DVD Trash Roundtable: Coming Soon!

The dearly departed Horror Blog used to do a Horror Roundtable and I thought it would be cool to do something similar so once a week (probably a Sunday evening) I'll set a question or topic and all my loyal readers have to do is leave a few comments with their thoughts! The best answers may a win a prize and by prize I mean a little chicklet for their blog or website.

So go spread the word!

DVD News: Baba Yaga

"The S&M Classic Restored, Re-graded, Re-edited and Re-Imagined"

The line between perverted dreams and fevered reality are torn apart as a beautiful witch (Carrol Baker) gets her sapphic claws into a beautiful young photographer in this rampant adaptation of the classic Guido Crepax comic-book. Now 35 years after original release director Corrado Farina has re-edited his film to bring us for the first time his vision as he would really have liked it seen. Restored, Re-graded, re-edited and re-imagined this is Baba Yaga: Reloaded!

When the beautiful Vallentia spurns the advances of the enigmatic witch, a curse is put on her camera and all those who pose for her are damned. Pursued by the sensuous seduction of Baba Yaga at every turn, she must either submit to her S&M desires or confront the repressed lesbian feelings buried deep within. Carnal lust explodes as she must choose between external decadence and staid reality, with her very soul at stake as witchcraft casts its spell.

Combining the haunting atmosphere of Polanski with the sexual styling of Argento on Crystal Meth, it's all here: gorgeous lesbians, Nazi fantasies and even sinister sewing machines! Baba Yaga is 70's Euro-sleaze at its very best, showcasing stunning cinematography and is a must for everyone let down by the distinctly prudish Barbarella when it comes to erotic Euro-comics.

Due April 27th from Shameless Films

Cobra Commander 1st Look!

Hmmmm...not sure about this! Think my childhood is going to be violated again!

Bruce Lee vs Iron Man

Japanese Spiderman!

Goto Marvel for some Japanese Spiderman action!

Watchmen - 80's Cartoon Madness

Decided to Tweet!

Ok, become a sheep and decided to add Twitter to the site just to see how it goes, so if you want to follow and leave me some comments this way then go for it!

Mad Men - Hebrew Style

Source: Warming Glow

Seagal: Acting School 101

No Comment!

Best Acceptance Speech Ever!

Lesbian Vampire Killers!

Streetfighter: Even Kids Can Do It!

With many of us looking forward to StreetFighter IV, some toddlers are already getting some practice in, with one in particular getting to grips with Zangief....



Even I've never pulled that move before!

Watchmen: The Keene Act (1977)

The Five Laws Of Steven Seagal

Inglourious Basterds: 1st Look!

The Sopranos: Every Swear Word, Ever!

Every swear word, every episode, ever single one of them! One word: Awesome!


the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon on Vimeo.

Seagal Ruled!

Have been on Steven Seagal kick recently and yeah his recent straight to DVD crapola is not good, but in the late 80's and 90's he made some pretty excellent and just straight up entertaining movies! "Nico: Above the Law", "Marked for Death", "Hard to Kill" and the "Under Siege" series are all emminently watchable. However, "Out for Justice" is just so much fun, Seagal on top form, William Forsythe playing a total scumbag but a memorable one at that, parts of the movie being in Sicilian, loads of violence (especially the bar scenes), and loads of now famous faces popping up! If you are a action movie fan at all, then this is a must see!

"Anybody knows why Richie did Boby Luh-po?"

Blu-Ray: Suspiria Update

Further to my earlier news about a BD version of Suspiria, there is now a listing over at DVDLand.it and indeed it looks like this already stunning looking film is getting a HiDef makeover. More news when I get it!

GI JOE: Teaser Trailer

A few hours in advance of the GI Joe trailer being shown during the Superbowl, here is a sneak preview. Despite my worry of this being a total disaster and childhood being raped yadda yadda, this actually looks ok, but a longer trailer will give a better impression! I'm glad Christoper Ecclestone's Destro is actually using a Scottish accent!

