BODY MELT (Australia) 1993; DVD
DVD, New
'Body Melt' is one of the most underrated Australian movies of all time! Director Philip Brophy, who has a background in avante-garde electronic music and performance art, has created a wicked instant cult splatter movie. The film is all the better for having many Aussie soap stars and familiar faces in its cast, a fact that will probably be completely lost on overseas viewers. Just imagine your own "beloved" family favourites in the main roles and you might start to see what Brophy's done here. 'Body Melt' is a cult, bloody, body horror movie. Cult.......
GOZU (Takashi Miike); DVD
Surreal DVD (2003)
Takashi Miike's stark, "Yakuza Horror Theatre" presentation Gozu (2003) is an infernal cinematic nightmare of fear and anxiety, played out within a sepia-toned subterranean underworld abstracted to the point of outright parody. Like many of the director's more personal and idiosyncratic pictures, the plot is largely secondary to the uncomfortable atmosphere and wild sense of spectacle presented on screen, as Miike constructs an absurd and enigmatic story of a loyal Yakuza henchman struggling with issues of homosexuality, guilt and desire when he is required by his boss to "dispose" of his mentally unstable brother in arms. This incredibly personal and moral dilemma - in which the central character must juggle the greater notions of loyalty to his boss and the loyalty to his best-friend and mentor-like figure that he's obviously quite attracted to - creates a rift within the world of the film that plunges the whole story into suffocating surrealism, horror and the absurd.
FAUST Jan Svankmajer; DVD
Surrealist DVD (1994), New
"Faust" is a wonderful blend of real-time and stop-motion storytelling by a master of the surreal. An apparently ordinary everyman is led by curiosity into a dilapidated building which turns out to be a strange blend of alchemical laboratory, theater, and puppeteer's workshop. Suddenly, the man finds himself becoming the legendary Dr. Faust, selling his soul to the devil in exchange for magical powers. Jan Svankmajer is the true sorcerer here. He blends stage sets with real locations and seven-foot puppets with live actors, making magic of it all. Powerful, surreal, and more intelligent than any animation anywhere.
THE SAVAGE PLANET (1973); DVD
DVD Surreal Animation, New
This is a surrealist French animation from the 70s, and that's pretty much the sum-up of its description: Surreal, 70s, and French. Animations like this are quite rare, not only is it completely psychedelic, the intent was political in nature, though by these days the movie has toned down a bit. It is in fact a really pretty animation because of its use of colors and design, which for me is a lot more interesting than its historical value. For fans of animation of different types, it's a must see, but also for those who crave the underground psychedelic aspects of the 70s era.
MEET THE FEEBLES (1989) Peter Jackson; DVD
DVD; New
Cool puppetry and a whacked out plot make this New Zealand effort on par with some of the best cult films today. There are animals of all shapes, sizes, colors, and ethnicities; some are into money, others are into dancing, and then there are others who are into porn, coke, and feces. This film is rude, gross, demented, and hilarious. Peter Jackson's pre Hollywood glory days....ordinary people just don't make films this warped. Unfortunately, we will never see films of this quality from Peter Jackson again.
NEKROMANTIK 2 (Jorg Buttgereit) 1991; DVD
Limited Edition 2 disc box set (Barrel entertainment), New
This is quite a beautiful course of death, and I should like to think that those who became enamored of Nekromantik,also here should find a maggoty morsel or two, to satiate their rotten pallets. I certainly did. Necrophilia has no favorites, and this time around, the haunts are reserved for the ladies. And who ever said that a corpse is worse off in the tender and dismembering hands of a woman, than in a mans'? This destructive little thing tells the tale of Monika, a nurse, whose greatest wish when coming home,after caring for her patients, is to have an absolutely still and passive face to greet her lovingly. And what better cadaverous candidate, than good old Rob whose been nursing coffin-boards for the last five years? A beautiful relationship soon evolves, and in the loving hands of Monika, Rob soon learns how to part with those tiresome appendages one calls legs, arms and head. While I find the end sequence in Nekromantik rewarding and special, nothing had prepared me for the end sequence in Nekromantik 2. The first time I saw it, it blew me away. Even if you are a seasoned gore-hound, I can almost guarantee you that you have never seen an ending as bloody and bizarre as this! Fucking excellent! And of course the musical score is brilliant....
