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A Better Tomorrow

uncut

Chow Yun Fat co-stars in this seminal John Woo flick. This is the movie that kicked the whole Hong Kong crime film scene into high gear. compelling story, breathtaking action sequences.

DVD

A Better Tomorrow 2

uncut

Woo, Chow, and the rest of the cast from the first film reunite for another gripping crime story. Features an awesome ending shootout.

DVD

A Better Tomorrow 3

uncut

Tsui Hark takes over the directing duties here. This tale revolves around how Chow Yun Fat’s character became a gangster. Interesting film, but not as cool as the first two.

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Alice, Sweet Alice

Interesting American giallo which features a very young Brooke Shields.

LD

Angel Heart

uncut, 112 mins

Great Voodoo flick with Mickey Rourke and Robert DeNiro.

LD

Argento’s World of Horror

Cool documentary covering Dario’s career.

DVD

Assault on Precinct 13

uncut, letterbox, 91 mins

Carpenter’s homage to Rio Bravo. A violent street gang attacks a closing police station. Part Night of the Living Dead, part Die Hard, and way ahead of its time. Features trailer and Carpenter commentary

LD

Beyond the Door

rated "R", 97 mins

Big Lebowski, The

widescreen

One of the funniest movies EVER. All The Dude wants is his carpet cleaned after 2 goons piss on it in a case of mistaken identity. What follows is one hilarious misadventure after another as he gets caught up in an elaborate crime caper. Features a 30-min documentary

DVD

Bird With the Crystal Plumage

widescreen

Great Argento giallo. Great twist ending, and a super score by Ennio Morricone. This version was never made available on VHS.

LD

Black Christmas

rated "R", 98 mins

Superb slasher, predates Halloween

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Black Sunday

83 mins

Mario Bava classic starring Barbara Steele

video

Bride with the White Hair, The

widescreen

Super cool action/fantasy/horror film by Ronny Yu (who would later direct Bride of Chucky.) Features some stunning cinematography and great performances by Brigitte Lin and Leslie Cheung. Subtitled

LD

Bride with the White Hair 2, The

widescreen

Yu, Lin, and Cheung return in this sequel. A romance/action/fantasy with a sad ending. Subtitled

LD

Bodyguard from Beijing

widescreen

Fabulous action flick starring international martial arts star Jet Li (Lethal Weapon 4) Sort of a remake of the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston schlockfest The Bodyguard, this one features way more action. Some fantastic fight scenes. Subtitled

LD

Bullet in the Head

widescreen

Regarded by many as Woo’s finest film. This is the story of 3 lifelong friends captured in Vietnam during the war. At times funny, frightening, depressing, and intense, it’s a great film by a director on top of his game. Subtitled

LD

Brood, The

A David Cronenberg film about a man who’s wife goes to a weird psychiatrist and falls under his control. Deformed children abound.

LD

Candyman

widescreen, rated "R", 98 mins

Great Bernard Rose film. Excellent score by Philip Glass.

DVD

Cannibal (aka Jungle Holocaust)

widescreen, unrated , 88 mins

Deodato’s first cannibal film. Features Mossimo Foschi and Me Me Lay. My copy’s an old Derann prerecord. Good picture and sound.

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Cannibal Ferox (aka Make Them Die Slowly)

widescreen, uncensored, 93 mins

Lenzi’s exploitation classic. Not as "deep" as Cannibal Holocaust, but just as gory and more fun. Features commentary, trailers, stills, and tape of a recent showing in L.A.

LD

Cannibal Holocaust

Unedited

Deodato’s masterpiece and the crown jewel of the cannibal subgenre. A documentary crew heads to South America to film a cannibal tribe. A year later, their footage is found. Cool gore. In English with German subtitles

video

Carnival of Souls

video

Cat in the Brain (aka Nightmare Concert)

widescreen, 93 mins

Cool Fulci flick starring Lucio himself. Features include a trailer and footage of Fulci onstage at the 1996 Fangoria Weekend of horrors.

LD

Cemetery Man

rated "R", 99 mins

 Arguably Soavi’s best film, and a top contender for best horror film of the 90’s. Stars Rupert Everett and Anna Falchi. Viewable as either a funny zombie flick or a surreal, philosophical horror film. Either way, this one is a classic.

