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Big-name stars such as Tom Cruise and Eddie Murphy flocked to genre, as did high-caliber filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola, veterans Wes Craven and John Landis, independents Michael Almereyda and Jeffrey Arsenault, and up-and-comers Quentin Tarantino and Guillermo del Toro. Amid the fangs and crucifixes, Abel Ferrara reunited with his King of New York star Christopher Walken for The Addiction, a distinctly personal take on creatures of the night. Philosophy student Kathleen (Lili Taylor, The Conjuring) is dragged into an alleyway on her way home from class by Casanova (Annabella Sciorra, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) and bitten on the neck. She quickly falls ill but realises this isn't any ordinary disease when she develops an aversion to daylight and a thirst for human blood... Having made a big-budget foray into science fiction two years earlier with Body Snatchers, Ferrara's approach to the vampire movie is in a lower key. Shot on the streets of New York, like so many of his major works - including The Driller Killer, Ms. 45 and Bad Lieutenant¬ ¬- and beautifully filmed in black and white, The Addiction sees the filmmaker on his own terms and at his very best: raw, shocking, intense, intelligent, masterful. Bonus Materials New restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Abel Ferrara and director of photography Ken Kelsch High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Restored 5.1 audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by Abel Ferrara, moderated by critic and biographer Brad Stevens Talking with the Vampires (2018) A new documentary about the film made by Ferrara especially for this release, featuring actors Christopher Walken and Lili Taylor, composer Joe Delia, Ken Kelsch, and Ferrara himself New interview with Abel Ferrara New interview with Brad Stevens Abel Ferrara Edits The Addiction, an archival piece from the time of production Original trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet containing new writing on the film by critic Michael Ewins Arrow Video – https://arrowfilms.com/ “The Addiction” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/addiction-the-blu-ray "Vigil" Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Video) Vincent Ward - once described as "the Antipodean Werner Herzog" - made his feature debut with Vigil, heralding his status as one of New Zealand's most distinctive filmmaking talents and paving the way for such equally remarkable and unclassifiable efforts as The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey and Map of the Human Heart. A stranger appears in a remote New Zealand farmland at the exact time a farmer accidentally falls to his death. The mysterious outsider grows close to some of the dead man's family, to the point where he and the widow become lovers. But her eleven-year-old daughter, Toss, struggling to come to terms with the death of her father as well as her impending womanhood, believes the intruder to be the devil and sets about protecting her family and their homestead. Propelled by Fiona Kay's outstanding performance by as Toss, she would earn a standing ovation when Vigil screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival - the first time ever that a New Zealand feature played in the main competition. Bonus Materials High Definition (Blu-ray) presentation Original mono audio (uncompressed LPCM) Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand-new appreciation by film critic Nick Roddick, recorded exclusively for this release On-set report from the long-running New Zealand television programme Country Calendar Extract from a 1987 Kaleidoscope television documentary on New Zealand cinema, focusing on Vigil and Vincent Ward Theatrical trailer FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Carmen Gray Arrow Video – https://arrowfilms.com/ “Vigil” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/vigil-blu-ray "The Summer House" DVD Review (Artsploitation Films) A family man has a secret relationship with a 12-year-old boy that leads his family towards disaster. The architect and head of the family Markus Larsen secretly lives out his bisexual tendencies while his wife Christine and their 11-year-old daughter Elisabeth drown in unbearable loneliness. When Markus gets to know the 12-year-old son of a