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A
DEGREE OF MURDER
Germany 1967
Despite its film noir trappings, director
Volker Schlondorff’s dispassionate
thriller transcends its sub-genre to become
a more broad-based study of alienation and
angst in West Germany during the 1960s.
Clearly a product of its time, the film
stars erstwhile sex symbol Anita Pallenberg
(Performance) as Marie, who shoots
her ex-lover (Werner Enke) when he comes
to her apartment and attempts to rape her.
Afterward, she pays two strangers to dispose
of the body, becoming their lover in the
process. Although there is a good deal of
passion on display, both criminal and carnal,
Schlondoff presents his characters as lacking
even the most rudimentary emotional involvement.
This is by design and represents the so-called
“German cinema of alienation”
at its most bemusing. Brian Jones (Rolling
Stones), who was dating Pallenberg at the
time, makes a brief appearance in the film
as well as writing and performing the bouncy,
psychedelic score just months before his
untimely death. It is the only recording
he ever made as an ex- Rolling Stone.
English/ Color/87 MIN/1967
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ANNA
France 1966
Released in 1966, this was the first color
film made for French TV. Starring Anna Karina
(of Godard film fame), Marianne
Faithfull (who sings one song) & Serge
Gainsbourg (who also wrote the amazing music).
Anna is a bizarre pop art/comedy/
musical filled with bright vibrant colors,
strange, hallucinatory scenes and some of
the best songs Serge ever wrote. The
story is about a man obsessively looking
for a woman he saw in a photograph. A truly
charming and entertaining movie that any
Gainsbourg fan should see, even if you don’t
speak French. This disc is in French with
no English subtitles.
French with no English subtitles/Color/87
Min./1967
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ARREBATO
Spain 1979
This incredible art film by Spanish director
Ivan Zulueta tells the delusional story
of an independent filmmaker and his bizarre
dissent into drugs, vampirism and his own
cinematic visions. While watching, one can't
help but see the connections to David Cronenberg's
Videodrome which this film predates
by 5 years! This daring film combines the
best elements of Bunuel, Arrabal, Cronenberg
and Lynch without ever seeming derivative,
phony or self-conscious. Arrebato
is without a doubt a lost classic that needs
to be revived. Simply put, this is one of
the most haunting, strange and original
films you will ever see!
Spanish with no English subtitles/Color,
B&W/ 110Min./ 1979
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ASESINO
DE OTROS MUNDOS
Mexico 1971
Santo, the masked Mexican wrestling superstar
returns! This is one of the more unusual
Santo movies out there, mainly because it
strays from much of the normal Santo cinema
formula. Gone are the long stretches of
stock footage wrestling as well as numerous
scenes of a turtle necked Santo drinking
tea and driving his European sports car.
No my friends, this one features more of
the superhero Santo, complete with cape,
taking on a Hitler like millionaire out
to destroy the human race whose headquarters
contains a moon room and guards with giant
flame throwers! Not to mention the impending
horror of the evil man eating blob. And
did we mention the Ornette Coleman like
free jazz soundtrack? It truly does not
get much better than this one!
Spanish with no English subtitles/Color/
82Min. /1971
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THE
BED-SITTING ROOM
United Kingdom 1969
Based on the Spike Milligan play of the
same name, The Bed-Sitting Room
(directed by Richard Lester, the man who
brought us HELP!, Superman II, The Knack
& Royal Flash) stars Dudley
Moore, Peter Cook, Spike Milligan &
Ralph Richardson. The story takes place
in a post apocalyptic world where a group
of bizarre people travel from one pile of
burning rubble to the next, repeatedly told
by police to “keep moving”.
Using a surreal starting point, the film
establishes a fevered kind of satire about
the evolution of man via objects, possessions
and technology.
English/Color/ 90 Min./1969
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BIG
COMMOTION
Japan 1968
This episodic Help! inspired
Japanese mod rock film is essentially
a vehicle for the band The Spiders
whose sound comes off as a weird hybrid
of The Beatles, The Ventures
and The Electric Prunes. The
film starts with The Spiders
tearing away from an overrun bus depot
filled with screaming teenage fans as
they make a break for it in their 64 Ford
Galaxy 500 station wagon only to have
a mod girl in a sports car crash into
them. After undergoing some bizarre treatments
in the hospital, it’s off to practice
for their big Tokyo show that night. And
from there, the films delves into weird
episodic fantasy romps involving a battlefield,
a soccer game, a wedding, a Sgt. Pepper’s
inspired moment, a Charlie Chaplin segment
and more. Mixing live concert footage;
staged backstage practice sessions; and
absurdly comic moments reminiscent of
The Monkees, Big Commotion
is like no rock film you have ever seen.
Japanese with no English subtitles/Color/
95 Min. /1968
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BLUE
DEMON Y LAS SEDUCTORAS
aka Blue Demon and the Seductresses
Mexico, 1969
In this amazing Ed Wood inspired science
fiction film, Blue Demon must do battle
with a manipulative race of space women
who seduce men and turn them into mindless
slaves for their evil doing here on Earth.
