Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer wasn't a member of the gang yet...
...when he and his brother Harold first appeared in this 1935 short.
Here, they're competing in a kids' talent show as "Tom and Jerry, The Arizona Nightingales."
Even in his debut, Alfalfa's dubious singing skills are already on display...
...and it's easy to see why producer Hal Roach made him a regular member of Our Gang.
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Italian horror director Luigi Cozzi wanted to create a tribute to Dario Argento, and in particular Argento's then-unfinished "Three Mothers" trilogy which thus far consisted of SUSPIRIA and INFERNO, when he made the mind-blowing gorefest THE BLACK CAT (Severin Films, 1989).
The fact that the film has nothing to do with either Edgar Allan Poe or black cats (save for the occasional close-up of one) is a good indication of the degree to which Cozzi threw away any semblance of logic or coherence when he re-wrote Argento collaborator Daria Nicolodi's original script to turn it into one of the most feverish, baffling horror films of the 1980s.
The story focuses on actress Anne Ravenna (Florence Guérin) and her director husband Marc (Urbano Barberini), who, along with his co-writer Dan, has envisioned a grand supernatural horror epic based on a medieval witch named Levana (Argento's "Third Mother"), to be played by Anne.
With that basic premise established, Cozzi uses the idea of nightmares within nightmares to keep us guessing whether or not what we're seeing is real.
We see Anne being terrified by nocturnal assaults from the hideous, pus-oozing Levana, and there are numerous alarming instances concerning Anne's baby, his nanny Sara (Luisa Maneri), and various mysterious characters who appear and disappear inside the house (including a seemingly benign spirit named Sybil) but who may or may not be figments of Anne's imagination.
This dreamlike uncertainty gives Cozzi free reign to make the story as wild and unpredictable as he pleases (Cozzi himself has said that this project was his chance to do just the kind of movie he wanted) without worrying about it making any sense or following any restrictive rules of storytelling.
Indeed, we eventually reach a point where trying in vain to follow the plot is forgetten in favor of simply allowing the film's horror, gore, audacious plot twists, and incomprehensible imagery to wash over us in a cheesy, day-glo rush.
All of this is directed in sort of a poor-man's Argento style--the lighting in particular is immediately reminiscent of such films as SUSPIRIA--with elements of the maestro's films included here and there along with a blaring, cringey bad-80s rock score.
Horror goddess Caroline Munro (Cozzi's STARCRASH, MANIAC, CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER) is on hand to give her fans an eyefull as Dan's seductive wife Nora, who may or may not be having an affair with Marc and who may or may not be in league with Levana, who may or may not exist.
The Blu-ray from Severin Films has been transfered in 2K from pristine vault elements for the first time ever. Audio is English mono. Bonus features consist of an interview with Luigi Cozzi and Caroline Munro ("Cat On The Brain") and the film's trailer. The film was originally released in Italy as "Demons 6."
As giddily unhinged as Cozzi's PAGANINI HORROR but with even more freaky, nightmarish imagery (such as evil embryos floating in space via willfully bad SPFX and Levana at her most hideous puking her guts out all over a screaming Anne), THE BLACK CAT flaunts its vintage-cheese production values and revels in being just about the nuttiest Argento tribute (with some Fulci thrown into the mix) that you could ever expect to subject your senses to.
Buy it at Severin Films
A Stooge yanks off his shoe...
...without watching what he's doing (as usual)...
...and accidentally hits another Stooge on the head with it.
(threestooges.net)
HOLD THAT LION! (1947)
COMMOTION ON THE OCEAN (1956)
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Hardly the exploitation thriller the title would suggest, SHOCK TREATMENT (Severin Films, 1972) is a sober, deliberately-paced foray into slowburn suspense and growing tension that gradually develops like a photograph until the disturbing final image is revealed.
This French production from director and co-writer Alain Jessua (THE KILLING GAME, LIFE UPSIDE DOWN) offers its own take on a now familiar premise: a patient at a secluded clinic/ wellness resort/ rejuvanation facility begins to see beyond the fascade of happy patients and benign doctors and suspects a more sinister agenda at work.
That patient is Hélène Masson (Annie Girardot, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, THE PIANO TEACHER), a woman in her late 30s who feels that age is catching up with her and yearns for something that will keep her a step ahead of it.
As one might suspect (and Hélène indeed eventually does), not all is as it seems despite the regular customers basking in their newfound youthful glow and crowing about Dr. Devilers as they laze about in saunas draped in seaweed or cavort naked in the warm ocean waves. (The scene in which Delon himself strips to the skin and joins them will definitely be of interest to his fans.)
The plot thickens when Hélène notices the Portuguese servants hired to work there, all healthy young men, begin to behave strangely as though drugged and/or somehow depleted, and when tragedy strikes her friend after he expresses his own fears about the place and wishes to leave, she takes it upon herself to investigate what's really going on there. This, of course, puts her in grave peril.
With the beautiful French seaside as his canvas, director Jessua has concocted an attractively mounted and technically adept visual page-turner that grows more absorbing with each unsettling revelation.
His most valuable asset is a solid performance by Annie Girardot, whose Hélène is a thoroughly likable and identifiable protagonist for whom we care quite a bit as death and deceit begin to close in on her.
Alain Delon's handsome but shady doctor is less of a stretch, although he acquits himself well. The rest of the cast capably portray their spoiled, idle-rich sycophants of Dr. Devilers who care about nothing but their own well-being and endless vanity.
The film has been described as a political allegory, which seems apt enough, although it might apply to any scenario in which people blindly follow a charismatic leader who offers them promises and pipe dreams at a terrible price.
