: The Making Of and Hype of the Movie - TV coverage from the 1989 release of Tim Burton's film.
Batman: Dead End - Fanfilm of Batman vs Predator.
Batman Begins interviews - On-set and press junket interviews.
The Beaver Trilogy - This is a series of three pieces about the same subject, a young man from a small town called Beaver who is obsessed with Olivia Newton John. Directed by Trent Harris (Rubin & Ed). One segment stars Sean Penn and another stars Crispin Glover.
Begotten - A bizarre surreal fantasy film. From IMDb: "God disembowels himself with a straight razor. The spirit-like Mother Earth emerges, venturing into a bleak, barren landscape. Twitching and cowering, the Son of Earth is set upon by faceless cannibals."
Behind the Scenes collection: Evil Dead 2, Night of the Living Dead '90, Two Evil Eyes - Camcorder footage shot by members of the respective crews of the flicks.
Being Different - A documentary about all kinds of people with various deformities that would label them "freaks." The people featured speak for themselves in a very honest fashion, and no disrespect in any way. A great portrait of people who have had to deal with a lot.
Ben - Sequel to original 'Willard'.
Bestialità - A little girl sees her mother getting it on with the family dog. Her husband, upon seeing this, chains the dog inside the house and sets it on fire, but that doesn't stop the woman from lusting for both man and beast. In Italian with no subtitles.
Bigfoot - Classic schlocky horror movie about Bigfoot from 1970.
Bigfoot: Man or Beast? - Great classic Bigfoot documentary from 1971.
Blood Beach - Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water... you can't get to it!
Blood Diner - Two cannibal brothers kill women and serve them in their diner. Also, they are trying to wake up a dormant Egyptian goddess with blood sacrifices.
Bram Stoker's Dracula workprint - includes a few deleted scenes and alternate ending.
The Brave - Directed by Johnny Depp and unreleased in America.
Bride of Re-Animator - Out of print Pioneer special edition DVD, includes uncut version. (2 discs)
The Brothers Karamazov - 1958 adaptation of the Dostoyevsky novel, featuring a young William Shatner in one of his first major film roles.
Edgar Alan Poe's Buried Alive - A young woman goes to teach at the Ravenscroft Institute, a spooky old girls' school overrun by ants and staffed by various ex-mental patients. Starring Robert Vaughn!
Captain America - 1991 feature film that went straight to video. Very bad.
Captain EO - The film that screened with the attraction, starring Michael Jackson. Two versions are featured on this disc: a fullscreen laserdisc transfer and a lower-quality widescreen bootleg version.
John Carpenter Files - A collection of various interviews and TV stuff with John Carepnter. (2 discs)
John Carpenter: Fear is Just the Beginning - Neato TV doc on Carpenter and his work.
Cast a Deadly Spell - A pastiche on H.P. Lovecraft, with Fred Ward starring as Detective Lovecraft. It's the 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tone.
Cat in the Brain - Directed by and starring Lucio Fulci as himself, a horror film director is stalked by a serial killer bent on killing people modeled after scenes in the director's movies.
The Census Taker - Weird horror/comedy flick from 1984 about an incredibly intrusive census taker who pushes a family too far, and the husband accidentally shoots him. Then he has to hide the body from his policeman best buddy who is coming over for desert. Hijinks and more death ensue. Stars Timothy Bottoms and features an semi-original score by The Residents.
Chariots of the Gods: The Mysteries Continue - Documentry based on the book by Erich Von Daniken concerning the ancient mysteries of the world, such as the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico, ancient cave drawings, the monuments of Easter Island, etc. and the fact that these things and modern civalization could have been influenced by extra terrestrial visitations hundreds(or perhaps thousands) of years ago.
Chatterbox - A young woman who works in a beauty parlor discovers that her vagina can talk, which causes her no end of trouble. Talking vagina. Seriously.
Chicken Hawk - A rarely seen documentary that focuses on male pedophiles, often defending their position and their membership in NAMBLA.
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud - The second CHUD movie. Not really much to say.
Christian Snake Oil - Documentary on crazy, holier-than-thou bible thumpers.
Class Reunion - Scripted by Ed Wood, this is a terrible softcore porn film from 1972.
Clerks on location - Videotaped documentation of a tour of Red Bank and Leonardo, NJ led by Brian O'Halloran (Dante).
Clockmaker - Three kids discover a time machine in the apartment of the wierd old man living upstairs and must go back in time after disrupting the time/space continuum by sending a computer repair manual back to the nineteenth century.
Cocksucker Blues- Documentary on the Rolling Stones that they forbade the release of due to its explicit content regarding drug use and groupie sex.
Conspiracy of Silence - Banned and supposedly destroyed documentary on the trail of one Larry King (not the talk show host), a high ranking Republican official who was sent to the pokey for a major money laundering scam. But this doc focuses on the accusations of sexual abuse and a pedophile ring that runs all the way up the government scale. It's easy to see why this was pulled as it makes no attempt to be objective, stating flatly that all involved are guilty even though there is no court documentation to prove it. The case presented is a scary one, with enough twists and turns to fill weeks of court TV. This is an unfinished workprint, so some shots and titles are missing.
Cool As Ice - The Vanilla Ice movie. Essentially a remake of Rebel Without a Cause, but with a white guy badly rapping.
Coonskin - Very controversial animated film by the master of controversial animated films, Ralph Bakshi.
Corey Haim: Me, Myself & I - Corey Haim hosts his own explitation video, which takes viewers through a day in his life as he attempts to prove how wholesome he is. Kind of pathetic, really, but also hilarious.