Watchmen: The Viral Begins

This excerpt from a 1970 edition of NBS Nightly News (anchored by NBS stalwart Ted Philips) features a special report from co-anchor Jim Sizemore looking back at ten years of Dr Manhattan.

Upcoming DVD Releases

Credit crunch or not there are some fantastic Cult DVD releases on the way and in case you've missed some of them here is a rundown of what is on the horizon!

The She-Beast (Dark Sky)

"A small town in 18th century Transylvania is being terrorized by an evil witch. When a child is brutally attacked, the villagers capture the fiend and sentence her to death by dunking chair, but not before she casts a curse on them and their descendants. Two hundred years later, young newlyweds Veronica (Barbara Steele, Black Sunday) and Philip (Ian Ogilvy, And Now The Screaming Starts) pass through the town on a tour of the Carpathians, only to have their car pulled into a lake by an unseen force . A passing truck driver quickly rescues two bodies from the wreck. One is Philip, battered but alive, and the other is...the witch, back from the dead to wreak havoc on the town once again! Can Philip and his newfound friend, the great grandson of Professor Van Helsing, capture the witch and bring back Veronica?"

Released: 28th April 2009
Buy this DVD at HKFlix.com!

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (Mya)

Roberto (Michael Brandon) is a young handsome drummer playing in a rock band. For the last week he has been stalked by a mysterious guy with dark sunglasses. Roberto decides to put an end to this and follows his stalker in a deserted theatre. He confronts the man and accidentally kills him.

At the same time, another mysterious stalker, with a weird mask, appears and takes pictures of the accidental murder. For Roberto and his girlfriend Mina (Mimsy Farmer) it's the beginning of a nightmare, and more murders will ensue soon.

Four Flies on Grey Velvet is the last film of Dario Argento's so called "Animal Trilogy". Beside being a true classic of the Giallo genre, this is by far the rarest of Argento's movies, since it had meyer been officially released before, in any form anywhere.

Now Four Flies on Grey Velvet finally returns, fully uncut and with an astounding picture and sound quality. A long and accurate restoration work was made directly on the original negative elements which had remained untouched for more than 30 years.

Get ready to watch Four Flies on Grey Velvet as you have never watched it before!

EXTRA:
Teaser trailer, Original trailer, English opening and closing credits, Extensive poster and photo gallery.

Original title: 4 mosche di velluto grigio
Year: 1971
Country: Italy/France

Directed by: Dario Argento
Written by: Dario Argento, Luigi Cozzi, Mario Foglietti
Cinematography by: Franco Di Giacomo
Original Music by: Ennio Morricone

Cast: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bud Spencer, Oreste Lionello, Francine Racette, Marisa Fabbri

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (16/9) - color
Length: 102 min.
Language: English (original mono), Italian (original mono)

Street Date: February 24, 2009
Buy this DVD at HKFlix.com!

Exposed (Synapse)

Lena (Christina Lindberg) is a young teen in need of excitement and sexual satisfaction. Torn between her meek and innocent boyfriend Jan and the sadistic party-goer Helge, Lena’s life turns upside-down when Helge takes some nude photographs of her. These photos can destroy her life and Lena must do anything to get them, even if that means having a sadomasochistic encounter with Helge to make him happy. Can she get the photos and hide all this from her family and friends, or will her exploits leave her “exposed”?

Specs:
Anamorphic (1.66:1) Widescreen Transfer
Swedish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Newly Translated Removable English Subtitles
All-New Featurette with Actress Christina Lindberg
Two Music Tracks from Christina Lindberg
Still Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Chapter Selections

Released: March 31st 2009
Buy this DVD at HKFlix.com!

More Ebay Madness!

After the first sales went well, got a few more to cut from the collection! A few rarities as well, so take a look if anything takes the interest! Any questions just email me!