SHOCK TREATMENT has that look and feel of a "foreign film" (unless, of course, you happen to be French) in the best sense of the term, offering a refreshingly different sensibility that increases our own vicarious feeling of being in a strange, unfamiliar setting. While never resorting to gore or sensation for its own sake, it builds to a chilling climax that may leave you as dazed and disoriented as its hapless heroine.
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Buy the 2-disc SE w/slipcover, reversible wrap, and CD soundtrack
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Special Features:
Alain Jessua – The Lone Deranger: Interview with Bernard Payen, Curator at The Cinémathèque Française
Koering’s Scoring – Interview with Soundtrack Composer René Koering
Director’s Disorder – Interview with Director Alain Jessua
Drumrunning – René Koering Commentary on Three Sequences
Trailer
Special Limited Edition also includes:
Reversible Wrap
Limited Edition Slipcover
CD Soundtrack
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: English mono with optional closed captions, French mono with English subtitles
Region A
Special edition slipcover:
Special edition reversible cover:
A Stooge throws gum away...
...and it lands on another Stooge's nose. (Or elsewhere.)
Of course, it's usually Moe.
(threestooges.net)
DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936)
LOVE AT FIRST BITE (1950)
FIFI BLOWS HER TOP (1958)
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"GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN"
Available in Blu-ray & DVD, 1958 Science-Fiction Cult Classic Returns in Limited-Edition
Giant Cult Film Collector’s Box Set for the Holidays; General Release Scheduled for Jan. 19th
ROCKPORT, Mass. — For Immediate Release: The Film Detective (TFD), a classic media streaming network and film archive that restores and distributes classic films for today's cord-cutters, announces the release of Richard E. Cunha’s science-fiction classic, Giant from the Unknown (1958), on limited-edition Blu-ray and DVD. The Giant from the Unknown release comes as the latest in a series of restorations in collaboration with The Wade Williams Collection.
For the first time ever, TFD presents film fans with the ultimate cinematic experience, offering Giant from the Unknown in a Limited-Edition Giant Cult Film Box Set, available to order now through Nov. 13 from TFD store via Imagen, delivered by Dec. 17 in time for the holidays.
Cult classic fans who order the Limited-Edition Giant Cult Film Box Set will receive the stunning 4K restoration of Giant from the Unknown, available on Blu-ray ($64.95) or DVD ($59.95), and rare collectibles … More than a month before the Giant from the Unknown’s general release. TFD will release the stand-alone special-edition restoration of Giant from the Unknown on limited-edition Blu-ray ($24.95) and DVD ($19.95) Jan. 19.
In Giant from the Unknown, Dr. Frederick Cleveland (Morris Ankrum) and his daughter Janet (Sally Fraser) are joined by scientific researcher Wayne Brooks (Ed Kemmer) in the pursuit of ancient artifacts from Vargas, a giant 500-year-old Spanish conquistador. When a lightning storm interrupts their search, the team finds much more than artifacts when the long-lost Vargas returns to life, with a murderous rage and an axe to grind!
Giant from the Unknown has been resurrected from the original camera negative with a stunning 4K transfer and includes exclusive special features: Never-before-seen interviews with author C. Courtney Joyner and actor Gary Crutcher and commentary from historian Tom Weaver, directed by Daniel Griffith at Ballyhoo Motion Pictures.
Inspired by the film, the Limited-Edition Giant Cult Film Box Set features exclusive collectibles that will thrill any cult classic film fan, including a 13-month cult film calendar, bookmark, magnet, custom playing card deck and lapel pin inspired by Vargas the Giant himself. And that’s not all! Each box set will also include a surprise, TFD Vault cult film, recently restored from the original camera negative in stunning 4K and a one-year subscription to The Film Detective app, unlocking thousands of classic film and television titles available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV.
At an $120+ value, the Limited-Edition Giant Cult Film Box Set is the perfect holiday treat. And if this giant offer at giant savings wasn’t incentive enough, the first 100 Blu-ray box set orders will receive their copy of Giant from the Unknown in a special blood-red Blu-ray case.
The Limited-Edition Giant Cult Film Box Set deal won’t last long! The Film Detective store will be available now through Nov.13, with box sets to arrive by December 17. To order, visit https://thefilmdetective.imagenorders.com For more information on the general Jan. 19th Giant from the Unknown release, visit www.TheFilmDetective.com
SPECIAL FEATURES: Audio commentary with author/historian Tom Weaver and guests • audio commentary with co-star Gary Crutcher • You're a B-Movie Star, Charlie Brown, an all-new interview with actor/screenwriter Gary Crutcher • The Man With A Badge: Bob Steele in the 1950s, an all-new interview with author/film historian C. Courtney Joyner • original trailer • Blu-ray collector's booklet with still gallery and liner notes by Tom Weaver.
