

Behind the Scenes with Tom Savini: (1993-94) A full 2 hours of behind the scenes stuff including lots of cut footage from Killing Zoe, on the set of Brian Yuzna's Necronomicon and tons of other stuff (with cameo's by KNB, Optic Nerve and Screaming Mad George!). All courtesy of Savini and his camcorder. Damned entertaining. |
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Best of the Fests '94: (1994) Cool compilation of interviews, film clips and appearances from the three EuroFests of ’94 in London. Paul & Trevor may not know how to assemble a tape fer shit, but the appearances of Paul Naschy, Lucio Fulci, David Warbeck, Jorg Buttgereit and Monica M more than make up for their lack of technical expertise. Includes many rare, uncut film clips from many of the guests films. If you are fan of any of these people, this sucker is worth it’s weight. Quality drops on occasion due to a lack in some of the original source material. |
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Cronenberg - Long Live the New Flesh: (198-) Great collection of David Cronenberg documentaries and trailers. This tape starts off with the very rare Canadian documentary Long Live the New Flesh which explores Cronenberg's films up to The Dead Zone, including interviews with Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, etc, and clips. Also included are The Making of The Dead Zone, The Making of Dead Ringers and The Making of Crash all with numerous interviews including both authors (Stephen King and J.G. Ballard) and a whole slew of actors including Martin Sheen, Jeremy Irons, James Spader, Holly Hunter, etc. As if that weren't enough, there's a whole mess o' trailers for The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, Rabid, Shivers, Dead Ringers and more! Quality varies but rarely dips below that of a lesser cable TV broadcast. And for the excessively picky, one or two have Jap subs. [B] |
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Eastern Heroes Video Magazine 1: (1995) The first in a series of video magazines (a concept that was hot in the 80s, but seems to have gone out of style) from the makers of Eastern Heroes Magazine. Features interviews with Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Simon Yam, Moon Lee, Yukari Oshima, Wong Jing and others as well as a live appearance by Chow Yun Fat in the UK where he fields questions from the audience. On location in Hong Kong and England we get a look at kung-fu film memorabilia, movie reviews and much more! [B] |
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Eastern Heroes Video Magazine 2: (1996) Excellent second "issue" of this vid mag with tons more of everything that was good about part one and not much of the bad. Longer interviews and more of 'em! Features guest host Jonathan Ross providing wrap around material for interviews with now international superstar Jet Li (marvel at his real voice), the amazing female fists of fury Yeung Pan Pan, Wilson Tong, Phillip Kao, Tsui Hark, Chow Yun Fat and more! Lots of clips and even a look at Jackie Chan's shop. [B] |
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The Edge of Blade Runner: (1999) Excellent BBC documentary on one of the greatest science fiction films ever made, from same docu team that brought us the equally superb Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist. Nearly everyone involved in the film is interviewed here including cult faves James Hong and Rutger Hauer! Excellent coverage of all areas of production, rare interviews with Phillip K. Dick, a never before seen deleted scene, and yes, Ridley Scott's revelation that Deckard was in fact a replicant. |
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Eurotika! vol. 1: (1999) Four complete episodes of the ultra-cool UK docu series on a plethora of cool Euro filmmakers. Complete with film clips and interviews with friends, co-workers, colleagues and idiot critics, these are essential viewing for Eurotrash fans! This collection includes the following: The Films of Jean Rollin; The Films of Jess Franco; Blood and Sand: Spanish Horror (including Paul Naschy, José Larraz, Amando Do Ossorio and more!); Blood and Black Lace: Italian Horror (including Luigi Cozzi, etc). Widescreen, from UK cable with all commercials removed and all nudity and blood intact! |
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Faces of Death 5: (1995) German produced in-title sequel is nothing like the US F.O.D. videos. This is probably one of the sickest, most brutally vile death tapes on the market and almost goes toe-to-toe with the reigning US champ Death Scenes 2. Be warned, the producers went out of their way to compete and there are no cheesy faked scenes, this one is for the truly jaded only! Hell, I had to turn the damn thing off after the first couple of scenes. In English and German. [AO, B] |
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Faces of Death 6: (1996) Brand new sequel from the same caring, sensitive folks that brought us Faces of Death 5. This one features death by tornado and airplane, political assassinations, the Bud Dwyer suicide (in the best quality we’ve ever seen), videotaped autopsies (in super-sharp, crystal clear detail) and more chunk-tossin’ nastiness. As always: for the jaded only. In German with Dutch subs. [AO, B] |
