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Monday, September 5th, 2011
Vid Requests: Blu-Ray’s & My Horror Movie
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Hellraiser: Chronicles $36.98 Liverpool-born Clive Barker has forged his macabre visions into a virtual literary/film/art empire. The early epicenter of that domain was the Hellraiser series, a demonology originally informed by Barker’s distinctly dark sense of style and storytelling. Crucial to their evocative atmospheres were musical scores (the first three of which are collected here) that eschewed much of the contemporary … |
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Conqueror Worm [VHS] $5.45 A bewigged Vincent Price goes full-on evil in The Conqueror Worm, based on the life of England’s self-proclaimed “Witchfinder General” Matthew Hopkins. Hopkins and his assistant, John Stern, ride through spectacular location shots around England, looking for disciples of the devil to torture and burn. (Indeed, the devil must be at work, for the skies are bright blue even though people keep sa… |
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Twilight Zone (Time Enough At Last/The Monsters are Due on Maple Street) [VHS] $12.98 … |
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein $3.97 Let’s be honest: this should be titled Wretched Excess’ Frankenstein. Swooping, wild, bloody, and energetic, this is bad moviemaking from the best, which makes it all the more lovable. Kenneth Branagh plays Victor Frankenstein, a man so obsessed with conquering death that he decides to create life. What he gets, after a protoplasmic mud wrestle, is a Mean Streets monster (Robert De Niro) that isn’… |
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The Red Balloon (The Criterion Collection) $9.43 Stills from The Red Balloon (Click for larger image) … |
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National Geographic: World’s Most Dangerous Drug $10.99 National Geographic correspondent Lisa Ling explores the world of methamphetamine in this chilling and informative documentary program. From the hazardous, addictive powers of “meth” to the pervasive destruction wreaked by the drug in rural and metropolitan areas, Ling reveals an alarming epidemic challenging every arm of law enforcement within and beyond national borders. 52 min. Widescreen; Soun… |
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Goth Trivia Board Game $35.00 Welcome to Goth-the game of pure gothic horror and morbid trivia. You and your ghoulish friends are invited to roll the bone and wander the graveyard. Your inquisitor will torture you with questions from five deranged cata-GORIES: there’s Movie Mayhem, Music Macabre, Bloody Tales & Poetry, Alchemy, and Stiffs. EXAMPLES: Q. What was done with the ashes of Aleister Crowley? A: They were sent to … |
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $17.99 A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wal… |
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11/22/63: A Novel $15.25 On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassinationâa thousand page tour de force. Following his massively successful novel Under the Dome, King sweeps readers back in time to anoth… |
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The Berlin Deception $2.99 John Becker is hot on the trail of Hitler’s fatal weakness. The Gestapo is closing in. On foot, by train, even on water, Becker is running and gunning for his life … and for the world. Hitler’s Third Reich is rearming and planning for war. Churchill wants to stop him, but only Becker’s report can reverse the British mood of appeasement. Cornered by the Gestapo, desperate to save his German colla… |