They come to earth in a space ship that
looks a lot like a Christmas ornament, hide
under water in a lake, and come to the surface
using their alien sex appeal to prey on
unsuspecting lecherous old men. But when
they tangle with Blue Demon, they may have
met their match!
Spanish with no subtitles/Color /87 minutes/1969
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CAN
DIALECTICS BREAK BRICKS?
France 1973
"Directed" by the French situationist
Rene Vienet, this film is an exercise in
intellectual absurdity: A Hong Kong martial
arts movie overdubbed with French political
diatribes and philosophies which is designed
to entertain and amuse while providing a
number of artistic and political points.
The "story" details the epic battle
between the proletariats and the bureaucrats
with a martial arts school as the utopian
commune. Filled with amazingly absurd humor
and political satire that will make you
feel all intellectual inside, it’s
an amazing combination of near slapstick
comedy with Godardian experimentation. In
many ways Vienet is trying to make some
very important statements- such as the way
cinema feeds ideology- as well as an intense
anger over the sad failure of socialism.
It is considered the only remaining film
vision of the situationist's technique called
"détournement." Just think
of it as a kind of Mystery Science Theatre
for fans of Guy Debord and Wilhelm Reich.
French w/ English Subtitles/B&W/90 Min./1973
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CANNABIS
France 1969
Starring a stubble faced, chain-smoking
Serge Gainsbourg and a completely naked
Jane Birkin, Cannabis is a French
gangster movie that boasts a top-notch soundtrack
by Gainsbourg.The story is about an international
drug smuggling conspiracy and its eventual
violent end. Featuring a memorable shoot
out in a chicken coop, Cannabis
is a guaranteed blast for fans of Gainsbourg
and Birkin.
French with no subtitles/Color/ 85 Min./1969
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THE
CASTLE OF THE MUMMIES OF GUANOJUATO
Mexico 1976
If it's a Mexi-wrestling horror movie that
you're looking for, then there is no better
place to start than with this smorgasbord
of South of the border, body flying, mummy
killing, evil dwarf filled fun fest! Masked
Mexican wrestling greats Superzan, Blue
Angel & Tinieblas battle the evil Dr.
Dallier and his menacing army of murderous
dwarfs and killer mummies. Along they way
they stop at a burlesque show for a sing
along as well as some hot interaction with
some lovely ladies. It’s James Bond
meets Boris Karloff meets Mr. Wrestling
No. 2 all in one!
Spanish with no English subtitles/Color/90
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CHINESE
SUPER NINJAS
Hong Kong 1982
This is without a doubt the best film ever
produced by the brothers Shaw, bar none!
When his school is destroyed and his colleagues
are slaughtered by supreme ninja Cheng Yun
and his five element ninjas (gold, wood,
water, fire and earth), Tsiau Chin Hau sets
out to take his revenge. But stopping the
elemental ninjas is an awesome task. Chin
studies the art of the elemental ninjas
and takes his remaining cohorts on a mission
of death against Cheng Yun. Filled with
some of the most violent and colorful fight
scenes ever conceived for a SB epic, Chinese
Super Ninjas is a must see for any
fan of the Martial Arts genre.
Dubbed in English/Color/107 Min. /1982
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THE
CLONES OF BRUCE LEE
Hong Kong 1977
It’s "Brucesploitation"
time again and what better way to spend
it then with this amazing piece of celluloid
psychosis that has been called the Plan
9 of Hong Kong cinema?
Watch as a scientist uses Bruce Lee brain
cells to create a deadly trio of Bruce Lee
clones he affectionately names "Bruce
Lee One," "Bruce Lee Two,"
and, you guessed it, "Bruce Lee Three"!
See them go on deadly undercover missions
against the evil Dr. Nye and his army of
bronze men! It all ends in a tornado of
kung fu action as the 3 Bruce Lee clones
fight to the death in an attempt to decide
who the better clone is.
Chinese/Color/ 90 Min./ 1977
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THE
COMMITTEE
United Kingdom 1968
Directed by Peter Sykes and featuring a
rare soundtrack by Pink Floyd,
The Committee is a Kafkaesque existential
study detailing a wandering man (known only
as a Draughtsman) as he becomes part of
a mysterious institution known as The Committee.
Also on this disc is the amazing 18-minute
film San Francisco, directed by
Anthony Stern detailing 24 hours in the
life of San Francisco in 1966. The soundtrack
is a truly brilliant live version of Interstellar
Overdrive. And finally we have the rare
16 minute Syd Barrett documentary R.K.
Barrett: A Day so Dark, so Warm. Made
in 1999 this film is basically a travel
log of Barrett’s life in the UK. The
big payoff is a long shot of Barrett strolling
down a Cambridge street in a wife beater
and black socks!
English/B&W & Color/58 Min/1968
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DATELINE
DIAMONDS
United Kingdom 1965
Fans of mid-60's mod rock have no doubt
heard of this great crime film featuring
amazing performances from The Small
Faces (with their original line up),
The Chantelles, Kiki Dee and DJ
Kenny Everett! The story concerns an
ex-con who finds success in managing pop
acts. He's on his way to the straight and
narrow life when he gets roped into helping
a jewel thief smuggle diamonds into Amsterdam.