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Fear of God - The Making of the Exorcist: (1999) Somehow this has gone missing from our lists for the past couple years, so here it is again. This is the original, uncut version of the BBC documentary that was later edited down and released as supplementary material with the last re-issues. Excellent coverage of the making of the film from inception right down to the release including interviews with tons of people including Mercedes McCambridge who provides some memorable anecdotes that went missing in the US version and Dick Smith, Linda Blair, Friedkin and Blatty (who have a very heated argument about the deleted footage that was recently restored) and everyone else who worked on the film. If you haven't seen it, this is a must and if you have only seen the US version, you need to see what you were missing! [B] |
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George Romero Collection: (197?-9?) Well over two hours of trailers for all of his films including many rare TV spots for Dawn of the Dead, interviews from a variety of sources (including one on the Charlie Rose Show with Tom Savini and Steven King), behind the scenes stuff on Two Evil Eyes, Day of the Dead, and lots more! Quality varies from very good to shit. |
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Godzilla King of the Silver Screen: (1997) Excellent British documentary on the inception and phenomenon that was and is Godzilla. Alex Cox serves as a wraparound narrator taking us behind the scenes of the Japanese films and providing us with interviews with a whole slew of the Japanese creators including composer Akira Ifukube, director Jun Fukuda, the wife of legendary Ishiro Honda: Kimi Honda, actor Kenji Sahara, and many, many more! This is very cool stuff and includes behind the scenes footage of the recent Big G films being made! In English and Japanese with English Subtitles. |
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Gorgon Video Magazine vol. 1: (1989) Great horror video magazine that through poor distribution got canned after the first volume (though a second one was made and never released). Michael Berryman is your over-the-top host for segments on: Wes Craven in an exclusive interview in which he discusses Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes and the MPAA; KNB FX team, who discuss their work and take you on a tour of the workshop; Linnea Quigley who discusses her films; Troma Team who talk about Toxic Avenger II and Rabid Grannies; GWAR (back when they were cool!), which includes interviews and great live clips; and more! Great stuff that is a must if you have never seen it. |
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H.R. Geiger Collection: (c. 1976) Two great documentaries on the Swiss surrealist artist (of Alien fame). Featured is his artwork, stunning home, amazing gun collection and more. Necronomicon is in English, and Passagen is in German, both have Japanese subtitles. Great stuff in fair quality. |
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The Incredibly Strange Film Show: (c. 1980) Classic cult Brit documentary show, with host Jonathan Ross, on a vast array of great genre and cult film makers. No matter which you get, you really can't go wrong. All episodes are about an hour long and are [½] titles, off cable or UK TV. Collect 'em all! •Jackie Chan: Excellent coverage of Jackie's films up to The Miracle (a.k.a. The Canton Godfather) which he was working on at the time. The in-depth interviews and great coverage of Jackie's career is a must for fans! I’ve seen this gawd knows how many times and still get a kick out of it every time. Top notch stuff. •Tsui Hark / Stuart Gordon: Split episode with a good overlook at the films of Tsui Hark with plenty of clips and interviews with Tsui (yes, it's pronounced "Choy"), John Cheung and others. Very cool for fans of his work and HK fans, in general. The other half is an in-depth look at Stuart Gordon and the making of his cult classic Re-Animator. As usual it includes plenty of interviews, clips and behind the scenes stuff. •Herschell Gordon Lewis: Good stuff here with the "Grandfather of Gore" himself. Lots of interviews including his early partner Dave Friedman. Lots of clips and some great anecdotes about the making and promoting of the gore classics Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs, as well as some of his more obscure efforts. •Alexandro Jodorowski: Super rare Jonathan Ross interview with the sultan of symbolism himself that is technically not in the ISFS series, but close enough. Includes plenty of clips and interviews with other notables who worked with him in one way or another including Dennis Hopper and Omar Sharif. Very cool stuff. •Russ Meyer: Great piece on Meyer with plenty of interviews and uncensored clips from his body of work, so to speak. Fun and informative with Russ making more puns than you can shake a breast at, and clips from his strange unfinished autobiographical film. Kitten Navidad and Tura Satana also swing by. •Ted V. Mikels: Fun, funny episode on the life and films of the creator of such trash classics as The Doll Squad, Astro Zombies and one of my faves, The Corpse Grinders. Lots of clips and an interesting view of Mikels who carried on an extravagant life, in a castle surrounded by wolves and a group of 7-10 various women. Plenty of interviews, as usual. •Sam Raimi: Again, great profile of Raimi, Bruce Campbell, et al, and nice coverage of Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2, with plenty of excerpts from his early shorts including Within the Woods. •George Romero: A perfect compliment to the George Romero Collector's Tape that we offer (yes, that is a shameless plug), with interviews with George, Tom Savini, John Amplas, and others. Good stuff with a nicely detailed