This is one of the trailers for RAMBO 4 (aka Rambo aka John Rambo) which I must admit I totally love! Fred Adelman said about it in his review on Critical Condition:
While I generally don't review recent theatrical releases, I'm going to make an exception here because I feel this is an important, nay, essential, viewing experience for fans of action cinema. Quite simply, this is the best 80's action film to be made in the past twenty years and director/co-scripter/star Sylvester Stallone has single-handedly restored my faith in American action cinema. It's not perfect, mind you, but it is the most rousing, bloody, audience-pleasing action flick that I have seen in theaters in many years.
- and I fully agree.
RAMBO 4 is so over-the-top violent and gung-ho crazy that it's a splatter movie fan's wet dream. And a trashy war flick fan's wet dream too. And I happen to love both splatter flicks and trashy war flicks!!! xD
I wrote about the upcoming DVD release of BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL recently (check here) and for the past week a copy of the original tape has been on eBay. However, the seller is asking a 180 dollars for it and the cover is even cut to fit a regular size video case! On a day without food and water I might've been dizzy enough to cough up 50 bucks for it. But 180 smackaroos! Forget it!! I've got my bootleg from TrueGore and the DVD is gonna be out soon.
But if nothing else here's the pix from the seller's page (notice how the background colour and the fingernail colour go well with the cover. LOL):
I got a pile of old-skool thrash- and heavy metal "mix-tape" style cd-r's from my buddy Henrik last week and since then it's been back to the old thrash metal days in this house. LOL. This video is from the old "Cliff 'em all" VHS which came out a while after Cliff Burton was killed in 1987. I actually had a ticket for the gig in Copenhagen that never happened cos they'd crashed their bus the night before (but I got to see them with Cliff at the Roskilde Festival a few months earlier which was the highlight of that summer). The tape is all bootleg recordings and (I believe) a few clips from TV. The clip I'm posting here is without a doubt the best of the lot and most likely taped for local TV or something. I still have my old video tape which I bought back in England and just before writing this I checked Amazon to see if there's a DVD release, and yes there is. One of the many Amazon users who comment about the DVD mentions that there are two Metallica's (he's complaining about the new fans who trash the DVD for not being produced properly, haha). And yeah, I fully agree. Altho three of the four members are the same it's been a very different band ever since the Black Album came out. Back in the second half of the 80s the original version of Metallica was my favourite band of all time. Of all bands. Anywhere. This clip is from their best period in my view.
Rarest interview with thee coolest MISFIT! (i.e. Lemmy of Motörhead as if you didn't know. And if you really didn't know: please go away!).
Q: "There aren't many rocken rollers like you left?" Lemmy: "What, you mean intelligent?"
The picture quality blows but in some ways it FITS perfectly! This interview is from circa 1983. It's originally uploaded by someone else (in the UK) but they disabled the embed function so obviously I had to re-upload the whole thing. LOL. Enjoy.
News in this morning confirm speculations that DVD & blu-ray publisher Another World Entertainment (Denmark) have signed a deal with renowned underground cult personality Jack J of "En Lejemorder Ser Tilbage" blog and "Stay Sick!" fanzine fame for an extraordinary release entitled "Hell of the Living Dead Booklet". A release critics quickly have labeled "Most likely the most important release of 2010".
Another World Entertainment (AWE) will shortly be releasing the Jack J penned mammoth coffee table booklet on Italian master film director Bruno Mattei; a director who is widely recognised by film aficionados and academics alike for his cinematic classics such as SS GIRLS, THE OTHER HELL, ZOMBI 3, HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD and not least his ground breaking masterpiece CRUEL JAWS.
It seems surreal that no major reference book has been published previously but according to AWE part owner and founder, mr Jan Schmidt, the answer is most likely that only few film critics would have dared to put themselves on the line; As mr. Schmidt puts it: "One wrong word about Bruno Mattei and you would have an angry mob on your hands. Thousands of furious Mattei fans ready to tar and feather you."
To the question why he and AWE would risk their necks with this release:
Mr Schmidt: "Well, we knew very well mr Jensen [aka Jack J, Reuters] could pull this off in a grand way. In fact we are convinced he's the ONLY writer who could do this."