Directed by Jeremy Summers who also directed
Ferry Cross The Mersey and starring
Steve Marriott and David Hemmings, this
is a classic mod-crime film that combines
great music with a great plot! Special added
bonus: VERY RARE Small Faces footage
including the Colour Me Pop episode
where they perform Ogden's Nut Gone
Flake album along with Stanley Unwin.
Plus a color video of Itchycoo Park!
English/B&W/ 70 Min./1965
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DEADLY
CORPSE
Indian 1989
AKA
Khooni Murdaa (Deadly Corpse) a low rent
A Nightmare on Elm Street rip-off complete
with dance numbers about a razor fingered
killer who comes to get you in your dreams!
Ranjit, an obsessive murderous lover relentlessly
pursues Rekha until he is burnt alive in
a scuffle with Rekha’s friends. But
that’s not the end of him, as his
corpse comes back to take revenge, ala Freedy
Kruger. This film is a prime example of
Indian copycat horror popular in the 1980’s
& early 1990’s. Fans of Turkish
Cinema and weird international horror will
not be disappointed with this whacked out
piece of goofy Bollywood gold.
Indian/Color/ 127 minutes/ 1989
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DEADLY
DARLING
Hong Kong 1985
This amazing Hong Kong rape/revenge flick
is filled with some of the most ridiculous
death scenes and dialogue ever caught on
film. It appears to be a hodgepodge of two
or three movies edited together to form
the most delirious action packed woman on
a rampage revenge movie you'll ever see!
Awoman is raped by a gang of unsavory Hong
Kong thugs and once she recovers from this
nightmare, she transforms herself into an
unstoppable killing machine. One by one
she kills the culprits with more and more
creative and painful deaths. One man finds
human eyeballs in his fried rice, an act
that scares him so badly he runs right into
the Deadly Darling's trap; another is killed
with a meat hook; another on a bed of spikes;
and the rest meet similar and gory fates.
If you loved I Spit on Your Grave,
you'll flip your wig over Deadly Darling!
Chinese/Color/ 91 Min./1985
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DEATH
WARRIOR
Turkey 1984
If it's over the top, incomprehensible,
mind blowing action you are looking for,
look no further than Death Warrior!
The plot is buried somewhere underneath
all of the ridiculous open field martial
arts battles; flying through the woods camera
shots; bleeding from the eyes monster attacks;
car chases; and ninja battles to the death!
Starring the Harrison Ford of Turkey, Cuneyt
Arkin, Death Warrior is a non-stop
onslaught of insane violence, bikini clad
women, cardboard ninja swords, hairy-handed
mummies, and more! Do we even need to tell
you that this one comes with our highest
possible recommendation?!
Turkish with no English subtitles/Color/
90Min. /1984
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THE
DEVIL
Hong Kong 1980
This amazingly weird film is about a witch
who casts an ancient curse on people, apparently
just for fun. The plotline nears the unintelligible,
but the content of the film is so jaw dropping,
so shocking, and at times so hilarious,
it is hard to avoid its bizarre charms.
Working as a jarring welcome into the world
of the ultra gross low budget Honk Kong
horror films, The Devil is filled
with what would become familiar staples
of the genre; such as, seemingly endless
scenes of people convulsing and vomiting
worms, snakes, slime and maggots. And when
someone is not dying via snake vomiting
there are scenes involving goofy kids (one
named Ding Dong!) having a good time, none
of which seems to match up with the grotesque
scenes that revolve around the witch's ancient
curse. What is it all about? We're not sure,
but we do know that if people melting and
throwing up worm like creatures is your
idea of a good time, then The Devil
is for you!
Chinese/Color/ 90 Min./ 1981
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THE
DEVILS DAUGHTER
Italy 1991
It has been called “Rosemary’s
Baby” on crack, an incomprehensible
mess and a challenging and frightening thriller.
It’s the Dario Argent penned, Michele
Soavi directed satanic horror hodgepodge
The Devils Daughter aka The Sect.
The movie centers upon a schoolteacher whose
life becomes a living hell after she is
chosen to bear the son of Satan. Her horrible
ordeal begins when an ultra weirdo vagrant
stumbling through the desert places an ancient
insect up her nose. It crawls into her brain.
She soon begins having terrifying dreams
and more. When she learns the awful truth
about her relationship with the Dark Master
things get even worse. Big surprise!
1991/Color/112
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DIANNA
RIGG IN THE DIADEM AND MINI- KILLERS
United Kingdom 1966 & 1969
Two obscure and mysterious short films starring
Diana Rigg after her tenure as the black
cat suited, sexy secret agent Emma Peel
on the British TV show, The Avengers.
The Diadem features mucho Emma Peel
like moments of pseudo Karate moves and
ultra relaxed sex appeal in a fast paced
jewel theft adventure. It starts with Diana
flying in a plane then jumping into a groovy
convertible chased by an unknown man. Mini-Killers,
a much bigger budget affair, finds Diana
trying to stop an assassination attempt
which involves a baby doll that squirts
deadly gas.
