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available on DVD in the United States, please contact me and I will remove it
from the list. The quality of the films (be sure to check the screenshots) and a quick
response is guaranteed. Everything on the list is either English-dubbed or comes
with English subtitles.
All the movies below are available on DVD-R for $5 each. This price includes
postage within the United States. All worldwide orders should contact me first
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The List
99 And 44/100% Dead
Released: 1974
Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy
Elderly mobster Edmond O'Brien hires a hit man (Richard Harris) to
eliminate his rival (Bradford Dillman). There are beautiful women, albino
alligators, skillfully filmed chase scenes, and Chuck Connors as a
one-handed psycho who can fit various deadly weapons on his stump.
They don't make 'em like this anymore, folks. This ironic and goofy Richard
Harris vehicle must be seen to be believed.
Quality: Good
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Alien Predator
Released: 1987
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
When Skylab crashes to Earth containing an alien parasite that causes
people to go mad shortly before their heads explode, NASA steps in to clean up
the mess. Unfortunately, the monstrous parasite proves to be too much for the
scientists and their temporary base in Duerte, Spain is abandoned and the entire
town is infected. Three American college students: Damon (Dennis Christopher),
Michael (Martin Hewitt), and Sam (Lynn-Holly Johnson) just happen
to be driving their RV through Duerte when they discover that the town is full
of raving lunatics. They meet Dr. Tracer (Luis Prendes), a specialist
from NASA, who believes he can develop an antidote to the parasite. Now the four
of them must fight off the insane inhabitants of the town while working on the
antidote before the rest of the world becomes infected.
Quality: Good
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Angel Of Death
AKA Commando Mengele
Released: 1986
Genre: Action, Nazisploitation
Marc Logan (Antonio Mayans) works for a group of Nazi hunters looking for
Dr. Mengele (Howard Vernon). When Marc discovers Mengele in South America
he forms a team to try and capture the notorious Nazi doctor. His team is
comprised of Mr. Agility AKA Jose, the acrobat, Garcia, driver and demolitions
expert, David, technology wizard, and Roger, martial arts expert. Marc also
teams up with Eva (Suzan Andrews), the doctor’s ex-mistress, who goes
undercover inside Mengele’s Nazi fortress. Once inside, Marc’s team discovers,
to their horror, just what Dr. Joseph Mengele has been working on all these
years. This is a terrible treat from director Andrea Bianchi and
co-writer Jess Franco. You have no idea how amazingly bad this is. Good
times!
Quality: Good
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Arahan
AKA Arahan Jangpung Daejakjeon
Released: 2004
Genre: Martial Arts, Comedy
When a thief driving a motorcycle steals a purse of a pedestrian, the
clumsy, naive and honest rookie policeman Sang-hwan runs after him, but the
skilled specialist in martial arts Wi-jin captures the criminal and Sang-hwan is
severely injured. She brings Sang-hwan to her home, where the six Masters of Tao
heal him and believe that he has a powerful Qi, the spiritual energy of the
universe, and could be a powerful warrior. Sang-hwan begins his training to
ascend to a Maruchi, while the evil and ambitious Heuk-woon is accidentally
released from his imprisonment. The powerful Heuk-woon attacks the masters,
searching a key that they protect, which would permit him to become an Arahan
and dominate the world. When the masters are defeated, Sang-hwan and Wi-jin are
the only and last hope to mankind. In widescreen.
Quality: Good/Very Good
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The Babysitter
Released: 1980
Genre: TV, Thriller
Mother Liz Benedict (Patty Duke) meets 18 year-old orphan Joanna Redwine
(Stephanie Zimbalist) and hires her as house help and live-in companion
to rambunctious daughter Tara (Quinn Cummings). Liz's husband Jeff (William
Shatner!) isn't too thrilled with the arrangement, and his fears soon prove
justified when Joanna begins to manipulate everyone and to slowly destroy the
family. This is a great film from a long, long list of forgotten TV movies.
Directed by Peter Medak (The Changeling).
Quality: Good
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The Big Gundown
AKA La Resa Dei Conti
Released: 1966
Genre: Spaghetti Western
Jonathan Corbett (Lee Van Cleef) is a gunman so Brave to have eliminated all the
bandits of Texas. For this he is proposed for the candidacy to the Senate of the
United States. In exchange he has only to support the construction of one
railway line. Only after he accepts does he comes to know that the Mexican
Cuchillo (Tomas Milian) has raped and killed a 12 year old girl. Corbett leaves
on a long manhunt. During this hunt Jonathan gets to know its adversary better
and discovers a variation on the crime of which the accused Cuchillo may not be
as guilty as he first thought.