The Cremaster Cycle - Matthew Barney's epic surrealist film, in 5 parts. All parts except 5 are taken from DVD sources, and part 5 looks better than most previously circulating copies. (3 discs)
Crimewave - Out of print Sam Raimi/Coen Brothers affair.
The Crimson Ghost - Not really a movie, but it doesn't fit in TV either. Original 1946 movie serial, all 12 episodes, black & white. (2 discs)
The Crimson Ghost: Colorized Movie Version - The intros, recaps and end credits were cut from the episodes, and it was condensed a bit, to create a 90min movie. Entertaining in its own way, and the colorization is pretty decent.
David Cronenberg Short Films - Features The Lie Chair and The Italian Machine.
David Cronenberg Files - 2 discs of interviews and the like, mostly about works from Naked Lunch through eXistenZ.
The Crow behind-the-scenes - 90mins of raw behind-the-scenes footage all focusing on the Skull Cowbow, who was, of course, deleted from the final film. The first hour documents the application of the makeup and shooting some tests with the character. The last half hour is footage of the scene between Eric and the Skull Cowboy on the steps of the church toward the end of the flick. At the end, there's a nice video montage dedicated to Brandon Lee. Fascinating.
The Crow fanfilm + The Green Goblin's Last Stand - The Crow fanfilm follows the comic book closer than the film version, and is interesting in that way. The Green Goblin flick is a decent Spider-Man fanfilm.
Cthulu Mansion - An aging magician harboring a terrible occult secret and his daughter are taken hostage in their isolated mansion by teenage scumbags need- ing a place to hide out. When the captors refuse to listen to the magician's dire warning to release him unharmed, the mansion slowly releases its nightmare of horrors on the unsuspecting invaders.
Crystal Force - I have not watched this and all I can really find about the movie is "The door to Hell swings both ways!" There is also apparently copious nudity. It has a good title.
Curse of Bigfoot - Seems to be some footage from the 60's edited with some from the 70's and called a movie. Featuring a wonderfully awful Bigfoot costume. A damn good time.
Dark City workprint - Runs slightly longer than the final cut and features a temp score.
Dark Side of the Rainbow - "Definitive" version with 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow - In a small town, a wrongfully killed man exacts revenge on those who murdered him, from beyond the grave.
Dawn of the Dead Ultimate Edition Vol. 2 - An excellent fan-compiled collection of extras for the classic zombie flick.. Check here for info on Disc 1, here on info for Disc 2, here for info on Disc 3 and here for info on Disc 4. (4 discs, obviously)
Day of the Dead behind-the-scenes - 4hrs 43mins of raw, unedited behind-the-scenes video footage from the making of the film, including a great look at special effects
The Day My Kid Went Punk - An after-school-special starring Jay Underwood, wherein he decides he wants to stand out and becomes a Punk Rocker.
Deadline - A 1981 Canadian horror flick about a screenwriter who slowly loses the ability to distinguish between reality and his own sick and twisted fantasy world. Along the way, little kids set their grandma on fire, there are killer cannibal nuns, and somehow a twisted nazi punk band mixed in somewhere.
Deadly Blessing - An early Wes Craven film about murders at an Amish farm, starring Michael Berryman.
Death Becomes Her widescreen laserdisc rip - There is only a fullscreen version currently available on DVD.
Death Row Gameshow - Chuck Toedan's the host of a gameshow featuring death row convicts competeing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes for their next of kin. Not surprisingly, Chuck has made more than a few enemies, from outraged viewers trying to ban his show, to families of losing contestants looking for revenge. A hitman hired by one such family has shown up at Chuck's office, and he'll need to enlist the help of his most outspoken critic to keep from ending up like most of his contestants.
Decoder- German sci-fi film about a futuristic society influenced by muzak. Featuring a cameo by William S Burroughs.
Demon Wind - Two friends investigate a decrepit old cabin to investigate their past. There's also apparently a naked old lady.
Destiny Turns On the Radio - A really bad HBO original film about how, if enough people believe in something, a god of that thing is created. So Quentin Tarantino is the god of gambling.
Discovering Electronic Music - Two films about the genesis and evolution of electronic music going back to the earliest beeps and boops.
Disco Beaver from Outer Space - 1978 TV flick. National Lampoons mockery of everything that is wrong with cable TV.
Dragonworld - A Moonbeam (the kids version of Full Moon) classic about a boy and his dragon. Lots of puppety fun.
Drawing Restraint 9 - Matthew Barney's latest abstract opus.
Dr. Caligari - A 1989 camp interpretation of the classic Germa silent film.
Dr. Strange - TV movie based on the Marvel Comics character.
Dune Warrirors - A ripoff of Dune set in post-apocalyptic earth starring David Carradine. How can you go wrong?
Eat & Run - A 400-pound alien comes down from outer space and develops a taste for Italian. Italian people.
Edward Penishands - Come on, you've heard of this. One thing to note is that his hands do not consist of normal-looking hands with penises for fingers (as I originally thought), but rather, each hand is one big penis.
Elves - A young woman discovers that she is the focus of an evil nazi experiment involving selective breeding and summoned elves, an attempt to create a race of supermen. She and two of her friends are trapped in a department store with an elf, and only Dan Haggerty, as the renegade loose-cannon Santa Claus, can save them. Yes, this is a movie.
John Carpenter's Elvis - John Carpenter's made-for-TV Elvis Presley biopic with Kurt Russel in the title role. You can't really go wrong here.
Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Japanese cult film in which children decide to overthrow and take control of society. That doesn't quite work, so chaos, rape and general violence ensue. There are two versions present here: One is black & white, runs 27mins and is in German. The other is tinted, runs 72mins and is in the original Japanese. There are no subtitles.
E.T. Documentary - A feature-length documentary on the Spielberg classic. Also includes trailers and an Access Hollywood special.
E.T. the Vagina - A Spanish porn spoof of ET. A female ET comes down from space and has sex with people. The title character wears a hideous ET suit for the whole flick. It's awesome.
Evil Dead Treasures Collection - (dual-layer DVD)
Evil Dead Treasures Collection: Evil Dead 2 - (2 discs)
Evil Dead in 3-D - A fan-made project. In field-sequential 3-D.
Evil Dead 2 in 3-D - A fan-made project. In field-sequential 3-D.
Evil Dead: The Musical - Yeah, this exists. I'm not sure why, I think it's crap. But this looks and sounds good.
The Evolution Of Snuff - An early film by Wes Craven. Framed as a documentary on the invesigation of a porn film's director, whose star kills herself during filming.
The Fantastic Four (1994) - The original Roger Corman-produced disasterpiece, never intended for release.
The Fantastic Four (1994) "letterbox" - This isn't true widescreen, it's just cropped from the widely circulated fullframe version, but it is from a much better source, so it's easier to watch. If it can be easier to watch.
The Fantastic World of DC Collins - Telefilm from 1984, starring Gary Coleman as a daydreaming kid who fights all sorts of Hollywood film-parody crime. Atrocious, truly atrocious.
Farewell, Good Brothers - UFO documentary.
Fear & Desire - Early Stanley Kubrick film, an upgrade from the copy found on the disc with other examples of his early work.
The Fisher King: Criterion Collection - Very nice transfer made from Criterion laserdisc set. Features audio commentary by Terry Gilliam, six deleted scenes (with commentary), trailers, storyboards, screenplay excerpts, extensive behind-the-scenes pics and costume tests. Very excellent. (2 discs)
A Fistful of Fingers - Edgar Wright's first feature film, taken from way out of print British VHS.
The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster - A telefilm made out of two episodes of the Flash series. The Trickster is played by Mark Hammil.
Fool's Fire - Wonderful adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe short story "Hop Frog", starring Michael J. Anderson of 'Twin Peaks' (he was the Man from Another Place).
Frat House - A short documentary about fraternity hazing rituals by the director of Hated (and, uh... Road Trip). Unreleased due to apparently threatened legal action.
Friday the 13th Megadisc - I don't actually know what's on this. I can only assume behind-the-scenes stuff.
Fright Show (aka Cinemagic) - Compilation of short films selected by Starlog staff members.
From Beyond - Original theatrical cut of the H.P. Lovecraft/Stuart Gordon classic. Definitely not as excellent as the director's cut, but noteworthy for the sake of history. This is a really excellent widescreen HD-2-DVD conversion.
Gen13 - Animated film based on the comic book series, unreleased in the US. Featuring the voice talents of Alicia Witt, John de Lancie, Flea and Mark Hamill.
Generation X - Excellent telefilm from Fox based on the Marvel comic series. Wonderfully stylized.
H.R. Giger docs- Includes the documentary Passagen and the Giger-directed doc Giger's Necronomicon.
Girls Bite Back - Documentary on women in rock and punk.
Gizmo! - A documentary featuring a compilation of footage of man inventing strange contraptions in the 30's through 50's.
Crispin Glover collection - Features his infamous appearance on Letterman where he almost kicks Dave in the head, and about 20mins of Back to the Future screen tests for makeup. Very interesting to see him improvise scenes in the character of George McFly.
A Gnome Named Gnorm - Directed by puppet effects master Stan Winston, this is the story of a cop who is assisted by an unlikely partner... a gnome! This kids comedy is actually tremendously enjoyale, I highly recommend it.
God's Next Army - A look at Patrick Henry College in Virginia, an evangelical Christian college which was created specifically for students who have been home-schooled, with the intent of developing future leaders with a faith-based background.
Good Copy Bad Copy - Documentary about DVD pirating.
Goodbye, Cruel World - A comedy about suicide, in a kind of sketch-comedy mode.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 1976 documentary about a Japanese moped gang.
God's Angry Man - Werner Herzog mini-documentary on televangelist Gene Scott.
The Gong Show Movie - Self-explanatory. Greatly upgraded version from most out there, taken from recent Sundance Channel broadcast.
Gore-Met Zombie Chef From Hell - A cannibal opens up a seafood restaurant, and kills and cooks people to serve to his customers.
Groundhog Day b-roll and interviews - On-set footage and interviews.
Hair High - Great Bill Plympton feature spoofing 1950s teen flicks.
Halloween Megadisc - I haven't watched this, but I assume it contains behind-the-scenes and promotional stuff.
Hansel & Gretel - Two children are abducted and murdered so that their organs may be sold. Soon, the adults involved begin having visions of the children and begin to be the victims of a series of bizarre accidents. In Italian with no subtitles.
Hardgore - A girl is committed to an asylum for being a nymphomaniac. After getting down with two of her nurses, one is electrocuted by the vibrator they are playing with. From there, the girl learns of the strange satanic orgies held in the basement, complete with penis severing and decapitation during sex. Ridiculous cheesy fun.
