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List Price: $29.95Price: $26.99You Save: $2.96 (10%)Dementia/Daughter of Horror
Actors: Adrienne Barrett, Angelo Rossitto, Lucille Howland, Gayne Sullivan, Ben Roseman
ASIN : B00004Z4TA
Sales Rank : 76833
Director : John Parker
Studio : Kino Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0738329018528
UPC : 738329018528
Release Date : December 17, 2000
Publisher : Kino Video
Manufacturer : Kino Video
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Kino Video
Running Time : 112
Amazon.comFloating somewhere in the netherworld of B-movie exploitation and art house psychodrama, John Parker's ambitious dream film of a schizophrenic's nightmarish existence is nothing if not unique. For years only available in the altered version Daughter of Horror, this unique bit of Freudian horror has been something of a holy grail for cult film buffs. Kino has uncovered the original cut and restored it to near-pristine condition. Shot entirely without dialogue or narration and filled with suggestive violence and psychosexual imagery, it's like a skid row expressionist thriller following the nocturnal prowling of a young woman haunted by homicidal guilt. Parker can't quite match his lofty ambitions with gripping drama, but he makes up for it with sheer audacity, from home-life flashbacks staged among the gravestones of a misty cemetery to the creepy faceless crowds that follow our tortured heroine through the city. Imaginative sets and vivid effects belie its starvation budget and create a strikingly austere urban mindscape and the eerie score by composer George Antheil (with wordless vocals provided by Marni Nixon) sets an unnerving mood. Handsomely shot by William C. Thompson (Ed Wood's regular cinematographer--say what you will, Wood's pictures look good), it's like nothing else from the 1950s. The DVD also features the alternate version Daughter of Horror, which was released to the drive-in and grind-house circuit and has narration by Ed McMahon. Only a few shots have been excised to please censors, but the cheesy narration delivered with affected doom transforms the entire tone of the piece. Also featured among the supplements is the essay "Dementia: A Case Study," a well-researched and informative production history supplemented by reproductions of original letters, contracts, and industry documents. --Sean Axmaker
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New Price: $49.95Knight Moves
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Tom Skerritt, Diane Lane, Daniel Baldwin, Codie Lucas Wilbee
ASIN : B000056HP8
Sales Rank : 57855
Director : Carl Schenkel
Studio : Live / Artisan
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780782025507
ISBN : 0782025501
UPC : 017153115147
Release Date : December 20, 2001
Publisher : Live / Artisan
Manufacturer : Live / Artisan
Label : Live / Artisan
Running Time : 108
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Price: $7.98Reefer Madness
Actors: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien, Thelma White
ASIN : 6305066795
Sales Rank : 24166
Director : Louis J. Gasnier
Brand : O'BRIEN/SHORT
Studio : Motion Picture Ventures
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786305066798
ISBN : 6305066795
UPC : 056775006297
Release Date : December 07, 1998
Publisher : Motion Picture Ventures
Manufacturer : Motion Picture Ventures
Availability : Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks
Label : Motion Picture Ventures
Running Time : 70
Product DescriptionDesigned as a propaganda film against marijuana, exaggerated scenes of possible effects of the drug are shown, climaxing in the bludgeoning death of the drug dealer.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: O'BRIEN/SHORT
Title: REEFER MADNESS
Street Release Date: 08/25/1998
Domestic
Genre: CLASSICS Amazon.com essential videoAlthough it was made in 1936, Reefer Madness didn't become a cult hit until 1972 when the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) rescued it from the Library of Congress film archive. Thereafter, it was a mainstay on the midnight movie circuit. And it's easy to see why. The ostensible story involves a group of upstanding young high school students who succumb to the allure of the "killer weed." What follows, as if by natural progression, is a catalog of crimes that includes hit-and-run driving, loose morals, rape, murder, suicide, and my personal favorite, permanent insanity! The action is at times so hysterical, in both senses, that you may forget to inhale. Honors