SMELL AND QUIM; Scum-Grief 7" flexi-disc (1989)
7" uncut flexi-disc (1989), Used
Flexi from 1989, an early one. Nasty stapled cover displaying a cock split in half. I expected the more crazy and wack S&Q, but this is closer in nature to their rather untypical and subdued second album, The Jissom Killers. Here Milovan and Paul sound like as if ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO were covering METGUMBNERBONE, or something. Demented flutes (or whatever it might be) wailing sadly to the steady beat of a distant kettle-drum, with various rattling sounds appearing along the way. Eerie lobotomized march music. Great sound too (for being a flexi that is).
SONIC YOUTH; Burning Spear (live) 7"
Limited 7" Promo single (1993)
Promo - Live Recordings From Melbourne Big Day Out Festival 1993 - Picture Sleeve
A1 - Burning Spear
A2 - Teenage Riot
B - Swimsuit Issue
SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM; DVD
Special Edition DVD (1988), New
SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM is a long lost post-apocalyptic Aussie cult classic – a nuke and puke masterpiece for the post-punk crowd – set slap bang in the middle of Melbourne’s 80’s underground music scene. Starring Nique Needles (DOGS IN SPACE). In the smouldering devastation of post nuclear bomb-blasted Melbourne, a periscope protruding from a pile of rubble leads three desperate scavengers to a subterranean fall-out shelter. They muscle their way in, only to discover a raging party in a converted wine cellar, celebrating the Big Meltdown. There’s a band, booze, sex, drugs and a horde of sweat-soaked revellers partying like there is no tomorrow… which for these poor radiation-drenched end-of-the-worlders there isn’t. What choice do the scroungers have but to join in?
This special "Bong and Bang Cocktail" edition comes with over 3 hours of extra features including commentaries, interviews, music video’s short films and more…
DEAD HANDS DIG DEEP; DVD
Documentary DVD (2016), New
Thirty-eight-year-old Edwin Borsheim of the band Kettle Cadaver was once known for his bizarre stage antics and brutal self-mutilation. Now, years after the band's demise, Borsheim has fallen into complete seclusion on his acre of land in which he is surrounded by many of the horrible things he has created. As Edwin spirals further into a hole of drug abuse and self-destruction, those closest to Borsheim dissect his mental complexes as he himself reflects on his dark past.
Rated R - High impact themes and disturbing images.
WHIRLYWIRLD; Whirlywirld S/T 7" EP !!SIGNED by Ollie Olsen!!
7" single (1979) Missing Link Records
Whirlywirld was an Australian post punk band led by Ollie Olsen in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and the first of his musical collaborations with drummer John Murphy. They played in Melbourne and Sydney and were a part of the Melbourne little band scene. This is their debut release from 1979 on legendary 'Missing Link' store label. This track, as well as the band appeared in Richard Lowensteins 1986 cult film 'Dogs in space'. It's a pretty rare item now days, and we only have this one copy. Grab it while you can.....
MURDEROUS VISION / KURU “Blood-Brain Barrier” Split CD
CD (2003) Somnambulant Corpse
Murderous Vision begins with six tracks of their increasingly bleak death industrial soundscapes. "Stumble Upon the Scene" opens with murky synths, manipulated vocal samples, and unusual percussive sounds; "A Body Left at the Corrigated Dock" runs 11+ minutes of rumbling distortion and feedback with harsh distorted vocals and pounding low-end in the distance; "Face of the Kill" is quieter and uses lots of thin, fragile distortion with a subtle loop repeating at times; "Crushed, Then Removed" follows similarly but kicks up the rhythmic pulse and aggression factor tenfold, also utilizing some blistering distorted vocal shouts that lend a power electronics feel to things; "4th Day Stench" continues in a very similar but even harsher manner; and "Baby, It Ain't No Sin" closes with an unusual attack of harsh noise with hyper obfuscated vocals and lots of vibrating movement. The feel is definitely rooted in death industrial, but everything from flowing dark ambient to blatant hash noise is suitably represented herein. Kuru offers up four tracks in about 20 minutes, 10 minutes or so less than what Murderous Vision threw out. "Landing of the Gods" is fairly harsh rising and falling tones and some chaotic bursts with delay; "Dreamwalker" uses hums and drones with some almost melodic ringing tones to create a softer, more minimal and expressive track; "Collective Meat" is a good mix of dark ambient and harsh textures, creating a brooding atmosphere that is curious in that the sounds suggest that you may be hearing things that aren't really there; "Contaminating Opposites" is far quieter than the other compositions, with some distant abrasive distortion and sweeping low-end synth undercurrents - very cool; and the closer, "Resolve Into Totem", is a brief piece that infuses some melodic synths (under light distortion) into the mix. The CD-R comes in a DVD case with excellent packaging with cover printed in bronze on metallic card.
