Paul Zaza - Curtains

In my long stretch of non-posting, something pretty awesome turned up on The Terror Trap. Hidden in a 2 page Paul Zaza interview is the complete soundtrack from the 1983 Canadian classic Curtains. It can be found on the right side here. It's only streaming audio, but that can be easily saved if you've got IDM, or any other streaming audio downloading program.

Tracklist:

1. Audra
2. Skate...For Your Life
3. Amanda's Nightmare
4. Voices in Snow
5. Christie & The Doll
6. Stryker's Studio
7. Echoes
8. The Hag, Unmasked?
9. Caught
10. Cold and Unknown
11. The Prophouse/The Revelation

Curtains, which I actually watched for the first time today, is a pretty great slasher featuring John Vernon and Lynne Griffin. As a massive fan of both Strange Brew and Black Christmas I got a tremendous kick out of seeing Lynne here. Despite Curtains having some great stalking/death sequences and very solid acting and some nice twists along the way it's one of the few remaining quality early 80s slashers that's missing even a decent DVD release. It has been put out on DVD but apparently with a VHS transfer along with 3 shit recent movies nobody has ever heard of on a DVD set called The Midnight Horror Collection: Bloody Slashers. I've heard people have found that DVD at Wal-Mart in the dreaded $5 bin, but not me. I can't look through that thing for more than 2 minutes before I've knocked 4 copies of Howard the Duck on the floor or having some dude wander over and start throwing titles I've already looked at back to my side of the bin. It's a nightmare, and hardly worth the effort. Now if Synapse could go ahead and put this bastard out on a nicely loaded Blu-ray like The Dorm That Dripped Blood, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Anyway, if you go through the interview on this page there is also music from My Bloody Valentine, Murder by Decree, Prom Night 1, 3, and 4.

Ultraman Jazz

This is the very out of print Ultraman Jazz. This is kind of like Ultraman meets...uh... the opening theme from The Cosby Show? Sorry, I don't listen to jazz, that's the best jazz reference you're getting from me. There's an even out of printer Vol. 2 out there, if I can find it I'll post it here.

Someone recommended I post some Kaiju soundtracks, so I'll dig some out from the vaults and get them up soon. Good timing actually, I need to familiarize myself with some of the classic Kaiju themes so I can rework them with my giant monster themed new wave band Kaijugoogoo.

I'm trying out MirrorCreator for the links, seemed to upload quickly and you get a shitload of download options.

1. Ultraman-No-Uta
2. Ultraseven-No-Uta
3. Tokusoutai-No-Uta
4. Ultraman Leo
5. Ultra Q
6. MAT Team-No-Uta
7. Susume! Ultraman
8. Kaettekita-Ultraman
9. Ultraman-No-Uta(reprise)

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MK12 | Follow the Sun | 2011 from MK12 on Vimeo.

I thought some of you guys might not have seen this yet and might get a kick out of it. It starts as a cute Let's All Go To The Lobby style ad, but around 1:28 into it the JujyFruit gets iced and everything goes batshit and gets real terrifying like. Kind of like the end of Brazil and Mulholland Drive, only it's a cartoon with anthropomorphic hot dogs and popcorn and shit.

Hobo With A Shotgun Invading Your Home Today!

I thought I'd remind everyone that Jason Eisener's Hobo With A Shotgun was released for purchasing and owning today. Checking around a lot of people love this thing, but a lot of people seem to really hate it. I'm not seeing any middle ground for this one. No one seems to think it was just alright. Me, I loved it. I've seen it 3 times now and it keeps getting funnier every time I see it. Rutger Hauer just kills it in this movie and I'm pretty sure I'm in love with Molly Dunsworth.

Not only is the movie totally bananas, the blu-ray and DVD are filled with highly watchable features. I don't spend much time with extra features usually, but I've had my blu-ray going for about 4 hours now and there's still a ton of stuff to get through. The making of documentary is a beauty. Watching the director of a movie holding a camera, hanging off the back of a moving pickup while another guy holds him by the back of his shirt is one of the best things I've ever seen. Not just in a documentary, I mean ever.

The tremendously loaded Blu-ray and 2-disc DVD are actually on sale this week at Best Buy for $17.99, and if you take a moment to print this coupon, out you can have it for $13. It's certainly not a movie everyone is going to love, but at this price immediately after its release I highly recommend a purchase. I have no affiliation with Hobo or with Best Buy, just wanting to save some potential Hobo purchasers some money.