go to the wild-eyed, cackling hophead David O'Brien; his performance reaches a raw intensity that is hard to imagine. One measure of this film's pervasive influence is the extent to which its title continues to be invoked in news stories about decriminalization and medical marijuana. Such posterity for unintentional humor must be rare. A great film to see stoned, man. --Jim Gay Amazon.comA propaganda film from 1936 that has become a cult hit because of its dated outlook on marijuana use, Reefer Madness is the height of camp entertainment. Framed as a "documentary," the film is narrated by a high school principal imparting his wisdom and experiences with the demon weed. The bulk of the film focuses on almost slapstick scenes of high school kids smoking pot and quickly going insane, playing "evil" jazz music, being committed, and going on a murder spree. Meant to be an important and affecting cautionary tale, this dated black-and-white film's true value is in its many entertaining moments of unintended hilarity. --Robert Lane
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New Price: $70.00Sid & Nancy - Criterion Collection
Actors: Sandy Baron, Perry Benson, Xander Berkeley, Debby Bishop, Rusty Blitz
ASIN : 6305094926
Sales Rank : 26220
Studio : Criterion
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786305094920
ISBN : 6305094926
UPC : 715515009232
Release Date : December 28, 1998
Publisher : Criterion
Manufacturer : Criterion
Label : Criterion
Running Time : 112
DescriptionA lacerating love story, Sid & Nancy chronicles the brief, intense attachment of two of punk's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Director Alex Cox balances a bleak evocation of star-crossed love with surreal humor and genuine tenderness, creating a compelling portrait of the late '70s punk scene. With brilliant performances by Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb, the film's haunting imagery and black comedy resonate long after the final frames. Amazon.comAfter the cultish success of Repo Man, maverick director Alex Cox made the film that remains his masterpiece--a loud, brash, abrasive, painful, funny, and utterly brilliant screen biography of British punk rocker Sid Vicious and his American girlfriend Nancy Spungen. As played to perfection by Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb, Sid and Nancy are made for each other, serving their mutual strengths and weaknesses and rising with the punk-rock fame of Sid's group, the Sex Pistols, while falling into the ultimately lethal pit of drug abuse. Cox doesn't pull any punches or compromise the unsavory aspects of this passionate love story, so the film presents a harsh mix of emotional and physical anguish tempered by the very poignant and genuine love shared by its tormented central characters. Through it all, the film emerges as an intimate and yet oddly epic chronicle of punk's glory days of anarchic sex, drugs and rock & roll. It's as dynamic and confidently directed as any screen biography before or since, no less fascinating for its unpleasant aspects as for the touching emotions at its very human core. --Jeff Shannon
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New Price: $45.99Billy Jack
Actors: Lynn Baker, Dan Barrows, Susan Foster, Ed Greenberg, Howard Hesseman
ASIN : B00004XPOM
Sales Rank : 73678
Studio : Ventura Distribution
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0634991100229
UPC : 634991100229
Release Date : December 31, 2000
Publisher : Ventura Distribution
Manufacturer : Ventura Distribution
Label : Ventura Distribution
Running Time : 114
Amazon.comThis time-capsule film from 1971 is a perfect example of having one's cake and eating it, too. Written and directed by filmmaker Tom Laughlin--and starring him in the title role--Billy Jack concerns a half-white, half-Indian karate expert who protects a free school built on principles of pacifism by kicking hell out of pesky rednecks. The story actually embraces that tension between Billy Jack's way of doing things and that of the school's founder (Delores Taylor), but their tension doesn't so much lead to an examination of principles as it leads to an excuse for Laughlin to incorporate fight scenes between hippie politics. Crude and brutal, the film is pretty exploitative of a viewer's torn sympathies, and in that way Billy Jack actually anticipates much of the simple-minded, violent fare that followed in the movies of the '70s and '80s. --Tom Keogh
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List Price: $29.95Price: $26.99You Save: $2.96 (10%)Coming Apart
