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#146
December/January
2009
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Harry Redmond Jr.
Last Survivor of Skull Island
Mark F. Berry interviews the last surviving member of the original KING KONG's
special effects unit, who also has tales to tell about his special effects
pioneer father and how they devised the cinematic illusions for SHE, THE LAST
DAYS OF POMPEII, LOST HORIZON and many other classics!
DVD Spotlight
Best
Buy Exclusives
Kim Newman reviews three Double Feature discs first sold as Best Buy
exclusives: MOON ZERO TWO / WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH, WORLD WITHOUT
END / SATELLITE IN THE SKY and BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH / THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR!!
Plus...
Minira, Prince of the Monsters, becomes the confidant of an imaginative latchkey
kid in ALL MONSTERS ATTACK
aka
GODZILLA'S REVENGE... the Big G's metallic
alter ego returns in
TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA... VW
gets its second shot at presenting reviews of
BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!
and
CHALLENGE OF THE MASTERS...
CLASSIC BRITISH THRILLERS, a new three-disc set including two early Michael
Powell films... Steve Miner remakes George Romero's
DAY OF THE DEAD
pretty much
in name only... a lovesick documentarist turns his camera on his lesbian
ex-wife in
EXTREME PRIVATE EROS LOVE SONG 1974... Conrad Veidt inherits
THE
HANDS OF ORLAC... Chuck Connors is told by Enzo G. Castellari to KILL THEM ALL
AND COME BACK ALONE... James Cagney (with the help of Bud Westmore's crew)
becomes Lon Chaney, the
MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES... rock video director Chris Boger tries his hand at
THE MARQUIS DE SADE’S JUSTINE... Boris Karloff at his
best in the original
THE MUMMY, now available in an expanded two-disc
edition... Guillermo del Toro produces another Spanish horror gem with
THE
ORPHANAGE... Ida Lupino sizzles in the film noir classic
ROAD HOUSE... a
terrifying prehistoric plot hatches in
RODAN... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson takes
aim with his bow and arrow in THE SCORPION KING, and his origin story is told in
THE SCORPION KING 2: RISE OF A WARRIOR... guitarist extraordinaire lends his
soloing skills to experimental shorts and classic horror imagery in "SOUNDS OF
THE SURREAL" AND "MONSTERS FROM THE ID"... Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh combine
formidable forces in TAI CHI MASTER... green
and brown giants run amok through Japan in the delirious WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS...
and Crispin Glover's remake somehow fails to improve on the original
THE WIZARD OF GORE!
IMPORT REVIEWS of
the indescribable UK TV cult experience GARTH MARENGHI’S DARKPLACE... and the diminutive Nelson de la Rosa goes for the cheese in
RATMAN!
Plus...
Ramsey Campbell on Powell & Pressburger's
THE SMALL BACK ROOM!
Anthony Ambrogio reviews the ultimate book on
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND!
Douglas E. Winter reviews the latest CD soundtrack releases, including
SHE and
WRONG TURN 2!
And Tim Lucas bids farewell to FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND's founding
father, Forrest J Ackerman!
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