Mrparka's Video Reviews for the Week of December 2nd

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The Violent Years/ Anatomy of a Psycho Review - 0:22
Zoology Review – 7:08
The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre Review – 12:00 
Body Parts Review – 15:29
Drum Review – 21:10 
Junior Bonner Review – 26:57
Contest – 34:10
Q&A – 34:43
Update – 37:51

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Video Reviews

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"The Violent Years"/ "Anatomy of a Psycho" Blu-Ray Review (AGFA Films)

​A new 4K transfer of Ed Wood's girl gang explosion!

''I shot a cop -- SO WHAT!'' So say the girl gang thrill-killers of Ed Wood's delirious THE VIOLENT YEARS! Written by legendary Hollywood outsider Edward D. Wood, Jr. (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE), this is the story of Paula Parkins, a good-girl-gone-bad who leads her degenerate teenage hellcats down a path of gas station hijackings, pajama party orgies, and cold-blooded murder! From Wood's patently deranged dialogue to the scene where the gang performs a ''man attack,'' THE VIOLENT YEARS is an essential expose on crime, gender politics, and sweater-stealing. Remember, ''This is a story of violence!''


Bonus Materials
New 4K scan from the original 35mm camera negative!
Commentary track with filmmaker Frank Henenlotter and Ed Wood biographer Rudolph Grey!
Gutter-noir trailers from the Something Weird vault!
Bonus Movie: ANATOMY OF A PSYCHO, new 2K scan from an original 35mm theatrical print!
Memorabilia scrapbook and more!

AGFA Website –  https://www.americangenrefilm.com/
Buy “The Violent Years” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/the-violent-years-blu-ray

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"Zoology" Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Academy)  

A TAIL OF PERSONAL GROWTH

Writer-director Ivan I. Tverdovsky’s prize-winning sophomore feature (Special Prize of the Jury at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Best Picture at Fantastic Fest) deftly mixes the deadpan humour of Aki Kaurismäki with a poignant examination of social issues including loneliness and aging.

Natasha is a middle-aged admin employee at a zoo where her female co-workers take pleasure in making fun of her. She lives with her God-fearing mother and leads a dull existence without prospects, until one day she grows a tail. Medical examinations follow where she meets Peter, a young radiologist and her dreary life is turned upside down.

Described as “Kafka meets Cronenberg” (Hollywood Reporter) Tverdovsky’s film is a beautifully photographed portrait of Eastern Europe that recalls the recent New Romanian Cinema and features a brave and brilliant central performance from Natalya Pavlenkova.

​Features:

High Definition 1080p Presentation
Optional English Subtitles
5.1 DTS-HD MA surround sound
Trailer
More to be announced!
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and author Michael Brooke

Arrow Website – https://arrowfilms.com/
Buy “Zoology” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/zoology-blu-ray
Buy “Zoology” DVD - https://mvdshop.com/products/zoology-dvd

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"The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre" DVD Review (Wild Eye) 

You'll Wish You Were In Texas!
While touring to promote their first record, a heavy metal band break down in the desolate countryside, and must spend the night in a strange small town, populated by a family of bloodthirsty, cannibalistic maniacs - who are looking for their latest sacrifice to the patron saint who they worship. And they'll stop at nothing until they take the band apart - piece by piece.
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Wild Eye Website – http://www.wildeyereleasing.com/
Buy “Spanish Chainsaw Massacre” - https://mvdshop.com/products/the-spanish-chainsaw-massacre-dvd

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"Body Parts" Blu-Ray Review (Non-Official) 

About the Movie
From Eric Red, the writer of Near Dark and The Hitcher, comes this bone-chilling tale of a medical experiment gone murderously wrong. Bill Chrushank (Jeff Fahey) is a criminal psychologist who loses his arm and nearly his life in a grisly car accident. A daring medical operation follows in which a donor's arm is successfully grafted onto Bill's body. But after the operation, the arm starts to take on a violent life of its own, striking out against Bill's wife and children. Consumed by fears about his dangerous behavior, Bill is driven to learn the donor's identity - a horrifying discovery that delivers him into a world of unimaginable terror. Costarring Brad Dourif (Graveyard Shift).
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Buy “Body Parts” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Body-Parts-Jeff-Fahey/dp/B0002I8386/
Buy “Body Parts” HD Streaming – https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/id296383952
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"Drum" Blu-Ray Review (Kino/Scorpion)

Mandingo lit the fuse... Drum is the explosion! Plantation boss and slave owner Hammond Maxwell (Warren Oates, Two-Lane Blacktop) purchases Drum (Ken Norton, Mandingo) and Blaise (Yaphet Kotto, Alien) from bordello hostess Marianna (Isela Vega, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia). Marianna is actually Drum's mother, although her lesbian lover Rachel (Paula Kelly, Soylent Green) actually raised the boy. Thrown into the package to Hammond is Drum's girlfriend Regine (Pam Grier, Foxy Brown), who was purchased to satisfy the carnal urges of Mr. Hammond. However, Augusta Chauvet (Fiona Lewis, The Fury), setting her sites on Hammond, has other plans. Drum is such a perfect specimen that neither men nor women can keep their hands off of him. Drum looks stoic until a climactic slave revolt breaks out, guaranteeing more blood and carnage than Mandingo could ever hope to provide. See the film that"Out-Mandingos Mandingo!" In glorious HD, shot by the legendary cinematographer Lucien Ballard (The Wild Bunch, The Killing).

