Pumpkinhead (DVD)
When a gang of bikers run over a child, the child`s father invokes the demon Pumkinhead to seek his revenge, forgetting there is a price for his services. Special effects man Winston (ALIENS, JURASSIC PARK) makes a sparkling debut in this creepy horror effort which features the one of the greatest monsters in recent memory.R"
Director: Stan Winston
ACTORS: Lance Henriksen, Cynthia Bain, John Di Aquino, Kerry Remsen, Jeff East
Pit and the Pendulum (DVD)
In 16th-century Spain, Francis Bonnard (John Kerr) visits the gloomy castle of his late sister`s husband, Nicholas (Vincent Price), in order to discern the reason for her death. It seems Nicholas is terrified that wife Elizabeth (Barbara Steele) is not really dead and that her spirit wanders the halls at night. It turns out Nicholas`s father was a feared leader of the Spanish Inquisition, and as a child he saw him torture his mother and then bury her alive. Hes now convinced Elizabeth has suffered a similar fate, even though his doctor (Antony Carbone) disagrees. Meanwhile, his father`s torture chamber is still down in the basement, just waiting to get back into service. There are twisted twists and gristly surprises aplenty in this, the second in a series of color Edgar Allan Poe adaptations made by Roger Corman in the 1960s. Benefits include a mournfully eerie, atonal score by Les Baxter, the presence of European horror star Steele, and Price at his most floridly hammy. Nice costumes, atmospheric cinematography, and good dialogue from screenwriter Richard Matheson make this one of the best of the series, as well as one of the most disturbing. Luana Anders costars as Nicholas`s concerned sister.NR"
Director: Roger Corman
ACTORS: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders, Anthony Carbone
Visions of War - World in Flames (DVD)
The Visions of War series utilizes archival material and state-of-the-art graphics to examine the various aspects of modern warfare and 20th-century conflicts. This volume features the complete mini-series World in Flames, which dramatically chronicles the major events and battles of World War II, from Hitler`s rise to power to the bombing of Hiroshima. NR"
Frankie and Johnny (DVD)
Donna Douglas of TV`s The Beverly Hillbillies and perennial hip-wiggler Elvis Presley team up for this romantic musical set on a riverboat. Presley plays a riverboat gambler down on his luck and out of a girlfriend when he becomes involved with a redhead, a gypsy, and a roulette wheel. Features some great songs such as When the Saints Go Marchin` In and Down By the Riverside. NR"
Director: Frederick De Cordova
ACTORS: Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon, Nancy Kovack
Vampirella (DVD)
On a quest for vengeance for her father`s murder, a sexy, intergalactic vampire princess (who survives on a synthetic blood substitute because she abhors killing) lands in Las Vegas and confronts her archenemy, a powerful bloodsucker who has disguised himself as a rock star. Unable to conquer him alone, Vampirella must enter an unholy alliance to stop Vlad`s apocalyptic plans.R"
Director: Jim Wynorski