The Cell R1
The Bourne Supremacy R2
Walking Tall R2
The Unnamble + Unnamble Returns R2
Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy R1
Clownhouse R1
Greg the Bunny R1
Blue Submarine No.6 R1

Blu-Ray News: Suspiria

News from Italy suggests that Suspiria is being released on Blu-Ray on March 11th from Eagle Pictures. Now this is a film that could look stunning in BD, hopefully the transfer will do it justice! Specs and cover art when I find some!

Russian Commando!

DVD Trash's Top Ten Movies of 2008

It's been a good year for movies and I've been to the cinema a lot, which means a film has really piqued my interest, and although I'm a horror fan mainly, I like just about any genre except musicals (no Mamma Mia here!), so my list is wide as it varied!

10. There Will Be Blood
Very Oscar worthy with great performances all round!

9. No Country for Old Men
Again, very Oscar friendly movie, but again richly deserved for the performances, especially Javier Bardem!

8. Juno
Very enjoyable little flick, despite the dialogue being too clever for its own good at times, but winning points with me for the Dario Argento and HG Lewis references!

7. Rambo
What a blast! There are no exploitation movies anymore, but this as close as your going to get to get to one in 2008! Lashings of violence and Stallone can still cut it!

6. A L'intérieur
Great French shocker that has more atmosphere than most and it was very nice to see Beatrice Dalle once again.

5. The Mist
Great adaption of a Steven King novel, that certainly did not do Hollywood endings, genuinely shocking!

4. Gomorrah
Fantastic movie about the Naples mafia in Italy, the Soprano's it ain't, its gritty and almost documentary like to watch. This is what the real Mafia are like, no horses heads here!

3. Iron Man
Great adaption of the Marvel character and Robert Downey Jr. nails Tony Stark. This could easily have misfired, but is now one the best superhero flicks ever!

2. The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke is back and how, with a Golden Globe win and Oscar buzz, but this film captures accurately the wrestling world once the glitz of the WWE is behind you! A must see!

1. The Dark Knight
What more can be said about this film! A nigh on perfect adaptation of the caped crusader, with great performances from Aaron Eckhart and especially Heath Ledger as the Joker. If you don't own a copy yet then go get one!

Ebay Shenanigans!

Ebay have annoyed me again tonight by asking me to remove one of my DVD auctions for "Box of the Banned" which contains "I Spit on your Grave", although a UK disc by Anchor Bay and legally available in the UK, ebay think the film is distasteful so no go from them! I wrote back enquiring why they are selling 47 copies of "Cannibal Holocaust" which is both banned and contains animal cruelty! Not holding my breath for a reply!

Anyway, it got me thinking, how great the VHS covers were for these movies and it made me remember scouring Azad Video and petrol stations with my grandfather, who would let me rent anything, and marvelling at these covers and what wonders actually lay beneath them! So after a quick stumble about the 'net, I found a few that always turned my head! That cover for Lamberto Bava's "Demons" always made me cack my pants, but I always looked at the back cover everytime I went in, but always too scared to rent it!!

DVD Firesale - Roll Up!

Annual DVD Clearout from myself, quite a few bargains on here I believe, so go take a look and see what takes your fancy!

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Friends: Complete 1st Season R1
• Lost - Complete Season 1
• The Godfather - DVD Collection Region 1
• The Classic Horror Collection
• Hammer Vampire Collection
• Box of the Banned - Video Nasties

Framed!

"Okatsu the Fugitive" (Japan)

"Big Trouble in Little China" (Japan)

"Malizia" (Japan)

"Les Grandes Jouisseuses" (Belgium)
aka
"Fievres Nocturnes"

"Kriminal" (France)

As part of my Xmas presents this year, my dad got 5 of my movie posters framed and very nice they are too! Mind you, don't what the shop might have made of the Brigitte Lahaie effort!

DVD Release: Cat in the Brain

More Fulci madness from Grindhouse Releasing! Looking forward to this release very much and it should be an improvment over the UK Hardgore release!

