Girl / Chocolate - Pretty Sweet (Skateboard) DVD + BLU RAY
Skate/Skateboard/Documentary DVD
Great footage and some amazing skaters. The Marc Johnson part is ridiculous. The guy can do it all barely needs to lift his hands above his waist...SMOOTH! This copy of Pretty Sweet offers both a DVD and Blu-ray copy. The one hour and 10 minute skate video includes ground-breaking parts by the Girl and Chocolate teams and 60 minutes of bonus footage is also included.
STREETS ON FIRE Santa Cruz (1988); DVD
Skate/Santa Cruz/Skateboard/Cult DVD, Used
Jason Jesse is locked up in prison for skateboarding in this sequel to Wheels of Fire. As he wastes away behind bars, dreaming of his imminent excecution, his pals come by to recant their sessions and let him live vicariously through their stories. Aside from the obvious retro-wonder of seeing an old video given new life on DVD, there are the familiar yellow and blue Rector pads everywhere. It's easy to forget how progressive skating was getting. Especially when you see Natas do his fire hydrant spin - amazing! Streets On Fire offers a nice selection of different skate styles and locations. They hit up the Fallbrook Ramp, The Turf Skate Park and Upland Pipeline park and there is some great ditch footage.
OVER THE TOP ROPE The legends of World Championship Wrestling Australia 1964 - 78; DVD
Wrestling/Australian/Documentary DVD, Used
Take yourself back to the time and action of World Championship Wrestling 1964 – 1978. Directed and written by Libnan Ayoub and Damian Kringas, OVER THE TOP ROPE charts the amazing events that saw ‘World Championship Wrestling’ establish itself as a weekend ritual in loungerooms across the country – and became a media juggernaut that mesmerised the nation during the 1960s and 70s.
10 years in the making – the most comprehensive documentary about World Championship Wrestling in Australia charts the events and extraordinary characters of World Championship Wrestling that mesmerised the nation between 1964 – 1978. It was a world where good triumphed over evil, heroes and villains fought – and a sport not for the faint-hearted. World Championship Wrestling became an iconic part of Australian sporting history, the likes you will never ever see again. The wrestlers were the ultimate characters of World Championship Wrestling – larger than life and each with their own unique style. Many were from different cultural backgrounds, and all appealed to the fans. Legendary wrestlers like Spiros Arion, King Curtis, Mario Milano, Abdullah the Butcher; commentators Mike Cleary and referee Tony Marino; and prominent Australians who were touched by the magic – like Ray Hadley, Santo Cilauro and the late, great sports doyen, Mike Gibson – all talk in their own words about the hey day of World Championship Wrestling – the events, characters and experiences that indelibly marked the time.
A two-hour DVD with extremely rare footage and photos, interspersed with interviews with the wrestlers, fans, commentators and referees. As a companion to the film, a bonus 32-page timeline booklet presents a chronological record of World Championship Wrestling highlights year-by-year, with never-seen-before photos and memorabilia.
HOON CAPITAL (Documentary) 2015; DVD
Bogan/Lowbrow/Documentary/Bendigo DVD, New
Explores Hoonism from Bathurst in the 90's to contemporary Bendigo labelled by the media as Australia's Hoon Capital. With a blend of 'reality Mad Max' and the seamy underbelly of suburbia, Hoon Capital is a definitive study of Hoons in Australia and takes you on a journey into a subculture vilified by the popular media. Even if you're not interested in cars and car culture, this documentary is a must see, as we watch bogans, hoons and blokes strap in for the short ride to impoundment.
MYSTERY 666 Don E. Stanton (1977); Paperback
Religious Fanaticism/Conspiracy Theory/Insanity 168 pages, Paperback
"The ultimate conspiracy is rapidly working today, through internationalism, ecumenism & satanism to enthrone the prophesied antichrist" (from cover) Takes a bizarre literal approach to the book of Revelation and the apocalypse in Daniel. Yeah right - of course the writer of the Apocalypse was writing about the twentieth century Ecumenical movement to the seven churches of Asia Minor! I am sure that message would have brought them a lot of comfort. Hehehehehehe.......
BANNED IN AMERICA Volume 6 (Brain Damage Films); DVD
Gore/Violent/Underground/Shockumentary Rare! DVD, New
What if I were to tell you that none of it compares to the horrors of real life footage and the impact of horror it can leave in your mind. The “Banned in America” DVD's are just that brand of stomach churning reality that no-one should see. Some of the most sickening dark moments caught on tape that truly will never appear on broadcast. “Banned in America” is the real McCoy. No re-enactments, just cold , brutal moments caught on tapes presented in full uncensored style. The level of realism is heightened simply because it is what you see. It’s humanity at its worst darkly horrifying and gruesomely real. You can’t look at it, and yet can’t turn away.