A limited edition of the booklet will contain one of maestro Mattei's films; HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD. We asked mr Schmidt why they have chosen to include a DVD with mr J's awesome booklet.
Mr Schmidt: "Well, it's not that we didn't think people would pay $20 for a four page booklet. We are confident most fans would, it's written by Jack J for Christ's sakes! But we just thought it was something the fans would appreciate".
Will you be working with mr J again?
Mr Schmidt: "Haha, you don't throw away a golden goose, now do you! We certainly hope mr J would wish to work with us again. Why would we want to work with anybody else! We've previously tried other writers and they all fall flat in comparison".
Some alleged rumours hint that mr J likes to take his time with his material?
Mr Schmidt: "That may be, but it's certainly not something we view as a problem. We fully understand that different rules apply when you're dealing with an acclaimed underground writer like mr J. We just hope he'll work with us again."
HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD is in stores this coming week.
Ahh, who wouldn't get arou... happy at the thought of wild nuns with bloodied hands who turn their eyes black and spew equal amounts of profanities and blood in your face. Ahhh. xD
The muy fantastico lobbycard above is one that I've just won. YAY!!! The bottom one is one I unfortunately lost out on a couple of weeks back. Boo-hoo!!! They're both from the Mexican horror movie SATANICO PANDEMONIUM from 1975. It's available on a spiffy disc from Mondo Macabro but unfortunately it seems it's going out of print.
Btw, if you haven't watched SANTANICO PANDEMONIUM but still think there's a wee bell going off in your head it may very well be cos you've seen FROM DUSK TILL DAWN in which another Mexican (and muy bonita at that!), Salma Hayek, plays a character called Satanico Pandemonium (in fact this is without a doubt señorita Hayek's FINEST moment on celluloid if you ask me!).
I couldn't find a trailer for SATANICO PANDEMONIUM so instead here's one for a TV documentary about everyday life in Mexican convents:
- And here; one of the finest moments in cinematic history. This is the clip I'd bring to a deserted island if I were to only bring one clip!!!
LMAO. Alright, the top trailer is of course from the awesome movie ALUCARDA (also on DVD from MM). xD
The new issue of LUNCHMEAT, one of the sadly last horor film fanzines, is on the street! I've got the previous 2 issues (I was too bloody slow for #1 and 2, grrr) and they're a good read. Support this mag! If the last few fanzines dissapear who's to say if any new fans are gonna be bothered with putting out new ones at all! :-( PS: they state in the postage fee section that postage to "the rest of the world" is $5 but I've just ordered it thru eBay and the postage is only $4 ($10 in total).
Sales pitch from the editors:
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We’ve piled the meat high with LM #5 with in-depth reviews of hard-to-find flicks such as Jennifer, The Jitters, Night Terror, Thou Shalt not Kill… Except, and Black Devil Doll from Hell along with a heaping helping of other blood-encrusted cinematic treats that are sure to stick to your teeth! Also lurking within the pages, we have an interview with Tony Riparetti about his prolific career as a B-movie film composer and his many collaborations with low-budget maestro Albert Pyun.
Painter extraordinaire Keith Batcheller candidly tells about his career hammering out video covers (House of the Long Shadows, The Tomb) for the releasing companies in the 80s. We’re also proud to present an interview with Black Lodge Video out of Memphis, TN: a rental store that’s sure to induce time travel, hurling you into VHS days gone by. Speaking of time travel, we've also dug up a bunch of Horror vinyl for you nostalgia hounds to chew on in what we like to call Tales from the Crate! Dig those groovy sounds!
Wait… There’s more?!... Much more! Rob Hauschild is back with a slimy box of tapes pulled straight from the trash; Heather Drain shows us she knows her shit when it comes to 80s music videos (and the 80s in general) with a review of Vestron Video’s Picture Music, and Putrid gives us his totally amazing one page comic: The Birth of Slithis! And, as always, the Crossword Troll has a challenge for you in the realm of Slasher flicks. Defeat him, and you shall win prizes. That’s right: PRIZES! Fantastic ones! We’re talking VHS tapes and stuff!!