About The Film Detective:
The Film Detective (TFD) is a leading distributor of restored classic programming, including feature films, television, foreign imports and documentaries. Launched in 2014, TFD has distributed its extensive library of 3,000+ hours of film on DVD and Blu-ray and through leading broadcast and streaming platforms such as Turner Classic Movies, NBC, EPIX, Pluto TV, Amazon, MeTV, PBS and more. With a strong focus on increasing the digital reach of its content, TFD has released its classic movie app on web, Android, iOS, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV. TFD is also available live with a 24/7 linear channel available on Sling, STIRR, Plex and DistroTV. For more information, visit us online at www.TheFilmDetective.com
Giant from the Unknown
The Film Detective
Discs: 1
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Cult
Original Release: 1958 (B&W)
Not Rated
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Running Time: 77 Minutes
SRP Limited-Edition Collector’s Box Set: $64.95 (Blu-ray) / $59.95 (DVD)
SRP General Release: $24.95 (Blu-ray) / $19.95 (DVD)
Box Set Order Date: Now through Nov. 13, 2020 (Delivered by Dec. 17, 2020)
General Sale Pre-Order Date: Dec. 15, 2020
General Release Date: Jan. 19, 2021
OVER 900 PIECES OF MOVIE & TV MEMORABILIA WORTH OVER £4.4 MILLION ($5.6 MILLION)
ARE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO BIDDERS BY PROP STORE
IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST LIVE AUCTIONS OF FILM & TV MEMORABILIA
ON 1st & 2nd DECEMBER 2020, INCLUDING:
- OBI-WAN KENOBI'S (EWAN MCGREGOR) HERO LIGHTSABER FROM
STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005)
ESTIMATED: £80,000 - 120,000
- PETE ‘MAVERICK’ (TOM CRUISE) BOMBER JACKET FROM TOP GUN (1986) ESTIMATED: £12,000 -16,000
- SPECIAL EFFECTS MECHANICAL ALIEN HEAD FROM
ALIEN (1979) ESTIMATED: £40,000 - 60,000
- JAMES BOND'S (DANIEL CRAIG) MI6 TRAINING SUIT FROM
SKYFALL (2012) ESTIMATED: £15,000 - 20,000
- JOKER'S (JACK NICHOLSON) FEDORA FROM
BATMAN (1989) ESTIMATED: £20,000 - 30,000
- NEO’S (KEANU REEVES) COMPLETE COSTUME FROM
THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003) ESTIMATED: £40,000 - 60,000
- VIVIAN WARD’S (JULIA ROBERTS) BOOTS FROM PRETTY WOMAN (1990) ESTIMATED: £10,000 - 15,000
- TYLER DURDEN'S (BRAD PITT) RED LEATHER JACKET FROM
FIGHT CLUB (1999) ESTIMATED: £20,000 - 30,000
JARETH’S (DAVID BOWIE) CRYSTAL BALL FROM LABYRINTH (1986) ESTIMATED: £10,000 - 15,000
James Bond's (Daniel Craig) MI6 Training Suit from SKYFALL (2012) est: £15,000 - 20,000
Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell's (Tom Cruise) Bomber Jacket from TOP GUN (1986) est: £12,000 -16,000
Vivian Ward’s (Julia Roberts) Boots from PRETTY WOMAN (1990) est: £10,000 - 15,000
******
Film & TV memorabilia worth in excess of £4.4 million ($5.6 million) will be auctioned by Prop Store in a two-day auction on 1st & 2nd December 2020
Bids can be placed online or by phone from anywhere in the world
Last year’s UK auction saw a Radio-Controlled Hero Ghost Trap from GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) sell for an astonishing £186,900
Prop Store – one of the world’s leading film and TV memorabilia companies has today announced it is to hold its annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia for the seventh consecutive year this December, with the items on offer expected to fetch in excess of £4.4 million ($5.6 million).
Over 900 rare and iconic lots will be sold during Prop Store’s unique Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction over two days on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd December 2020 from 2:00pm GMT.
The auction will be live streamed online for fans to track the action and participate in bidding themselves. Auction lots can be viewed by appointment at Prop Store’s office facility in Hertfordshire, UK. Lots can be viewed by appointment only, please email auction@propstore.com for more details.
Prop Store will hold a virtual preview exhibition event in November via social media, with opportunities to see props from the auction up close and ask questions of the specialists.
Registration is now open at www.propstore.com/liveauction. Online proxy bids can be submitted from Thursday 29th October 2020.
Prop Store’s auction is suitable for fans with a variety of budgets. Some of the least expensive lots in the auction include a Poster Signed by Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint from HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001) estimated at £300, Detective Mike Lowrey's (Will Smith) Beanie Hat from BAD BOYS II (2003) estimated at £400 and Billy Mack's (Bill Nighy) Snakeskin Suit from LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) also estimated to sell for £400.
Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO commented on the upcoming auction: “Following the massive success in our inaugural Los Angeles Entertainment Memorabilia live auction, Prop Store is back with its seventh UK auction, a fantastic collection of over 900 artefacts for movie fans to get excited about. The two-day event will take place via live stream on the 1st and 2nd of December 2020, with plenty of digital opportunities to get up close and personal with the incredible content on offer this year”.
You Better Not Shout, You Better Not Cry!
"TOYS OF TERROR"
Available on Digital October 27, 2020
On Blu-rayTM and DVD January 19, 2021
BURBANK, CA (October 20, 2020) – Season’s Screamings and Happy Horror-days! Just in time for the most spooktackular time of the year, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will have you on the edge of seats with an all-new original feature-length horror film – Toys of Terror - on Digital October 27, 2020 and on Blu-ray and DVD January 19, 2021. The movie is priced to own at $14.99 SRP for Digital, $24.98 SRP ($29.98 in Canada) for Blu-ray which includes a Digital Copy, $19.98 SRP ($24.98 in Canada) for the DVD. Both disc sets have an order due date of December 15, 2020.