LD

Chinese Ghost Story (aka Erotic Ghost Story)

widescreen

Amazing film starring Leslie Cheung. Awesome sword fights and stunts in an Evil Dead type of setting. Highly recommended. subtitled

LD

Chinese Ghost Story

widescreen

A Hong Kong masterpiece. Leslie Cheung stars as a tax collector who must spend the night in a haunted hotel. He falls in love with a ghost. A classic film that inspired a thousand imitations. subtitled

LD

Chinese Ghost Story 2

widescreen

Outrageous special FX in this sequel to Chinese Ghost story. Leslie Cheung winds up in prison, fighting hordes of monsters. subtitles

LD

Chinese Ghost Story 3

widescreen

Basically a rehashing of the first film, this installment adds a few new characters, including Tony Leung. Still worth seeing. Subtitles

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ChungKing Express

widescreen, 104 mins

subtitles

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Church, The

unrated, unedited, 110 mins

Another Soavi film. Features a young Asia Argento. A group of people are trapped in a church built on top of a mass grave. Cool, atmospheric flick.

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City of the Living Dead (aka Gates of Hell)

unedited

A Fulci masterwork. A priest’s suicide opens the gates of hell. Cool gore, including Italian whipping boy John Morghen dying in a bad way yet again.

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Curse of the Demon

Great 1957 Jacques Tourneur film which shows that you don’t need buckets of guts to make a good horror flick.

LD

Dawn of the Dead

unrated, 140 mins

Do I have to tell you how great this movie is? If so, then you need to crawl out from under the rock and live a little. includes trailers

DVD

Der Todesking (aka The Death King)

73 mins

Jorg Buttgereit’s (or however you spell his name) gory little film about a chain letter that prompts the recipient to commit suicide. subtitles

video

Desperado

widescreen

Fantastic action film. Features the gorgeous Salma Hayek’s only nude scene. Great direction by Robert Rodriguez. Includes commentary, anatomy of a shoot-out.

DVD

El Mariachi

widescreen

Super cool action flick, Rodriguez’s first film. Includes commentary, short film "Bedhead", 10-min film school

DVD

Evil Dead (Limited Edition)

Classic Bruce Campbell/Sam Raimi flick. This is the film that the phrase "Spam in a cabin" was invented for. includes trailer

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Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn

rated "R", 85 mins

Sequel to Evil Dead (Duh!) Really almost a re-make, this one is cool, but features far more slapstick humor than the first.

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Exorcist, The - 25^th anniversary special edition

rated "R". widescreen

I’m sure everyone knows this film. This is the definitive version, with a 75-min documentary, commentary, interviews, deleted scenes (including the infamous "spider walk".

DVD

God of Gamblers

Chow Yun Fat is the super cool God of gamblers in this action/comedy flick. Showcases Chow’s diverse acting ability.

LD

God Told Me To

widescreen

Cool cult classic from Larry Cohen. Innocent people begin going on rampaging killing sprees. when asked why, they all respond "God told me to."

LD

Halloween 6: The Producer’s Cut

rated R, widescreen

Better version than the shit they released in the theater. This one features more Loomis, a better explanation of the Thorn cult, and a much better ending. Print quality is ok...a little dark and a little grainy, but more than watchable. This is a workprint, and has the timecode clock running at the bottom of the screen.

video

Hard Boiled

widescreen

Quite possibly the greatest action film ever made. Chow Yun Fat owns the screen in this hardcore Hong Kong shoot ‘em up from John Woo. Includes commentary, trailers for Woo’s films, Woo’s student film, guide to HK crime films

DVD

Holy Mountain

Surreal film from Alejandro Jodorowsky. Features some great imagery, but is hard to describe. In English with Japanese subtitles.

LD

House By the Cemetery, The

Cool Lucio Fulci flick

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I Spit on Your Grave

uncut

Exploitation classic about a woman raped by rednecks who then seeks some violent revenge.

LD

Iceman Cometh, The

widescreen

This Hong Kong action flick stars the incredible Yuen Biao. It’s sort of like an Asian Highlander, wherein 2 swordsmen are frozen in battle, then thawed out in the modern day. Very cool movie. subtitles

LD

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

unrated

Classic exploitation flick starring Dyanne Thorne as a Nazi torturer. Gore and nudity.

LD

Ilsa: The Wicked Warden

unrated

Ilsa’s back, and this time she’s running a prison. Directed by Jess Franco

LD

Ilsa: Keeper of the Oil Sheik’s Harem

unrated

Ilsa works for an Arab Sheik specializing in white slavery.

LD

Jacob’s Ladder

widescreen

Great philosophical horror film from Adrian Lyne. One of the best twist endings ever. Includes trailers, commentary, documentary, deleted scenes (including the alternate ending.)

DVD

Jaws

widescreen, rated "PG", 124 mins

This is the definitive version of one of my all time favorite films. Includes interviews, documentary, behind-the-scenes footage, trailers, outtakes, storyboards, deleted scenes, etc. A must for any Jaws nut.