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About a year ago I wrote about the 20 minute documentary short film CONVERSATIONS WITH T.F. MOU, directed by Dvdmaniacs member Jules L. Carrozza. Of course, I'm sure you're aware T.F. Mou is the infamous director of MAN/MEN BEHIND THE SUN, BLACK SUN: THE NANKING MASSACRE (Man Behind the Sun 4), LOST SOULS, THE TEENAGER'S NIGHTMARE (from Criminals 5), etc.
The film is available on YouTube (a legit upload as it's by the director). But lo and behold, now Carrozza has done a new documentary about T.F. Mou entitled BLACK SUNSHINE: CONVERSATIONS WITH T.F. MOU. And this time it's a "real" feature film. The trailer certainly looks awesome! There's gonna be a screening in September but needless to say it's not gonna take place in the cold, damp and forsaken outskirts of the world where I'm located. :-( (if you watched that Motörhead short film I posted yesterday: That's exactly what it's like living here!!!).
But there's really no need for weeping (much) cos Carrozza is putting out the film on DVD already around Christmas. Just like the first film this one is made as an underground film with whatever limited financial means Jules has been able to scrape together and unfortunately this means we won't be seeing a "real" DVD release.
The problem is basically that Celestial won't allow the use of film clips unless you pay them (and apparently pay them WELL). I find it odd that they don't see the commercial potential in getting their films presented in a good documentary about one of the old Shaw Brothers directors. I'm not gonna go into a longer rant about this (cos there's a LOT to rant about in this regard) but Celestial is NOT an easy company to deal with. The mere fact that they won't allow Cantonese audio on some of the reg. 1 DVDs (altho Canto is often the intended dialect) speaks for itself. In short, Carrozza is gonna release the film on dvdr and let it fly under the radar. Well, works for me! (flying under the radar is the ONLY way to fly anyway, if you ask me. LOL). Rather a dvdr than not seeing the film at all or only getting a YouTube upload.
If you'd like to see the old docu go here. And you can read Jules' posts (on Dvdmaniacs) about the film here.
Here's a clip from MEN BEHIND THE SUN but if you're screamish you might wanna pass it by.
This is the members of Motörhead in the "Iron Fist" intro film from 1982!!!
Another of these Scandinavian Brits (Scandinavia is apparently full of them), Jonathan Douglass, brought this film to my attention the other day (cheers mate!!). It's a film that's been lost for many years but has now re-surfaced on YouTube!
It's a film that Motörhead got made but even so many fans don't even know it exists and, uh, since I'm one of them (the ones who's been in the dark about this film) I can't really tell you much about it. The film only runs for a couple of minutes and it was made to be played as an intro on Motörhead's "Iron Fist" tour in 1982. The idea was that the film would play and the band would come down from the above on a platform and onto the stage. Or something. But soon after the tour started the equipment broke down and they ditched it. Apparently, the band hated it anyway, haha.
I'll include the (whatever little) bit of info that was posted on YouTube. The uploader is someone in Argentina who's got a huge website all about Motörhead bootlegs! And one of the posters claims to be the director of the film. Obviously, I have no way of knowing if it's bollox or what.
NB: The YouTube headline calls the film a "trailer" but to me it looks as if the whole thing is there. I mean as an intro to a gig it wouldn't have run for much longer than a few minutes so I'm sure it's the whole thing we're seeing.
By uploader Metalbomber:
Manager at the time, Douglas Smith, though he would become a film maker, and did this little trailer. Along with other gimmicks, like the band decending from the ceiling of the venue on a mobile stage, this film was to have been shown at the beginning of the gigs on the Iron Fist tour. Theses things took place on the first 1 or 2 gigs, along with a huge Iron Fist opening up, (see Iron Fist video), but then the machinery broke down and the band simply went back to playing the gigs as normal.
By NikMid (the director???)
This is the first ever thing I directed. I think I was about 21 at the time. The dead knights were the road crew and the girl was Kathy who was Motorheads office receptionist. The lights behind the hill were aircraft landing lights and the red smoke were smoke bombs I think and we spent a lot of time praying on the wind!
I've given it five stars but with a bit of re-editing and maybe some less dramatic music I'd give it ten!
Black Sabbath, from a TV programme from France, 1970 (this is from a UK broadcast in the 1980s, though). The rest of the programme contains the legendary Paris concert from the same year.
The picture is unfortunately stretched on YouTube. Obviously, it should be in fullscreen (4:3).