David and Hannah Cashman have promised their family a fun Christmas getaway, but when they arrive at a grand, old house in the snowy woods of Washington and are greeted by familiar construction foreman, the kids realize their parent’s plan to make it a working vacation; renovating the place in the hopes of flipping it. Alicia, the eldest, is annoyed but the younger kids are soon distracted when, wandering through the creepy mansion, they find a stash of old toys in an abandoned playroom and take to them instantly. Before long, they seem to be inseparable from their new playthings, much to the consternation of their nanny Rose who, along with Alicia, senses that something in the house is not quite right. As stranger and stranger things start to happen, Rose and Alicia have a hunch that there may be more to the history of the old house than the Cashman’s are letting on. Can the family escape with their lives – or will they stay forever in the crumbling house, never to celebrate another Christmas again?
“Toys of Terror will grip you from beginning to end with its creepily life-like toys and chilling plot twists,” said Mary Ellen Thomas SVP Originals, Animation & Family at WBHE. “Get into the holiday spirit and be prepared to be horrified the same time with this all-new horror classic.”
Bringing the nostalgia of stop motion holiday specials - Toys of Terror stars Kyana Teresa (“Shadowhunters,” “Star Trek: Discovery”) as Hannah Cashman, Georgia Waters (“Siren”) as Rose Mathis, Verity Marks (“The Christmas Club”) as Alicia Cashman, Dayo Ade (“Workin Moms,” “October Faction”) as David Cashman, Saul Elias as Franklin Cashman and Zoe Fish as Zoe Cashman. The film is written and executive produced by Dana Gould (“Stan Against Evil,” “The Simpsons”) and directed by Nicholas Verso (Boys in the Trees, “Nowhere Boys”). The movie is produced by Blue Ribbon Content in association with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and SYFY. Toys of Terror will make its broadcast debut on SYFY this December.
WATCH THE TRAILER:
BLU-RAY & DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
Toys of Terror Come to Life
A Terrifying Weekend: Making of Toys of Terror
Toys of Terror will also be available on Movies Anywhere. Using the free Movies Anywhere app and website, consumers can access all their eligible movies by connecting their Movies Anywhere account with their participating digital retailer accounts.
DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS
On October 27, 2020, Toys of Terror will be available to own in high definition and standard definition from select digital retailers including Amazon, the Apple TV app, FandangoNOW, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. On October 27, 2020, Toys of Terror will be made available digitally on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.
ABOUT MOVIES ANYWHERE
Movies Anywhere is a digital movie platform that enables movie fans to discover, access, and watch their favorite digital movies in one place. Movies Anywhere brings together a library of nearly 7,500 digital movies from Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Film, The Walt Disney Studios (including Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm), Universal Pictures (including DreamWorks and Illumination Entertainment) and Warner Bros., and will continue to expand the consumer experience as more content providers, digital retailers and platforms are added. By connecting participating digital retailers that include Amazon Prime Video, the Apple TV app, FandangoNOW, Google Play, and Vudu, movie fans can now bring together their digital movie collections (whether purchased or redeemed) in one place and enjoy them from the comfort of their living rooms, and across multiple devices and platforms, including Amazon Fire devices; Android devices and Android TV; Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; Chromecast; Roku® devices and popular browsers. Movie fans can also redeem digital codes found in eligible Blu-ray and DVD disc packages from participating studios and enjoy them through Movies Anywhere. Movies Anywhere – your movies, together at last.
ABOUT DIGITAL
Digital movies or TV episodes allow fans to watch a digital version of their movie or TV show anywhere, on their favorite devices. Digital movies or TV episodes are included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs. With digital, consumers are able to instantly stream and download movies and TV shows to TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones through retail services. For more information on compatible devices and services go to wb.com/digitalmoviefaq. Consult a digital retailer for details and requirements and for a list of digital-compatible devices.
DIGITAL
Toys of Terror will be available to own on Digital. Digital purchase allows consumers to instantly stream and watch anywhere, anytime, on their favorite devices. Digital movies and TV shows are available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu and others. A Digital Copy is also included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs for redemption and cloud storage.
BASICS
Digital Release: October 27, 2020
Blu-ray and DVD Release: January 19, 2021
Blu-ray and DVD Order Due Date: December 15, 2020
Blu-ray and DVD Presented in 16x9 widescreen format
Running Time: Feature: Approx. 89 min
Enhanced Content: Approx. 14 min
Rated: R
DVD
Price: $19.98 SRP ($24.98 in Canada)
1 DVD-9s
Audio – English (5.1)
UPC# 883929707287 (US & Canada)
Catalog# 1000757408 (US & Canada)
BLU-RAY
Price: $24.98 SRP ($29.98 in Canada)
1 Blu-ray + Digital Copy
BD Audio –DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 – English
UPC# 883929707263 (US & Canada)
Catalog# 1000757406 (US & Canada)
Twitter: #ToysofTerror #BlueRibbonContent
Facebook: @Warner Bros. Entertainment
Instagram: @warnerbrosentertainment
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.
About SYFY
SYFY is a global, multiplatform media brand that gives science fiction fans of all kinds a universe to call home. Celebrating the genre in all its forms, SYFY super-serves passionate fans with scripted original science fiction, fantasy, paranormal and superhero programming, along with late night animation, fan-focused franchises and live event coverage. The brand is powered by SYFY WIRE (www.syfy.com), the premier editorial brand for fans of sci-fi, fantasy and horror. SYFY is part of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
About Blue Ribbon Content
Formed in 2014, Warner Bros. Television Group’s Blue Ribbon Content (BRC) develops and produces live-action series for digital platforms, tapping the creative talent already working at the Studio while also identifying opportunities for collaboration with new writers and producers. In addition to live-action programming, BRC produces animated content and also experiments with emerging platforms such as virtual reality. Live-action BRC programs include digital feature Daphne and Velma for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, comedies Beerfest and JoJoHead for CW Seed, SpringHill Entertainment’s basketball documentary series Best Shot for YouTube Red and the following upcoming projects: the second season of the UNINTERRUPTED comedy Now We’re Talking, Golden Revenge, and the feature-length comedy Good Girls Get High. Animated BRC programs include Constantine: City of Demons and Freedom Fighters: The Ray for CW Seed, as well as Ginger Snaps for ABC Digital.
