Sunday, May 08, 2011

Movie Ad of the Week: HOMEBODIES (1974)


Free admission and a prune for the grandmothers of the world on this beautiful Mother's Day. And for their grandkids, look, there's a kiddie matinee of Burt Kennedy's THE WAR WAGON (1967)!

Saturday, May 07, 2011

William Grefé double feature at the New Beverly Cinema on May 19th!


Three weeks ago we had the pleasure of spending the weekend with legendary Florida filmmaker William Grefé and his wife Grace at their North Carolina mountain home. We'll post more about that visit later this week, but right now we're pleased to announce that Bill will be appearing at the New Beverly Cinema on May 19th for a rare double feature screening of his films THE HOOKED GENERATION (1968) and IMPULSE (1974). Details are below.

Eric Caidin & Brian Quinn
with
Grindhouse Releasing
present
The Grindhouse Film Festival

New Beverly Cinema
7165 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 938-4038

Time: 7:30-11:30 pm
Admission: $8.00
Special guest: William Grefé

7:30pm
THE HOOKED GENERATION (1968)
Directed by William Grefé
Starring Jeremy Slate, Steve Alaimo, John Davis Chandler, Willie Pastrano, Cece Stone, Socrates Ballis and William Kerwin

9:30pm
IMPULSE (1974)
Directed by William Grefé
Starring William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Jenifer Bishop, Kim Nicholas, James Dobson and Harold "Odd Job" Sakata

Friday, May 06, 2011

POOR PRETTY EDDIE finally available on DVD/Blu-ray combo pack!



POOR PRETTY EDDIE is now available in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack from Cultra/HD Cinema Classics in the best looking and most complete transfer that's ever been available for your home viewing enjoyment. Extras include an informative audio commentary with cinematographer David Worth (moderated by exploitation film historian Joe Rubin) and a lengthy, exhaustively researched historical essay on the movie by our own Chris Poggiali, packed with quotes from recent interviews he conducted with stars Leslie Uggams and Michael Christian. Check out the reviews for this disc below:

DVD Drive-In
Blue-ray.com
Rock! Shock! Pop!
DVD Verdict
DVD Talk

What are you waiting for? Grab POOR PRETTY EDDIE from your favorite Blu-ray/DVD supplier now!

Thursday, May 05, 2011

The Zine Scene: VIDEO CONFIDENTIAL is back...as a blog!



Exciting news, guys and gals: The late lamented Video Confidential, the fanzine Carl Morano and Eric Mache co-founded and published in the 1990s, has been resuscitated by Mr. Morano as a blog, and he'll be posting new material as well as scans of the old issues. Carl has a few posts up so far, including the double issue #31/32 (Fall & Winter 1995) and #37 (Fall 1997). He's just getting started with this blogging thing, so we encourage everyone to boogie on down to the party and give him your support.