Side note: Hobo With A Shotgun has made me realize my next car has to be a Bricklin. Sure the car is considered to be one of the worst ever made, but how fucking cool are these things:

Hey, they wrecked the one in the movie, maybe they'll sell it to me cheap.

Graham Collins - Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace

Way back when I first started this site I shared the soundtrack from Canuxploitation flick Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter - which is still available to download, by the way. Today, I bring you Graham Collins equally excellent music from Lee Demarbre's 2004 film Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace. As far as I know this hasn't been released and I don't think it's been shared anywhere before.

I obtained this soundtrack the same way as the guys who got the Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter soundtrack, I contacted Odessa Filmworks about the availability of a soundtrack, and a few days later JC Vampire Hunter/Harry Knuckles director Lee Demarbre was awesome enough to send me the soundtrack. He told me to enjoy it, and share it, so here we go.

I don't have time to type out the tracklist right now, but there's 32 tracks and the file is about 170MB.

Smells like fish, tastes like PAIN!

Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace is actually currently on Netflix streaming if you haven't seen it. It's a must see for any fans of Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, or anyone who likes weird ass martial arts comedies featuring Amazonian assassins and a bionic bigfoot.

Psycho - Illustrated Tales of Terror

And here's the remaining issues of Skywald's Psycho series. This includes issues 18-24, plus a 1972 Annual issue and a 1974 Yearbook issue. Psycho #24 was actually the final issue of anything Skywald published, they shut down shortly after that issue was put out in March, 1975.

As always credit to the original scanner/uploader.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Psycho - A Skywald Horror-Mood Publication

Here's issues 9-17 of Psycho. Sorry about the wait, I uploaded them a few days ago but forgot to post them. I'll get the remaining issues up in a bit.

Part 1
Part 2

Psycho - Mind-Staggering Tales of the Bizarre

I haven't posted any comics in a long time (or anything in a long time for that matter) so here's the first 8 issues of PSYCHO, a series put out by Skywald Publications that ran from 1971 to 1975.

1, 2, 3

As always, credit to the original scanner/uploader. I'll be posting the remaining issues in the next couple of days, so be sure to check back.

Jet Black Berries - They Walk Among You

Jet Black Berries have just unleashed their brand new video for They Walk Among You. It's spooky, it's ooky (whatever the hell that means) and it's pretty awesome. Check it out!

Hobo With A Shotgun - Delivering Justice...One Shell At A Time

It's only 2 weeks into the new year but I think this newly released poster for Jason Eisener's Hobo With A Shotgun very well could be the best movie poster we'll see this year.

The poster was debuted over on IGN, but as someone who was been looking forward to this thing since it was announced I couldn't resist posting about it here. If you want a better look at it be sure to check this link.

The Taint - Catch it for free for 7 more hours!

Those of you interested in seeing The Taint after reading my review, now is your chance. As a Christmas treat they are streaming the movie TODAY ONLY over at Megavideo. Sorry for not getting the word out sooner, I just got back from doing Christmas stuff, this was the first time I've seen a computer all day. But you've still got plenty of time, check it out.

Marasme - Mirroir

Marasme is an Expimental/Sludge/Post-Metal band from Majorca Spain. They're offering up their full-length album Mirroir for the low, low cost of "on the house". Pretty solid album in the Isis/Cult of Luna vein. Love the band logo too, it's kinda like Lovecraft started a metalcore band. Check it out:

Tracklist
1. Intro 01:45
2. Mirroir 09:50
3. Flames 09:30
4. Més Enllà (instr.) 04:55
5. Ultimatum 07:58
6. Thousands 09:29
7. Blind 05:44
Total playing time 49:00

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The Sadist With Red Teeth - Opening Credit Song

I've just got one song for this post, sorry for anyone who got excited and thought I had the entire soundtrack (which I don't think was ever released). This is the song that plays over the opening credits of Jean Louis Van Belle's weird ass fake-vampire freakout film Le sadique aux dents rouges (The Sadist With Red Teeth). The opening credits do show the composer of the music played in the film (Raymond Legrand), but not who performs this song, or what the song is called.

This is the kind of thing I usually post on one of my compilations featuring unreleased movie music - see Mummy Came In My Room or Vampire Tickle Fight (aka Amateur Vampire Chiropractory). However it takes me a while to put together one those compilations since I usually rip a song here and there and let them pile up for several months before I post them. So from now on whenever I rip a song from a DVD I'll just put it up and maybe compile them together with custom cover and ridiculous "album" title when I've gotten about 15-20. Or not, I don't know yet, for now, here's the unknown track by the unknown artist from The Sadist With Red Teeth. Bonus points for anyone who can identify the track or artist.