Quality: Good
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Blue Monkey
Released: 1987
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an
exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where
the doctors diagnose him as suffering from a strange parasite which emerges from
his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature. Soon, there are more cases of
bacterial infection, but the more immediate problem for the hospital is the
wormlike creature which after accidental exposure to a genetic growth stimulant
grows to monstrous proportions and starts a reign of terror and bloodshed in the
hospitals' abandoned wing. This nutty homage to 1950's monster films stars
Steve Railsback with cameos by SCTV's Joe Flaherty and Robin Duke.
Quality: Good
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Crucible Of Horror
AKA The Corpse
Released: 1970
Genre: Horror
Modestly paced but tense and surreal psychological horror. Sort of a British
discount version of Diabolique. A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to
murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch. The amazingly creepy
Michael Gough (and his real life son!) stars.
Quality: Good
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Dark Romances Volumes 1 & 2
Released: 1990
Genre: Horror Anthology
This shot-on-video horror anthology packs a hell of a lot of fun into its seven
stories and stars scream queen Brinke Stevens. At around 200 minutes this
is two discs of sleazy and bizarre entertainment for the price of one. Snatch
this one up, folks.
Quality: Good
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Death Carries A Cane
AKA Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio
Released: 1973
Genre: Giallo
Kitty (Susan Scott), a photographer witnesses the murder of a
young woman at the hands of a razor-wielding black-gloved killer. Kitty and her
fiancé Alberto (Robert Hoffmann) go to the police only to learn that two
other witnesses to the crime have been slashed to death. Kitty fears that she
will be the next victim when her ballerina friend Magda is brutally killed by
the same culprit. The police are baffled and are unable to find a motive. It is
Alberto who discovers the connection: all the murdered girls were dancers. In
widescreen.
Quality: Fair
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Death Warmed Up
Released: 1984
Genre: Horror/Sci-FI
In order to continue his morally questionable
experiments on prolonging human life, Dr. Archer Howell (played by Gary
Day) decides to eliminate his colleague Dr. Tucker (David Weatherley). Dr. Howell brainwashes Dr. Tucker’s son Michael (played by Michael Hurst) into killing his parents with a shotgun. Michael is put into an insane asylum and after his release, seven years later, is looking to kill the mad doctor. He travels with a couple of friends to Dr. Howell's huge island medical facility. It is here where Michael discovers that the mad doctor’s test subjects have become violent mutants that only Dr. Howell can control.
This is an awesome New Zealand horror flick. Truly bizarre, gory as hell, and
atmospheric.
Quality: Good
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The Devil Within Her
AKA I Don't Want To Be Born
Released: 1974
Genre: Horror
Ex-stripper Lucy Carlesi (played by Joan Collins) has just given birth to
a healthy baby boy named Nicholas. The newborn has incredible strength and is
prone to violence causing Lucy to believe the child is possessed, possibly by
Satan himself. Of course, no one (including her husband, Gino (Ralph Bates))
believes her but what they don’t know is that Hercules, a dwarf (George
Claydon) from her strip club days, placed a curse on Lucy’s firstborn child
because she wouldn’t return his affections. Despite his best efforts, Dr. Finch
(Donald Pleasence) cannot determine what is causing the child to exhibit
such horrible behavior. This is one of the greatest campy horror films of all
time. Directed by Peter Sasdy.
Quality: Good
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Dr. Caligari
Released: 1989
Genre: Horror, Art, Comedy
Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her
husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten
has a disease of the libido. The staff want Dr. Caligari removed from their
facility due to her controversial experiments with electroshock and hypothalamus
injections. As Dr. Caligari continues experimenting with her patients, her
daughter and son-in-law attempt to stop her. Ultra bizarre 80s culty arty
version of Caligari. You have to see this.
Quality: Good
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Eyeball
AKA Gatti Rossi In Un Labirinto Di Vetro
Released: 1975
Genre: Giallo
A group of tourists travelling through Spain are the prey of a killer who
removes an eyeball from each victim as a token of the crime. Mark Burton (played
by John Richardson) and his secretary, Paulette (Martine Brochard),
who he is secretly having an affair with, are the only two who cannot provide a
substantial alibi. Mark fears that his wife, Alma, who has a history of violent
behavior, might be the culprit. His fears are confirmed when he calls the mental
facility where Alma was supposed to have committed herself and discovers that
she never showed up. As more people begin to turn up dead (and missing an
eyeball) the police put pressure on the surviving members of the tour group to
try and weed out the killer. Directed by Umberto Lenzi. In widescreen.