Actors: Rip Torn, Sally Kirkland, Robert Blankshine, Darlene Cotton, Phoebe Dorin
ASIN : 6305769443
Sales Rank : 67901
Director : Milton Moses Ginsberg
Studio : Kino Video
Region Code : 0
Format : Black & White, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786305769446
ISBN : 6305769443
UPC : 738329015527
Release Date : December 10, 2000
Publisher : Kino Video
Manufacturer : Kino Video
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Kino Video
Running Time : 111
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New Price: $9.98Reefer Madness (Restored Edition)
Actors: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien, Thelma White
ASIN : B00018D3XM
Sales Rank : 35596
Director : Louis J. Gasnier
Studio : 20th Century Fox
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Restored
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0024543102465
UPC : 024543102465
Release Date : December 20, 2004
Publisher : 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox
Label : 20th Century Fox
Running Time : 65
DescriptionReefer Madness is a campy cult favorite first released in 1938 as a propaganda film meant to scare America's youth off of drug. In this quintessential classic, innocent teens partake of the "demon weed" only to find that one puff plunges them into a hilarious web of murder, sex, lunacy and jazz music. Amazon.com essential videoAlthough it was made in 1936, Reefer Madness didn't become a cult hit until 1972 when the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) rescued it from the Library of Congress film archive. Thereafter, it was a mainstay on the midnight movie circuit. And it's easy to see why. The ostensible story involves a group of upstanding young high school students who succumb to the allure of the "killer weed." What follows, as if by natural progression, is a catalog of crimes that includes hit-and-run driving, loose morals, rape, murder, suicide, and my personal favorite, permanent insanity! The action is at times so hysterical, in both senses, that you may forget to inhale. Honors go to the wild-eyed, cackling hophead David O'Brien; his performance reaches a raw intensity that is hard to imagine. One measure of this film's pervasive influence is the extent to which its title continues to be invoked in news stories about decriminalization and medical marijuana. Such posterity for unintentional humor must be rare. A great film to see stoned, man. --Jim Gay Amazon.comA propaganda film from 1936 that has become a cult hit because of its dated outlook on marijuana use, Reefer Madness is the height of camp entertainment. Framed as a "documentary," the film is narrated by a high school principal imparting his wisdom and experiences with the demon weed. The bulk of the film focuses on almost slapstick scenes of high school kids smoking pot and quickly going insane, playing "evil" jazz music, being committed, and going on a murder spree. Meant to be an important and affecting cautionary tale, this dated black-and-white film's true value is in its many entertaining moments of unintended hilarity. --Robert Lane
Reviews for the Reefer Madness (Restored Edition)
List Price: $14.99Price: $13.49You Save: $1.5 (10%)Just for the Hell of It/Blast-Off Girls
Actors: Dan Conway, Ray Sager, Tom Tyrell, Ron Liace, Dennis Hickey
ASIN : B000059H8L
Sales Rank : 28222
Director : Herschell Gordon Lewis
Studio : Image Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Special Edition, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381974027
UPC : 014381974027
Release Date : December 01, 2006
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Image Entertainment
Running Time : 234
DescriptionJust For the Hell of It (1968, 81 min.) - Teens run amok in the Drive-In double bill from the incredible Herschell Gordon Lewis! A gang of nihilistic delinquents raise hell in a suburban community by doing whatever they want, whenever they want, Just For the Hell of It! Dexter, Denny, Bitsy, and Lummox aren't misunderstood, underprivileged, or even angry, they're just plain bad. When things get dull, they hop in their '67 Mustang and commit senseless acts of cowardly chaos. "Blast-Off Girls" (1967, 83 min.) - Slimeball manager Boogie Baker tries to turn a small-time teenage rock band into an overnight sensation with the help of pot parties, blackmail, and plenty of Blast-Off Girls in H.G. Lewis' answer to "A Hard Day's Night," which also includes a cameo by Mr. Rock & Roll himself, Kentucky Fried Chicken's Colonel Sanders!