English/Color/ 45 Min/1966,1969
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THE
DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
Hong Kong 1976
In this life changing, one of a kind film,
we experience the little known genre of
“Brucesploitation” in its purest
and finest form. Forget about all of those
Bruce Lee cash in rip offs like “Bruce
Lee Fights Back from the Grave”, “Bruce
vs. Bill” and the ever illusive “Bruce
Lee vs. Gay Power”, this is the most
offensive, bold, insane and indescribable
post mortem Bruce Lee movie ever made! Set
in Hell, we find Bruce Lee going through
an Egyptian like afterlife experience. Along
his treacherous journey, Bruce Lee has a
major erection; befriends Popeye; and fights
James Bond, Zatoichi, Emmanuel, an army
of mummies, Dracula and his team of skeleton
zombie assassins', and “Clint Eastwood”
in the character of the "Man with no
Name"! And once the film reaches its
mind blowing climax, you will never be the
same again.
Chinese/Color/ 90 min/ 1976
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EMPEROR
TOMATO KETCHUP
Japan 1970
Directed by controversial Japanese filmmaker
Shuji Terayama, Emperor Tomato Ketchup
is a high concept underground art film about
a world where children rebel against their
oppressive parents and create a new society
made up of sex, role playing, and eventual
violence. Kind of like a perverse Lord
of the Flies, the film piles on the
style and shocking imagery in order to create
the utmost artistic affect on the viewer.
It has gained a cult following, due largely
to the fact that Stereolab named
their 1996 album after the film.
This DVD contains 2 versions of the film,
the shorter black and white version and
the longer color tinted version. Nether
version has subtitles, but the overall purpose
of the movie is to transmit message through
imagery.
Japanese w/ no English subtitles/Color,
B&W/ 90 Min./ 1970
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FEMALE
INQUISITOR aka RUSTED BODY
Japan 1987
If it's a "hard to forget" experience
that you're looking for, look no further
than this pseudo bondage, sexploitation,
historical epic! This has to be one of the
most insane, bizarre, sick and hilarious
movies ever made. In the Female Inquisitor
aka Rusted Body, old-fashioned
torture by pain is supplemented by pleasure
overload with the Woody Allenesque "Amplified
Simultaneous Orgasm Bed" machine, in
which unwilling participants are strapped
to and forced to endure mind blowing orgasm
after orgasm! And that is only the beginning
of this out of control movie filled from
beginning to end with strange sexual practices
such as a very imaginative use of a barrel
full of eels and a great way to prolong
ejaculation!
Japanese w/ English Subtitles/Color/
70 Min./ 1987
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FIGURES
IN A LANDSCAPE
United Kingdom 1970
Based on the novel by Barry England and
directed by the criminally overlooked Joseph
Losey, Figures in a Landscape stars
Robert Shaw & Malcolm McDowell as two
convicts on the run. Running through an
unnamed Latin American totalitarian country,
the two men find themselves constantly followed
by a menacing black helicopter that attempts
to gun them down at will. As they try to
evade the helicopter, they meet people who
share the same contemptuous nature towards
the mysterious powers that be. We never
know what crimes they have committed or
why the helicopter is after them, but their
fate is eventually revealed.
English/Color/ 110 Min./1970
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THE
FIRM MAN
Australia 1975
This seminal effort from Australian filmmaker
John Duigan stars Peter Cummins in the title
role. Not much is known about the firm for
which businessman Gerald Baxter (Cummins)
works, but it seems to have a negative effect
on everyone involved. Baxter just sits at
a desk and plays with toys all day, while
being spied on by two mysterious men in
trench coats. The hero begins to experience
bizarre visions, such as vanishing naked
hippies, while his wife (Eileen Chapman)
commences an affair with a friend of the
family. Sited as some as a psychedelic damnation
of the materialistic backlash of the 1970’s
and others as a drug induced mess, The Firm
Man is a fascinating and intriguing lost
film.
English/Color/85 Min./1975
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FOUR
NIGHTS OF A DREAMER
France 1971
The 'dreamer' is Jacques, a young painter
who by chance runs into a woman, Marthe
as she's contemplating suicide on the Pont-Neuf
in Paris. They talk and agree to see each
other again the next night. Gradually he
discovers that Marthe's lover promised to
meet her on the bridge that night but failed
to show up. Over the next couple of nights,
Jacques falls in love with her. But on the
fourth night, her lover returns. For director
Robert Bresson, this is a much lighter film
than his usual fare but he turns the story
into a beautiful human meditation on love,
loss and life.
French w/ English Subtitles/Color/ 87
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GIMME
GIMME OCTOPUS
Asian
The most accurate summary of this late 60's
Japanese kids show is "An octopus and
a peanut are in love with the same walrus."
Playing kind of like a Sesame Street
segment on an entire sheet of acid, Gimme
Gimme Octopus boggles the mind with
its impenetrable story lines and bizarro
rubber suite characters. In one segment
the octopus and the walrus steal a sleeping
dragon's smoking bowl, sit in a tree and
get high off the smoke. Makes the Mighty
Mouse magic dust controversy seem tame
in comparison.