Grindhouse:

"Grindhouse Releasing and Box Office Spectaculars are proud to present the North American DVD premiere of Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci's ultra-violent classic CAT IN THE BRAIN.

The late, great Lucio Fulci is revered by horror movie fans around the world as the Italian "Godfather of Gore" for directing such films as ZOMBIE, THE BEYOND, and THE GATES OF HELL. CAT IN THE BRAIN is Fulci's ultimate statement about his own work, a masterpiece of cinematic dementia that echoes Hitchcock's PSYCHO, William Castle's STRAIT-JACKET, David Lynch's ERASERHEAD and Fellini's 8 1/2.

CAT IN THE BRAIN stars Fulci as himself in the twisted tale of a horror film director driven insane by his own creations. Tormented by visions of bizarre violence, murder and mayhem, Fulci seeks help from a sinister psychiatrist who draws him into a vortex of madness and death....like a cat, stalking the darkest corridors of the director's mind and clawing his sanity to bloody shreds.

Since its original release in 1990, CAT IN THE BRAIN has become a sought-after gem for Fulci fanatics, difficult to find and banned in the UK for its extreme graphic violence. The movie has won acclaim from modern masters of the macabre including Clive Barker and Eli Roth, director of HOSTEL and CABIN FEVER.

Grindhouse Releasing's deluxe edition of CAT IN THE BRAIN boasts a high-definition, widescreen anamorphic transfer of Fulci's uncensored director's cut, along with an amazing collection of bonus features.

Produced by Bob Murawski, the film editor of Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN 1, 2 & 3 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, this long-awaited release continues the commitment to excellence that established Grindhouse as a leader in the horror DVD market with its definitive editions of THE BEYOND, I DRINK YOUR BLOOD, PIECES, and CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST."

The 2-disc CAT IN THE BRAIN collector's set includes:

• An eye-popping, psychedelic lenticular 3-D cover, limited to the first 2,500 units only!
• Never-before-seen, in-depth interviews with Lucio Fulci and star Brett Halsey (REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, RETURN OF THE FLY, GODFATHER 3)
• English and original Italian-language soundtracks
• Lucio Fulci's heroic appearance at the 1996 FANGORIA Weekend of Horrors in New York City
• An extensive gallery of stills and poster art from around the world
• Exclusive liner notes by Antonella Fulci, acclaimed horror novelist David J. Schow, and director Eli Roth
• Original theatrical trailer

Buy this DVD at HKFlix.com

World4Blogs

Just been added to a cool little blogging site called World4Blogs so go check out what other delights they have!

Isle of the Damned

Coming soon is the DVD Review of "Isle of the Damned" from Direwit Films, a glorious take, shall we say, of the great Italian Cannibal genre of the late 70's!

Press Release from Direwit

DVD Trash will return!

DVD Trash will return to normal service early in the New Year, had a lot of other business ventures to take care of this year and it's taken up a lot of my time, so hopefully more cult goodness to come next year!

Hope you all had a great Xmas and a super New Year when it comes!

PG Porn?????

Very funny skit with Firefly's Nathan Fillian and the lovely Aria Giovanni!

Review: "Who Saw Her Die?" (Chi la vista morire?)

Aldo Lado's classic giallo is now available in the UK uncut for the first time and its one to get, click the DVD or go here for the review!

Richard Pryor @ The Star Wars Bar

Of all the Star Wars stuff on the Internet, how have I never seen this before! Enjoy!

Review: Phantom of Death ("Un Delitto poco Comune")

Ruggero Deodato's late 80's Giallo that is well worth tracking down with great turns from Michael York and Donald Pleasence plus Edwige Fenech, what more do you want? Sex and violence? It's got that too. Click REVIEW or the DVD Box!!

Review: The Dark Knight

NO SPOILERS

Glasgow IMAX, July 23rd:

Well, I've just seen an actual comic book world of Batman brought to life so vividly and accurately by Christoper Nolan's "The Dark Knight" - Make no mistake this is worth all the hype and record breaking over the last weekend in the US. The follow up to "Batman Begins" throws us straight into the action and does not let up from one breathtaking set piece to another! Sure, I'm a fan, I've read the comics and previously enjoyed Tim Burton's "Batman" and "Batman Returns", but this is an entirely different beast!

