Hmmm, just WHEN did I star in that one?

THE HAND RETURNS??? I've been in a movie that never got released (PLANET HOLOCAUST) and here's a cover for one that... never got made (I don't think!!). Haha. More ridicule of me from Member-X in Finland! >_<

You'll Die at Midnight - trailer

From DEVAG:
This trailer might not be as interesting/rare as The Big Boss, but still a rarity... Original english languaged trailer to Lamberto Bava's You'll Die at Midnight (Morirai a Mezzanotte)

SHOUT! Factory to cancel Filipino film release!

A few months back I posted about SHOUT! Factory's upcoming DVD releases of a pile of Roger Corman produced Filipino films. Unfortunately it seems one of them has been cancelled! A few days ago Cliff Mac (of SHOUT! Factory) mentioned on Dvdmaniacs forum that they're not going to release FLY ME (Cirio H. Santiago, 1973) unless they can find a proper print. Terrible news indeed (not least cos this is one of the titles I don't already have on VHS!). FLY ME was released on VHS in the US and UK but those tapes have basically vanished off the face of the Earth! Boo-hoo. Personally I'd rather they release whatever half decent (or not decent) print that they have.

Very rare trailer for THE BIG BOSS found on Danish VHS - the version that contains the REJECTED English Hong Kong dub mind you!!!

Today, my mate Hans-Jørn aka Diabolik found the original English dubbed trailer for THE BIG BOSS on a Danish trailer video tape from the mid 1980s!!!

This is highly interesting because this is the version that contains the original, REJECTED English dubbed version that was made in Hong Kong!!! This is not to be confused with the English dubbed version you can buy on VHS and DVD!

Back in the day when the American distribution company bought the film they thought the English dub (made in Hong Kong) was too crappy and decided to make their own dub. The "new" dub is the one that was used on ALL releases (apart from the versions dubbed into other languages, obviously). The original HK dub only played in certain territories in the Middle East (and reportedly Bruce Lee hated it when he heard it!) in the early days.

Until now fans have believed this original dubbed version was never released to home-cinema anywhere. Not on video, video-cd, laserdisc, DVD, or shown on TV. However, this Danish tape is interesting because needless to day you can't help wonder if there might be a Danish VHS release from the early 80s that uses this dub (all HK films were released in their English dub in Denmark).

Also, as I've mentioned on this blog before, the rejected dubbed version has now been *released* (on bootleg anyway) but it's from a CUT print. If this really does exist on Danish VHS it's most likely going to be fully uncut.

I'm fully aware there's another version of this trailer already on YouTube (which I've posted here before) but just the mere fact that Hans-Jørn found another release is awesome PLUS the picture quality of this one is better that the other one in my view. I have no idea why HJ chose to use the old US title but this is THE BIG BOSS.

Shock! Horror!! Japanese bootleg tapes are circulating!!!

While the headline may seem funny it's no laughing matter at all! Read all about it over at Basement of Ghoulish Decadence

We're squattin' in multo un-cool times! - PART 2

I remember a time... [said in a voice like the old narrator at the beginning of MAD MAX]... when you could actually buy... wait... what's going on here! Major deja-vu, haha. But actually the situation is the same, the only difference is this post is about Pioneer DVD-recorders, not video players. When I bought my first DVD-recorder about 5 years ago I bought a Panasonic and stupid me forgot to check if it could copy from NTSC video tapes. And it turned out it couldn't. My friend Henrik Larsen had a Pioneer which copied NTSC tapes without any problems so for the past years I've wanted a Pioneer DVD-recorder. Obviously. Not long ago the old Panasonic began to die a slow death and I decided to buy a Pioneer. Only to discover the dick-heads at Pioneer stopped making the bloody things several years ago!!! >_<
I found out Panasonic are still making them and their new ones can probably copy from NTSC but for five years I've had my mind set for a Pioneer and by jove I want a Pioneer!!! So for a wee bit I've been checking German eBay for a good player and a couple of days ago I found two; a really good model, and an even better model. And being the reckless and wild rockabilly teen that I am I placed bids for both of them!! Tonight I won the better one of the two. Whoo-hoo!!! (and fortunately someone else outbid me on the other one, LOL). The model I'll be getting is a Pioneer DVR-LX61D 250GB HDD/DVD Recorder.