Japanese w/ no English Subtitles/Color/
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GIRLY
United Kingdom 1969
Nothing says creepy like demented teenage
girls out for blood! From director Freddie
Francis (Tales from the Crypt, The Evil
of Frankenstein, Trog) comes this lost
& forgotten British film Girly.
Working as a creepy variation on The
Most Dangerous Game, the film gets
off to a rousing start as Girly (played
by Vanessa Howard) and her brother put park
bums through hell at their local playground
followed by burying a man up to his neck
in a sandbox. From there the plot delves
into even more disturbing territory. She
brings home random men so that her family
can play disturbing mind games with them,
then hunt them down and kill them. Also
on this disc is the Sybil Danning thriller,
Daughter of Death.
English/Color/101 min/1969
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GODSPEED,
YOU BLACK EMPEROR
Asian 1976
This
obscure documentary is director Mitsuo Yanagimachi's
first film. Documenting the exploits of
the Japanese biker gang, The Black Emperors,
from their "club" meetings to
some near rumbles with other bike gangs,
the film crew is allowed into just about
every aspect of the gang’s existence.
Watching this film certainly shows the vast
difference between Japanese bikers and American
bikers which happens to be a monumental
difference with the Japanese gangs seeming
more like a social club than a lifestyle.
Turned into a much sought after cult film
thanks to the band of the same name, this
subtle documentary is certainly deserving
of its new found fame.
Japanese with English subtitles/B&W/
91 Min./ 1976
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GROUPIE
GIRL
United Kingdom 1971
Directed by the amazingly neglected Derek
Ford, this British coming of age film has
been strangely repackaged as a sexploitation
film. Sure there is some nudity and sex,
and its director made such classic sex films
as Sexplorer and The Sex Express,
but it's far from the skin soaked celluloid
of much of the early 70's grindhouse films.
It's actually a pretty right on youth film
about a girl who dreams of meeting rock
stars. She becomes a groupie and goes from
band to band to band and eventually ends
up addicted to drugs and surrounded by tragedy.
In many ways it’s a damnation of the
British rock scene of the 70’s, presenting
the rock stars as drug using assholes (what
a shock!). The soundtrack is about as good
as they get (if you're into late 60's garage
rock) and the film is actually quite good,
despite its now bizarre exploitation associations.
It packages much of the mood and feel of
the late 60's and holds up nicely as a document
of that time. A highly recommended lost
film.
English/Color/ 90 Min./ 1971
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HANNIBAL
BROOKS
United Kingdom, 1979
Most
road movies follow a similar formula but
this 1969 film, starring Oliver Reed,
certainly paves its own path. Mixing comedy
with real drama and social commentary,
Hannibal Brooks is a rare breed
of adventure movie. A WWII prisoner of
war (Oliver Reed) working at a zoo gets
the chance to escape from the Germans,
so he does and takes with him the elephant
that he’s been caring for. Together
they head for the Swiss border and freedom.
Also starring Michael J Pollard, James
Donald, Helmut Lohner and directed by
Michael Winner, who also directed Reed
in I’ll Never Forget What’s
‘is Name. Hannibal Brooks
is a lost film filled with charm, wit
and excitement.
English/Color/ 101 Min. / 1969
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HEAD
AGAINST THE WALL
United Kingdom 1958
Director Franju is best known for his films
Eyes Without a Face, Judex
and the harrowing documentary Blood
of the Beasts. Franju's prior training
in documentary film helps bring a veneer
of reality to this harrowing glimpse within
the walls of an insane asylum.
Pierre Brasseur plays Marbeau, a traditionalist
"head doctor" who takes on the
case of young Francois (Jean-Paul Mocky).
Though not really insane, Francois has been
institutionalized for daring to defy his
wealthy father. The story is told from Francois'
point of view as he teeters on the edge
of madness during his involuntary internment.
The film is essentially a plea for a more
sensible treatment of the mentally disturbed
and the emotionally distressed, calling
for much needed widespread reforms.
Italian w/ English Subtitles/B&W/
95 Min./ 1958
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THE
HIDDEN ROOM aka THE OBSESSION
United Kingdom 1949
Dmytryk’s Hidden Room is
based on Alec Coppel’s suspense play,
A Man About a Dog. Robert Newton
stars as Dr. Clive Riordan, the insanely
jealous husband of Storm Riordan (Sally
Gray). Not content with merely murdering
Storm’s American lover, Bill Kronin
(Phil Brown), Riordan chains up the poor
fellow in a deserted building. His reasoning,
should the police accuse Riordan of Kronin’s
murder, the doctor can always produce the
live victim who is blindfolded with no idea
who his captor is. Once the investigation
into the man’s disappearance has subsided,
Riordan intends to kill Bill and dispose
of the body in an acid bath. There's only
one problem with his plan, the doctor is
unaware that his wife’s dog has accidentally
been locked up with the helpless Kronin.