LD

Killer, The

widescreen

Another John Woo/Chow Yun Fat masterpiece. If you’ve never seen a Hong Kong action film, this and Hard Boiled are the ones to start with. Includes commentary, deleted scenes, subtitled

DVD

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Letterbox, approx. 84 mins

Awesome Samurai action. Follows the travels of Ogami Itto, deposed Shogun Assassin as he travels the Japanese countryside with his infant son Daigoro, seeking vengeance against the Yagyu clan who killed his wife. The first two installments are basically the same thing as Shogun Assassin. In this one, we see Ogami lose his position and set out seeking vengeance.

LD

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Letterbox, 81 mins

Ogami and Daigoru battle a clan of female ninjas, then meet the 3 Masters of death.

LD

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Hades

letterbox, 89 mins

Ogami saves a prostitute from her pimp, earning a beating from the Yakuza. The Chamberlain of the Kakegawa clan hires him to kill the governor. The Governor tries to hire Ogami, but is refused, leading the governor to realize that he is the intended target. More awesome samurai stuff.

LD

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

LD

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Lord of Illusion (Director's Cut)

Meet the Feebles

unrated

It’s the Muppets on acid. Peter Jackson’s hysterical adult puppet movie.

video

MS. 45

Offbeat Abel Ferrara flick about a mute woman whose raped twice in the same day and decides to seek revenge.

LD

MST3K: Beginning of the End

97 mins

video

MST3K: Blood Waters of Dr. Z

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Boggy Creek II

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Brain That Wouldn’t Die, The

97 mins

video

MST3K: Cave Dwellers

97 mins

video

MST3K: Crawling Hand, The

97 mins

video

MST3K: Deadly Mantis, The

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Devil Fish, The

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Diabolik

120 mins

The final episode of MST3K. A great ending for one of the best shows ever. recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Eegah!

97 mins

video

MST3K: Final Justice

120 mins

Mitchell’s back!! Joe Don Baker once again gets slammed unmercifully by Mike, Tom, and Crow. recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Final Sacrifice, The

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Future War

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Giant Spider Invasion

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Girl in the Gold Boots

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Gunslinger, The

92 mins

video

MST3K: Hamlet

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Hobgoblins

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Horror of Spider Island

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: I Accuse My Parents

 97 mins

inc. "The Truck Farmer"

video

MST3K: It Lives By Night

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Jack Frost

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Killer Bees

120 mins

recorded from TV. This film was actually written by Robert Bloch.

video

MST3K: Leech Woman

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Manos, Hands of Fate

92 mins

One of the greatest episodes ever. This film is bad, but the guy’s make it a pleasure to watch...Features the inimitable Torgo, springboard for year’s worth of future MST3K jokes. The Master says see it!

video

MST3K: Mitchell

97 mins

Classic episode featuring Joe Don Baker as Mitchell, a beer swilling, prostitute laying, moron cop. The guy’s razz him through the whole film, and it’s absolutely hysterical. wackacha wachacha wackacha. 

video

MST3K: Parts the Clonus Horror

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Pod People

97 mins

video

MST3K: Poopie

30 mins

 A very funny tape of MST3K bloopers.

video

MST3K: Prince of Space

120 mins

recorded from TV: #816

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MST3K: Projected Man, The

 120 mins

 recorded from TV

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MST3K: Puma Man

120 mins

Great episode featuring Donald Pleasance. recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Quest of the Delta Knights

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Red Zone Cuba

97 mins

video

MST3K: Revenge of the Creature

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Riding with Death

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Screaming Skull, The

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Shorts

92 mins

This tape features several of the pre film short subjects with the guys lampooning them unmercifully. Very funny stuff.

video

MST3K: Soul Taker

120 mins

#1001, recorded from TV, Joel and TV’s Frank return to the S.O.L.

video

MST3K: Space Children, The

120 mins

recorded from TV, inc. "Century 21 Calling"

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MST3K: Squirm

120 mins

recorded from TV

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MST3K: Thing That Wouldn’t Die, The

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3: The Movie "This Island Earth"

 74 mins

This was Mike and the Bot’s full length feature. Cool because they get away with some rougher language (but not all that rough.)

DVD

MST3K: Touch of Satan, The

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Track of the Moon Beast

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Unearthly, The

97 mins

video

MST3K: Werewolf

120 mins

recorded from TV

video

MST3K: Wild Wild World of Batwoman

97 mins

video

Nekromantik

Buttgereit’s ode to corpse love. Must be seen to be appreciated. Subtitled

video

Nekromantik 2

Buttgereit’s follow up to Nekromantik. A rare instance where I like the sequel a bit more than the original. Definitely not for the squeamish. Subtitled

video

Night of the Living Dead (Elite)

unrated, 96 mins

The movie that changed the way the world looked at zombies. Includes 2 commentaries, trailers, short film parody

DVD

Phantasm: Collector’s edition

The must have version for fans of this Don Coscarelli cult favorite. Features tons of cool extras.