Quality: Good
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Fair Game
AKA Desolation Angels
Released: 1982
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Action
Three beautiful girls decide to escape their upper class private school for a
weekend and take off to a remote resort town. Unfortunately, the town has been
taken over by a group of psychopaths who stalk the girls, one by one, turning
their carefree vacation into a nightmare of terror. This is a great and quite
rare Australian potboiler with a serious mean streak. Good stuff. Not to be
confused with the 1986 film with the same name starring Cassandra Delaney.
Quality: Good
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Giallo A Venezia
AKA Gore In Venice
Released: 1979
Genre: Giallo
A couple, Flavia (Leonora Fani) and Fabio (Gianni Dei),
are found murdered by the shore. Strangely enough, Fabio was stabbed to death
with a pair of scissors while Flavia was drowned nearby and then her body
dragged out of the water. Police inspector DePaul (played by Jeff Blynn)
begins to slowly piece the case together with the few suspects and clues that he
can find. He uncovers that in life Fabio was a voracious sex addict whose tastes
were becoming more and more extreme with Flavia being little more than a toy in
his games. Suddenly, the killer goes on a violent and bloody rampage against
people connected to the murdered couple and it’s up to DePaul and the Venice
police to apprehend him before any more lives are taken.
Quality: Poor (but Watchable)
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God Forgives... I Don't!
AKA Dio Perdona... Io No!
Released: 1967
Genre: Spaghetti Western
In this violent and gritty spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a
payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger
learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an
elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and
afterward a gunfight ensues. The quick-drawing gunman makes short work of the
robber, then teams up with an insurance agent to look for the hidden fortune.
Unbeknownst to them, the robber had an ace up his sleeve... Excellent spaghetti
western starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.
Quality: Good
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Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell
AKA Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro
Released: 1968
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by
blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
Classic! In widescreen.
Quality: Good/Very Good
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Hollywood’s New Blood
Released: 1988
Genre: Horror, Slasher
The ghosts of a family accidentally killed on a movie set come back for revenge.
Stinky slice of 80s cheese.
Quality: Good
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The Holy Virgin Versus The Evil Dead
AKA Mo chun jie
Released: 1991
Genre: Horror, Martial Arts
When the full moon turns red, a mysterious vampire-like Moon Monster with
glowing green eyes and considerable kung fu skills chews his victims (usually
females) apart. Cops think Donnie Yen did it, so he and some friends join
forces with a Cambodian princess (Yang Bao-Lin), fight a small army of
henchmen in white suits and machine-guns, and escape close encounters with
crocodiles, flesh-eating fish, and some tigers before they find the High Wind
Tribe, worshippers of the Monster... This is an action-packed freak out film
straight from the fires of CAT III hell. In widescreen.
Quality: Fair/Good
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Human Pork Chop
AKA Peng Shi Zhi Sang Jin Tian Liang
Released: 2001
Genre: Horror, Crime
The dismembered body of a hooker is found, and police arrest her pimp
and his crew for the crime. During interrogation, they explain how the girl
stole from her pimp, and so they group kidnapped, raped, tortured, and finally
murdered and dismembered her. This is a very unpleasant Cat III film from Hong
Kong. In widescreen.
Quality: Good
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I, Desire
AKA Desire, The Vampire
Released: 1982
Genre: Horror, TV
A creature is terrorizing the city by draining the blood of men who
venture into the red light district. David Balsiger (played by David Naughton),
a young law student who works parttime in a morgue, believes that a vampire is
behind the killings. David’s girlfriend, Cheryl (Marilyn Jones), and
Detective Jerry Van Ness (Dorian Harewood) both think that he’s losing
his mind. After an attack at the hospital, Diavid suspects that the vampire is
very close. The only person who believes him is a former priest named Paul (Brad
Dourif) who has been chasing the vampire relentlessly for years. Just when
David decides to give up his hunt, the vampire comes looking for him.
Quality: Good
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Meet The Applegates
Released: 1991
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Giant preying mantis living in a south American jungle decide to move into
suburban USA. Disguised as humans, the mantis are planning something. Could it
be connected to dad's job in the power station perhaps? One day the daughter
mantis forgets WHAT she really is when she's with her boyfriend.. oops. Stars
Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, and the
lovely Camille Cooper.