English/B&W/ 98 Min./ 1949
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HIGH
ROLLING IN A HOT CORVETTE
Australia 1977
In
this Australian action comedy, Texas and
Alby (Joseph Bottoms and Grigor Taylor)
work as roustabouts at carnivals but they
are bored with the kind of work they do
and take to the road together, looking
for some fun and adventure. They are picked
up in a beautiful green Corvette owned
by a well-heeled man named Arnold (John
Clayton). When Arnold starts putting the
romantic moves on Alby, Texas and his
buddy beat him up and steal his wallet
and car. Once underway, they discover
that the Corvette is full of drugs and
the wallet is full of money. They pick
up Lynn (Judy Davis), a lovely and idealistic
female hitchhiker who brings out Tex's
protective instincts. The duo's gift at
seeking out trouble continues to provide
them with adventures throughout the film.
English/Color/
89 Min/1977
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HINDU
SUPERMAN
A young baby from the doomed planet Krypton
is sent to Earth where he is adopted by
an elderly couple in India who name him
Shekhar. As an adult he learns about his
origins and powers and goes to the city
in search of his school sweetheart, Gita,
now a newspaper reporter. Verma, Shekhar’s
rival for Gita’s affection in their
school days, has gone on to become a crime
lord and general supervillain. Verma hatches
a plan to become rich by devastating part
of India with natural disasters, then buy
all the abandoned land. Will Shekhar be
able to put a stop to Verma’s evil
plan? Will he win Gita’s heart? Will
he keep his double identity a secret? Will
he be able to overcome the extreme budget
limitations and fly?
Color/ 135 Min. /1987
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HOUSE
Asian
1977
Seven sisters visit their
grandmother in a strange house which turns
out to be a demon that eats young virgins.
One girl is eaten by a piano, another is
consumed by her bedding, and the rest are
even more weird and strange. The real insanity
of the film comes in the form of its visual
sense. Director Nobuhiko Obayashi fills
his film with so many off the wall visual
moments, it's like watching a film made
by 30 different directors. There is animation
interspersed with live action, weird back
projection visuals, strange lighting, visual
proportion manipulation and a lot more.
Plus the film is so categorically disjointed
it can only be described as a satire/slapstick/horror/gore/coming
of age/genre bending masterpiece.
Japanese w/ no English subtitles/Color/
110Min./ 1977
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INDIAN
FRIGHT NIGHT
India
Get ready for more Bollywood
rip-off fun with this 1989 remake of the
1985 horror comedy Fright Night. The origianl
title of the film Wohi Bhayanak Raat translates
to That Same Horrifying Night about a club-hopping
vampire who hypnotizes party girls with
his mind control eye lasers until one day,
he picks up the wrong girl, a reincarnation
of a centuries old lover. For an Indian
film this one has its share of gore and
violence, and even some implied forced sex.
Needless to say, Indian censors were in
an uproar over this one, but it somehow
managed to make its way to movie theaters,
becoming a big hit in its native land.
Indian w no English subtitles/Color/
127 minutes/ 1989
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INTERNATIONAL
GUERILLAS
Pakistan
Paranoid Lollywood fantasy about assassinating
Salman Rushdie (circa 1990) complete with
disco and batsuits. Salman Rushdie, played
by Afzaal Ahmad, is depicted as plotting
the downfall of “Pakistan, the stronghold
of Islam” by opening a chain of casinos
and discos in the country. The hero of the
story, played by Mustafa Qureshi, learns
of this plot and quits his day job as a
police officer to recruit his brothers and
create a mujahid (God’s soldiers)
to pursue Rushdie and slay him. Rushdie
is protrayed as a smug, bespectacled butcher
in a double-breasted suit, living in palatial
splendor on his own island, slaughtering
his enemies with a huge blood-soaked sword.
In the end, as the trio of brothers and
their mother are being crucified by Rushdie,
Allah frees them with bolts of lightning
and attacks Rushdie withy flying holy books
(the Koran, Tawrat, Zabur, and Injil) that
shoot laser beams into his skull until he
bursts into flames, a scene that evoked
shouts of approval from Pakistani audiences.
Pakistan/Color/ 180 minutes/ 1990
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INVASION
OF THE DEAD
Mexico
This hilariously awful Blue Demon “horror”
movie has been called the Plan 9
of Mexico and rightfully so. The story is
about a space ship that lands on earth,
sending a signal that causes the dead to
rise from their graves and seek human flesh.
Only Blue Demon and the effeminate escape
artist Zovek can save Mexico from the wrath
of the zombies! Featuring an army of boring
zombies, a giant cannonball shaped space
ship, a few random werewolves, and a zombie
who can drive a helicopter.