A Stooge or villain hurts his hand...
...and is in so much pain afterwards...
...that the hand swells up to the size of a balloon!
(threestooges.net)
PUNCH DRUNKS (1934)
LOOSE LOOT (1953)
KNUTZY KNIGHTS (1954)
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Now’s the Time to Get a Grip of Your Inner Demons!
DOOM PATROL: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
Contains All Action-Packed Episodes from the Second Season of the Hit DC UNIVERSE Original Series, Plus Two Featurettes!
Come Face-To-Face with Your Secrets with the Release of the Hit Series on Blu-ray™ & DVD on January 26, 2021
BURBANK, CA (October 21, 2020) – Get ready to embrace the strange. DC’s favorite misfit heroes are back to save the world once again with the release of Doom Patrol: The Complete Second Season on Blu-ray and DVD on January 26, 2021 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Strap yourself in for an exhilarating ride with all 9 episodes from the second season of the original DC series, plus enjoy the captivating extra features including two behind-the-scenes featurettes. Doom Patrol: The Complete Second Season is priced to own at $29.98 SRP for the DVD ($39.99 in Canada) and $39.99 SRP for the Blu-ray ($44.98 in Canada), which includes a Digital Copy (U.S. only). Both sets have an order due date of December 22, 2020.
DC's strangest group of Super Heroes are back again to save the world – that is if they can find a way to grow up…both figuratively and literally. Following the defeat of Mr. Nobody, the DOOM PATROL now find themselves mini-sized and stranded on Cliff's toy race car track. Here they begin to deal with their feelings of betrayal with Niles Caulder aka The Chief, while confronting their own personal baggage. As each Super Hero faces the challenge of moving beyond trauma and failure, they must come together to protect the newest family member, Niles’ daughter, whose powers remain a mysterious but real threat to bringing on the end of the world.
“The critically acclaimed series received a 96% certified “fresh rating” on RottenTomatoes.com – and continues to soar with ratings,” said Rosemary Markson, WBHEG Senior Vice President, TV Marketing. “Join in on the world’s weirdest phenomena with these unique DC Super Heroes – and get ready to binge watch the second season of their fascinating story on Blu-ray & DVD!”
With Blu-ray’s unsurpassed picture and sound, Doom Patrol: The Complete Second Season will be released in 1080p Full HD Video with DTS-HD Master Audio for English 5.1. The 2-disc Blu-ray will feature a high-definition Blu-ray and a Digital Copy of all 9 episodes from season two (available in the U.S.).
Doom Patrol stars Diane Guerrero (“Orange is the New Black”), April Bowlby (“Two and a Half Men”), and Joivan Wade (“Doctor Who”), with Matt Bomer (Magic Mike), and Brendan Fraser (The Mummy), and a special appearance by Timothy Dalton (License to Kill). Based on the characters from DC, Doom Patrol is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Supergirl,” “Riverdale,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow)”, Jeremy Carver (“Supernatural,” “Frequency”), Geoff Johns (Aquaman, Wonder Woman), Chris Dingess (Agent Carter, Eastwick) and Sarah Schechter (“The Flash,” “Supergirl,” “Blindspot,” “Black Lightning”). Doom Patrol has been renewed for a third season exclusively on HBO Max.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The Transformers: Doom Patrol’s Make-up FX
Doom Patrol – Come Visit Georgia PSA
9 ONE-HOUR EPISODES
Fun Size Patrol
Tyme Patrol
Pain Patrol
Sex Patrol
Finger Patrol
Space Patrol
Dumb Patrol
Dad Patrol
Wax Patrol
BASICS
Street Date: January 26, 2021
BD and DVD Presented in 16x9 widescreen format
Running Time: Feature: Approx 405 min
Enhanced Content: Approx 11 min
DVD
Price: $29.98 SRP
3-Discs (3 DVD-9s)
Audio – English (5.1)
Subtitles – English SDH
US & Canada
UPC# 883929725298
Catalog# 1000780601
BLU-RAY
Price: $39.99 SRP
2-Discs (2 BD-50s)
Audio – DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 – English
BD Subtitles – English SDH
US
UPC# 883929727759
Catalog# 1000781748
Canada
UPC# 883929725304
Catalog# 1000780602
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.
About DC
DC is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics and graphic novels in the world and home to some of the most iconic and recognizable characters ever created. As a creative unit of WarnerMedia, DC is charged with strategically integrating its stories and characters across film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, interactive games, and the DC Universe digital subscription service. For more information, visit dccomics.com and dcuniverse.com.
DOOM PATROL and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC.
The Stooges raise their glasses of drinks to each other...
...but one Stooge tips his glass too far...
...and smashes all the glasses.
(threestooges.net)
WOMAN HATERS (1934)
GOOFS AND SADDLES (1937)
MUSTY MUSKETEERS (1954)
I neither own nor claim any rights to this material. Just having some fun with it. Thanks for watching!
THE LAST DRIVE-IN HALLOWEEN HIDEAWAY
Hosted by Joe Bob Briggs
Friday, October 23
Only on Shudder
9 p.m. Eastern time/6 p.m. Pacific
Halloween's looking a little different this year, but at Joe Bob's Halloween Hideaway, we've decided to scare the bejeezus out of ourselves anyway. We have two zombies, and they are socially distanced.
