Feel the chill? After so much warmth and cheer, surely you must be feeling a little deprived? A slight bit forgotten, perhaps? It's back to the daily grind and churn. Turn off that alarm. Punch in those timecards. There aren't anymore presents waiting at home for you. So lug your overindulged, overweight body back to your lair and get used to it! You might want to hit the store on your way home though, and save your sanity with a new midnight DVD. With nothing to look forward to, it could get you through another gray, winter week. From the amateur independant filmmaker to the mega-dollar hollywood productions... Here are the new DVD releases for the week of January 10th, 2006
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002)
unknown duration
Unrated
Starring Catherine Coulson
Directed by David Lynch
Six Men Getting Sick - Lynchs first film, a one minute movie, wherein human heads vomit, catch fire and the like. The Alphabet - a five minute film combining animation and live acting, while alphabet figures do bad things like crap and have sex, all the while making a woman throw up blood (Lynch is wacked). The Grandmother - more live action than animation this time, a boy grown a grandmother from a seed. The Amputee - a short black comedy starring the Log Lady from Twin Peaks, Catherine Coulson. The Cowboy and the Frenchman - its not Brokeback Mountain, its a slightly comedic short with a snail carrying Frenchman on a ranch full of cowboys. Man cowboys bore me to death in every form. And finally, Lumiere - a wacked out set of images that youll have to watch a few times to figure out, like naked women floating by in glass tubes. If Lynch is your cup of tea, this set of shorts is one fine tea-bag.
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Eraserhead (1977)
89 minutes
Unrated
Starring Janck Nance, Charlette Stewart, Allen Joseph
directed by David Lynch
IMDB Plot Summary: Is it a nightmare or an actual view of a post-apocalyptic world? Set in an industrial town in which giant machines are constantly working, spewing smoke, and making noise that is inescapable, Henry Spencer lives in a building that, like all the others, appears to be abandoned. The lights flicker on and off, he has bowls of water in his dresser drawers, and for his only diversion he watches and listens to the Lady in the Radiator sing about finding happiness in heaven. Henry has a girlfriend, Mary X, who has frequent spastic fits. Mary gives birth to Henry's child, a frightening looking mutant, which leads to the injection of all sorts of sexual imagery into the depressive and chaotic mix.
DVD features include trailers, and a full-length featurette.
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The Roger Corman Puerto Rico Trilogy (1960)
Unrated
Starring Betsy Jones-Moreland, Anthony Carbone, Robert Towne
Directed by Roger Corman
Hosted by Roger Corman, this trio of great B-movies includes a rarely seen and nicely restored Last Woman on Earth, the original letterboxed theatrical version of Creature From the Haunted Sea, and the original theatrical version of Battle of Blood Island. Perhaps one of the best things you get along with it is the collection of trailers, including Beast with a Million Eyes, Not of This Earth, Wasp Woman, A Bucket of Blood, Teenage Doll and Attack of the Crab Monsters.
DVD features include image galleries, the aforementioned trailers, commentary tracks by director Joel M. Rapp, Betsy Jones-Moreland, and Anthony Carbone, as well as additional shot-for-TV scenes.
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Evil Breed: Legend of Samhain (2003)
Rated R: for strong violence and gore, sexuality and language
Starring: Jenna Jameson, Ginger Allen Lynn, Chasey Lain
Directed by Christian Viel
IMDB plot summary: Two American tourists on a romantic camping trip are brutally murdered. A few days later, during the ancient festival of Samhain, a group of American university students moves into a beautiful cottage, surrounded by a lush forest and a majestic lake They are here to learn about the rituals of the ancient Druids and other Celtic legends. But in the remains of an abandoned copper mine, lives the ancestors of an incestuous clan of cannibals. Stalked by a hulking, disfigured mutant, the students and their chaperone are in for the most harrowing time of their young lives. Keeping their heads on will become their main concern.
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Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2004)
85 minutes
Rated R: for strong violence/grisly images, sexuality/nudity, drug use and language
Starring Clifton Collins Jr., Stephen R. Hudis, Michelle Borth
Directed by Chris Fisher
Amazon.com description: Based on a true story, prepare to relive the terrifying rampage of the Hillside Strangler as psychiatrist Samantha Stone (Brittany Daniel, White Chicks, Joe Dirt, Club Dread) interviews Kenneth Bianchi (Clifton Collins, Jr., Mindhunters, Tigerland, The Rules of Attraction) to try and decipher the motivations behind his frightening reign of fear.
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Into the Deep (2000)
Unrated
Starring Robert Wagner, Cheryl Ladd, Ricardo Montalban
Directed by various
This is a release of four diffferent made for television type films that all came out in and around the time of the big Jaws craze. They include Black Water Gold, Mako: Jaws of Death, Beneath the 12 Mile Reef, and The Treasure of Jamaica Reef. They star 80s greats like Robert Wagner, Cheryl Ladd, and Ricardo Montalban. As of this printing, there are only 4 left on in stock, so collectors, act fast! No information available about special features unfortunately.
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Witchcraft 666: The Devil's Mistress (1994)
88 minutes
Unrated
Starring Jerry Spicer, Debra K. Beatty, Shannon McLeod
Directed by Julie Davis
Amazon.com description: Featuring more skin per minute than any installment in the Witchcraft series, Witchcraft 666 is a sexy suspense thriller the likes of which you've never seen before! When a Satanic serial killer begins hunting down nubile young women wearing gold crosses, only Supernatural Attorney Will Spanner, with the powers of good on his side, can stop him.
Troma Team releases this one - no additional info on special features.
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Shadow Zone: Undead Express (1996)
89 minutes
Rated PG-13: for some horror violence and gore
Starring Ron Silver, Chauncey Leopardi, Natanya Ross
Directed by Stephen Williams
Amazon.com description: Zack loved horror movies. Then suddenly he found himself living one; when he took a wrong turn down a long-abandoned New York tunnel. There he meets the enigmatic Valentine Cutter (Ron Silver), who introduces him to his fellow passengers of the "Undead Express" - and an intriging new underworld of possibilities. A strange friendship with this urbane vampire grows. But so does the danger, as the seductive Cutter convinces Zack to aid him in his quest to return to the teeming world above ground.
For fans of the book, its a good adaptation. This is a made-for-TV movie, more exciting for younger viewers and fans of less graphic horror.
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OTHER DVD RELEASES THIS WEEK:
Urban Gothic: Season 1 get it here
Earth vs the Spider/War of the Colossal Beast (1958) get it here
Hellsing, Vol. 4 - Eternal Damnation (2002) get it here
How to Make a Monster/Blood of Dracula (1957) get it here
Underworld - 2 Disc Uncut, Extended Edition (2003) get it here
Night of the Skull (1979) get it here