Quality: Good
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Murder Weapon
Released: 1989
Genre: Horror
Amy (Karen Russell), the daughter of an infamous mobster, has
recently been released from a mental institution and her best friend (and former
institution buddy), Dawn (played by Linnea Quigley), is throwing her a
party to celebrate. Many of the guests are Amy’s and Dawn’s ex-boyfriends
including Amy’s metalhead man, Eric (Michael Jacobs Jr.) and hothead Eric
(Stephen Steward). Unfortunately, there’s more than hanky panky and
alcohol-induced shenanigans going on at this party, as a killer begins to prey
on the male guests dispatching them in brutal ways.
Quality: Fair/Good
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Night Angel
Released: 1989
Genre: Horror
The newest model at Siren Magazine just happens to be Lilith (played
by Isa Jank), a man-devouring demon. Despite the fact that the leading
men at the magazine office are being killed in horrible ways, a new romance
springs up between Siren reporter Craig (Linden Ashby) and jewelry
designer (and boss’s daughter) Kirstie (Debra Feuer). Soon, Craig and
Kirstie discover that everyone at Siren Magazine has become obsessed with Lilith
and are becoming increasingly deranged and violent. The two are approached by
Sadie (Helen Martin), an old mystic whose husband was devoured by Lilith
many years ago. Sadie vows to destroy the demon before she breaths her final
breath. When Kirstie is kidnapped by one of Lilith’s zombie-like followers, it
is up to Craig and Sadie to send her back to Hell. Also stars Karen Black.
In widescreen.
Quality: Good
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Nightmare Zone
AKA Mei Mong Leung
Released: 1998
Genre: Horror, Anthology
This trilogy of horror stories begins when May Ho (Emily Kwan)
becomes bored and calls her family’s old phone number only to find herself on
the other line. In the next story, Mr. Tin (Lai Yiu Cheung) and his wife,
Lily (Cheung Yuen Man), are just trying to get by in their failing
marriage and squalid apartment. Tin’s urge to murder innocent people after they
even slightly offend him and Lily’s need to carry a meat cleaver around with her
at all times don’t help matters much. Lastly, Simon Chu (Max Mok) is
haunted by dreams of the past and finds that the only one who can help him is
the con artist, Feng Chin (Yvonne Yung). In widescreen.
Quality: Good
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Night Terror
Released: 1977
Genre: Thriller, TV
A housewife is stalked by a psycho after she sees him a murder a highway patrol
officer. This surprisingly good made-for-TV flick stars Valerie Harper
and Richard Romanus.
Quality: Good
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Oily Maniac
AKA You Gui Zi
Released: 1976
Genre: Horror
A crippled man has a magic talisman to change into an oily monster to fight some
evil brothers who have swindled him and his friends. However, his selfishness
leads him to commit horrible crimes and it isn’t long before everything goes
wrong. This is a sick, twisted, and very bizarre film from Shaw Brothers.
In widescreen.
Quality: Good
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Paperhouse
Released: 1988
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Anna is becoming lost in the loneliness of her own world when she discovers she
can visit another, a house she has drawn herself and occupied by a young
disabled boy. But as she discovers more of the links between her fantasy world
and the mundane present, she is drawn only deeper into a dream turning into a
nightmare. This is an absolutely essential film from the director of the
original Candyman.
Quality: Good
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Perfume Of The Lady In Black
Released: 1974
Genre: Giallo, Horror
Silvia Hacherman (Mimsy Farmer), an industrial scientist, becomes
increasingly disturbed by a series of apparently supernatural visitations. In
fact, she is hallucinating…Her visions include a seductive woman who appears
when she is about to make love with her boyfriend Roberto (Maurizio Bonuglia),
and a young girl who becomes a seemingly constant companion. As her psychosis
begins to take hold, even neighbors, friends and Roberto, her lover, begin to
take on sinister significance. An excellent film! In widescreen.
Quality: Poor (but Watchable)
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Rage
Released: 1972
Genre: Drama, Action
An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's
livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for
their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence. The man takes matters into
his own hands with incredibly violent results. Rage is a modestly paced
yet incredibly tense film starring the amazing George C. Scott (who also
directed the film). Oh man, you gotta see this one. An unfairly obscure classic.
