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Joe Pilato stars as Dominic, a young and enterprising cinematographer who has ventured to a low-budget horror movie. What he finds there is a skeleton crew made up of eccentric and unpredictable talents. Even worse, the director Lacey Bickel (John Harrison) is a humorless dictator who likes to shoot at all hours of the night. Tom Savini also stars. Extras include commentary, featurette, 2 original shot films, behind-the-scenes photo gallery, liner notes, and more. This long-lost cult classic by Dusty Nelson follows ambitious cinematographer Dominic (Joe Pilato, DAY OF THE DEAD) to an isolated mountain location shoot that might cost him not only his career but his life. The director, Lacey Bickel (John Harrison), is working on a horror film that stands to become his legacy. As the scenes become ever more horrific, it becomes ever clearer that the director is a bit unbalanced. He feeds his crew a steady diet of cocaine and alcohol, and keeps a rigorous shooting schedule that extends to all hours of the night. When he shows the guys an old black-and-white movie that just might be a snuff film, Dominic gains an inkling of the director's true intentions, realizing that the project they are making is quite different from the one they all signed on for. The eerie, atmospheric film boasts special effects by the legendary Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD, CREEPSHOW), and was produced by John Harrison (TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE).
This is the only Susan Chapek video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Bernard McKenna. Effects | List Price | $19.95 (You save $6.96) | | Studio | Ryko Distribution | | Orig Year | 1980 | | All Time Sales Rank |  54149  | | CD Universe Part number | 6965447 | | Catalog number | 47 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 87 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Processed |
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Effects DVD NTSC
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: John Harrison - Producer, Dusty Nelson - Director, Pasquale Buba - Editor
Featurette:
1. "Ubu" Short Film
2. "Beastie" Short Film
3. "AfterEffects" (60 min.)
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
Interactive Animated Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Liner Notes
Stills/Photos: Behind the Scenes
Purchase Effects Movie To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Lizard In A Woman's Skin DVDs (1971) Special Edition; Subtitled; Widescreen
Effects video
 $13.59  
Lucio Fulci's LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN earned the director a measure of infamy because of a very believable scene involving disemboweled dogs. So believable, in fact, that Fulci had to prove before a judge (with special effects man Carlo Rambaldi) that their dogs were, in fact, fake. A giallo that ranks among the director's best films, the movie stars Silvia Monti as Deborah, a woman who has disturbing dreams about murdering her neighbor. After she relates them to her therapist, her neighbor is actually murdered, exactly the same way she was in Deborah's dreams, leading to a police investigation and some strange revelations.
Stylish and inventive, LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN is surely one of the best giallos ever made. Featuring some unbelievable chase sequences, outrageous plot twists, and hallucinatory camera work, the film is a riveting and bizarre mystery that keeps the audience guessing as well as entertained.
Soundtrack English; English Subtitles
| | Satanico Pandemonium DVD (1973) Subtitled
Effects film
$16.75 
Sister Maria is just too good to be true: her benevolence, works of charity, and good deeds are unparalleled within the community. But underneath it all Maria is tormented by her true nature, which longs to be free to fulfill its forbidden passions. When her fellow sisters begin to seduce the lovely Maria, she resists at first, but when she lets herself go there is no stopping her. Soon Maria is forcing herself on her sisters, and engaging in all manner of satanic activity, including torture, self-flagellation, murder, and a few titillating stripteases. Created soon after Ken Russell's THE DEVILS, Gilberto Martinez Solares was at the forefront of the nunsploitation craze, which was a marked departure from the family comedies he had become known for. This classic of the genre is shot in stunningly rich, saturated colors, creating a sensual world of orgiastic depravity. Cecilia Pezet delivers an enthusiastic performance as Sister Maria, the character that inspired Salma Hayek's sexy vampire in Quentin Tarrantino's FROM DUSK TIL DAWN.
Standard Screen; English Subtitles
| | French Sex Murders DVD (1972)
Effects review
$16.29 
An entertainingly ridiculous entry in the canon of lesser-known giallo flicks, FRENCH SEX MURDERS is a wild exploitation romp featuring some of the most luminous of the genre starlets. Robert Sacchi, who throughout his career took advantage of his remarkable resemblance to Humphrey Bogart (one of the film's alternate titles is BOGEYMAN), stars as Inspector Pontaine. Pontaine is investigating a seemingly open-and-shut case of a prostitute's murder, with the prime suspect a small-time jewel thief named Antoine Gottvalles (Pietro Martellanza). Gottvalles is convicted and sentenced to death, but vows to revenge his wrongful execution from beyond the grave. When others who were present at the brothel start to get picked off, it seems he is making good on his curse. The rest of the film involves a mad scientist in the market for eyeballs, a couple of decapitations, a hooded assassin, and some topless women, with top-notch special effects delivered by Oscar winner Carlo Rambaldi. Anita Ekberg (LA DOLCE VITA, KILLER NUN), Evelyn Kraft (LADY DRACULA), Howard Vernon (DOCTEUR JEKYLL ET LES FEMMES, DELICATESSEN), Rosalba Neri (DAUGHTER OF FRANKENSTEIN, MARQUIS DE SADE: JUSTINE), also appear.