A Hard Day's Night (fullscreen/stereo) - A copy of the original OOP MPI DVD, featuring an unmatted fullscreen transfer and original stereo soundtrack.
A Hard Day's Night (AMC restoration) - Restoration of the original theatrical presentation of the film.
Hardware Wars - The classic Star Wars parody. Also includes parody films Bambi Meets Godzilla, Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind and Porklips Now.
Help! - The Beatles' second film. This is a copy of the original MPI DVD, which features an unmatted fullscreen transfer.
Jim Henson Early Shorts: The Cube & Time Piece - Very neat experimenal films from the Muppet master.
High School - Fred Wiseman documentary on high school live in 1968.
High School USA - Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals. Features a very early performance from Michael J. Fox.
High Strung - Whacko comedy written by and starring Steve Odekerk (of the Thumb parodies, Kung Pow: Enter the First), also with Fred Willard, Denise Crosby, a very young Kirstin Dunst and Jim Carrey as Death.
Hot Tomorrows - Weird little comedy from the late '70s with Hervé Villechaize (of 'Fantasy Island') and a guest appearance by the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo!
Horror convention Q&As 2002-2005 - Includes Q&A panels with H.G. Lewis, Bruce Campbell, Carl Gabriel Yorke and Barbara Jakova.
Hot to Trot - Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago. Features a neat Danny Elfman score and stars Bobcat Goldthwait.
Howard the Duck - Very nice widescreen PAL-2-NTSC conversion of te German release of this flick, with a few bonus features exclusive to this disc. Converted and authored by Dark Jedi.
How Black People See White Culture - A team of the All African Television network, wanders into the darkest regions of the Eastern Alps. They observe the habits and rituals of the natives and make not one, but two ethnological major break-through discoveries. Comes very highly recommended from the person who traded it to me.
How They Make Adult Movies - Behind the scenes look at how hardcore sex videos are made, with numerous interviews with stars and directors of sex films of various styles and interests. Made in 1997, so it's that style of porn.
Human Animals - After the apocalypse, a woman is fought over by two men, whom she encourages to fight over her, with sexual favors as reward. Then the men catch the woman with a German Shepherd.
Humongous - Woman is raped at cocktail party. Years later, her son grows up to be a big hairy murderous monster who stalks a group of teens shipwrecked on his island.
HWY: An American Pastoral - Jim Morrisson's unreleased film.
I Am Not A Freak - In this documentary, you will meet six people who all share one thing in common- genetic deformity. You'll see a man who looks like the Elephant Man, a young boy who suffers from premature aging, a guy with no legs and Chinese man who has another face attached to the side of his own!
If the Footmen Tire, What Will Horses Do? - Based on the preachings of Reverend Estus W. Pirkle, this film warns what will happen to America if the citizens do not give up their depraved ways and turn to God and Jesus for salvation. Mostly, this 1971 film is anti-Communist, but it's kind of a blast all around.
If You Don't Stop It, You'll Go Blind - A sketch-style comedy featuring profane old ladies, impotent men, gay cowboys, sex contests, extremely unfaithful husbands and wives and just about anything else to do with sex imaginable. The film's highlight is the gorgeous Swedish model Uschi Digard,who somehow manages to get unclothed in every single sketch she stars in.
The Immortal Story - Pseudo-forgotten Orson Welles film.
Innocent Blood - Widescreen PAL-2-NTSC conversion of the John Landis vampire comedy. Converted and authored by Dark Jedi.
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died - FOR THE LOVE OF FILM, REQUEST THIS IN A TRADE! A film based on an unproduced Ed Wood screenplay made in the late 90's starring Billy Zane. So stylistic, so funny, and man, I just can't praise this flick enough. It unfortunately got tied up in rights hell here in the states, but this DVD is copied from the OOP Japanese DVD, so the picture is great. According to legend, the screenplay for this was the only possession that Ed Wood rescued from his burning apartment.
The Jet Benny Show - A low-budget Star Wars/sci-fi parody flick. I copied this from a rental at a former place of employment. I was the 16th person to rent it since the store acquired it in the mid-80s.
Journey into the Beyond - A minor bad taste classic Journey into the Beyond was one of the first shock documentaries directed by Rolf Olsen, a journeyman director whose work includes everything from violent action movies, sexploitation epics and even children's films. An apparent investigation into the fringes of psychic spirituality with so-called real experts, exorcisms and seances, be warned Journey also manages to be a very sleazy cocktail indeed. There's many a grotty scene of real brain tumor removal and animal cruelty. An unforgettable scene offers a Third-World doctor yanking out cancers from his patients using his bare hands and no anaesthetic. Although it seems less outrageous compared to later films of its ilk i.e. the Faces of Death series, Journey turned many people pale in the Seventies. (review by gavcrimson)
The Jupiter Menace - A documentary that examines the theory that the world is doomed and nothing can be done about it. A mix of religious rantings and questionable scientific evidence. Strange psychics, gun-tottin' survivalists and neo-christian lunatics are all interviewed about their ‘theories' about the end of the world.
Killdozer - Made-for-TV movie about a killer bulldozer. What more can you say?
King Kong colorized - The original 1933 version of the flick, computer colorized.
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park - A shame of KISS's past. This is the version that aired on US television, which is an alternate edit from the European theatrical version released on Kissology Vol. 2.
Koko: A Talking Gorilla - Vintage documentary on the famous gorilla that spoke sign language. If you have a soft spot for big adorable things, you'll probably like this documentary.