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One thing I wanted to point out. I wanted to mention that Mummy Came In My Room should've been titled Mummy Came In My House. Embarrassingly, I misquoted the movie and I just realized right now. I planted my face in my palm and cried out "Oh!" upon realization. Oh well, if Vader's "No, I am your father." line can be misquoted as "Luke, I am your father" thousands, and thousands of times I think my Monster Squad slip up is okay.


While I'm here, I thought I'd mention that if anyone is interested, I've posted Bruno Nicolai's music from Perché Quelle Strane Gocce Di Sangue Sul Corpo Di Jennifer? over at Digital Meltd0wn.

The Taint - Movie Review

Directors: Drew Bolduc, Dan Nelson
Writer: Drew Bolduc
Stars: Drew Bolduc, Colleen Walsh, Giancarlo Agar, Mike Baker and Natalie W. Baker
Runtime: 70 Minutes give or take
Rated: I don't think there's a rating strong enough to cover this thing.

THE PLOT

After the experimental drug Cockzantium (a penis-enlargening serum - invented so women will be unable to resist giving blowjobs to huge penises of the Cokzantium users) is leaked into the local water supply any men exposed to the water become misogynists. Not the traditional kind of women hating asshole misogynists, these dudes are maniacal monsters who are sexually aroused by the act of smashing women's heads in, usually with large rocks.

It's up to the one remaining untainted male, hipster/slacker/schoolboy Phil O' Ginny (director Bolduc) and badass female sidekick Misandra (Colleen Walsh) to fight off the misogynists and hopefully find a cure, or at least an explanation for the taint before these crazy bastards have smashed the heads of every female in sight.

THE REVIEW

The Taint is kind of like The Crazies, if everyone infected ran around with constantly ejaculating erections while bashing women's heads in. Yes, I said ejaculating erections. The infected misogynists all run around with huge Dirk Diggler-ian prostetic wangs hanging out of their pants, shooting jizz all over everything while destroying the heads of every female in sight with everything from hedge trimmers to car doors.

Featuring more head crushing than Riki-Oh and more dick shooting than Robocop, this is the kind of movie Troma should be making. Gross, shocking, offensive, hilarious, but also featuring some fairly excellent production values. For a film that couldn't have had much of a budget it actually looks very impressive and professional and features a few outstandingly well done gore scenes.


This is a tough film to really fully recommend. Not because I didn't like it, - I laughed, I cried, I nearly vomited. I think I loved it. But, I think the ejaculating boner stuff, and the truly disgusting nature of the film is probably going to turn off all but the most hardened trash fiends. But adventurous film fans who want to be truly offended while still laughing their asses off at something genuinely bizarre be sure to check this thing out at once.

HIGHLIGHTS

Squirrel decapitation
He(a)dge trimming
Face Peel/Face Rip
Duct-taped Dead Skin Mask
Phil O' Ginny riding a skateboard wearing a blood soaked American flag cape
This:

The Taint is available on DVD (with wicked awesome punk flyer style cover) for $10, VHS (the tape is hand-painted by the director) for $15 and the excellent synthy soundtrack featuring music by Drew Bolduc, Philip Heesen III, Robert King, Chris Bolduc, and Brian Beck is available for $5. There is also a package available for $25 that includes the DVD, VHS, Soundtrack and an autographed poster.

Digital Meltd0wn's Nightmare Before Christmas

Just letting everyone know that for the next month myself, and Strange Ranger from the Motherfucker=Redeemer blog will be doing some guest posting during Digital Meltd0wn's Nightmare Before Christmas. A month long shunning of Christmas/Holiday music. We will spend the next month posting all things macabre, horrific and blasphemous. So be sure to check Digital Meltd0wn everyday for the next month to see what horrors we will unearth. While you're at it, why don't you just go ahead and bookmark Digital Meltd0wn and make it one of your daily stops.

While I'm here, here's a link to my first contribution. After clicking, the Goolies image above will make more sense.

Godzilla vs. Heavy Metal

This is post #900 on The Manchester Morgue and I thought it needed to be something really special and obscure. Then I thought, nah, a ridiculous mini album with heavy metal renditions of a few classic Godzilla tunes would be more my style.