Soundtrack English; Director's Comments
| | Seven Deaths In The Cat's Eye DVD (2005)
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A monstrous beast terrorizes a Scottish village and is held responsible for a number of murders. Suddenly the killings occur inside an isolated castle and suspicion turns to those who live there.
Soundtrack English
| | Black Belly Of The Tarantula DVD (1971) Widescreen; Subtitled
Effects movie DVD
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Soundtrack English; English Subtitles
This fine entry in the giallo canon was directed by Paolo Cavara (THE WILD EYE), and features a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, as well as appearances by genre regulars Barbara Bouchet and Barbara Bach. Inspector Tellini (Giancarlo Giannini) is a laconic policeman in Rome who gets put on the case of a serial killer with a particularly gruesome method of killing: he injects beautiful women with a paralyzing poison and forces them to watch their own slow deaths.
| | Daughters Of Darkness DVDs (1971) Special Edition
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$20.09
Delphine Seyrig stars in this classic horror movie as Elizabeth Bathory, a sinister and ageless countess whose ancestor found eternal youth by bathing in the blood of 800 virgins. While staying with her companion Ilona (Rau) at a deserted Belgian hotel, the two meet a newlywed couple who are passing through. One half of the couple (Karlen) is immediately drawn to the countess and, oddly, his entire personality seems to change when he is near her. When bloodless corpses start appearing around the area where the two couple are staying, it becomes apparent that the countess is up to more than her usual amount of trouble. Stylish and mesmerizing, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS is an astonishing accomplishment from director Harry Kümel.
Soundtrack English; Special Edition
| | Edtv DVD (1999) Widescreen
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A normal video store clerk, Ed (McConaughey), doesn't realize what he's getting himself into when he allows a television executive (DeGeneres) to begin filming his life 24 hours a day. The resulting media circus makes for an entertaining social commentary about how important (and, perhaps, detrimental) an issue television has become in our lives.
This DVD comedy film is 124 minutes & is in letterbox. Sta rs include Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrels on, Martin Landau, Ellen DeGeneres, and Elizabeth Hurley. I n order to boost ratings a TV station tries a new concept i n programming by putting one ordinary person's life on cabl e 24 hours a day.
| | Ref DVD (1994)
Effects review
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It's Christmas Eve and Gus, a cat burglar making the final heist of his career, trips the alarm system in a suburban home, forcing him to take the occupants hostage. Little does he know his Christmas is the one that's going to be ruined as he finds himself caught between a relentlessly bickering husband and wife and their fully dysfunctional family. As Gus soon discovers, there is no cure for rancor.
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English
| | Love Butcher DVD (1983)
Effects DVD
$17.05
A news reporter discovers a strange connection between a crippled old man and a series of grisly murders.
Caleb (Eric Stern) is a rather gawkish gardener who has been pushed around a time or two in his day. He never had much luck with the ladies, however, his alter ego, Lester, is a different story. Lester is able to approach women, but they regret it when he gets too close. Gardening tools were never intended for such grizzly deeds as these! Police are baffled by the trail of slain women left behind by the psychotic killer. How many more victims before they figure out who the real Love Butcher is?
| | Wages Of Fear DVDs (1952) Black & White
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Made two years before his slightly better known DIABOLIQUE, Henri-Georges Clouzot's nail-biter of a suspense film is the story of four broke and desperate men stranded in Latin America. Eager for a way out of their respective situations, they accept an American oil company's impossibly dangerous offer to transport two truckloads of nitroglycerin across hazardous jungle terrain. Remade by William Friedkin as SORCERER in 1977.
Black & White; Standard Screen; Soundtrack French; English Subtitles; Special Edition
| | Santa's Slay DVD (2005) Widescreen
Effects video
$10.29
WWE wrestler Bill Goldberg (THE LONGEST YARD) stars as Santa Claus in this horrific comedy, but he's not like the Santa we know and love. One thousand years after losing a bet with an angel that conscripted him to a millennium of cheer and generosity, Santa, who is in reality a demon, is off the hook and returning to his evil ways. The reign of terror that follows is battled by high schooler Nick (Douglas Smith, CITIZEN DUANE)--whose grandfather (Robert Culp) happens to have been the angel who won the bet--and his girlfriend, Mac (Emilie de Ravin, LOST).
Closed Captioned; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re
| | Best Of Unsolved Mysteries DVDs (2006) Box Set
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Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
| | Camelot Reawakened-Vision Fulfilled DVD (2006)
Effects review
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Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
| | Murder Set Pieces DVD (2006) Widescreen; Subtitled
Effects DVD
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A serial killer's work slowly unfolds as a fashion photographer makes contact with his disturbed childhood.
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles
| | House On Dead Lane DVDs (2007)
Effects movie DVD
$19.49
Jon McBride and Bob Dennis star in this haunted horror flick.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Behind The Scenes
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