colleague, he feels an immediate affection for the boy. Slowly, Markus begins to approach Johannes and creates an intimacy of which he increasingly loses control. While his wife and daughter are damagingly affected by their symbiotic relationship, Johannes is playing his own secret game which, in the end, leads to disaster for every family member. Bonus Materials Deleted scenes Cast interviews Artsploitation Films – http://www.artsploitationfilms.com/ “The Summer House” DVD – https://mvdshop.com/products/summer-house-the-dvd "Grave Robbers" Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Review (Vinegar Syndrome) This special limited edition embossed slipcover (designed by Earl Kessler Jr.) is limited to just 1,500 units and is only available here at VinegarSyndrome.com! Nora Mae Edwards had always dreamed that a handsome and wealthy man would offer to marry her, but she never expected to find love while working the night shift at a sleazy diner. However, when John Henry Cox proposes to her within moments of their meeting, Nora can’t help but say yes. Whisked off to John’s home town of Newbury to live in his family’s mansion, Nora discovers that her new husband’s profession is that of an undertaker, and that the local death toll is disproportionately high. As the joys of marital bliss soon give way to increasingly violent nightmares, she begins to suspect that her seemingly gentle husband may be harboring a dark secret, especially when she learns that she’s far from the first ‘Mrs. Cox,’ but even more terrifyingly, that while her husband desires her body, he’d prefer it cold and dead… A darkly humorous and vaguely supernatural story of necrophilia, GRAVE ROBBERS is a gruesome black comedy about the meaning of love and lust after death. Written and directed by Straw Weisman (FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE), and the final producing effort from exploitation film tsar, Lew Mishkin, Vinegar Syndrome brings this direct-to-video rarity to Blu-ray, newly restored from its camera negative and fully uncut. Directed by: Straw Weisman 1988 / 93 minutes / Color / 1.85:1 OAR Combined cast: Elizabeth Mannino, David Gregory, Lawrence Bockius, Judith Mayes, Adam Wahl, Kelvin Keraga Features Include: • Region free Blu-ray/DVD combo • Newly scanned and restored in 2k from 35mm camera negative • Commentary track with writer/director Straw Weisman • “Digging Up the Past” – interview with Straw Weisman • Director’s introduction • Original video trailer • Reversible cover • English SDH subtitles Vinegar Syndrome Website – https://vinegarsyndrome.com/ “Grave Robbers” Blu-Ray/DVD Combo – https://vinegarsyndrome.com/shop/grave-robbers-slipcover/ "Deadly Daphne's Revenge" Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Review (Vinegar Syndrome) This special embossed slipcover edition of DEADLY DAPHNE’S REVENGE is limited to just 1,500 units and is 100% exclusive to VinegarSyndome.com. We will never re-release DEADLY DAPHNE’S REVENGE in any other form or edition. Slipcover designed by Earl Kessler Jr. Four middle aged men are headed to a remote lodge for a weekend of hunting. Stopping along the way to pick up a pretty, teenage hitchhiker, the foursome lure her to their cabin wherein she is savagely attacked and assaulted by two of the men. After making her escape, the young woman decides to file charges against the men who picked her up, but in doing so unleashes the unexpected vengeance of Charlie, her main attacker, and setting in motion a series of deadly incidents… Mis-marketed as a horror film, DEADLY DAPHNE’S REVENGE is a slow-burn revenge thriller shot as ‘THE HUNTING SEASON’. Conceived as a vanity project by writer/director/producer/star, Richard Gardner, and sold as a sort-of promotional tie in for Gardner’s Orange County based talent agency, DAPHNE is a genre bending piece of outsider filmmaking which incorporates rape and revenge tropes, crime thriller set pieces, and vague slasher allusions. Vinegar Syndrome brings this unique exploitation film to Blu-ray, uncut and restored from its original negative. Directed by: Richard Gardner 1981 / 90 minutes / Color / 1.85:1 OAR Starring: Laurie Partridge, Anthony Holt, Richard Gardner, Candy Castillo, Jody Jaress, Chuck Paite, John Suttle Features Include: • Region free Blu-ray/DVD combo • Newly scanned and restored in 2k from 35mm original camera negative • “Answering the Call” – an interview