This is it, this is what fans of the Caped Crusader have craved since they became fans in the first place, the actors on the screen have immersed themselves totally in their roles! Christian Bale is excellent, I love his savage potrayal of the man in black, Gary Oldman is Jim Gordon, he is totally perfect in this role, while Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine lend gravitas to their lesser but important roles. Maggie Gyllenhaal improves the character of Rachel Dawes played previously by Katie Holmes and Aaron Eckhart is fantastic as Harvey Dent, the rising white knight of Gotham City.

However, the real star is Heath Ledger as The Joker, one the finest performances I've seen on the big screen. Forget Jack Nicholson, Ledger has nailed one of greatest comic book monsters and it's fitting that this was his final performance. When he is on the screen, you feel dread, you know something terrible could happen at any time, no other onscreen villain has managed this! In addition you soon realise he's not crazy, he has a plan and it's a clever one and this makes him even more frightening. Oh and the Oscar buzz is no joke either, his performance as well as the film in it's own right is totally deserved, I doubt we'll see it bettered this year!

The cinematography is excellent and you must see this in IMAX at some point as it's awe inducing, utterly fantastic! The score is excellent too, but I could go on and on, just go see this, as not only is it the best comic book adaption of all time but it's one of the best crime dramas too, only our hero wears a cowl and a cape and the villain has clown makeup.

Simply fantastic!

The Dark Knight Records!

Source: MediabyNumbers

1 - LARGEST NUMBER OF OPENING THEATRES WITH 4,366 (MORE THAN THE 4,362 DEBUT THEATRES OF PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END IN 2007).

2 - BIGGEST MIDNIGHT PREVIEW GROSS WITH $18.489 MILLION IN 3,040 THEATRES (BEATS STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH AND ITS $16.9 MILLION IN 2,915 THEATRES IN 2005).

3 - BIGGEST IMAX MIDNIGHT PREVIEWS SET AN NEW RECORD WITH $640,000 (INCLUDED IN THE $18.489 MILLION PREVIEW NUMBER).

4 - BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY GROSS IN BOX-OFFICE HISTORY WITH $67.850 MILLION (BESTS THE $59,841,919 SET BY SPIDER-MAN 3 IN 2007).

5 - BIGGEST OPENING WEEKEND GROSS IN BOX OFFICE HISTORY WITH $155.340 MILLION (BESTS THE $151,116 MILLION SET BY SPIDER-MAN 3 IN 2007).

6 - BIGGEST OPENING WEEKEND GROSS FOR AN IMAX RELEASE IN BOX OFFICE HISTORY WITH $6,214,061 MILLION IN 94 THEATRES WITH $66,107 PER THEATRE. (BESTS THE $4.7 MILLION SET BY SPIDER-MAN 3 IN 2007.) IMAX SHOWING AT FULL CAPACITY $1.9 MILLION ON SATURDAY ALONE.

7 - BIGGEST OPENING WEEKEND OF 2008 WITH $151.340 (BEATS INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL'S $101.137 MILLION FROM MAY 23-25, 2008)

8 - BIGGEST JULY OPENING EVER (BEATS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST'S $135,634,554 ON JULY 7, 2006).

The Dark Knight: Record Breaker!

Source: Superherohype

"Box Office Mojo is reporting that Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight has set a new opening day record with $66.4 million in a record 4,366 theaters (including 94 IMAX theaters) nationwide.

With brisk advance sales and early sell-outs reported all week from Fandango, it looks like the latest installment in Warner Bros' Batman franchise has delivered an opening day gross bigger than the previous five movies were able to make in their opening weekends alone. Even though Dark Knight opened with roughly $7 million more than Spider-Man 3 grossed in its opening day last year, to claim the opening weekend record (currently $151.1 million) for The Dark Knight might be somewhat premature, since Spider-Man 3 opened in May with school in session, while theoretically, The Dark Knight could be more frontloaded with so much more interest and demand in seeing it opening day."