Stanley Kubrick collection - Collection of four early short films:
- Fear & Desire
- The Seafarers
- Day of the Fight
- Flying Padre
The Last Horror Film - A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends. Stars Joe Spinell.
Leapin' Leprechauns - Another product of Full Moon's family-oriented Moonbeam offshoot, which basically equates to a kids movie about leprechauns.
The Legend of Billie Jean - Excellent widescreen HD-2-DVD version of this hard-to-find flick.
John Lennon & Yoko Ono Art Films - Includes:
- Two Virgins
- Erection
- Apotheosis
- Freedom
- SmileFly
- Up Your Legs Forever
Let It Be - Hard-to-find Beatles film about the recording of this album. Second disc features an hour of outtakes and a making-of special (2 discs).
Life of Python - Mid-80s BBC documentary on Monty Python. This is not the documentary of the same name produced by A&E that is widely available. See John Cleese play with his cat while being interviewed!
The Lift - About a killer elevator. The tagline of the flick says it all: "Take the stairs, take the stairs! For God's sake, take the stairs!!!"
Little Noises - A comedy about struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune. Starring Crispin Glover and Tatum O'Neal!
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - Deleted bonus features from original DVD, which includes the original 23min "everybody dies" ending, complete with commentary by director Frank Oz. The story with this is that the original DVD was recalled after only a day or so of being in stores when the publisher found out that they did not have the rights to the deleted ending. This is a direct rip of the bonus features with no recompression or anything.
Long Live the New Flesh - Documentary about David Cronenberg's career up through 1986.
Lynch Assembled - Assembled bits relating to David Lynch:
- David Lynch: One Night Only documentary (45mins)
- Don't Look At Me documentary (45mins)
- Twin Peaks: A Visual Soundtrack (65mins)
David Lynch @ Univ. of Washington 11/7/2005 - Consciousness, Creativity & the Brain
Maladalescenza - A clinical study of bullying. Maybe. I really have no idea what this is. Maybe you do?
Mallrats dailies - Two hours of raw, uncut dailies and outtakes from the film. A great look at the moviemaking process.
Maniac Cop 2 - Umm... What's really more to say? If you know what Maniac Cop is, you know what this is. Features Bruce Campbell.
Mant - The film-within-a-film from the 1993 flick Matinee.
Marquis - Strange and beautiful film about the Marquis de Sade, with all of the actors puppeteering strange torsos for their characters. Also features a talking penis. All around family fun.
Martin - Out-of-print Anchor Bay edition with an exclusive commentary. One of George Romero's best films, and also perhaps the best vampire film I've ever seen.
Meet the Hollowheads - "Leave It To Beaver" meets Terry Gilliam's "Brazil". Brilliant, excellently designed, and featuring some familiar faces. Do get this.
The Meier Chronicles - Billy Meier owns the biggest collection of UFO photographs and claims to have frequent contact with a race of aliens. This is documentary about him.
Mikey - Although Mikey is just a little boy, he is capable of anything. Every family Mikey lives with has a series of unexplained "accidents" and hence he's moved from home to home. After his original family die, accidently, Mikey is taken by authorities and placed into the care of adoptive parents, and the series of unfortunate events continues.
Misfits of Science - Drs. Hayes and Lincoln are researchers in biological oddities for the Humanidyne company. When they find a man still alive after being frozen for 50 years, their greedy boss fires them and takes the Iceman to use for military experiments. Left without jobs, Hayes and Lincoln decide to get a group of "freaks" (including a telekinetic 17-year-old and a rock guitarist who shoots lightning from his hands) together to rescue the Iceman and stop their boss' reckless experiments.
Moontrap - Basically, all you need to know is that this is a sci-fi movie starring Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell. That should sell you.
Moron Movies - Uber-short, uber-stupid films.
Mortuary - Greg and Christie are a young married couple who are investigating the mysterious death of Christie's father. Their search takes them to mortician Hank Andrews, who leads a Satanic cult along with his demented son Paul. Features a young Bill Paxton!
Munchies - Simon Watterman, a space archaeologist, discovers the "Munchies" in a cave in Peru. Cecil Watterman, Simon's evil twin brother and snack food entrepreneur, kidnaps the creature. What Cecil does not know is that the creature, when chopped up, regenerates into many new creatures. An inoccuous enough Gremlins ripoff.
My Best Friend's Birthday - Quentin Tarantino's first film. A very interesting artifact. This is incomplete due to the fact that about half of the film is completely lost at this point.
My Breakfast with Blasie - Comedian Andy Kaufman & professional wrestler Classy Freddie Blassie eat breakfast & discuss life.
My Demon Lover - Denny has yet again been left by her thug boyfriend Chip. It seems as if she is doomed to be stuck with awful guys, this time she has to choose between nerdy Charles and the strange Kaz, who turns into a monster when sexually aroused.
Mystery of Monster Island - Rare Jules Verne story starring Peter Cushing and Terence Stamp.
William Shatner's Mysteries of the Gods - A 1977 documentary wherein Shatner talks to a lot of peole about aliens, monsters and other general craziness.
Necronomicon - Another one of Stuart Gordon's tributes to H.P. Lovecraft, with Jeffrey Combs playing Lovecraft.
Neon City - "Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster that has decimated the Earth.
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Another Fox/Marvel telefilm, starring David Hasselhoff in the title role.
Nightmare on Elm St megadisc - Why do I keep getting these megadiscs? I have no idea. Probably interviews and other junk like that, I don't know.
