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Pop Skull (DVD Review)
14 August 2009 5:27 PM, PDT
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This unnerving slice of pill-popping, acid-tripping Midwestern life (now on DVD from Halo-8) feels like August Strindberg’s Dream Play filtered through the mind of retro-modern surrealists like The Manson Family’s Jim VanBebber and Julien Donkey-boy’s Harmony Korine. But filmmaker Adam Wingard leaps beyond even those cinematic transgressors in terms of stripping away narrative conventions, to the point where Pop Skull is less a narrative than a disaffected meditation by a depressed 20something pill addict, Daniel (played by perpetually spooked-out Lane Hughes, who also scripted with Wingard and E.L. Katz).
There’s no easy genre classification handy for this film. Even to describe it as “experimental” seems like a misnomer, since that implies certain art-house trappings—the movie feels more like flipping through the pages of a troubled young man’s diary, so “personal cinema” is an easy label. But what gives with all the images of ghosts,
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jeremiah Kipp)
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Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 7.28.2009
26 July 2009 11:01 PM, PDT
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While there are no mainstream horror releases this week, it's a Huge week for fans of under-the-radar titles, vintage frights, indie and international horror.
There's quite a few re-issues, some titles hitting Blu-ray for the first time, and several collections hitting stores. Below the jump you can view the full list of genre DVD & Blu-Ray titles arriving tomorrow, Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 in this weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last minute additions and deletions.
The 10th Victim
It is the 21st Century, and society's lust for violence is satisfied by "The Big Hunt," an international game of legalized murder. But when the sport's two top assassins (Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress) are pitted against each other, they find that love is the most dangerous game of all. As the world watches, the hunt is on. Who will become The 10th Victim?
The 10th
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
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'Leslie, My Name is Evil' Trailer
15 July 2009 10:06 PM, PDT
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Because The Manson Family never gets old, Reginald Harkema has shot a new hippie death cult film called Leslie, My Name is Evil, about Leslie Van Houten, a member of the infamous Manson Family who was ultimately convicted of murder and is currently spending the rest of her her life in prison. Leslie was renowned for her beauty - beauty that even captivated when she took the stand at her own murder trial.
Perry, a sheltered chemical engineer, falls in love with Leslie, a former homecoming princess, when he is selected to be a jury member at her hippie death cult murder trial. Perry has always done what is expected of him...
He was a straight A student who got a good job at a chemical company and proposed to his virgin Christian girlfriend, Dorothy. Leslie took a different path after she was traumatized by Kennedy’s assassination, her abortion
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Oliver Stone in Talks for Helter Skelter
19 May 2009
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Liz Smith, reporting on behalf of Variety, is hearing through the grapevine that Oliver Stone ( Natural Born Killers , W ) is circling a big screen version of "Helter Skelter."
The director is currently "in talks" with Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecuting attorney during the Charles Manson trial. Nothing is confirmed, however. Stone revisiting the '60s and taking on Manson? Feels like a natural choice.
"Skelter" was made into a tele-film in 1976, with Steve Railsback ( Lifeforce ) as Manson, and again in 2004, this time starring Jeremy Davies. Jim Van Bebber also made a pretty haunting Manson film of his own entitled The Manson Family .
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Plague Town—Interview With David Gregory
14 May 2009 8:50 PM, PDT
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Bruce Fletcher introduced me to David Gregory’s feature directorial debut Plague Town when it had its world premiere at Dead Channels 2008 and encouraged me to interview Gregory, which I accomplished during the festival. I now offer up that transcript in conjunction with Plague Town‘s May 12, 2009 DVD/Blu-Ray release from Dark Sky Films.
David Gregory is one of the international DVD industry’s most in-demand Bonus Features providers. He has produced and directed more than 130 “making of” documentaries on films as diverse as Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Wicker Man, The Deer Hunter, Faster Pussycat, Don’t Look Now, Heathers and Repulsion. As co-founder of the UK/Us DVD labels Blue Underground and Severin, he has produced many of the industry’s most widely acclaimed discs and collections, including The Final Countdown, The Alan Clarke Collection and The Mondo Cane Collection, which includes his feature-length documentary The Godfathers of Mondo.
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Troma To Release Never Before Seen Director's Cut Of Combat Shock!
13 April 2009 4:19 PM, PDT
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Wow! Troma Entertainment will release a brand new 2-disc DVD set for Combat Shock featuring the never-before-seen director's cut on July 28th! Below are all the details from the press release & a brand new trailer specifically for this new version of Combat Shock!
Combat Shock 2-disc Never-before-seen Director’S Cut
Street Date: 7.28.2009 - List Price: $19.95
Available For A Limited Time Only
“Raw, nightmarish and absolutely devastating. Ranks among the most uncompromising and
powerful indie films of the '80s.” - Mitch Davis (Director, Fantasia Film Festival)
“Combines the New York City angst of Taxi Driver, the gritty nihilism of Fassbinder and the
unfiltered dementia of Eraserhead... one of the great cult films of the 1980's.” - Steve Puchalski, Shock Cinema
“Makes you want to slit your wrists.” - John McNaughton (Director, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer)
Troma Team Video is proud to present the 2-Disc Never-Before-Seen Director’s Cut of Buddy Giovinazzo’s dark,
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America's Bad Kids Episode 8: Jim Van Bebber!
10 April 2009 7:50 AM, PDT
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It's Friday and that means it's time for America's Bad Kids Episode 8: Jim Van Bebber!
Introduction: Ohio chapter president of the Americas Bad Kids, Jim Van Bebber sites down with John Torrani to talk about Charles Manson, the Eli Roth phenomena and Jim's future projects.
Jim Van Bebber is the writer and director of sure cult horror classics as Deadbeat At Dawn and The Manson Family. Jim Van Bebber, who did all the choreography of Deadbeat At Dawn is trained in the Martial arts by a Kung Fu Master.
Be sure to check out this installment of Americas Bad Kids for a great chance to see Jim Van Bebber talk about despair, political grandstanding and how much he hates Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
Make sure to come back next Friday for the next episode. If you can't wait, head on over to the official Bad Kids website at: www.
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