Amazing numbers for TDK, full thoughts from me after my IMAX screening on Wednesday night in Glasgow!

Review: The New York Ripper

After a long hiatus and a little more free time I have decided to start writing DVD reviews again for 10k Bullets and I will be reviewing all of UK distributor Shameless Films catalogue starting with their 1st release from October 2007 - Lucio Fulci's "The New York Ripper"

Edwige Fenech Interview from 1970

Cinema X talks to Edwige Fenech

Source: LoveLock&Load

This interview was first published in Cinema X (Vol.3 number 3) circa 1970 and re-printed in Cinema X 'Super-X Special' No. 4. It is reproduced here as published.


It's not everyone's luck to be born on Christmas Eve. But it happened to actress Edwige Fenech. The date which appears on her passport is December 24 th , 1948, and that makes her twenty-two years of age.

Twenty-two gorgeous years, may I add. Edwige Fenech is tall and slender, moves with grace and elegance and exudes class and culture to a remarkable degree. She lives in Rome , where a short time ago she moved.

“It was a talent scout who invited me to Rome ”, Edwige Fenech tells me, speaking Italian easily and correctly in a sweet, melodious French accent. “I took part in a Miss Universe contest as the representative from France and attracted some attention. I was asked to come to Italy to live and try to get somewhere in movies, and I accepted. At this point I'm very happy I came”


Luigi Cozzi: “But hadn't you already done some work in the French cinema?”

Edwige Fenech: “No. I had just had a few jobs as a photographer's model and had also done some bits in the theatre. The theatre has always been my passion, and I hoped to be successful at it one day. But the cinema came along instead, and I ended up here… I'm happy about it, however, because a whole new world has opened up to me – much vaster than the theatre. After all, that's what films are all about, isn't it?


LC: “Have you been in Italy long?”

EF: “Three years. It's a very beautiful country – in fact, I would say that Rome is the most beautiful city in the world”

LC: “Where is your family from?”


EF: “I come from Nice, just like my parents. I often go there to visit them, but when I can't get away, my mother comes down to see me. Mama is often here in Rome with me. She helps me, keeps me company and has a good time, because Rome is a wonderful city”

LC: “What do your parents think of the career you have chosen to follow? You have made ‘For Adults Only' type pictures for the most part. Wearing just the bear essentials”

EF: “They are happy at the present time and satisfied with what I have been able to do. They know it has been a hard, uphill road for me, and what success I have had has been gotten the hard way. You know, acting with almost all your clothes off doesn't shorten the road to the top. All actresses take their clothes off nowadays, but only a few get there and stay there. I feel I have arrived, and my mother is very happy about it”

LC: “But don't you feel embarrassed about getting undressed on the set?”

EF: “Oh, it's terrible. Especially the first times on the early films… I didn't know how to behave and I was frightfully ashamed. Then I resigned myself to it, rather I got used to it… after all these are things you have to do in the movies whether you like it or not. The public demands it. Certainly it's never pleasant to disrobe in front of so many technicians and fellow actors. I always have the feeling, when I get dressed again, that they are still looking at me as if I had nothing on. And I don't even want to talk about what happens in the theatres where they show my pictures… I went to see MADAME BOVARY again in a first run film theatre, and I turned as red as a beet when I saw myself naked on the screen. Meanwhile the audience began to get noisy and exchange unprintable remarks”

LC: “However, this always happens, in all movies, whenever an actress undresses. Italians as an audience are warm and expressive”

EF: “Yes, but it's not always like that. That picture (MADAME BOVARY) really upset me, but when I saw the scene with the nude buttocks in SOLDIER BLUE, I noticed that the public remained perfectly calm, wasn't noisy and made no remarks”

