Duuuuuudes! In Januray, Criterion is coming out with one super-sweet looking box set! This is so going on my pre-order list.

“Monsters and Madmen” DVD Box Set
Launching us from a grave past to a space-age future, these two thrilling double features, from producers Richard and Alex Gordon, spin classic tales of hair-raising homicidal mania and intrepid, death-defying exploration. Featuring Boris Karloff in two of his most horrifying roles (“The Haunted Strangler” and “Corridors of Blood”), and two classic sci-fi treats from the atomic age.

FOUR-DISC SPECIAL EDITION SET FEATURES:

DISC ONE AND TWO:
“The Haunted Strangler” and “Corridors of Blood”
– New, restored high-definition digital transfers
– Audio commentaries by Richard Gordon and Weaver on both films, with additional comments from Alex Gordon on The Haunted Strangler
– New video interviews with Day and costars Francis Matthews and Yvonne Romain (Corridors of Blood) and Day, screenwriter Jan Read, and costars Jean Kent and Vera Day (Strangler)
– Censor cuts
– Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
– Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
– PLUS: A booklet featuring Fangoria’s 1984 interview with producer John Croydon about Karloff, and a new essay by Maitland McDonagh

DISC THREE AND FOUR:
“The Atomic Submarine” and “First Man into Space”
– New. restored high-definition digital transfers
– Audio commentaries by producer Alex Gordon and writer Tom Weaver (The Atomic Submarine) and producer Richard Gordon and Weaver (First Man into Space)
– New video interviews with actor Brett Halsey (Submarine) and director Robert Day and costar Marla Landi (Space)
– Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
– Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
– PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Bruce Eder and Michael Lennick

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Too bad that Dr. Phibes is now in Iraq … ’cause I know he would be at the store in two seconds to purchase this little goodie I found this past weekend. Apparently you can only get it at Best Buy.

“The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection” 3 DVD Set
– “Tarantula” (1955)
– “The Mole People” (1956)
– “The Incredible Shrinking Man” (1957)
– “The Monolith Monsters” (1957)
– “Monsters on Campus” (1958)

I can’t even begin to tell you how long I have been waiting for “Tarantula” to make its dvd debut. Yes!

I like what D. Trull has to say …

01. “HellBent”
02. “The Fury”
03. “Black Sunday” (1960, Mario Bava)
04. “The Ghoul”
05. “Giant”
06. “Destination Moon”
07. “Kurt & Courtney”
08. “May”
09. “Knife in the Water”
10. “Macbeth”  (1971, Roman Polanski)
11. “The Grifters”
12. “Blood Simple”
13. “Miller’s Crossing”
14. “Auto Focus”
15. “Gangs of New York”
16. “The Intruder”
17. “Orgazmo”
18. “Chungking Express”
19. “Closer”
20. “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”

Just a reminder that yesterday “Gojira” hit stores in all it’s original, un-cut, Japanese glory. The new release from Classic Media also contains the American-ized version with Raymond Burr. The discs also have some cool extra goodies. November will see the release of “Godzilla Raids Again” and “Mothra vs. Godzilla.” Mmmmm. Is there any man-in-a-suit monster cooler than Gojira? Nope. I don’t think so.

I loves to buy me some dvds when I am down in the dumps. I especially loves me some dvds from overseas since I’s a “region free” kinda guy.

“The Game” Special Edition (Region 2, PAL)
– Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen Version
English 5.1 and Spanish 5.1 Audio Options
– Optional English, Spanish & Portuguese subtitles
– Audio Commentary with Director David Fincher, Actor Michael Douglas, Screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris, Director of Photography Harris Savides, Production Designer Jeffrey Beecroft and Special Effects Supervisor Kevin Haug
– Behind-the-Scenes Footage (with optional commentary)
– On Location Footage (with optional commentary)
– Trailers (with optional commentary)
– On Location Footage (with optional commentary)
– Alternate Ending
– Production Design Artwork
– Storyboards

“Battle Royale” 2-Disc Special Edition (Region 0, PAL)
Disc 1:
– Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Version
– 8 Mins. Of Additional Footage and an Alternate Ending
– Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Audio Options
– Optional English Subtitles

Disc 2:
– Special Edition TV spot
– Special Edition TV spot featuring Quentin Tarantino
– The Making of Battle Royale (50 mins)
– Battle Royale press conference (9 mins)
– Instructional video: birthday version
– Audition and rehearsal footage
– Special effects comparison featurette
– Tokyo International Film Festival 2000
– Battle Royale documentary (12 mins)
– Basketball scene rehearsals
– Behind-the-scenes featurette (10 mins)
– Filming on-set (10 mins)
– Original theatrical trailer
– Director’s statement
– Kinji Fukasaku filmography and ‘Beat’ Takeshi filmography~

Mr. Sparkle:
“I’m disrespectful to dirt. Can you see that I am serious? Out of my way, all of you. This is no place for loafers! Join me or die! Can you do any less?”

Japanese Women:
“What a brave corporate logo! I accept the challenge of Mr. Sparkle.”

So many great moments and characters … Hank Scorpio … Shary Bobbins … Milhouses’ parents’ divorce … Poochie … X-Files guest stars … Guatamalan Insanity Peppers … Frank Grimes … a Skinner/Krabappel romance … “Little Lisa Slurry” … the gay steel mill … Homer becomes The Beer Baron … and Mr. Sparkle! Get it ’cause it’s in stores today.

“The Simpsons” The Complete Eighth Season
01. “Treehouse of Horror” VII
02. “You Only Move Twice”
03. “The Homer They Fall”
04. “Burns, Baby Burns”
05. “Bart After Dark”
06. “A Milhouse Divided”
07. “Lisa’s Date with Density”
08. “Hurricane Neddy”
09. “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer”
10. “The Springfield Files”
11. “The Twisted World of Marge Simpson”
12. “Mountain of Madness”
13. “Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious”
14. “The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show”
15. “Homer’s Phobia”
16. “Brother from Another Series”
17. “My Sister, My Sitter”
18. “Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment”
19. “Grade School Confidential”
20. “The Canine Mutiny”
21. “The Old Man and the Lisa”
22. “In Marge We Trust”
23. “Homer’s Enemy”
24. “The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase”
25. “The Secret War of Lisa Simpson”

“Cold Creek Manor” totally sucked but Stephen Dorff was totally hot in it.

01. “The Hindenburg”
02. “Black Rain”
03. “Two Minute Warning”
04. “Cold Creek Manor”
05. “Drugstore Cowboy”
06. “Poison”
07. “Querelle”
08. “Incident at Loch Ness”
09. “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
10. “Dr. Strangelove”
11. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
12. “The Deep”
13. “The Day of the Jackal”
14. “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
15. “Pale Rider”
16. “The Beastmaster”
17. “Midnight Express”
18. “Elizabeth”
19. “Howards End”
20. “The Gift”