And both movies feature homicidal druids, and those are also socially distanced--they're thirty-one years apart. We'll be coming to you from the most famous location in horror history; hope you can join us!
Find us at @therealjoebob, @kinky_horror, https://www.instagram.com/joebobbriggsofficial/ and www.facebook.com/JoeBobBriggs. And join other Drive-In Mutants in the live chat at https://tinyurl.com/JoeBobSlack
©2020 Joe Bob Briggs | NY, NY
DANNY TREJO BATTLES MUTANT PIG SOLDIERS IN APOCALYPTIC "BULLETS OF JUSTICE"
GORE-SOAKED WW3 CREATURE FEATURE ARRIVING THIS WEEKEND ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS
“BULLETS OF JUSTICE goes whole-hog on everything it tries to do. Gore, poop, sex, nonsense, scenery-chewing, and running gags are all done over the top, and with great success.” - Rue Morgue
“...this is a marvel to look at and I will confidently recommend this on that aspect alone. It’s really that good.” - Killer Horror Critic
“How can anyone resist this?” - Sci-Fi Movie Bullets
LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 15, 2020 –The Horror Collective is proud to announce the digital/VOD release of the blood-soaked, outrageously clever exploitation action-horror BULLETS OF JUSTICE starring Danny Trejo ("Machete", "From Dusk Til Dawn"), and directed by Valeri Milev (“Wrong Turn 6"). The film arrives this weekend on all digital VOD platforms, including: iTunes/AppleTV; Amazon; Vimeo, Xbox, and Google Play.
Arriving just in time for Halloween, BULLETS OF JUSTICE held a robust festival run, including its World Premiere at FrightFest with additional screenings at SITGES Film Festival, Hexploitation Film Festival, Obscura Film Festival Berlin, and Morbido Film Fest.
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ABOUT THE HORROR COLLECTIVE
The Horror Collective's mission is to foster a community of independent horror filmmakers and connect their films to fans, all done transparently and fairly. We provide direct distribution combined with a cost-effective, high-impact festival, marketing, and release strategy. The Horror Collective aims to bring your film to the right audience.
JOE BOB'S HAUNTED DRIVE-IN
October 27/28 and October 31
Torrance and Pasadena, CA
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!
Joe Bob’s Haunted Drive-In is a Halloween haunt event which blends a horror shorts film festival with the live experience of a zombie invasion. As real zombies invade the audience, the onscreen entertainment will interact with the live action to create a scary, fun, and immersive experience unlike any other.
Joe Bob and Darcy the Mail Girl will also be in-person at all screenings!
HAUNTED DRIVE-IN DATES
October 27 & 28
Roadium Drive-In
2500 W. Redondo Beach Blvd
Torrance, CA 90504
October 31
The Rose Bowl
1001 Rose Bowl Drive
Pasadena, CA 91103
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!
"MY HERO ACADEMIA: HEROES RISING" MOVIE BUNDLE AVAILABLE OCTOBER 27
INCLUDES BLU-RAY, DVD, AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
Get Funimation’s Exclusive 25th Anniversary Silver Chrome All Might Funko POP! with Purchase in the Funimation Shop
Culver City, CA (October 14, 2020) Funimation is releasing My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising movie bundle that includes the Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital download including SUB and DUB is available October 27 in the Funimation Shop and select retailers. Released in theaters earlier this year, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising delighted audiences and earned over $13 million at the box office making it the #8 highest-grossing anime films of all time in the U.S. Now fans can own the hit film!
Head over to Funimation’s shop to get the movie PLUS a 25th Anniversary Silver Chrome All Might Funko POP! with purchase. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to add the film and the Funko POP! to your collection.
SYNOPSIS:
The number one hero anime is back for a battle beyond anything fans have ever seen! Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it’s more like a vacation … until they’re attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens’ lives on the line, there’s no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they’re the island’s only hope.
CAST:
Director Kenji Nagasaki
Script Yosuke Kuroda
Music Yuki Hayashi
Original Creator Kōhei Horikoshi
Character Designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi
Voice Actors
Katsuki Bakugo
Japanese: Nobuhiko Okamoto
English: Clifford Chapin
Izuku Midoriya
Japanese: Daiki Yamashita
English: Justin Briner
All Might
Japanese: Kenta Miyake
English: Christopher Sabat
Mahoro
Japanese: Tomoyo Kurosawa
English: Dani Chambers
Katsuma
Japanese: Yuka Terasaki
English: Maxey Whitehead
Hawks
Japanese: Yuichi Nakamura
English: Zeno Robinson
Slice
Japanese: Mio Imada
English: Lydia Mackay
Chimera
Japanese: Shunsuke Takeuchi
English: Greg Dulcie
Mummy
Japanese: Kohsuke Toriumi
English: Brendan Blaber
Nine
Japanese: Yoshio Inoue
English: Johnny Yong Bosch
SPECS:
Run time: 104 minutes
Rating: PG-13
About Funimation
Funimation distributes the best anime to a passionate, global community of fans. For over 25 years, Funimation has pioneered an omnichannel approach to engaging and entertaining millions where they want it most—streaming, home entertainment, theatrical, e-commerce, merchandising, live events, and more.
Funimation’s streaming services offer a growing catalog of over 700 anime series and 13,000+ hours of content available on 15 platforms and in 47 countries. Funimation’s in-house team designs must-have, exclusive collectibles distributed through major retailers and an e-commerce site; Funimation’s theatrical division is responsible for six of the top 20 anime films in the U.S. As pioneers of the SimulDub™, Funimation is the gold standard for foreign language dubbing of Japanese anime with the highest quality standards and fidelity to the original artists. With a fan-centric approach, Funimation has built a loyal social community of over 30 million followers and earned the trust of Japan’s most iconic creators.