Color/ 85 min/ 1973
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JE
T'AMIE, MOI NON PLUS
France 1976
Written and directed by Serge Gainsbourg
and starring his frequently naked wife Jane
Birkin & Andy Warhol super stud Joe
Dallesandro, Je T'Amie, Moi Non Plus
is a strikingly erotic and assaulting
film. The story concerns a truck stop waitress
named Johnny (Birkin) and her bizarre and
violent relationship with Krassky (Dellesandro),
a gay truck driver who finds himself strangely
attracted to the waif like woman. Not surprisingly,
Krassky's truck driving lover, Padovan,
takes a strong dislike to Johnny and plans
to kill her. Filled with amazingly graphic,
erotic, and violent sex scenes, Gainsbourg's
film is like nothing ever seen before, an
art film roughie with homosexual overtones
and an amazing film score.
Color/
90 Min./1976
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THE
KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS
Italy 1974
Veteran Italian filmmaker
Giuseppe Bennati tries his hand at the early
'70s glut of Giallo thrillers with this
bloody and erotic variation on the Ten
Little Indians plot line. Considered
by many to be one of the best examples of
the Italian Giallo film, this movie mixes
amazingly creepy suspense and overtly sexual
moments with the kind of gut wrenching gore
we've all come to expect from those wacky
Italians. The plot is about nine people
connected in one way or another (i.e. by
blood, intrigue or rivalry) who are invited
to an abandoned theatre. Once there, they
find themselves trapped and learn that an
entire family was slaughtered in the theatre
years ago. Eventually one by one they are
systematically killed in various horrific
ways by a mysterious assassin hiding in
the shadows who may or may not be of supernatural
origin. Filled with disturbing and spooky
imagery and moments, The Killer Reserved
Nine Seats is a great introduction to the
Giallo genre. .
Italian Dubbed in English/Color/ 90
Min./1974
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THE
KILLING MACHINE
Japan 1975
It’s like a trip back through time
to 42nd street at the highth of its grindhouse
days, just without the junkies, fights and
sticky floors. Get ready for a martial arts
double feature featuring Sonny Chiba (The
Street Fighter) & Wang Yu (The One Armed
Swordsman) complete with kung fu trailers
in between the features!
1975 & 73/ Color/87 & 96 min
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THE
KILLING OF SATAN
Phillipines 1983
A brilliant example of the kind of insane
genre techniques 80’s Filipino directors
filled their films with. In this 90-minute
supernatural horror film you get more insane
moments of absolute jaw dropping madness
than 40 American horror films combined!
You get a zombie with googly eyes jumping
out of the water; a strange lizard midget
monster with a very out of place vaginal
slit; a woman who turns into a toad; spinning
heads; people morphing into snakes; cartoon
like levels of violence; and an amazing
all out battle to the death between the
hero and Satan himself! And that is just
a small sample of what this movie has to
offer.
The story is about a man chosen by his dead
uncle to battle the forces of evil. First,
he must fight a being called “The
Prince of Magic” who shoots rays from
his hands, can make heads spin around and
hypnotize people. For the grand finale,
he finally faces Satan himself and engages
him in a battle of magic that simply must
be seen to be believed!
Filipino dubbed in English/Color/ 90
Min/ 1983
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THE
SECRET FORMULA AKA LA FORMULA SECRETA
Mexico 1965
Strange,
semi-surrealist nightmares (somehow related
to Mexican realities) form the matrix of
this work. A corpse is carried on a flour
truck, a boy knifes a cow, a couple kiss
before a blood- bespattered wall, and clerical
students imitate the crucifixion. Perhaps
the best scene is of a Mexican staring out
silently toward the Mexican plateau. After
awhile, the camera pans away from him to
concentrate on the landscape. Stubbornly,
he re-enters the frame and assumes his former
position, but the camera pulls away again,
and again he returns ... a perfect visual
metaphor. Director Rubén Gámez
occupies a place of honor in motion picture
history. The fabulous medium-length La
Fórmula Secreta (The Secret Formula)
is an irreverent treatment of national symbols
and a playful approach to formal experimentations.
An irrational essay, unified only by the
author's unique voice, full of surreal moments
and provocative scenarios related to intellectual
debates about the Mexican national character.
Gamez relates the film to the supposed passivity
of the Mexican people, for whom the film
serves as a wake-up call.
Spanish with no English subtitles/B&W/50
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LADYBUG
LADYBUG
United Kingdom 1963
Director Frank Perry’s scathing critique
of the mass hysteria surrounding the nuclear
age of the 1950’s/60’s tells
the supposedly true story that occurred
during the atomic terror of the Cuban missile
crisis. The tragedy begins when a civil
defense siren is accidentally tripped while
a school is in session. The panic-stricken
children are immediately sent home. One
young girl has an air-raid shelter in her
backyard and invites many children inside.
A less popular girl begs to be let in, but
the first girl makes excuses and shuts her
out leaving the terribly frightened child
to hide out in an abandoned refrigerator
where she dies.
English/B&W/
82 Min./1963
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THE
LAST SHARK
Italy 1982
From Trash Director extraordinaire Enzo
G. Castellari,1990: The Bronx Warriors,
Keoma, The Big Racket, comes this brilliantly
awful Jaws rip off, The Last Shark. Banned
by Universal Pictures when it was released
in 1982 due to its blatant plot similarities
to Jaws, The Last Shark is a virtually unseen
trash classic with a giant killer shark
that at times looks like a big blow up doll.