Now, where can I get a mint Betamax player? LMAO (I want the one that was only produced for retail in the Middle East!! As the only model in the world it plays ALL Betamax formats; PAL, NTSC, SECAM, and apparently the variations of those!).

I Miss You Hugs and Kisses - a nasty?

I've always wondered what I MISS YOU HUGS AND KISSES is like! Ever since I read a review of it the first time (in an issue of IN THE FLESH if I remember correctly). The thing is this film was on the BBFC's list of video nasties but everyone who's seen it wonders why it was even ON that list as (apparently) it's not a gore movie or very nasty. Okay, so it's about a wife killer, but still. And - judging by those reviews - apparently it's not even a very good movie, quite on the contrary. But you know me, if it's obscure I want to watch it. Maybe everyone is wrong and I'll love the movie! xD

I MISS YOU HUGS AND KISSES is quite difficult to get to watch (legally anyway) as video versions are scarce and there's no DVD releases. However, I'll get my opportunity to watch it now as I've just won it on Japanese VHS! :D

If you'd like to know a little more about the film do go ahead and watch this good YouTube review from some guy in the UK. It's the first review of his that I watch but apparently he's made a series of reviews of the films from the nasties list. And it's an incisive review too, not the usual "I MISS YOU is really boring and there's no blood" type reviews that usually pop up.



PS: I also won Margheriti's ARK OF THE SUN GOD (which stars old genre favourite David Warbeck) at just under 12 bucks. Woo-hoo!! It's a lbx'ed print too!

We're squattin' in multo un-cool times!

I remember a time... [said in a voice like the old narrator at the beginning of MAD MAX]... when you could actually buy a new video recorder at any radio shop or supermarket you walked into. No so anymore. Men began to fight over the oil... Ahm, okay, maybe not but if you're lucky to find a store that actually has new video players they're most likely DVD/VHS combos at big chain stores (and I wouldn't touch combos with a ten foot pole), or cheapo shit players at small stores that have been gathering dust for years (the players, not the stores). And that's a huge problem when you're an ex-rental video tape collector and your old player is dying on you. And, well, my old trusted Panasonic VCR is beginning to act funny.

I've been wanting a JVC player for a while because apparently they're supposed to be the top of the crop. I'm sure I read somewhere that the last model which JVC made is the best VCR that ever came out. Unfortunately, this is common knowledge to other video collectors as well so finding a player in a good condition is either very time consuming or quite expensive - or most likely both! Today, I finally won a JVC player on German eBay! Whoo-hoo!! It's not the last model but it's close enough.

German eBay is good cos you can still get VCR players at reasonable prices and in contradiction to many other countries the German postal service aren't fucking their customers in the ass by raising postage fees to insane hight. Getting a heavy VCR from Germany isn't gonna double the price as it would from some other certain Eurotrash countries. The VCR that I just won is gonna cost me a mere 22 Euros to ship from to Denmark. That is very, very CHEAP!! It's about the same price as two video tapes are to send from Sweden to Denmark!!! There were other bidders but the final bid from someone else was for 82 Euros (i.e. my winning bid is €83). I had placed 130 Euros on the player. Now I just need a Pioneer DVD recorder and I'll be alright for a while again.

Hmmm, altho I could also do with a new Betamax player. o_O

One week down

SATURDAY!!! My legs hurt. My arms hurt. They're blue too. My left big toe is numb. My back hurts. I've popped headache tablets all week. Could someone in this Universe's admin office please shift my papers back to the "most useful as drifter" box. Thanks.

Hello darkness, my old friend

Still beat at 4:30! Still as sweaty as a wet cloth at the end of the day (and feel like one). Sore legs. Sore fingers, sore everything. Work is not for normal people. Please give me back my old life as a drifter. And my second day on the bicycle. I tried to catch up with someone riding an old "grand ma bike". I failed miserably. Had to walk up the fucking hill. Most people probably wouldn't even call it a hill. :/
It's fucking 10:18 pm and I'll be fainting to sleep soon. :-/