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Jack isn't very interested in what Ghita has to... by Z-cinema

A couple of years back I made this serious and well prepared video, and needless to say "somebody" in Finland (face palm) had to ruin it (face palm some more). Member-X, Kurt, please, just go and live with the trolls in the woods or something. >_<

Wake in Fright

I've just ordered this on DVD from OZ. Looks great! AU$26 incl. postage from Chaos.

When bootleg covers go wrong

Check the above bootleg DVD-R cover for "Lady Exterminator". The seller's plot description matched that of the Indonesian film LADY EXTERMINATOR. I would expect he got hold of a copy off the Danish VHS. Or maybe the American VHS (but in the States the film is called "I Want To Get Even").

And so he probably googled to find some cover art. And found a poster on Hong Kong Movie Data Base.

And used it.

Without checking if it were the SAME film.

The problem is just that... well, it ISN'T!!! Hahahaha.

The poster found on HKMDB is for the Hong Kong Shaw Brothers film LADY EXTERMINATOR!!!

Same title... but it's a completely different film with (obviously!!) different director and actors!!!

I guess the bootlegger even did some more googling and found yet another picture but this time it's actually from the right (Indonesian) film. It's on the back of the cover and it shows Eva Arnaz with the alternative American title of the Indonesian film written underneath (aforementioned "I Want To Get Even"). Hahahaha.

If the bootlegger had watched the damn film it would have taken 30 seconds to discover that the names in the credits in no way match the credits at HKMDb.

The poster from HKMDB for the Hong Kong film LADY EXTERMINATOR (it's a sequel to SEXY KILLER aka Drug Connection). The HK film has never been released to home cinema in any format.

The cover for the Danish VHS release of the Indonesian film LADY EXTERMINATOR

And the mainstreamers still claim nobody buys video tapes anymore. Hah!!

Here's a couple of cover scans of video tapes (and one cd) that I've bought lately. I'm still waiting for half of them. All very cool stuff (and some of them mega rare too). ^_^

NB: this isn't Mattei/Fulci's ZOMBI 3 but BURIAL GROUND.

Blind Vendetta coming this way

I decided to go to bed early for once and now it's 3:51 in the morning. Argh. Anyway, before I turn in here's the cover for an NTSC tape I won on eBay today. It's José Antonio de la Loma's little seen BLIND VENDETTA (aka Metralleta Stein) starring John Saxon and made in Spain, 1975. It's not released on DVD and apparently the only English friendly VHS is this US release. I won it at an auction on eBay UK. Only bidder. ^_^
I don't give two shits about IMDb scores but it's got a user score of 8.1 out of 10.

THE SKY HAS FALLEN

I watched THE SKY HAS FALLEN last night. It's a different indie take on the zombie film. It was almost a *quiet* zombie film if you can imagine that. It had lots of gore in it tho which is always good in a, eh, zombie film. LOL. Check out Jayson's incisive review here. And you can check the film's website (and order it at half the price than on Amazon).

The Sisterhood (Philippines, 1988)

dir: Cirio H. Santiago

VHS / USA / format? / English audio / no subs




Gee, wauw! Another unknown/forgotten/semi lost post-apocalypse film from the Philippines!!! This one has even turned up on DVD. :D

THE SISTERHOOD is listed as a strict American production on IMDb. I asked Henry Strzalkowski (who is in the film) about it on Facebook and he confirmed what I already suspected; The movie is made 100% in the Philippines!! Unfortunately, a lot of non-American films are listed on IMDb as American productions or co-productions if there's just one American actor in them. Needless to say this isn't correct. If it were the case about 75% of all American films would have to be listed as being British or European. The IMDb is all right as a starting point for research but it's not all that good on its own.

Henry Strzalkowski about shooting THE SISTERHOOD:

"Completely filmed in the Philippines, directed by Cirio Santiago. Great find, Jack! Haven't seen this one. That's me at 0:07 [in the trailer]. During a sword-fight rehearsal, [Lynn-Holly Johnson] accidentally struck one of our stuntmen. Actually she lopped off the end of his index finger. Since we were using dull aluminum prop swords, she more or less crushed it. The stuntman was Greg Rocero. I'll never forget seeing him just wince and stop. When he pulled out his hand, we realized what happened. He went straight to hospital and showed up about a couple hours later (with his severed finger in a bottle, I'm not joking). I asked him why he was back and he simply said, "I gotta drive my truck back." I asked him if it hurt and he said, "It just throbs a bit." What a guy... All in a day's work. The risks you take. Lynn-Holly was devastated. For the rest of the picture."
[Facebook 30/7/12]

THE SISTERHOOD is released on DVD in the UK and I believe the UK DVD is the only release on DVD. I haven't been able to find one single VHS release! It's available from Amazon UK. I've ordered a copy but haven't received it yet so I can't comment on the picture quality. The Amazon page lists the film as being in widescreen.

EDIT: SISTERHOOD was released on VHS in the US. See scan in the above. Thanks to GARY MILLER of DVDManiacs for the info and scan!

Here's the trailers. So pretty please, with sugar on top, release the fucken DVD's!

The other day I mentioned that SHOUT! FACTORY might not release the three announced Filipino films SAVAGE (Cirio H. Santiago), THE WOMAN HUNT (Eddie Romero) and THE HOT BOX (Joe Viola) after all. So I thought I might as well post trailers for all three of them and that way at least you'll be able to see what you (possibly) aren't going to have! Well, "aren't going to" on good looking legit DVD from SHOUT that is. Needless to say all three films are available on video tape and crappy bootleg and PD DVD.







Big thanks go out to Diabolik for two of the tapes, a dvd-r of the third, and for uploading one of these trailers!!!!!

Sports, boo!! Films, yay!!

(click the scan for full size)

This cool photo was posted on the Facebook page LONDONIST today. And obviously we (that's a royal we obviously) agree completely around here. ^_^

PS: Notice the film they're showing. LOL.





Disclaimer: the above photo isn't mine blah blah blah, please don't sue me I'm fucking skint anyway.

Previously announced Filipino titles from SHOUT! FACTORY may or may not get released

In the past I've mentioned that SHOUT! FACTORY had announced they were going to release three Filipino/USA co-productions on DVD. The films are SAVAGE, THE HOT BOX and WOMAN HUNT. However, lately it has been speculated that these films may have been cancelled as it's reportedly been announced that SHOUT!'s Roger Corman line will soon be coming to an end.

I've been looking forward to DVD releases of these three films (I already own them all on VHS) and didn't wish to neither take mere rumours as facts - nor be content with being in the dark. So I got in touch with Cliff Mac of SHOUT! and asked him about it.

I guess his reply could have been more optimistic - but then again it could also have been more pessimistic!! He simply doesn't know if they are going to release these three films! In the email that I received he says all three films need new transfers and that those are expensive. He also mentioned that the titles probably won't sell an awful lot - so (reading between the lines) the question is will SHOUT! want to pour money into some old Filipino films (that don't have a selling point like a Pam Grier in them)!?

If SHOUT! decide to put them out - and Cliff stressed if - we won't see them this year.

So, that's the info I have on SAVAGE, THE HOT BOX and WOMAN HUNT as it is right now. I'm certainly crossing my fingers that we'll see DVD releases of the films at some stage.