Night of the Living Dead 1983 colorization - Original colorization of the 1968 classic, wherein the zombies are a bit greenish. Funny.
Night of the Living Dead 8mm cast footage + H.G. Lewis industrial films - 8mm footage shot at a cast party for the original 1968 NOTLD wrap, and also some H.G. Lewis industrial films. It's pretty self-explanatory.
Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Terror - Fan re-dubbing of the original NOTLD with corny comedy dialogue.
Nothing Lasts Forever - WOW. GET THIS MOVIE. Zach Galligan comes home to New York City to find that the public transit system has taken over and he has to prove that he is a working artist. Failing to do so, he becomes a Lincoln Tunnel guard, under the direction of Dan Aykroyd. Then somewhere towards the end he boards a bus heading toward the moon, which has Bill Murray as its conductor. And why are they heading to the moon? Shopping. I mean, really, this movie is so fucking weird and amazing, you need to see it.
Not Quite Human - Scientist Alan Thicke creates the world's first beleivable android. Watch as he struggles to become a real boy and avoids being captured by an evil toy company.
Not Quite Human 2 - Hmm... How to improve on the the concept of the first one? Oh, right! Let's make him a girlfriend! AND let's send him to college!
Nudist Colony of the Dead - The title kind of explains itself.
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath - A promo DVD of all the in-game movies in the Oddworld video game series. Great stuff.
On The Trail Of Bigfoot / Bigfootville - Travel to the Cascade Mountains of the American Pacific Northwest in search of Big Foot. Bigfootville: investigates sightings of Bigfoot in an 800-square-mile area in Oklahoma.
Paperhouse - A drawing that became a dream. A dream that became reality. Anna is becoming lost in the loneliness of her own world when she discovers she can visit another, a house she has drawn herself and occupied by a young disabled boy. But as she discovers more of the links between her fantasy world and the mundane present, she is drawn only deeper into a dream turning into a nightmare. From the director of Candyman.
Parents - This film is absolutely terrifying, and I'm not kidding. It's about a kid whose parents (the father is played by Randy Quaid) are constantly feeding him meat, not really telling him where it comes from. It's also directed by Bob Balaban, who you'd recognize from Christopher Guest mockumentaries. A friend of mine watched this when she was very young, and it made her stop eating meat. It's really good.
Trey Parker collection - A collection of early Trey Parker projects:
The Passion of Darkly Noon - A bizarre film starring Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd and Viggo Mortensen, where Fraser plays the son of ultraconservative cult Christian parents, and then other things happen. It's complicated, but interesting. Look it up.
- The Spirit of Christmas [aka Jesus vs Frosty] (1991)
- American History (1992)
- Elvis Impersonation
- Beaver vs. Toyko
- The Spirit of Christmas [aka Jesus vs Santa] (1995)
- Orgazmo workprint
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread - Made-for-TV (Showtime) short film written by the duo about how they save the world from destruction by aliens. Very very funny. Probably the best copy you'll find around.
Pet Shop - Another Full Moon/Moonbeam kids flick wherein a group of friends comes across a band of crazy alien pets! This one is actually pretty good and heartwarming and that stuff, and Martin Mull is in it too.
Phantasm II - Copied from the UK DVD.
Plain Clothes - Trying to get his brother out of jail, Nick has to bump his way out again from high school, find the murderer, keep his job as a policeman and run away from crazy little girls. A pretty fun comedy.
Portrait of a White Marriage - Sequel to the HBO series "The History of White People In America". Starring Martin Mull and Fred Willard, with appearances by the likes of Harry Shearer and others. Absolutely hilarious.
Pound - This Robert Downey Sr.-directed film is a live action flick about a number of dogs in the pound waiting to be adopted, all of whom are played by comedians wearing dog suits. It's pretty funny.
Prehysteria - Great Full Moon/Moonbeam flick where a family takes in a top-secret group of very tiny dinosaurs! The dinosaurs are awesome puppets.
Prehysteria 2 - More of the awesome tiny dinosaurs!Prince of Darkness - A very nice PAL-2-NTSC conversion of the UK edition of this John Carpenter flick, featuring a commentary and other bonus features not present on the US DVD. Converted and authored by Dark Jedi.
The Princess Bride: Criterion Collection - A superb, excellent preservation of the Criterion laserdisc set for the flick. Contains exclusive behind-the-scenes bits and commentary on the film. (2 discs)
Project: Metalbeast - In 1974, an American agent in Eastern Europe injects himself with the blood of a werewolf. His body is put in suspended animation, then brought back 20 years later by a renegade intelligence agent.
Alex Proyas shorts: Groping & Strange Residues - Two early shorts from Crow/Dark City director Alex Proyas. These are from an episode of the Sci-Fi Channel series Exposure, and the rest of the episode is also present.
Purple People Eater - A kids movie that basilly makes a feature out of the idea from the classic song. The Purple People Eater, of course, does not eat people, but he is interested in helping the elderley. The cast is actually rather ridiculous: Neil Patrick Harris (about a year before Doogie Howser), Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Ned Beatty and a very young Thora Birch in her first film role.
Radioactive Dreams- After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon.
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation - You've probably heard of this. After Raiders came out, a group of kids were so inspired by it that they decided to remake it shot-for-shot. This was before home video, so they had to rely on abbreviated 8mm digest versions of the film, audio recordings they made whlie seeing it and photos in magazines. It also took them the better part of a decade to finish. The quaity is rough, but watchable, and very fun.
Sam Raimi Short Films - Great collection of early Raimi Co shorts. Includes:
- Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter
- Torro, Torro, Torro!