Quality: Good
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Rocktober Blood
Released: 1984
Genre: Horror, Metal
This hilariously bad horror movie begins with rock star Billy Eye losing his
sanity and killing his colleagues at a recording studio. Billy is tried, found
guilty and executed. The woman who testified against him is a successful singer
with a group called Rocktober Blood. Two years have gone by and now someone that
looks a lot like Billy starts to terrorize her. This is a totally ridiculous
metal horror film.
Quality: Fair/Good
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Rolling Thunder
Released: 1977
Genre: Action, Revenge
Major Charles Rane (William Devane) comes back from the war and is
given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy
thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver dollars from him. In the
process they also manage to kill his wife and son and destroy his hand. The
Major wants revenge so he enlists the help of his war buddy Johnny (Tommy Lee
Jones) to meet the thugs in a final showdown.
Quality: Fair
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The Shout
Released: 1978
Genre: Horror
A traveller by the name of Crossley, forces himself upon a musician
and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has
learned to displace his host. His power is the ability to shout so loud that
anyone within range will drop dead. A very weird psycho/supernatural horror film starring
Alan Bates,
Susannah York, John Hurt, and Tim Curry.
Quality: Good
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Still of the Night
Released: 1982
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Roy Scheider plays a Manhattan psychologist, Sam Rice, who is dragged
into a murder investigation when one of his patients is killed. The prime
suspect is played by Meryl Streep, a blond mystery woman, who Rice
immediately falls head-over-heels in love with. This sets off a Hitchcockian
chain of events filled with paranoia. Also stars Jessica Tandy. In
widescreen.
Quality: Good/Very Good
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Sugar Hill
Released: 1974
Genre: Horror, Blaxploitation
When her boyfriend is brutally murdered, after refusing to be shaken down by the
local gangsters running their protection racket, Sugar Hill, calls upon the help
of voodoo queen Mama Maitresse. They summon Baron Zamedi, the Lord of the Dead,
for help in gaining a gruesome revenge. In exchange for her soul, the Zamedi
raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. An excellent mash-up of both zombie
and blaxploitation genres, this quality trash film is a hell of a lot of fun. It
stars the luscious Marki Bey and Count Yorga himself, Robert Quarry.
Recommended!
Quality: Good
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Terrorvision
Released: 1986
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
This is one of the best obscure horror-comedy oddities from the 80s. In the near
future, a family's new satellite TV system starts receiving signals from another
planet, and soon it becomes the passageway to an alien world. Very satirical and
very strange, Terrorvision is a must see! I can't recommend this one enough.
Stars the cute Diane Franklin (Better Off Dead), Mary Woronov,
Gerrit Graham, and the busty Jennifer Richards.
Quality: Good
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The Torture Chamber Of Dr. Sadism
Released: 1967
Genre: Horror, Gothic
In the olden times, Count Regula (Christopher Lee) is drawn and
quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five
years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended
thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor in order to attain immortal
life. A great flick!
Quality: Fair
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Vengeance
AKA Bao Chou
Released: 1970
Genre: Martial Arts
In 1920s-era Peking, Chinese Opera performer Ti Lung confronts his boss (Ku
Feng) over the boss's attentions to his straying wife and takes on a room
full of hatchet-wielding henchmen before dying a bloody death after a valiant
fight. As Ti's brother, played by David Chiang, comes to town seeking
revenge and eventually fights it out with all the crime bosses and their
minions, culminating in a big fight in which David helps one gang beat another
only to have the winning gang turn on him. This fantastic Shaw Brothers
film is my favorite Kung-Fu film of all time mixing film noir with martial arts
with amazing results. In widescreen.
Quality: Good
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The White Buffalo
Released: 1977
Genre: Western, Fantasy
In this strange western version of JAWS, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a
white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely
authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing,
slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country -
before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
Stars Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Clint Walker, and
Slim
Pickens.
Quality: Good
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Zeder
AKA Revenge Of The Dead
Released: 1983
Genre: Horror
Stefano (played by Gabriele Lavia), a young journalist, buys a used
typewriter and accidentally sees that some text is still readable on the ribbon.
He manages to reconstruct the story of a scientist, Paolo Zeder, who in the
1950's discovered that some types of terrain have the power to revive the dead
that are buried in them. Stefano's investigations bring him in contact with a
group of renegade scientists that are still making experiments to prove Zeder's
theories. Directed by Italian master Pupi Avati. In widescreen.
Quality: Good
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