Turkish posters from Ciko/Turkish Cult

Ciko (the guys behind the subtitled TURKISH STRAW DOGS dvdr release) just informed they they are now selling quite a few Turkish posters as well. Both for Turkish and non-Turkish films. You can check them out at their TURKISH CULT store on eBay here.

Hell of the Living Dead Video-cd's

I've got these two book shelves full of HK VCDs and one of them is NEW TENANT (directed by and starring Anthony Wong). I've had it out a few times and thought "hmm, not today". Well, after having read Jared's incisive rundown over at Worldweird I'm certainly gonna pull it out now (it's even still in its original wrapping, LOL). Read Jared's review here.

The following day, while sitting down to defecate, he is intruded upon by a rotund, mustachioed gentleman who, unable to see Wong already using the facilities, promptly whips it out and starts pissing directly on him. Blessedly, he disappears, but Wong is understandably upset and confused by this odd plot twist.

Rushing into his living room he is astonished to find several people having a get-together in his apartment. They can neither see nor hear him. Anthony Wong, unsurprisingly, freaks out.

The lost Mondo Macabro chapter finally in print (well, download print)

"LOOSE CANNONS, DANGEROUS CURVES and LEVITATING HOLY SCRIPTURES"

On Cinehound forum Pete Tombs once made the mistake of mentioning that due to a lack of space there was a full chapter that didn't make it to the MM book! A chapter on Lollywood cinema (i.e. Pakistani cinema) written by none other than Omar Khan who directed HELL'S GROUND (aka Zibahkhana). It was a mistake (haha) cos it meant I've kept bugging him on Cinehound ever since to put it out on their blog or website! Unfortunately, for some reason MM haven't wanted to do so. The chapter was actually included in the Spanish language edition of the MM book. However, ... lo and behold... Omar Khan has just put out what I believe is that chapter as an eBook (or eMag, whatever) for download! Go here. I can't comment on how good it is as I haven't read it yet (and thanks to Jared for the tip).

The Stick (South Africa, 1987)

I watched the South African horror/war movie THE STICK tonight and if it had any value to mention it here I would most likely say THE STICK is thee best South African movie I've ever watched ... but as I've only seen three S.A. film ever it doesn't make that much of an impression on you, I'm sure! xD.

The movie is from 1987 and was made and is set in the middle of the apartheid era which isn't something you're likely to forget thru out the movie ("Why the fuck do we need to carry this fucken dead kaffer?"). South African patrols are being attacked and killed off by a ghostlike enemy. The army leaders don't believe in ghosts so they wanna get the enemy once and for all. And by "get" means: "I don't need any prisoners" as they chief commander puts it in his speech to his men.

A group of 8 men take off to find the mysterious enemy in the bush. I'll do a proper review on my other blog later but sufficient to say THE STICK is one helluva film! It's very good and there's not one single moment where your mind drifts off to tropical islands and native go-go-dancers in bamboo skirts.

THE STICK is tough, raw, unpleasant (there are no real likeable characters in the fillm) and not for the fainhearted! Most of the dialogue is in English with a few Africaans (i.e. old Dutch) sentences scattered around for good measure. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to actually get to watch the film. There are no DVD releases and the few VHS releases are very rare. I got my copy from Japan for around 30 bucks + postage. The picture is fullscreen and as good as it gets for VHS. This film really needs a proper release.

The Three Fantastic Supermen (Italy, 1967)

Original title: I 3 FANTASTICI SUPERMEN aka 3 FANTASTISKE SUPERMÆND (Denmark)



I watched this a million years ago when I was in my first grade! My mum asked me if I wanted to attend a film club at my school and obviously I thought it was a grand idea. I believe 3 FANTASTISKE SUPERMÆND, as it was called locally, was the season's very first film but I could be wrong. Unfortunately, I didn't keep the program. It took about 35 years before I got to revisit the film. Until fairly recently it was close to impossible to track down and it was only due to Henrik Larsen getting hold of a German dubbed tape that I was able to watch the film again. Later I wrote a long review for his Obskuriøst magazine (see scan). DL the issue here (my article is in the lingo of the savage Norsemen though [some of the other stuff is in English, like a cool article on Kirk Morris by Graham Rix]).

I'm posting about this cos, lo and behold, I just bought a rare film program (thanks Henschjell!) from the film's cinema run in Denmark! Yay!!

Youtube is awesome, hehehe.

This is, like, the awesommest video on YouTube, ever! xD.

THE COP (Yves Boisset, France/Italy, 1970)

Aka UN CONDÉ / BLOOD ON MY HANDS / L'UOMO VENUTO DA CHICAGO / HÆVN UDEN NÅDE

Yet another seemingly cool film which isn't available anywhere! :-/



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Awesome Danish video cover. Unfortunately not mine. :-(

Jack J's 1970s: DELVECCHIO

Bloody hell! I've just discovered you can get the complete Delvecchio cop show on DVD now! Okay okay, it's a bootleg but still!! I've been wanting to revisit this for YEARS! I watched the series when it originally ran at the end of the 1970s and I haven't watched it since (Danish tv hardly never reran anything!). I'm sure these are broadcast episodes off air but who cares. I'm gonna get this when I get paid!

Hmm, and I've ALSO just discovered that there's actually ONE episode available legally! It's out on a reg. 1 DVD entitled "Brilliant But Cancelled" (it's got three more shows but I'm not familiar with any of them).

Toooo much stuff!!!

My gawd! I've been tidying up all day, all those video tapes, dvds, vcds, cds, books, clothes, loo paper rolls, argh!!! Has anybody else got PILES of stuff in their house/apartment??? I mean STACKS of stuff! Tunnels of stuff! A family of midgets could live at my place and I wouldn't know it. Sometimes in the night I'll be lying in my bed and listen to something slowly skidding down from somewhere in the dark or falling over (killing the villagers who live at the foot of one of the vhs mountains). I got two new bookcases recently but it's no way nearly enough to stock it all. I NEED MORE BOOKCASES!! I'm sure someone (weird, strange people from odd countries) would suggest I'd get rid of some of it all but they're probably not collectors. LOL.

Copenhagen Call-Girls soundtrack!!

Thanks to a nice uploader here's some more clips from the psychotronic movie VILLA VENNELY (aka Copenhagen Call-Girls) from Denmark, 1964. The movie is available from Something Weird Video. The info on their page says it's an English subbed version taken from a 35mm print. My own copy is the Danish VHS. There's no official DVD release and there probably won't be one either. :-(