- The Blind Waiter
- Attack of the Helping Hand!
- The Sappy Sap
- Six Months to Live
- Within the Woods
The Reflecting Skin - A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her. Pretty stellar.
Remote - Full Moon/Moonbeam's answer to Home Alone. The main difference is this kid defends himself and his home with remote-controlled toys of various sorts.
Remote Control - A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over earth by brainwashing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friends race to stop the aliens before the tapes can be distributed world-wide. Stars Kevin Dillon and Jennifer Tilly.
Robocop: Criterion Collection - OOP DVD of the uncut version of the film. Features a bit more gore.
Robot Carnival - An anime anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them. Robots are cool!
Robot Holocaust - Anyone else remember this flick from MST3K?
Rockula - I can't even really start to talk about how awesome this movie is. Thomas Dolby plays the villian. The main character is a vampire who forms a rock band to win over a girl. Seriously, look up this movie, read about how awesome it is, and then get it.
Return of the Living Dead 3 - HD-2-DVD conversion of the uncut version of the flick.
Rubin & Ed - So do you recall that infamous time when Crispin Glover appeared on Letterman and almost kicked him in the head? Remember how weird he acted? Well, he had just made this movie. And he acts like that for the whole 90mins. Awesome.
Sam & Friends - See the birth of the Muppets! From Jim Henson.
Saw Rarities - This is like those "megadiscs" except it's "rarties". Features various interviews and web clips related to the Saw series.
Scanner Cop - A very distant sequel to Scanners. Sam Staziak, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'scanner' (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he uses his powers to hunt the man responsible for the killings.
Scott Baio is Stoned - A classic After School Special wherein Scott Baio learns the dangers of getting high.
Se7en: Criterion Edition - Laserdisc transfer preserving special features not on the New Line special edition DVD. 2 discs. Contents include:
- Film commentary, Dailies, TV Spots, Original Introduction with Commentary, Make-Up Video Essay with Commentary, Production Design Video Essay with commentary, over 1000 photographs in a photo gallery, original motion picture score (audio only) and an easter egg.
Please note that, while the film itself is included on Disc 1, the only audio option os the original commentary and is in no way a substitute for the actual DVD.
Sex Wars - A classic, early 1980s Star Wars porn parody.
The Shadow widescreen laserdisc rip - Since this Alex Baldwin-starring update of the radio-era hero is only currently available on a fullscreen DVD, here's a nice widescreen alternative.
The Shadow HD-2-DVD - This version is cropped to 1.78:1, but has a sharper picture than the laserdisc rip. Also, the only audio on this disc is DTS, so be sure you can play that.
Shivers - Early David Cronenberg awesomeness.
Skidoo! - Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht. Starring Jackie Gleason and Carol Channing, with original songs by Harry Nilsson. This is great!
Something Evil - Rare 70’s TV movie directed by Steven Spielberg. A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possesion of his wife.
Song of the South - Do I really need a description here? Good transfer, no Japanese subtitles.
Song of the South - Taken from a 2006 digital broadcast on the BBC. Looks pretty sharp. Take your pick.
The Smurfs & the Magic Flute - Original Smurfs feature film from Belgium in 1976. Very rare.
Squatching: A Journey Towards Squatchdom - Scott Herriott is in his mid-forties and he believes in Bigfoot. In 1992, he feels he came within 40 feet of one of these beings. There was video involved and it's in the film. He was interviewed on both A&E's "Ancient Mysteries" and "Sightings" about what happened to him.
Starman - A very nice PAL-2-NTSC conversion of the John Carpenter flick with bonus features not available on the US version, including a commentary with John Carpenter and Jeff Bridges. Converted and authored by Dark Jedi.
Static - Mark Romanek's first feature film, from 1986. A quirky, out-of-of place worker at a crucifix factory in the Bible Belt invents a device he claims can show pictures of Heaven. Discouraged and confused by the inability of those around him to see anything but a screenful of static, he charismatically hijacks a bus of friendly elderly people in order to get media attention for his invention.
Steel - Remember when Shaq played a superhero? No, not Kazaam, the one where it's the Superman spinoff that doesn't mention Superman. Yeah, this is that.
Still Not Quite Human - And how to further continue this series? Oh, yeah, that's right. KILLER ROBOT!
Stryker - The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road Warrior" like crew captures her and tries to make her talk through brutal torture. The hero (Styrker) unites with some of the remaining "good guys" and the Amazons and frees the woman. They go on to a "Road Warrior" type of concluding battle with the bad guys.
Student Bodies - A crazy person starts killing highschool kids with paperclips, plastic bags and the like. The original in slasher spoof movies, compelte with ridiculous plot holes, sight gags, and horrendous puns. Hilarious.
Sun Bunnies - Scripted by Ed Wood, this is a terrible softcore porn film from 1976.
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story - Todd Haynes' dramatazation of the tortured life of Karen Carpenter, enacted entirely by Barbie dolls.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Pt 3 dailies - About 90mins of raw, uncut footage from the production of this film.
They Live - Another John Carpenter PAL-2-NTSC edition, with the UK bonus features intact, including a commentary by Carpenter and Roddy Piper. Converted and authored by Dark Jedi.
THX 1138: Theatrical Version - This is as it was originally released, not the current DVD special edition.
This Is Spinal Tap: Criterion Collection - Out of print Criterion DVD set of the flick, with exclusive commentaries and bonus features. (2 discs)
Time of the Apes - As seen on MST3K, a terrible Japanese knockoff of Planet of the Apes.