Funimation has nine offices in six countries and over 400 employees worldwide. As an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., Funimation benefits from deep entertainment expertise across cultures, territories, and languages.
To learn more about Funimation, visit funimation.com and follow Funimation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE?
"COMPULSION"
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND 10/27/20
THRILLER - HORROR - INDIE - DRAMA - FOREIGN | Spanish w/Eng Subs | 80 min. | NR TV-14
A fairytale relationship comes to an end when a shy woman suspects that her boyfriend is cheating on her. She follows him and sees him meeting up with another woman.
Although devastated, she decides not to tell her boyfriend in order to learn more about his lies. But when she finds out the dark and deadly secret he's been hiding, her life turns into an endless nightmare.
MULTIPLE FESTIVAL AWARD WINNING FILM!
WINNER Jury Prize Best Picture — Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival
WINNER Corey Feldman Award of Excellence Best First Feature Film — Edmonton Festival of Fear Intl Film Festival
WINNER Tabloid Witch Award Best Dramatic Actress Marina Esteve, Best Editing & Best Supporting Actress Susana Abaitua — Tabloid Witch Awards
WINNER Festival Prize Best Feature Film — Twin Rivers Media Festival
WATCH THE TRAILER:
CAST & CREW
Written & Directed By Multiple Festival Award Winner ÁNGEL GONZÁLEZ
Produced By ÁNGEL GONZÁLEZ, JOSÉ PASTOR
STARRING
SUSANA ABAITUA Multiple Festival Award Winner (TIGHT, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE)
POL CARDONA (ANUNNAKI THE FALLEN OF THE SKY)
MARINA ESTEVE (IN MY STEPS, Netflix Series "Money Heist")
PACO MANZANEDO (RISEN, [REC] 4: APOCALYPSE, THE OLIVE TREE)
GENRE: Thriller, Horror, Independent, Crime, Drama, Foreign
LANGUAGE: Spanish w/English Subtitles
RUN-TIME: 80 Minutes
RATING: TV-14
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Epic Pictures Presents
"SLEEPLESS BEAUTY"
Available on VOD + Digital Tuesday, November 10
Available on Blu-ray Tuesday, November 17
SLEEPLESS BEAUTY tells a twisted story about a young woman, Mila, who is kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as Recreation. Her unknown abductors talk to her through a loudspeaker and set strict rules: she cannot sleep and has to fulfill bizarre and violent tasks if she hopes to stay alive. At first, it looks like someone’s sick idea of entertainment but as the demands become more intense, Mila begins to realize that she is losing control of her own mind and instead, may be a pawn in a twisted and deadly psychological experiment.
SLEEPLESS BEAUTY made its world premiere at the 2020 Imagine Film Festival and was an official selection for the 2020 Sitges Film Festival, 2020 Dead Of Night Film Festival, and 2020 Obscura Berlin Film Festival. SLEEPLESS BEAUTY will be available on VOD + Digital platforms beginning Tuesday, November 10, 2020 and will be available on Blu-ray beginning Tuesday, November 17, 2020.
Directed by: Pavel Khvaleev
Starring: Polina Davydova
RT: 84min | Not Yet Rated
Genre: Horror
Epic Pictures
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SLEEPLESS BEAUTY is directed by Pavel Khvaleev. Written by Aleksandra Khvaleeva. Produced by Frank Ellrich, Georgiy Smirnov and Elena Talyanksaya. Cinematography and edited by Khvaleev. A Monomania Films Production.
SLEEPLESS BEAUTY available on VOD/Digital Tuesday, November 10, 2020:
Indemand | Comcast | Spectrum | Charter | Dish | Sling TV | Vubiquity
iTunes | Google Play | Vudu | Xbox | YouTube | Amazon
Fandango Now | DirecTV | Redbox TVOD
Blu-ray Preorder: https://epic-pictures.com/merchandise/sleepless-beauty-blu-ray
About Epic Pictures
Since the foundation of the company in 2007, CEO Patrick Ewald has grown Epic Pictures into an independent content studio with the mission of delivering the best-in-class genre entertainment “for fans, by fans.” Epic Pictures produces, finances, and distributes approximately twenty-thirty independent genre films a year. In 2013, the company established Epic Pictures Releasing which is its US focused distribution division. In 2017, Epic Pictures acquired the world’s most popular horror website, Dread Central, and launched its unique horror label, Dread, followed by its AVOD channel, DreadTV. In 2019, Epic Pictures started the horror gaming site, DreadXP, with a focus on editorial, reviews, podcasts, and original streaming content. In 2020, DreadXP began a video game publishing division with the launch of The Dread X Collection, an anthology of horror games in collaboration with some of the most innovative developers in the independent gaming space. https://epic-pictures.com/
Olive Films Proudly Presents the Olive Signature Title
"RIO GRANDE" (1950)
LIMITED TO 3,500 BLU-RAY UNITS -- BD only
John Ford, the four-time Oscar winner for Best Director (The Informer – 1936, The Grapes of Wrath – 1941, How Green Was My Valley – 1942 and The Quiet Man – 1953) helmed Rio Grande for Republic Pictures in order to have his pet project, The Quiet Man, approved.