LC: “Well, excuse me, but that's not a very appropriate example. Candice Bergen didn't have much to do, erotically speaking, in that scene… if that pair of buttocks was really hers. It was a touch of humour more than anything else, with the wagon jolting along and the couple plastered together like slices of salami… in 500 MILLION HIT ON THE NATIONAL BANK, Ursula Andress is nude from beginning to end, but everything is done with such grace and finesse that the picture has not even been prohibited for minors of fourteen years of age. MADAME BOVARY is, on the other hand, more obvious, laying the emphasis on physical eroticism. When the leading lady emerges topless, I think the explosion on the part of the audience is quite understandable”

“Perhaps”, agrees Edwige Fenech with an embarrassed smile. Just talking about this scene makes her blush spontaneously. “I realise it's not a good film, but I also know that doing the role helped me a great deal in that it introduced me to the public by exploiting what I had to offer physically. All in all, I owe a lot of my present success to it”

LC: “Will you continue to accept these sex-kitten roles?”

EF: “If possible, no. At least, if the sex sequences are motivated and justified by the demands of the plot and aesthetic considerations, then I would say yes. But I shall say no absolutely to a picture which presents sex for sex's sake with no other justifications”

LC: “How many pictures have you made so far?”

EF: “Eighteen I believe. Yes, I'm not very satisfied with them, but I must admit they have all been important for getting me before the public and catapulting me up to where I am now. Now I am preparing myself to enter the second stage of my career, and I really would like to make a success with my talent and acting gifts rather than just with my beauty. I'm counting a great deal on a film I've just finished making, THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARD, directed by Sergio Martino on the scenario of a thriller by Ernest Gastaldi. I adore suspense films and think this one in particular is very beautiful, full of chills and special effects.

LC: “What films are your favourites?”

EF: “SOLDIER BLUE, CROMWELL and THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? Are the first ones which come to my mind. I adore Richard Harris as an actor as well as a man. I think he's great, magnificent – he makes me dream with my eyes open”

LC: “Leaving the cinema aside for a moment, what are your preferences in life?”

EF: “I lead a tranquil, sheltered life. I have a few friends – boys who go to university – solid citizens. I like music too and almost always listen to pop records – Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding. However, when I'm alone and sad, I prefer to listen to classical music: it's more relaxing”

LC: “Do you live alone?”

EF: “I live in an apartment… which I must change, because I'm alone when my mother's not here. Do you know that thieves have tried to break in here twice? Now I'm looking for a new apartment in a safer area. It's the only thing to do, don't you think?”

RIP: Xploited Cinema

Very sad news to hear of the end of Xploited Cinema, perhaps the best Cult DVD supplier out there!

"All good things must come to an end and that time is near for Xploited Cinema! It has been years since we started selling DVDs to the best customers around the world, but we've made a decision to move on. Xploited Cinema will still be around, but we will stop carrying new products and stop stocking catalog titles.

It was a tough decision since through the years everyone here has given 110% of themselves, but it's time to slow down, rest and shift gears to new endeavors. Are we "going out of business"? Not necessarily since we will continue to ship orders in the same efficient manner we always have, but in the short term leading into the long term we will be carrying less new releases and not re-ordering older catalog titles.

Mid July will be the time when you will be noticing no new titles added to the website and older titles taken off the website once we sell out. All current pre-orders will be processed and shipped as normal. Over time you will notice older titles disappearing from the website. We recommend getting what you want now since all titles will not be re-ordered as we run low in stock or sell out.

I would like to thank all of the customers that have stuck around with us since the early 2000s. For years I have corresponded with many of you via emails and have met many of you face to face at conventions. I can wholeheartedly say that we have the best and most loyal customers a business could ever imagine.