The Time Machine (1978) - TV adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel.
Titicut Follies - Fred Weisman's seminal documentary on a mental institution's inhumane treatment of its patients.
Tougher than Leather - Watch Run DMC kick some fucking ass.
Tourettes Camp - Documentary about a camp for children afflicted with Tourettes Syndrome.
Traxx - It's about a dude named Traxx and it's apparently pretty bad. I have not watched it, but the word "traxx" is cool.
Tribute: A Rockumentary - Documentary on tribute bands.
Trick or Treat - Eddie Weinbauer is a typical All-American teenager, at least he was until he fell under the evil spell of Rock Music. Now he's obsessed with his heavy-metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, who is killed in a hotel fire. Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of Curr's unreleased album, which when played backwards sends a message of destruction and as Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize this isn't only rock 'n roll... it's life and death and he must draw the line to thwart this mission. Cameos by Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons. Nice "special edition" DVD put together by DarkJedi.
Trouble in Mind - A neo-noir flick which follows an ex-cop just released from jail after serving time for a murder sentence as he returns to the mean streets of the fictional "Rain City".
Turkish Superman - Not much else to say. No subtitles here.
Twice Upon a Time (uncensored HBO broadcast) - This was the only way the original version of this classic animated flick was made available outside of its theatrical release. All home video versions featured censored dialogue.
Twisted Obsession - Jeff Goldblum plays a screenwriter living in Paris whose personal ambitions get in the way of the rest of his life.
Uncle Meat - A strange film directed by Frank Zappa over a period of several years. Uncle Meat is an eccentric character who meets and falls in love with a film editor. Meanwhile, he and his band are working on creating a hit single that will change the world. Ultimately, Uncle Meat must choose between his music and his wife. Also included at the end of the film is a bonus 18 minute “visit to Barfko-Swill”
The Uninvited - A mutant cat lives inside of another cat. They kill people. Mmyep.
The Video Dead - "A family takes delivery of a new TV set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world." Truly awful.
Video Power - Kids competing at various games.
Voyage of the Rock Aliens - Aliens come to Earth to play in a rock band. Yep.
Warning: Parental Advisory - VH1 original docudrama about Tipper Gore's war on "obscene" music content. Features Dee Snyder playing himself.
Wavelength - A pretty cool lo-fi sci-fi flick starring David Carradine (Revenge of the Nerds) about a couple who inadvertently discovers government experiments on benevolent aliens.
Wedding Trough (aka Vase de Noces, aka The Pig Fucking Movie) - A man falls in love with his sow and, together, have mutant human/pig babies. When the babies prefer their mother over him, the man hangs them, then the sow kills herself. Truly bizarre. No dialogue. Recently upgraded, the last half hour is now watchable!
Wicked: The Musical - Videotape of the stage show. This probably shouldn't be in the "Movies" section, but it also doesn't jive with my "Music" section, and I don't want to create a new section for this, so whatever.
The Wild Goose Chronicles - Directed by Trent Harris (Rubin & Ed, The Beaver Trilogy). Powered by lost loves, dead pets, and magic mushrooms he wanders the world, discovers the "Giant Eye of Merv" in Turkmenistan, naked beauties on the beach in Brazil, and crafty antelope on a bombing range in Utah.
Willard - Original 1971 film starring Bruce Davison.
The Richard Williams Collection - A collection of discs relating to master animator, Richard Williams:
The Thief & the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut Mark 1
- The Thief & the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut Mark 2
- The Thief & the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut Mark 3 rough cut
- The Thief & the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut Mark 3 (most current, highly recommended!)
- The Thief & the Cobbler 1991 workprint
- The Thief & the Cobbler bonus disc w/deleted characters and other goodies
- The Princess & the Cobbler work-in-progress version + Ziggy's Gift
- The Thief & the Cobbler Fred Calvert cut widescreen
- Thief pencil tests + R. Williams interview
- Making of Nassurdin
- The Thief Who Never Gave Up documentary
- Animating Art
- Thief camera tests + A Christmas Carol + I Drew Roger Rabbit
- Raggedy Ann & Andy widescreen + The Little Island
- Thief 35mm workprint reel transfer
- R. Williams animated ads
Witch Bitch - Spirit of a woman takes over her brother's body, causing him to kill. Very creative deaths, including a must-see death-by-fish.
Wired to Kill - In the near future, law and order breaks down, diseases, violence and immorality are rampant. However, one Christian young man decides not to turn the other cheek anymore. He modifies his wheelchair to help him protect his home and family, and kill the thugs first.
The Wizard of Speed and Time - This is another one of those movies I can't reccomend highly enough. Master stop-motion animator Mike Jittlov makes a feature-length film about how he can't get the money to make a movie, even though he's insanely talented. Just look him up on YouTube and I promise you'll want this. You won't regret it.
The Wizard of Speed and Time: Special Edition - This DVD has the original short film, plus a few other Mike Jittov shorts.
The World's Greatest Sinner - Super-rare, has Frank Zappa in it, underground low-budget film. Wikipedia has more info.
Xenogenesis - James Cameron's student film, which features some ideas and concepts that would later find their homes in Terminator and Aliens.
Year of the Sex Olympics - Interesting 1968 British production set in the future where television producers struggle to come up with new concepts for what we would know now as reality TV. Kind of scary, really.
Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century - I really cannot believe the ridiculously low production value of this flick. Absolutely hilarious.