Rio Grande, the third and final installment in John Ford’s loosely-conceived Cavalry Trilogy (preceded by Fort Apache and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon) stars John Wayne as Lt. Col. John Kirby Yorke (the role he inhabited in Fort Apache) alongside Maureen O’Hara (in the first of five films she’d co-star in alongside Wayne) as his estranged wife, Kathleen, a woman set on keeping their son, Jefferson (Claude Jarman Jr., The Yearling), now under Yorke’s command, out of harm’s way.
Written by James Kevin McGuinness (Men of Boys Town) based on the Saturday Evening Post story by James Warner Bellah, Rio Grande features J. Carrol Naish and a supporting cast of familiar faces, many of them from the Ford stock company of actors including Harry Carey, Jr., Ben Johnson, Victor McLaglen, Chill Wills, and Grant Withers.
JOHN WAYNE
(The Quiet Man, Sands of Iwo Jima, McLintock!)
MAUREEN O’HARA
(The Quiet Man, The Parent Trap, Miracle on 34th Street)
VICTOR McLAGLEN
(Fort Apache, The Quiet Man, The Informer)
BEN JOHNSON
(Shane, The Last Picture Show, The Wild Bunch)
HARRY CAREY, JR.
(The Searchers, Red River, Big Jake)
CLAUDE JARMAN, JR.
(The Yearling, Intruder in the Dust, Fair Wind to Java)
CHILL WILLS
(The Alamo, Giant, McLintock!)
J. CARROL NAISH
(Annie Get Your Gun, Humoresque, Clash by Night)
Directed by
JOHN FORD
(The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Fort Apache, Stagecoach)
YEAR: 1950
GENRE: DRAMA
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
LABEL: OLIVE FILMS
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 105 min
RATING: N/A
VIDEO: 1.37:1 Aspect Ratio; B&W
AUDIO: MONO
OLIVE SIGNATURE FEATURES
New High-Definition digital restoration
Audio commentary by Nancy Schoenberger
“Telling Real Histories” – Raoul Trujillo on representations of Indigenous Americans in film
“Songs of the Rio Grande” – Marc Wanamaker on the Sons of the Pioneers
“Strength and Courage” – Patrick Wayne on his father
“Bigger Than Life” – with Claude Jarman, Jr.
Visual essay by Tag Gallagher
“The Making of Rio Grande” – with Leonard Maltin
Essay by Paul Andrew Hutton
Theatrical trailer
US+CANADA
STREET: 11/17/20
CAT: OS022
UPC: 887090602204
SRP: $39.95
Copyright © 2020 Olive Films, All rights reserved.
A hapless Stooge (either Curly or Shemp)...
...or some deserving villain's head...
...is squeezed in between a letter press.
(threestooges.net)
DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936)
THREE LOAN WOLVES (1946)
BRIDELESS GROOM (1947)
I neither own nor claim any rights to this material. Just having some fun with it. Thanks for watching!
A red-colored liquid spills on a Stooge...
...usually ketchup or paint...
...and the Stooge thinks he's bleeding.
(threestooges.net)
AN ACHE IN EVERY STAKE (1941)
FRIGHT NIGHT (1947)
I neither own nor claim any rights to this material. Just having some fun with it. Thanks for watching!
ICONIC & ORIGINAL CINEMA POSTERS & ARTWORK
WORTH OVER £180,000 TO BE AUCTIONED IN THE UK
PROP STORE WILL BE AUCTIONING OVER 440 CINEMA POSTERS ON THURSDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2020
BIDS CAN BE PLACED ONLINE & BY PHONE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
AN IMPRESSIVE SELECTION OF STAR WARS, JAMES BOND AND MONDO POSTERS, INCLUDING AN EXCEPTIONAL UNRESTORED UK QUAD POSTER FROM DR. NO (1962), ESTIMATED TO SELL BETWEEN £8,000 - 10,000
A PAIR OF ITALIAN ADVANCE 1-PANEL (2-FOGLI) POSTERS FROM THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974) NEVER BEFORE SOLD AS A COMPLETE, UNCUT SET AT AUCTION, ESTIMATED BETWEEN £500 - 700
A COLLECTION OF POSTERS FROM THE OSCAR®-WINNING FILM, PARASITE (2019), INCLUDING HAND-SIGNED POSTERS BY DIRECTOR, BONG JOON-HO
Prop Store – one of the world’s leading film and TV entertainment memorabilia companies, has today announced it is to hold its sixth cinema poster live auction this November, with the posters and artwork on offer expected to fetch in excess of £180,000. Over 440 rare and sought-after posters and artworks will be sold during Prop Store’s cinema poster auction on Thursday 5th November 2020 from 12:00pm GMT.
The auction will be opening for registrations via: www.propstore.com/posterauction and will be live streamed online for fans to track the action and participate in bidding.
Auction lots can be viewed by appointment only at Prop Store’s office facility in Hertfordshire, UK, please email auction@propstore.com for more details.
https://ukm.propstoreauction.com/m/view-auctions/info/id/242
About Prop Store
Operating since 1998, Prop Store sells original movie props and costumes, posters, and related memorabilia, regularly hosting live and online prop, costume, and cinema poster auctions.
Since their first Cinema Poster Live Auction in June 2018, Prop Store have become a well-established vendor in the world of poster collecting and have achieved some remarkable results, including selling Short Circuit original poster artwork and a James Bond: Dr. No UK Quad poster for £12,000 each. In late 2019, Prop Store hosted the largest ever auction of James Bond posters and have offered items from the personal collections of Star Wars film producer Howard Kazanjian, visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund and Mondo artist Jock. Now partnering with veteran poster expert Mark Hochman, they are striving to continue collating
