[Justin Victor]

Here's the list of horror, cult and exploitation releases for the first two weeks of May 2012. I think this puts us back on schedule, or close enough to it. What are you getting?

May 1, 2012

1313: Bermuda Triangle (Rapid Heart Pictures) - Trailer
The Dead Want Women (Wizard Entertainment) - Trailer
Mimic 3 Film Set (Lionsgate) - Also in blu-ray.
Operation: Nazi Zombies (Brain Damage) - Trailer
Rest Stop: Dead Ahead/Rest Stop: Don't Look Back/Otis Triple Feature Blu-ray (Warner Home Video)
Rise of the Animals (Midnight Releasing) - Trailer
Snow White: A Tale of Terror (Universal) - Trailer
Wizard of Gore/The Gore Gore Girls Blu-ray (Something Weird/Image)

May 8, 2012

42nd Street Forever: The Blu-ray Edition (Synapse) - Site
Doctor Who: Dragonfire (BBC)
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol (BBC)
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (BBC)
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Wild Women (Entertainment One)
Ganja and Hess: Remastered (Kino) - Also in blu-ray. Site
Humans vs. Zombies (Hannover House) - with comic book, also in blu-ray. Trailer
Lady of the Dark: Genesis of the Serpent Vampire (Chemical Burn Entertainment) - Trailer.
La Haine Blu-ray (Criterion) - Trailer
Last Breath Blu-ray (Shriek Show) - Trailer
Madison County (Image) - Trailer
Mother's Day (Anchor Bay) - Also in blu-ray. Trailer
Murder Obsession Blu-ray (Raro) Trailer
Naughty Teen (One 7)
Playback (Magnolia) - Also in blu-ray. Trailer
Poe (Maverick) - Trailer
Psychotica Blu-ray (Shriek Show) - Trailer
The Quiet Ones (Bayview Entertainment/Widowmaker) - Trailer
Shock Labyrinth (Well Go USA) - Also in blu-ray. Trailer
The Shrine (Zeitgeist) - Trailer
The Twilight Zone: More Fan Favorites (Image)
Underworld: Awakening (Screen Gems) - Also in blu-ray and 3D. Trailer
Underworld Legacy Set Blu-ray (Sony)

[bigmac64]

I'll rent Mother's Day, but that's about it for me.

[Mr. Monster]

Ganja and Hess and Murder Obsession for me.

[Nallix]

Naughty Teen is a curiosity, just based on the cover.

I'll eventually rent the Underworld stuff. I'm a sucker for those movies most days.

[XombiTom]

Will probably check out the 3 zombie flicks on there (Dead Want Women / Nazi Zombies and Humans vs Zombies)

[Greg Baty]

Wizard of Gore/The Gore Gore Girls Blu-ray (Something Weird/Image)
42nd Street Forever: The Blu-ray Edition (Synapse)
Mother's Day (Anchor Bay)
Murder Obsession Blu-ray (Raro)
Naughty Teen (One 7)

[Melo]

I'd like to check out "Ganja and Hess"

[Count Whackula]

Nothing for me.

[ZombieApoc]

Zombies.

[Boris_K]

Originally Posted by Nallix

Naughty Teen is a curiosity, just based on the cover.

Is she naughty because she's cooking while naked?

[Nallix]

Originally Posted by Boris_K

Is she naughty because she's cooking while naked?

Dude, don't ever fry bacon in the nude unless you have an apron. TRUST ME.

[orpheus]

The Mimic set interests me. I still haven't watched Mimic. :(

[Nallix]

Originally Posted by orpheus

The Mimic set interests me. I still haven't watched Mimic. :(

It's interesting (at least to me) for the fact that Guillermo del Toro directed it. Sadly, I find it lacks most of his trademark style and is very much a studio film.

[KISS Fan]

42nd Street Forever: The Blu-ray Edition (Synapse) depending on how different this is from their previous 42nd Street Forever releases.

[PsychotronicFan]

Originally Posted by KISS Fan

42nd Street Forever: The Blu-ray Edition (Synapse) depending on how different this is from their previous 42nd Street Forever releases.