Blu-ray Extras Include:

Audio Commentary With Director Steve Carver

Original Theatrical Trailer
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Buy “Drum” Blu-Ray – https://www.kinolorber.com/product/view/id/2369
Kino Lorber Website – https://www.kinolorber.com/

Mandingo lit the fuse... Drum is the explosion! Plantation boss and slave owner Hammond Maxwell (Warren Oates, Two-Lane Blacktop) purchases Drum (Ken Norton, Mandingo) and Blaise (Yaphet Kotto, Alien) from bordello hostess Marianna (Isela Vega, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia). Marianna is actually Drum's mother, although her lesbian lover Rachel (Paula Kelly, Soylent Green) actually raised the boy. Thrown into the package to Hammond is Drum's girlfriend Regine (Pam Grier, Foxy Brown), who was purchased to satisfy the carnal urges of Mr. Hammond. However, Augusta Chauvet (Fiona Lewis, The Fury), setting her sites on Hammond, has other plans. Drum is such a perfect specimen that neither men nor women can keep their hands off of him. Drum looks stoic until a climactic slave revolt breaks out, guaranteeing more blood and carnage than Mandingo could ever hope to provide. See the film that"Out-Mandingos Mandingo!" In glorious HD, shot by the legendary cinematographer Lucien Ballard (The Wild Bunch, The Killing).
Blu-ray Extras Include:
Audio Commentary With Director Steve Carver
Original Theatrical Trailer

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"Junior Bonner" Blu-Ray Review (Kino Lorber) 

Screen icon Steve McQueen (Love with the Proper Stranger, Bullitt) is at his rugged best in this totally captivating tale of a fading rodeo champion from acclaimed director Sam Peckinpah (The Getaway, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Convoy). With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner (McQueen) heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother (Joe Don Baker, Framed) and hard-drinking father (Robert Preston, The Music Man). Now Junior must break the wildest bull in the West to bring his family together for one final moment of cowboy glory in the roughest, rowdiest ride of his life! Junior Bonner is an extraordinarily graceful yet unflinching rendering of a slice of Americana, beautifully shot by the great Lucien Ballard (The Ballad of Cable Hogue) and featuring a top-notch cast which also includes Ida Lupino (Road House), Ben Johnson (The Wild Bunch), Mary Murphy (Beachhead), Dub Taylor (Burnt Offerings), Don ‘Red’ Barry (Shalako) and Bill McKinney (Deliverance).

DVD Extras Include:

PASSION & POETRY – RODEO TIME (Documentary with screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook, Katy Haber, Ali MacGraw, Garner Simmons, L.Q. Jones) 56 Min

​PASSION & POETRY – PECKINPAH ANECDOTES (Short documentary with Ernest Borgnine, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Isela Vega, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Bo Hopkins and David Warner) 26 Min

AUDIO COMMENTARY by Sam Peckinpah Authors Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle, moderated by Film Historian Nick Redman

JUNIOR BONNER TRIVIA (cameo’s, in-jokes & more) 5 Min

JUNIOR BONNER REMEMBERED (4th of July rodeo 2016, featurette by Keith Woods & Alyson Titkemeyer) 3 Min

JUNIOR BONNER on the set (Animated Image Gallery) 5 Min

JUNIOR BONNER in Pictures (Animated Image Gallery) 4 Min

JUNIOR BONNER Posters & Lobby Cards (Animated Image Gallery) 5 Min

US Theatrical Trailer

2 US Radio Spots

US TV Spot

Kino Lorber Website – https://www.kinolorber.com/
Buy “Junior Bonner” Blu-Ray – https://www.kinolorber.com/product/view/id/4784
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Contest Winner

Winner of "Over Your Dead Body" DVD is Jonathon Wilhelm 
​Congrats!

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Q&A

​​​Please ask a question to have it answered on the next video show. Please leave your question in the comment section below. 

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Update

​4K
1. Cabin in the Wood (recommended) 
2. Unforgiven (recommended)
3. Starship Troopers (recommended)
4. 3:10 to Yuma (recommended)
5. Goodfellas (recommended)
Blu-Ray
6. Go Tell the Spartans
7. Sisterhood, the 
8. Equalizer 2000 
9. Wheels of Fire
10. Nam Angels
11. Truck Stop Women
12. Cocaine Wars
13. Julie Darling
14. Return, the 
15. Out of Control (been awhile) 
16. Salon Kitty
17. A Cure for Wellness
18. The Paul Naschy Collection Vol. 2
19. Vanishing Point
20. Trespass (been awhile)
21. Blair Witch
22. Nerve 
23. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, the
24. Ninth Configuration, the 
25. Johnny Handsome (been awhile) 
26. 48 HRS.
DVD
27. Deadly Companions 

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Film Notes

The Violent Years  - 1956 - William Morgan 
Anatomy of a Psycho - 1961 -   Boris Petroff 
Zoology - 2016 - Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre - 2017 - Manolito Motosierra
Body Parts - 1991 - Eric Red 
Drum - 1976 - Steve Carver 
Junior Bonner - 1972 - Sam Peckinpah 

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