As i mentioned before this hasn't been an easy decision since I've given as much as i could to make Xploited Cinema a successful DVD retailing website, but I just can't keep doing this for the rest of my life. We will be around in some capacity for who knows how long dealing with the day in day out activities we have always been doing. The only main change noticed will be the elimination of stocking new releases and older catalog titles. Orders will be processed in the same timely manner as in the past and order and item related questions will be answered promptly.

From the bottom of my heart I would once again like to thank everyone who has been an Xploited Cinema customer through the years!"

Tony Simonelli
July 6th, 2008

Italian Spiderman: Episode 5

Italian Spiderman: Episode 4

Italian Spiderman: Episode 3

Italian Spiderman: Episode 2

Go Nuts for the next thrilling installment!

Italian Spiderman: Episode 1

Here it is, after the sneak peak of the earlier trailer, here is the 1st Webisode of Italian Spiderman!

X Files 2: I Want to Believe

Trailer for X Files 2 up now at XFiles.com

Gremlins 3???

New British Telecom advert in the UK! We so need another Gremlins movie...

New Dark Knight Trailer!

One Word: Awesome!

TRAILER

The Fabulous Life of Tony Stark

With IronMan only a few weeks away, VH1 have done a sort "Lives of the Rich and Famous" spoof for Billionaire Tony Stark - IronMan!

NB. Visible for US IP's only - Will look for a Euro version too!

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New Dark Knight Poster!

Nice new poster for TDK, can't wait to see this one!

British Trash!

Since Britain is in Europe, I suppose this upcoming release from Icon Home Entertainment is really a Eurotrash release of sorts. This release contains "Adventures of a... Taxi Driver, Plumbers Mate and a Private Eye" It's out on June 2nd with an RRP of £19.99! Bawdy British humour at it's best (!).

GI Joe: 1st Scarlett image!

Another image from the upcoming GI Joe Movie, this time it's Scarlett to go along with Snake-Eyes. All in all looking good despite having Stephen Sommers directing (Van Helsing anyone?), I can't wait to see more characters (Zartan especially) revealed to satisfy my inner 12 year old mind that used to play for hours with GI Joe toys!

10,000 Bullets is here to stay!

Good news! 10,000 Bullets, one of the best movie genre sites is now staying on the good old Interweb, with the webmaster having a change of heart due to all the well wishers out there. Looking forward to more great reviews soon! In fact click the logo and read all about Pinky Violence and one it's main protagonists Meiko Kaji!

Umberto Lenzi Interview

From the recent Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2008 (BIFFF) comes an interview with Italian cult director Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferox) courtesy of Wim C over at LoveLockandLoad. Enjoy!

One of the members of the international jury at BIFFF'08 (Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film 2008) was legendary Italian director Umberto Lenzi. Despite a very productive career that spanned forty years and saw him working in genres as diverse as peplums, spy movies, westerns, gialli, war movies, polizieschi and more, he always gets associated with his cannibal movies Cannibal Ferox and Eaten Alive. For this interview I took the opportunity to talk about his gialli and polizieschi.

Note that this interview contains spoilers for Knife of Ice, Seven Bloodstained Orchids and Eyeball.

INTERVIEW

Italian Spiderman!

A very funny faux trailer of "Italian Spiderman" much like Grindhouse's "Machete" trailer I wish this was getting made into a real movie...

Latest DVD's and Books!

Latest additions to the DVD Trash library:

DVD:


Grindhouse - R2 Japan - Broadmedia(6 Disc Set)
Delinquent Girl Boss 'Blossoming Night Dreams'- R1 - MediaBlasters
Girl Boss Revenge - R1 - Mediablasters

HDDVD:

Too many HDDVD bargains around, it would be rude not to buy them!

Feast
Slither
La Haine
Serpico
Unforgiven
Knocked Up
Battlestar Galactica S1
Fearless
Hot Fuzz
La Mome
Planet Earth
Pans Labyrinth
Transformers

Books:



Commedia Sexy - Cinedelic

eBay ahoy!

Culling the DVD Collection at the moment so off to eBay with some of them! Take a look HERE if anything catches the eye! More will be added soon I suspect!