I am looking forward to it as well. Don May Jr. (prez of Synapse) has made it a labor of love. I think it will be great.

[orpheus]

Originally Posted by Nallix

It's interesting (at least to me) for the fact that Guillermo del Toro directed it. Sadly, I find it lacks most of his trademark style and is very much a studio film.

Yeah, I heard similar things is which probably why I haven't run out to watch it.

But I am a fan of his work so I'll have to watch it eventually.

[Boris_K]

Originally Posted by Nallix

Dude, don't ever fry bacon in the nude unless you have an apron. TRUST ME.

The thought scares me. I won't even think to do it.

[Rovin]

Originally Posted by Justin Victor

Doctor Who: Dragonfire (BBC)
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol (BBC)
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (BBC)

This is the price we pay to finally see The Daemons get a DVD release I guess. All three of these are terrible, with The Happiness Patrol being the absolute worst Doctor Who serial I remember seeing ever (some say The Gunslingers should take the crown for worst, but I've not seen that one). Nightmare of Eden comes from Tom Baker's horrendous sixth season Douglas Adams presided over as script editor, and Dragonfire, while not the worst of the McCoy lot and important to die hard nerds as Ace's introductory story, is just another garish turd in the McCoy era bullshit parade. The McCoy era was heavy in commentary subtext a lot of the time, which is neat in concept, but the translation in his first two seasons was almost always horrid in execution. Who fans should stay the fuck AWAY from these turds.

[Justin Victor]

Originally Posted by Rovin

This is the price we pay to finally see The Daemons get a DVD release I guess. All three of these are terrible, with The Happiness Patrol being the absolute worst Doctor Who serial I remember seeing ever (some say The Gunslingers should take the crown for worst, but I've not seen that one). Nightmare of Eden comes from Tom Baker's horrendous sixth season Douglas Adams presided over as script editor, and Dragonfire, while not the worst of the McCoy lot and important to die hard nerds as Ace's introductory story, is just another garish turd in the McCoy era bullshit parade. The McCoy era was heavy in commentary subtext a lot of the time, which is neat in concept, but the translation in his first two seasons was almost always horrid in execution. Who fans should stay the fuck AWAY from these turds.

Ha, of course I trust you on everything Who but this kinda makes me want to see these now out of morbid curiosity. Maybe just Dragonfire, as a rental.

Nothing else of any interest for me except The Shrine, which I saw on Netflix last week.

[Nekros]

Buying - Underworld : Awakening
Renting - Mothers Day

[Rovin]

Originally Posted by Justin Victor

Ha, of course I trust you on everything Who but this kinda makes me want to see these now out of morbid curiosity. Maybe just Dragonfire, as a rental.

Nothing else of any interest for me except The Shrine, which I saw on Netflix last week.

The only redemptive story of Baker's sixth season is the excellent Adams co-penned CITY OF DEATH. SHADA, which is completely written by Adams, is great in that high-concept meets Hitchhiker's humor sort of way but was never finished due to a strike at the BBC. The script, a recent novelization of the script, a BBC VHS with Baker in '95 or so narrating the missing scenes, and a Big Finish audio production featuring Paul McGann's eighth Doctor and Lalla Ward and John Leeson returning as Romana and K9 respectively, are four of the attempts to bring Shada to the public as a Who story proper.

Basically, after the perceived controversy over the show's darker and more violent tone during Hinchcliffe's era producers weren't so sure what direction to take the show afterward, and that plus Baker's personality eclipsing the role led to a LOT of goofiness. A lot of his stupid ideas were making it onscreen as well as the good ones, and they just seemed to have difficulty reigning him in until John Nathan-Turner stepped in for the seventh season, put down a far more iron fist, and Baker left the show.

EDIT: DRAGONFIRE has the dubious destinction of having the only Doctor Who cliffhanger ending where the Doctor is literally hanging off a cliff. Bring the Tums and stay for a trailer.

[Graves]

I'll rent Mothers Day and probably 42nd Street Forever just to see how it looks.