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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:04 pm
by Ashirg
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?"!
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:13 pm
by Lino
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:25 pm
by Matt
$14.97 list. Not bad. I will have to pick up a few.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:29 pm
by Michael
Which one(s) should I get?
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:30 pm
by Matt
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:37 pm
by Lino
Colossus of Rhodes is an early Sergio "Spaghetti Western" Leone that should at least warrant a rental, I think.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:38 pm
by Michael
Anything with Agnes Moorehead is must-get.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:45 pm
by Lino
I'm surprised Trog wasn't included in this new line. Maybe they're saving it for Halloween.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:39 pm
by Jean-Luc Garbo
What's wrong with Land of the Pharaohs? Is it really camp? How's The Prodigal?
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:44 pm
by mogwai
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:24 pm
by tryavna
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:32 pm
by Antoine Doinel
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:50 pm
by Cinephrenic
So Trog is being released.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:54 pm
by Lino
Cinephrenic wrote:So Trog is being released.
YES!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:58 pm
by Lino
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:04 pm
by Cinephrenic
Sweet, Warner is great!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:46 pm
by shearerchic
i'll be buying all of these sets. joan collins looks hot on the pharaohs cover. =D>
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:16 pm
by justeleblanc
Wow! They topped their Val Lewton set. I didn't know that was possible.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:21 pm
by Belmondo
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:05 am
by Ashirg
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."
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:30 pm
by Lino
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:03 am
by Jean-Luc Garbo
Yes! A Peter Bogdanovich commentary on the Hawks film!
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:44 am
by Highway 61
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:24 pm
by davebert
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.)
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:00 pm
by Lino