LD

Phenomena

widescreen, uncut, 110 mins

Great Argento film featuring Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasance, and a monkey. One of my favorite Argento flicks. Includes audio commentary, trailer

video

Prison on Fire

widescreen, 103 mins

Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung star in this Ringo Lam action film about prison life. Violent and intense, this one is great. subtitled.

video

Prison on Fire 2

widescreen

A cool sequel to first film. Lam and Chow Yun Fat are back. This time, Chow takes on another sadistic warden, but one who’s crueler than the one in the first film.

LD

Re-animator

widescreen, 86 mins, unrated

Awesome horror/comedy based loosely on HP Lovecraft’s short story. Herbert West can bring the dead back to life. Unfortunately, they’re not very friendly. Cool gore and great performances from Jeff Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, and the late David Gale. Features 2 commentary tracks, trailers, 20 minutes of scenes added for the R rated version, and a never before seen Dream Sequence.

LD

Redneck Zombies

uncut

Shot on video Troma flick. So bad, it’s almost good. Features Troma trailers, a tour of Troma studios, and some public service announcements.

DVD

Return of the Blind Dead

widesceen

De Ossorio’s second film about the blind, dead, knights of the Templar. dubbed

DVD

Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom

Inspired by Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom, this Pasolini flick has something to gross out just about everyone: Torture, sodomy, coprophagia, and rape. Tough to watch, but well worth seeing.

LD

Samurai 1

Awesome epic Samurai film starring Tshiro Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto. Be sure to see all 3 parts. Subtitled

LD

Samurai 2

Second part of the Samurai trilogy. Subtitled

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Samurai 3

Third and final installment in the trilogy. Subtitled.

LD

Santa Sangre

NC-17

Jodorowsky’s tale of a man in a mental institution who grew up with a circus family. His father cut off his mother’s arms, then kills himself. The son escapes from the institution and joins his mother (reluctantly) on a killing spree.

LD

Shogun Assassin

84 mins

Classic Samurai action. Ogami Itto is the Shogun’s Assassin, but his master turns against him, killing his wife and trying to frame Ogami. Itto takes his son, Daigoro (still in a baby cart) and set out seeking vengeance. Great flick. Laserdisc has some color specking, but this movie’s so cool that it’s worth getting anyway. Be sure to check out the Lone Wolf and Cub flicks as well.

LD

Stendhal Syndrome, The

Argento film starring daughter Asia as a woman trying to capture a vicious serial rapist. Title refers to the affliction Asia suffers, a weird psychosomatic illness that causes dizziness and confusion while viewing works of art. Good movie. In English with Japanese subs

LD

Suicide Kings

widescreen

This film features cool performances from Christopher Walken and Denis Leary. worth seeing just for the scene where Leary beats a man with a toaster. Includes commentary, alternate endings

DVD

Suspiria

letterbox, unrated

Classic Argento flick about witches at a Ballet school. Features one of the greatest scores ever from Goblin.

video

Tenebrae

Widescreen, unrated, 101 mins

Another classic Argento. This one deals with a maniacal serial killer slaughtering innocent Europeans according to an American authors new book, entitled Tenebrae. John Saxon’s in this one, so you know it’s cool. Features commentary.

  LD

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

widescreen, unrated, 152 mins

Ah-nold is back. 15 mins extra footage

LD

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Incredibly weird flick about a man who is hit by a car, getting a piece of metal stuck in his head. He then discovers that he’s sprouting metal from all parts of his body. Subtitled.

LD

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 widescreen

Great Elite version of this cult classic. Includes commentary, deleted scenes, bloopers...looks fantastic.

DVD

Thing, The

 widescreen

One of Carpenter’s best. Features a ton of extras including commentary, 80 min documentary, story boards, outtakes, SFX test footage

DVD

Tombs of the Blind Dead

not rated, widescreen

de Ossorio’s first Knights of the Templar film. subtitled

DVD

Trauma

widescreen

 An Argento film that gets picked on a lot, unjustly. A good giallo type of film, not quite up to the standard of his other films, but B level Argento is better than a lot of guy’s A material.

video

Treasure Hunt

Letterbox, 105 mins

Another cool Chow Yun Fat flick. This one has it all...guns, kung fu, adventure, and romance. Subtitled

LD

Untold Story, The

Very cool film starring Anthony Wong as a violent killer. This one pulls no punches...even kids die. You’ll never look at chopsticks in the same way again. Subtitled

DVD

Wickerman, The

rated "R", 102 mins

 This is the hard to find extended cut. Well worth picking up for the nearly 20 minutes of extra footage.

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