ZU WARRIORS From the Magic Mountain (1983); DVD Kung Fu/Asian/Surreal/Fantasy DVD, Used (Special Collectors Edition) This film illustrates the major difference between Western and Eastern fantasy films. A western version of this same film would attempt for some level of realism, some element of grittiness and angst. This film ignores realism entirely. Hey, its a fantasy already! Swordsman and monks float and dive in aerial battle, an old man's eyebrows are deadly weapons, whole armies of guys in brightly colored uniforms run about attacking each other for very poorly explained reasons, and blue eyed jawa clones swoop about the inside of evil temples. Although the ending is almost unintelligible, the first hour of the film is just one cool scene after another. The editing of this film would certainly make an epileptic have a seizure, but after five minutes you stop caring about the plot and dialogue and just start enjoying the wacky surreal action. I wish I could see this one on the big screen. Sheer brilliance.......

REFLECTIONS OF EVIL - Director's Original UNCUT Version; DVD Cult/Experimental/Surreal/Indie DVD, New (Rare!) Damon Packard's Original 138-minute cult-film masterpiece. This original Packard self-produced DVD contains the Original uncut, unedited version of the film containing all the original music, sound bytes, tv commercials, film clips, sound efx, etc. that he had to remove for legal reasons from the later DVD release from Vital Fluids. Extras include The Early 70's Horror Trailer.  It's hard to describe Damon Packard's experimental comedy/horror/satire masterpiece "Reflections of Evil."  Stylistically, it bears some resemblance to cyberpunk films like "Tetsuo: the Iron Man" and low-budget gross-out films like "Street Trash." But there's really nothing out there like this film anywhere.  "Reflections" is a study in contrasts. Throughout the film, the ugliness of present-day L.A., which Packard presents as a place of paranoia, hatred, and gushing bodily fluids, will be interposed with haunting scenes from a 1970s dreamworld. The plot, such as it is, is built on the wanderings of Packard's character "Bob," a grotesquely obese character.  Bob is stuck in a hellish parody of Hollywood, constantly confronted by hostile dogs, police, and street people. The eccentricities of the people he encounters might be funny, except that Packard doesn't leave things at the point of comedy; he presses on until we realize how pathetic his characters are, and then it isn't funny anymore.  If you've ever asked the question "What the hell did I just watch?", then prepare to ask it again. REFLECTIONS OF EVIL is definitely NOT for everyone! Some may say that it's not for anyone! An absurd-ist nightmare caught on film, it will never appeal to the casual movie watcher. They'll rip their eyes out over this!   It's a meditation on two different time periods. One surreal and idealized, the other manic and paranoid. It's high art. A collection of scenarios and shots, filmed manically and masterfully. Highly recommended.

Stephen Romano Presents Shock Festival (2010); 3 x DVD set Cult/Grindhouse/Exploitation/Trailer 3 x DVD set (2010), Used Brimming with heroes, villains, monsters, aliens, mutants, cops, porn stars, etc. It's all over the map, from the B movie underground, to the Hollywood hills, and beyond.It's seven hours of blood, nudity, monsters, and makeup effects!  Shock Festival features two feature length collection of exploitation/grindhouse trailers and two additional short collections.  In addition, disk two features TV spots, many for films that I am surprised got advertised (Beyond the Door II, Cry of the Prostitute), ten trailers for Independent International Pictures' movies, and a short interview with Sam Sherman who used to own IIP.  By owning shock festival you have enough content to have multiple movie nights with friends. The set has everything, the only thing you need to provide is alcohol, and friends to have an unforgettable experience in Grindhouse trash cinema. This set is absolutely amazing! You can tell the love of trash cinema was the driving force behind the project. It gave me everything I was looking for, and maybe even a little more.  In the words of one Stephen Romano "Watch my DVD or I'll blow your fucking head off."

CHOPPAHEAD 2 - Chopper Animals and Mayhem Machines Vol 2; DVD Kustom/Lowbrow/Choppers/Skate/Culture DVD, New If you haven't seen volume 1, you might be asking yourself - "What the hell is this DVD series, anyhow?" Well, take a chopper documentary, an old skateboard video, and an episode of jackass - smash them together and there you have it....!  From the back cover: Forget all those drama queen and diva-esque superstar builders! Like its predecessor, this DVD pays homage to the true essence of Kustom Kulture - the home builder and the underground chopper scene! Follow the crew as they go out on-location across the globe to spotlight some of the wildest home bike builders & customizers, small grassroots shops, and undergound kustom motorcycle and hot rod shows. You'll get an inside look into the madness, ingenuity, debauchery, and shenanigans that surrounds this world!