Filled with great shark attacks; amazing
scenery chewing performances by Vic Morrow,
James Franciscus & Joshua Sinclair;
and enough bitten off limbs to satisfy any
gorehounds out there; The Last Shark is
a great way to spend a night with friends.
The Last Shark is considered by many to
be the crown jewel of bad movies and without
a doubt the best of the worst.
English/Color/ 88 Min./ 1982
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MELODY
NELSON VIDEO
France 1970
You don't need to speak French to fall in
love with Serge Gainsbourg's seductive voice
narrating the story of the night his Rolls
Royce hits a young girl on her bike and
falls madly in love with her, only to lose
her. If you are a fan of Serge Gainsbourg
then you must own this visual interpretation
of his conceptual masterpiece Histoire
de Melody Nelson, performed by Serge
Gainsbourg and his wife Jane Birkin. The
entire album is presented as one long music
video; seamlessly intertwining the lustful
lyrics and bass heavy music with soft focus,
pop art imagery. Also included on this disc
is a rare television interview with Gainsbourg
& Birkin during the recording of the
Melody Nelson album.
French w/ No Subtitles/Color/ 28 Min./ 1970
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PIG
CHICKEN SUICIDE
Asian 1981
Directed by Japanese underground legend
Yoshihiko Matsui, most famous for his epic
film Noisy Requiem and his early
work with maverik Japanese director, Sogo
Ishii (Gojoe, Crazy Thunder Road).
Pig Chicken Suicide is a veritable
assault on the senses, mixing violent images
of animal slaughter, racial strife and surrealism
to tell the story of two Koreans living
in Japan who’s love is destroyed due
to overwhelming racial discrimination .
Japanese with no English subtitles/Color
and B&W/ 95 Min./1981
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PLANET
WARS
Brazil, 1978 Made
in less than a month, this Star Wars
rip-off was released in Brazil a full
five months before the original Star
Wars hit Brazilian theaters, causing
it to be a South American smash hit! Starring
the Brazilian 3 Stooges, The Tramps, the
film features just about every Star
Wars character you can think of;
as well as some of the most embarrassingly
bad sets, special effects and disco dance
numbers you will ever find in a movie.
The majority of the movie feels like a
throw away Sid & Marty Krofft
Show complete with shot on video
effects, amazingly retarded monster masks,
and astoundingly stupefying musical numbers!
A true must see bad movie rarity, and
it’s actually much more fun to watch
than any of the Star Wars movies.
Portuguese with English subtitles/Color/
98 Min. / 1978
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SERIE
NOIR
France 1979
The
title Serie Noire refers to a popular
French mystery series and literally means
"Black Series." The story is based on American
author Jim Thompson's hard boiled detective
story A Hell of a Woman and is
close in spirit to the U.S. film noir mysteries
of the 1940s. Frank Poupart (Patrick Dewaere)
is a 30-year-old loser, a salesman who is
barely scraping by and whose wife has left
him "just to think things over." He meets
Mona (Marie Trintignant), a quiet, dreamy
15-year-old girl whose aunt offers her to
him for sexual pleasure in return for a
sweater. They become lovers and both of
them see a way out of their impoverished
dead-end existence when Mona tells him that
her aunt (who is also her landlady) has
a large stash of money hidden away. They
decide to kill her, and also kill a Greek
boxer who owes Frank money, making it look
like a murder/suicide. When Frank's wife
returns to him, eager to begin their marriage
again, he kills her out of sheer frustration.
Later, he is blackmailed by Staplin (Bernard
Blier), his employer and is left with no
loot, no wife, three heinous crimes on his
hands, and a clueless adolescent girlfriend.
French
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SLOGAN
France 1969
An
award winning ad executive named Serge,
played by Serge Gainsbourg, uses women like
paper towels, running through them daily,
while his pregnant wife remains at home.
Eventually he meets a woman whom he truly
feels a connection with, a beautiful British
actress (played by fashion model Jane Birkin).
Their relationship is based mainly on sex
and money but to Serge it is everything
he needs and more. On the set of this film,
Serge Gainsbourg first met and fell in love
with his future wife and musical partner,
Jane Birkin.
Color/ 90 Min./1969
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SNAKE
GIRL
Phillipines
1973
Whacked out wild Filipino supernatural thriller
about a woman who is thrown into a snake
pit by evil family members. Before dieing
she is raped by a giant snake and gives
birth to a baby snake girl, who is raised
by the snakes in the pit. Once of age, the
snake girl, complete with snakes for hair
arises from the pit to exact her revenge
on those who killed her mother. Filled with
an almost mondo movie like quality, Snake
Girl is a prime example of the bizarre features
coming out of the third world in the 1970’s.
Highly recommended cultural weirdness.
1973/color/90 min
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STONE
Australia 1974
An Australian biker film that more than
captures the feel of Australia's love for
biker culture. It's considered a major cult
film in Australia and for good reason. Fans
of American biker movies should not miss
this excellent expansion of the genre. Ride
with 'Stone' the undercover cop who joins
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