Cult Camp Classics

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Ashirg · #1 Post by **Ashirg** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:04 pm

Get a load of this! Titles being released on 6/26 -

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
The Big Cube
Caged
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Giant Behemoth
Hot Rods to Hell
Land of the Pharoahs
The Prodigal
Queen of Outer Space

The Laser's Edge has a preview of cover artwork for all these titles. I've said my peace. Now let's turn this into "why they are not releasing such and such title?"!

Lino · #2 Post by **Lino** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:13 pm

#3 Post by **Matt** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:25 pm

$14.97 list. Not bad. I will have to pick up a few.

Michael · #4 Post by **Michael** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:29 pm

Which one(s) should I get?

#5 Post by **Matt** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:30 pm

Michael wrote:Which one(s) should I get?

At least Queen of Outer Space and Caged (lesbo prison flick with Agnes Moorehead). And don't let any auterists convince you into getting Land of the Pharaohs.

Lino · #6 Post by **Lino** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:37 pm

Colossus of Rhodes is an early Sergio "Spaghetti Western" Leone that should at least warrant a rental, I think.

Michael · #7 Post by **Michael** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:38 pm

Anything with Agnes Moorehead is must-get.

Lino · #8 Post by **Lino** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:45 pm

I'm surprised Trog wasn't included in this new line. Maybe they're saving it for Halloween.

Jean-Luc Garbo · #9 Post by **Jean-Luc Garbo** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:39 pm

What's wrong with Land of the Pharaohs? Is it really camp? How's The Prodigal?

mogwai · #10 Post by **mogwai** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:44 pm

According to The Digital Bits, these are also being released as box sets.

Warner has also announced a number of great catalog classics for release on 6/26, including a Cult Camp Classics: Volume 1 - Sci Fi Thrillers (Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1958), Giant Behemoth and Queen of Outer Space), Cult Camp Classics: Volume 2 - Women in Peril (The Big Cube, Caged and Trog), Cult Camp Classics: Volume 3 - Terrorized Travelers (Hot Rods to Hell, Skyjacked and Zero Hour) and Cult Camp Classics: Volume 4 - Historical Epics (Colossus of Rhodes, The Prodigal and Land of the Pharoahs). Each of the sets carries an SRP of $29.98, and the films will be available separately for $14.97 each.

tryavna · #11 Post by **tryavna** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:24 pm

davidhare wrote:This auteurist is definitely going to convince you to get Land of the Pharoahs - if only for Dewey Martin in a teatowel, or Joan Collins at the end screaming "Lemme outa here". Never mind Hawks, just enjoy.

Let's not forget that it was co-written by William Faulkner of all people.

Antoine Doinel · #12 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:32 pm

tryavna wrote:
davidhare wrote:This auteurist is definitely going to convince you to get Land of the Pharoahs - if only for Dewey Martin in a teatowel, or Joan Collins at the end screaming "Lemme outa here". Never mind Hawks, just enjoy.
Let's not forget that it was co-written by William Faulkner of all people.

That reminds me of a line from the Simpsons:

Moe (recalling his days as a Little Rascal): We had good writers. William Faulkner could write an exhaust pipe gag that'd really make you think.

Cinephrenic · #13 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:50 pm

So Trog is being released.

Lino · #14 Post by **Lino** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:54 pm

Cinephrenic wrote:So Trog is being released.

YES!

Lino · #15 Post by **Lino** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:58 pm

More cover art:

Cinephrenic · #16 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:04 pm

Sweet, Warner is great!

shearerchic · #17 Post by **shearerchic** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:46 pm

i'll be buying all of these sets. joan collins looks hot on the pharaohs cover. =D>

justeleblanc · #18 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:16 pm

Wow! They topped their Val Lewton set. I didn't know that was possible.

Belmondo · #19 Post by **Belmondo** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:21 pm

I'm still having a bit of trouble putting Land of the Pharaohs in the Cult Classic category, although I haven't seen it in many years. I do remember (I think) that it was narrated by James Robertson Justice, over an excellent music score by Dimitri Tiompkin, and they teamed up again a few years later for Guns of Navarone.

Ashirg · #20 Post by **Ashirg** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:05 pm

Saw it at DVD Savant:

From the Classic Horror Film Board, Tom Weaver has leaked that the Volume One set will all have commentaries: "... some well-known FX guys-fans on Behemoth, Yvette Vickers and Weaver on 50 Foot Woman, and Laurie (The Queen) Mitchell and Weaver on Queen of Outer Space."

Lino · #21 Post by **Lino** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:30 pm

Extras! Extras!

Jean-Luc Garbo · #22 Post by **Jean-Luc Garbo** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:03 pm

Yes! A Peter Bogdanovich commentary on the Hawks film!

Highway 61 · #23 Post by **Highway 61** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:44 pm

But it has Hawks back from the dead! I just know there's a mummy joke in that somewhere, but damn if I can find it.

davebert · #24 Post by **davebert** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:24 am

Caged is actually the first 'modern' women-in-prison exploitation film, following the doomed girl/reform school stories of the silent and early sound age. Preachiness turns to oversexed exploitation, and I am so there.

(Many of the others sound great too, this is going to be good summer fare.)

Lino · #25 Post by **Lino** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:00 pm

DVDdrive-in reviews CULT CAMP CLASSICS VOL. 2: WOMEN IN PERIL.

Fangoria reviews CULT CAMP CLASSICS Vol. 1: SCI-FI THRILLERS.

HorrorDVDs reviews Cult Camp Classics: Vol. 3 - Terrorized Travelers.

DVDFile reviews the four sets.