VIDEO NASTIES (Basket Case / Last House On The Left / Maniac); 3 x DVD set
Horror/Slasher/Video Nasties/Splatter/Cult 3 x DVD set, Used
Basket Case (1982) - Siamese twins seek gory revenge against the doctors who surgically separated them! One brother, carried by his sibling in a basket, has an appetite for hamburgers and hookers, as the pair scan a seedy motel for lowlife prey. Last House on the Left (1972) - Four escaped cons kidnap, rape, torture and finally brutally murder a pair of teenage girls, until the girls parents discover their crime and plot violent retribution. Maniac (1981) - A psycho killer with a mother fixation prowls the seedy streets of New York stalking, slaughtering and scalping innocent young women.
DESPERATE LIVING John Waters (1977); DVD
Trash/Cult/John Waters/Comedy DVD; Used (Unrated - Adults Only)
John Waters can do no wrong, particularly in the era of his "trash trilogy" which began in 1972 with PINK FLAMINGOS and ended with this "political film" from Waters in which bitch lesbians overthrow the tyrannical rule of Mortville's sadistic Queen Carlotta. The more Waters' early assaults on good taste have become absorbed into mainstream entertainment, the better and more shocking his films look for it. When DESPERATE LIVING stood alone, one hardly knew what to make of it. Now that every lesser talent in show-biz is trying to finance a swimming pool by imitating the Waters touch, it's easy to see, and appreciate, who the innovator and true original is. When Waters made this movie, he was a pariah with nothing to lose...he knew better, but still didn't care. Thus, there's an intoxicating power and thrift-shop integrity to DESPERATE LIVING that none of the Johnny-come-latelies can approach, now that "bad taste" is boxoffice, and safe as milk. If you're gonna wallow in slime, then accept no substitutes, folks: demand DESPERATE LIVING
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.
DRIVE-IN DELIRIUM VOL 1; 4 x DVD set
Horror/Exploitation/Sleaze/Trailers/Grindhouse 4 x DVD set, Used
BAD MUTHAS! CHICKS IN CHAINS! NATURE GONE WILD! STALK 'N SLASH! and much, much more!
Take an eye-popping, jaw-dropping and trouser-bulging trip back to the “gory days” of big screen exploitation with this ultimate collection of the most insane trailer trash ever to up-chuck onto a drive-in screen! Bursting with almost 12 hours of non-stop sex, violence, monsters and mayhem - not to mention an unstoppable posse of foxy soul sisters stickin’ it to the man - DRIVE-IN DELIRIUM VOLUME ONE is a rip-roaring off-road rampage through a cinematic era when films were proudly FASTER, CHEAPER, BLOODIER and BLACKER! So bung in the DVD, crack open a tube and settle back for this mind-numbing cinematic orgy of blood, beasts, breasts and brothers - straight from the drive-in projector to your very own private grindhouse!
CHOPPERTOWN The Sinners (Custom Motorcycle Culture Documentary); DVD
Kustom/Lowbrow/Culture/Choppers/Hotrods DVD + Booklet, New
The award-winning movie that captured a moment in time like no other. Choppertown is the world's first motorcycle documentary about the renowned hot rod and motorcycle club, the Sinners. Modern day greasers, the Sinners are all about the old school. None of them is old enough to have experienced the hot rod heydays of the '50s and '60s, but still they live on the edge of society chopping cars and bikes and searching for vintage parts to make their Rat Rods, Trumps, Mercs, and Bobbers into rolling works of art. Featuring: Kutty Noteboom, Rico Fodrey, James Intveld, Jason Jessee, Cole Foster and the rest of the Sinners.
"Forget the so-called 'reality' chopper shows on TV. This is the real thing." ~Cycle World
"Quite simply the best documentary ever made about custom bikes." ~BSH Magazine
THE GREAT SHARK HUNT Hunter S Thompson (1979); Paperback
635 page collection of Thompson's essays from 1956 to the end of the 1970s Paperback, Used
The book is broken into four parts, not strictly chronological, starting with a collection of his more famous Gonzo-style articles, including those about the Kentucky Derby, his Chicano lawyer friend Oscar Zeta Acosta, and the 1973 Super Bowl; then a section on politics, including excerpts from his "Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail 72" and a group of articles from 1973 and 1974 documenting the last months of Nixon's presidency; a selection of Thompson's earliest writing including for National Observer and the U.S. Air Force; ending up with later cultural commentary and other items. Sections from the author's two original Fear and Loathing serials (...in Las Vegas and ...on the Campaign trail 72) are excerpted. Thompson worked for several different publications throughout his career, and The Great Shark Hunt covers articles from the National Observer, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Playboy, and others.