with actress Jody Jaress • Alternate opening title sequence • Extensive archival still gallery • Isolated score by composer John Banning • Limited edition slipcover designed by Earl Kessler Jr. • Reversible artwork under the original title “The Hunting Season” • English SDH subtitles Vinegar Syndrome Website – https://vinegarsyndrome.com/ “Deadly Daphne’s Revenge” Blu-Ray/DVD Combo – https://vinegarsyndrome.com/shop/deadly-daphnes-revenge-slipcover/ The VHS Voyage: "Elves" VHS Review (A.I.P. Studios) THEY’RE NOT WORKING FOR SANTA…ANYMORE A young woman discovers that she is the focus of an evil nazi experiment involving selective breeding and summoned elves, an attempt to create a race of supermen. She and two of her friends are trapped in a department store with an elf, and only Dan Haggerty, as the renegade loose-cannon Santa Claus, can save them. “Elves” VHS – https://www.amazon.com/Elves-VHS-Dan-Haggerty/dp/6301497368/ The Weekly Western "The Great Silence" Blu-Ray Review (Film Movement) SYNOPSIS On an unforgiving, snow swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski Nosferatu, For a Few Dollars More) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant The Conformist) stands between the innocent refuges and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong aren't always clear and good doesn't always triumph. Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci's bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honorless west is widely considered to be among the very best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made.Bonus features include: – Cox on Corbucci – filmmaker and author Alex Cox surveys Sergio Corbucci’s career and how The Great Silence fits within the maestro’s oeuvre. – Western, Italian Style – This 1968 documentary on Italian westerns includes prime behind the scenes footage of The Great Silence. – Two never-before-seen alternate endings, including the option to play one of the alternate endings with Alex Cox commentary. – The Great Silence original theatrical trailer. – The Great Silence 2018 theatrical trailer. – Italian and English language versions. – Ending the Silence – a new essay about The Great Silence by film critic Simon Abrams. Film Movement – https://www.filmmovement.com/ “The Great Silence” Blu-Ray – http://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/great-silence-sergio-corbucci-blu-ray Pick a Movie "Blade of the Immortal" Blu-Ray Review (Magnet Releasing) Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to protect a young girl named Rin and help her avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine... the 100th film by master director TAKASHI MIIKE. Magnet Releasing – http://www.magnetreleasingfilms.com/ “Blade of the Immortal” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Blade-Immortal-Blu-ray-Takuya-Kimura/dp/B0774D6BYJ/ Q&APlease leave a question below to have it answered on the next show! Podcast Version https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shut-up-brandon-podcast/id988229934?mt=2 https://shutupbrandon.podbean.com/e/mrparka%E2%80%99s-weekly-reviews-episode-59-audio-version/ UpdateBlu-Ray 1. Above the Law/ Under Seige/ Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 2. Figures in a Landscape 3. ZPG: Zero Population Growth 4. Unforgettable 5. Solarbabies 6. The Skull 7. The Rosary Murders 8. The Last Embrace 9. War-Gods of the Deep 10. The People That Time Forgot 11. The Land That Time Forgot 12. At the Earth’s Core Film NotesThe Addiction – 1995 – Abel Ferrara
Vigil – 1984 – Vincent Ward The Summer House – 2014 – Curtis Burz Grave Robbers – 1988 – Straw Weisman Deadly Daphne’s Revenge – 1987 – Richard Gardner Elves – 1989 – Jeffrey Mandel The Great Silence – 1968 – Sergio Corbucci Blade of the Immortal – 2017 – Takashi Miike
3 Comments
Nick Mua
6/30/2018 08:48:54 am
excellent authors aren't necessarily good screenwriters there are exceptions.I like the screenplays done by Stephen King i.e. Sleepwalkers, Storm of the century what's your opinion? and I have to ask how do you feel about the King/Mick Garris version of the Shining?
David Bryant
6/30/2018 08:53:51 am
Hello Dave could you kindly enter me into the draw for pick a movie and my choice of film is Renny Harlin's badly received 1986 movie debut Born American. Cheers buddy!
James Grimmer
6/30/2018 01:50:41 pm
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