coverage of the Dead films and Martin. •El Santo: Cool overview of Mexican horror-wrestling films with an emphasis on the most famous of all Mexican masked men, El Santo (called Samson, this side of the border). Plenty of clips and interviews with The Son of El Santo, connoisseur Johnny Legend, and others. •Ray Dennis Steckler: Good coverage of Steckler and his camp classics including Rat Pfink a Boo Boo and The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies (phew!). Fun stuff with, yep, plenty of clips and interviews. •John Waters: Absolutely hilarious episode devoted to John Waters and his wonderfully trashy films. Includes some of the funniest interviews I've ever seen. Great stuff with Waters, Mink Stole, Divine (his last interview) and others. •Ed Wood Jr.: Excellent coverage of Wood's life and films, with interviews and clips. Very good stuff, but occasionally gets kind of sad when delving into the lives, and deaths, of Wood and Bela Logosi (who was hooked on formaldehyde, of all things). •Fred Olen Ray / Doris Wishman: Another split episode featuring good overviews of both Ray and Wishman's careers. Interesting stuff with plenty of clips and interviews. Wishman shows remarkable wit and energy, even though she's pushin' 70. |
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The Making of Invasion USA & Delta Force: (1985) Two cool documentaries on the making of two of Chuck Norris' more entertaining and violent films. The Making of Invasion USA takes you behind the scenes showing the set-up and execution of some of the many pyrotechnic FX and vehicular stunts and includes interviews with director Joe (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter) Zito, Richard Lynch, Chuck Norris and many others. The Making of Delta Force is also heavy on the behind the scenes of the pyro FX, car stunts and fight choreography and sports interviews with director Menahem Golan, Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, George Kennedy and others. |
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The Meier Chronicles pt. 1: (198?) Fascinating documentary on the Swiss farmer who, since the late 1940s, has single-handedly been in contact with extraterrestrials. Yeah, I'm skeptical as hell, too, but this is amazing stuff with dozens of daylight photos and amazingly clear film footage of, uh, flying saucers. All pics were scientifically analyzed and they show how the analysis are performed, too. None of this vague Unsolved Mysteries bullshit. This is wild stuff that almost has me believin'. |
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The Meier Chronicles pt. 2: (198?) Fascinating continuation that pics up exactly where the first left off (the analysis of a chunk of metal from a spacecraft). Has more footage more chats with Billy and tons of other stuff. Kinda makes ya wonder what is out there. |
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This is America: (1975) A.k.a. Jabberwalk. Priceless Euro shockumentary on the wild and perverse Americans with all manner of shocking depravity and social ills being pontificated upon by the serious narrator. All of our secrets are exposed: Our alleged obsession with demolition derbies, that apparently are the national pastime. The fact that everyone goes to strip-clubs come lunchtime. Beauty pageants are now performed in the nude. Porn awards have seemingly replaced the Oscars. Church-goers now celebrate black masses. San Francisco is a city of "disturbed," suicidal alcoholics and tourists are treated to an "exciting" bonus of seeing corpses fished out of the bay. Firearms training is "almost compulsory" during the American honeymoon and more! My favorite is the tour of the dildo factory and the salesman who pitches products, like a vibrator, which according to him, should be "as common as the percolator in every home." I can't imagine what Europeans must have thought of us after seeing this back in the day! Absolutely hilarious stuff. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B, 18+] |
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This is America Part II: (1976) Definitely a mixed bag this time around. The first half of the film is a blend of quirky real and fake stuff like the first (except far more fake here) with great real stuff like Jello Biafra running for governor of California, female boxing in bars, meat markets for guys who like BIG women and hilarious set-ups like a group of black-belt nuns who demonstrate their talents and, since the car wash industry was very competitive in '76, a Chicago wash featuring topless attendants (footage obviously taken from a porno as Ron Jeremy is a passenger in the car!). Actual footage of the Hells Angels makes a segue into the second half that is obsessed with "America the Violent." Serial killers, assassinations, racing accidents and so forth with what is purported to be an actual electrocution illegally filmed by a cameraman hired by the prison warden. Not quite the classic that part 1 is, but definitely worth checking out. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B, 18+] |
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True Gore: (198?) Sick as hell Japanese shockumentary that sports enough rude imagery in it's opening credits than most US shock-u-mentary's could ever hope to. Rotting carcasses, dead babies, suicide victims, all that fun stuff right here in a 90 minute package. In Japanese with no subs and the below the waist nudity is fogged, but who wants to see a dead guy's dick anyway? [18+] |
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