Eaten Alive (DVD)
From legendary horror director Hooper comes this witty, nasty tale of sex-crazed, homicidal hotel owner in the Louisiana bayou (Neville Brand) who develops a habit of feeding his victims of choice to famished crocodiles. Look for an early appearance from Englund, the man who became Freddy Krueger. An Academy of Science Fiction and Horror nominee.R"
Director: Tobe Hooper
ACTORS: Mel Ferrer, Stuart Whitman, Carolyn Jones, Neville Brand, Robert Englund
Fellini I`m a Born Liar (DVD)
Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini created one of cinema`s most distinct, influential, and lasting bodies of work over the course of his legendary career. Fellini`s films explored the director`s innermost fears, dreams, and desires with uncompromising originality, and forever changed cinema in the process. In this documentary from Damian Pettigrew, audiences get to hear from the director himself, who was interviewed just months before his passing in October 1993. Fellini isn`t a theorist, and that`s what makes his discourses so entertaining. He proves that his films were true expressions of the subconscious, without the over-intellectualizing that plagued the work of so many of his peers. In addition to clips from 8 1/2 and LA DOLCE VITA, Pettigrew presents behind-the-scenes footage of Fellini directing SATYRICON and AMARCORD. This footage provides greater insight into the director`s almost comically two-dimensional view of actors, who he treated more like puppets than actual human beings. Corroborating this are several actors who worked with Fellini on different projects, including Donald Sutherland, Terence Stamp, and Roberto Benigni. A must-see for film aficionados, I`M A BORN LIAR only adds to the director`s already boundless mystique and charm.NR"
Director: Damian Pettigrew
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (DVD)
Combining romance, gothic horror, science fiction, and bloody action into a dazzling Animi production, VAMPIRE HUNTER D (2000) takes the vampire mythos to a new level. This movie is not a remake or a continuation of the 1985 movie of the same title. That movie was loosely based on the first of Kikuchi Hideyuki`s VAMPIRE HUNTER D books, set 10,000 years in the future. VAMPIRE HUNTER D (2000) takes its cue from the third book in the series, though there are significant deviations in plot. Here, the charismatic vampire, Meier Link, arrives in town in the middle of the night and spirits away a beautiful woman. D, the child of a human and a vampire, is hired to retrieve her. Racing against time and against another group of bounty hunters who were also contracted to perform the rescue, D fights a bizarre cast of Meier`s henchmen, each of whom has his own unique and horrific way of killing. Both of the VAMPIRE HUNTER D films benefit from the participation of fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, whose character designs for both films drip with the eroticism and decadence of a Gustav Klimt painting. Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri adds his talent at dreaming up gruesome enemies, which was also evidenced in his previous work, NINJA SCROLL.R"
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
The Phantom of the Opera (DVD)
Lon Chaney, Man of a Thousand Faces, stars in this silent horror classic. In the film, based on Gaston Leroux`s timeless novel, a disfigured, catacomb-dwelling musician (Chaney) terrorizes the Paris Opera House while attempting to turn a pretty chorus girl (Mary Philbin) into a star.NR"
Director: Rupert Julian
ACTORS: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Snitz Edwards, Gibson Gowland
Blood of Ghastly Horror (DVD)
A mad scientist`s (David Carradine) experiments transform a Vietnam vet (Tommy Kirk) into a zombie who then becomes a tool for crime. Mayhem and madness ensue in this bizarre horror/action movie featuring go-go dancers and music by the Vendells, filmed in Chill-O-Rama. From Al Adamson (SATAN`S SADISTS), the man who could rival Ed Wood for the honor of Worst Director of All Time. NR"
Director: Al Adamson
ACTORS: John Carradine, Tommy Kirk, Regina Carrol, Roy Morton, Joey Benson