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New Price: $15.99The Viking Queen
Actors: Don Murray, Carita, Donald Houston, Andrew Keir, Adrienne Corri
ASIN : B00000IBRO
Sales Rank : 76627
Director : Don Chaffey
Studio : Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code : 0
Format : Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0013131068894
UPC : 013131068894
Release Date : December 27, 1999
Publisher : Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer : Starz / Anchor Bay
Label : Starz / Anchor Bay
Running Time : 91
Amazon.comThere are no Vikings in The Viking Queen, a low-budget adventure from Hammer studios set in the British Isles during the Roman reign of Nero. Salina (Carita), the curiously Italian-accented daughter of a dying British king, inherits his kingdom on the eve of a treaty that splits power between the native monarchy and the Roman government. American star Don Murray (of Bus Stop and The Hoodlum Priest fame), looking oddly uncomfortable in a Roman tunic, is the fair-minded Roman governor-general Justinian, whose jurisprudence and willingness to compromise infuriates his bloodthirsty second in command. Plots from within both camps threaten not just the uneasy peace between the Britons and the Romans but the hot-and-heavy love affair between Salina and Justinian (whose flirtatious chariot race leads to a little riverside nooky). This sword-and-sandal-meets-bearskin-and-clubs adventure is at its best on location in the British countryside, where the grand scenery belies its meager budget, but the battle scenes suffer from a tiny cast of soldiers and lackluster choreography. There are plenty of scantily clad maidens (who knew the ancient British climate was so temperate?), Druid ceremonies with human sacrifices, and even a kinky flogging, but ultimately director Don Chaffey's attempts to inject Hammer's lurid edge into the drama come off as both perfunctory and forced. Though often entertaining, this period adventure never reaches the smart, sexy, and showy gothic splendor of Hammer's horror classics. --Sean Axmaker
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List Price: $19.98Price: $17.99You Save: $1.99 (10%)In a Year with 13 Moons
Actor: Original Soundtrack
ASIN : B0001A79DK
Sales Rank : 83491
Studio : Fantoma
Region Code : 0
Format : Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Soundtrack, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0695026703921
UPC : 695026703921
Release Date : December 13, 2004
Publisher : Fantoma
Manufacturer : Fantoma
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Fantoma
Running Time : 124
DescriptionWhen the object of his affection off-handedly commented, "too bad you're not a girl", Erwin disappeared to Casablanca and returned as Elvira. Now, adrift and alone amid the maze of the Frankfurt streets, Elvira revisits the people and places of his past, desperately searching for the identity and love and she's never known. Rainer Werner Fassbinder's masterpiece defies categorization, equal parts melodrama, dark comedy, tragedy, and almost clinical character study. Featuring a breathtaking central performance by the great Volker Spengler, In a Year with 13 Moons is ultimately a tender and moving portrait of a lost and fragile soul. Begun only weeks after the suicide of his lover, Fassbinder wrote, directed, photographed and edited what is perhaps his most personal and powerful film. Amazon.comIn 1974, Rainer Werner Fassbinder made Fox and His Friends, inspired by his relationship with working-class butcher Armin Meier. When Fassbinder dumped his longtime lover in 1978, the distraught Meier committed suicide, and Fassbinder fell into a deep depression. Whether driven by guilt or helplessness, the director drew from the experience for another film, the story of transsexual Elvira Weishaupt (Volker Spengler in a haunting performance). Elvira, formerly Erwin, is a working-class butcher who changed her sex for a lover who promptly left her. She now spends her days wandering the alienating industrial Frankfurt cityscape while reminiscing about her painful past. Coming after the lush, soft-focus beauty of the international hit The Marriage of Maria Braun, the bleak landscape of Frankfurt and Elvira's harsh, stylized flashbacks are almost shocking. The faint of heart should be warned of a gruesome slaughterhouse scene where cattle are killed and butchered--a display of cruelty that echoes the emotional brutality of Elvira's past. It's one of Fassbinder's most personal projects (in addition to writing and directing he serves as cinematographer, editor, and set designer), a strikingly stylized film and one of his most emotionally wrenching works. Meier may have inspired Elvira, but Fassbinder invests himself into the character, and his identification creates a powerful, painful portrait drenched in despair. --Sean Axmaker
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