This is a split album, Yoshio Nomura on tracks 1 & 3 and Cha Cha Maru on tracks 2 & 4. I love the cover for this thing, Gojira taking a gigantic flying V in the chest, it's like an absurd Guitar Wolf video or something.

1. GODZILLA(「ゴジラ」~メインテーマより)
2. 決戦(「三大怪獣地球最大の決戦」~キングギドラ誕生/「怪獣大戦争」~怪獣大戦争のマーチより)
3. 怪獣総進撃(「怪獣総進撃」~タイトルクレジットより)
4. GODZILLA MEDLEY(「ゴジラ(1984)」~ゴジラ迎撃せよ/「ゴジラVSビオランテ」~スーパーX2/「ゴジラVSデストロイア」~レクイエムより)

AWESOME! - and then some!

Leslie Nielsen February 11th, 1926 - November 28th, 2010

Son of a bitch. I'm just about to go to sleep and this news comes along and ruins my night. Sorry to see him go, loved him in Prom Night and Creepshow.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20445526,00.html

Ghidrah The Three Headed Lobby Cards

I'm suffering through a particularly awful Family Guy episode right now. And I actually like Family Guy - despite Seth McFarlane's best efforts to stop me from doing so with all of these goddamn musical numbers. Anybody like those? Does anybody know anyone who likes those? Anyway, that has nothing to do with anything, just needed to vent my frustration about this lengthy Rush Limbaugh musical number. Here you go, enjoy some particularly awesome San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen (Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster) lobby cards. Filmed in Eastman Color, my favorite color to film something in because it makes me think of George Eastman.

Ingrid Pitt - November 21st 1937 - November 23rd 2010

Very sad day for fans of classic British horror cinema as I just heard we have lost the legendary Polish actress Ingrid Pitt (born Ingoushka Petrov). Known best for her roles in The Vampire Lovers, Countess Dracula, and The House That Dripped Blood. For more info click below.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/23/hammer-horror-ingrid-pitt-dies

Yaphet Kotto Week - Luchi De Jesus - Friday Foster

A few months back Manchester Morgue joined forces with several fellow blogs to honor Linda Blair with Blair Week - a week-long retrospective of her acting career. This week we're back to honor another legendary actor. His name is Yaphet Kotto.

Yaphet Kotto is someone many probably don't know by name, but most people have surely seen the man in one of the absolute shit-ton of films he's been in. Live and Let Die, Truck Turner, Alien, The Running Man, Freddy's Dead just to name a few. I'm sure pretty much everyone in the world has seen at least one of those movies, therefore everyone has seen Yaphet Kotto.

My contribution to Kotto Week is Luchi De Jesus' soundtrack from Friday Foster, the 1975 Arthur "Detroit 9000" Marks film featuring Pam Grier and the man of the week Yaphet Kotto.

1. Friday Foster - Main Title (02:18)

performed by Ward L. Chandler
2. Friday/Getting Set (01:42)
3. The Assassins/The Pidgeon/Hit (00:45)
4. Mackin/Fancy Pants/Glad Rags (02:06)
5. Skin City (02:52)
6. Don't Drop The Soap/Final Solution (02:21)
7. Hasty Exit/Wheels/Cat and Mouse/Spider and Fly (03:09)
8. Be Gay (01:28)
9. Position #69 (01:37)
10. Black Widow (01:00)
11. Be Shait/Jericho/Super Man (01:43)
12. WW III (01:47)
13. Friday - End Titles (00:49)

Thank God - It's Friday!

Here's the schedule for the rest of the posts on other blogs throughout this week. Be sure to pay the rest of these blogs a visit, they're all pretty awesome:

Monday Nov. 15th
Unflinching Eye - Alien
Raculfright 13's Blogo Trasho - Truck Turner
Tuesday Nov. 16th
Lost Video Archive - Raid on Entebbe
Manchester Morgue - Friday Foster
Wednesday Nov. 17th
Booksteve's Library - Live and Let Die
Horror Section - Warning Sign
Thursday Nov. 18th
Mondo 70 - Drum
B Movies and Beyond - The Monkey Hu$tle
Cinema Gonzo - Report to the Commissioner
Friday Nov. 19th
Illogical Contraption - Eye of the Tiger
Ninja Dixon - Across 110th St.
Lines That Make Things - The A Team (TV episode)
Things That Don't Suck - Blue Collar

Saturday Nov. 20th
Breakfast In the Ruins - Bone
Lost Video Archive - The Park Is Mine

100% fresh Yaphet Kotto all week long.
To participate in similar events in the future contact me at Lost Video Archive