Heavy Metal - The Adult Illustrated Fantasy Magazine

So, Heavy Metal anyone? Since I've finished up the Warren posts for the time being, I thought I'd try these and see what happens. Sorry to say, I don't have the complete run of these right now, I randomly found some of these in a Rapidshare folder during an unrelated Googling a while back. I don't even know what site the folder came from, but thanks to the individual(s) responsible for scanning and uploading them originally. But hopefully some of you out there who enjoyed the Creepy and Eerie so much will also enjoy Heavy Metal, even if I am missing a lot of the issues.

This set includes 10 of the 12 issues from 1982. Every one except for February and October. Unlike the usual comics I post these are not CBR or CBZ files. Each issue is in it's own folder which has each page as an individual jpeg. But you can still use CDisplay, or whichever comic reader you prefer to view the comics, so outside of the fact that it will take a bit longer to extract it won't really make a difference.

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One cool thing about these issues is getting to see all the movie ads. 1982 had a lot of hits. Well, sure The Thing flopped upon it's initial release, but it's gone on to reach the classic status it deserves.

CREEPY - Spellbinding Horror and High Adventure

Here are the last remaining issues of Creepy I currently have. This set includes 126 (listed this in the last post, forgot to include the issue) 133, ,134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 142 and 145, which was the last issue put out by Warren in February 1983. Harris released a single issue, #146 in 1985, but I don't have that issue. If I do happen to come across any of the issues of Creepy or Eerie I didn't post before I will make sure to post them here.

The files are split over 5 parts, those of you without RS accounts should download part 5 first since it's only 473kb.

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Alan Parker - Jaws 3-D

This is Alan Parker's music from 1983's own Jaws 3 - filmed in glorious 3-D! Of course, this third dimension thing is kinda irrelevant when talking about the soundtrack. Actually, now that I'm talking about the 3-D, I don't think there has ever been an actual release of Jaws 3 in 3-D outside of the original theatrical release. I've got a 3-D copy of this somewhere. I considered posting it here once, but it's pretty brutal to sit through because of the quality of my copy.

Jaws 3 was Joe Alves' lone directorial assignment, but he has done a ton of work as a Production Designer and Art Director - occasionally working with some guys named Spielberg and Carpenter.

This soundtrack was limited to 3,000 copies, so here's your chance to get it if you missed out.

1. JAWS 3-D Main Title (02:58)
2. Kay and Mike's Love Theme (02:17)
3. Panic at Seaworld (01:59)
4. Underwater Kingdom and Shark Chase (04:18)
5. Shark Chase and Dolphin Rescue (01:22)
6. Saved by the Dolphins (02:04)
7. "The Shark's Gonna Hit Us!" (02:42)
8. It's Alive/Seaworld Opening Day/Silver Bullet (02:33)
9. Overman's Last Dive (01:17)
10. Philip's Demise (04:57)
11. Night Capture (04:52)
12. JAWS 3-D End Titles (04:06)

The third dimension is terror.

Question while I'm here, what the hell is this and where the hell can I see it:

Sure it's directed by a man with no prior full length film experience and outside of Robbie Englund it stars no one particularly famous, but I think it looks awesome. Count me in when ever it gets released.

CREEPY - Spine Tingling Tales of the Macabre!

Here is a new set of Creepy. This includes #127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132. Be sure to be on the look out by a special guest appearance by Angus Scrimm!

Sadly I actually only have about 1, maybe 2 more sets of Creepy left in my collection, so that kinda sucks. But I've got plenty of other comics, some incomplete EC sets and stuff like that so I'll find some more good stuff to put up once I'm out of Creepy.

I actually tried posting this last night until a very minor mistake on my part made a huge mess of my computer. Anyone who has ever split a large file using WinRar knows you have to put an "M" after the desired file size. For example, if you need it to be split into 100 MB parts, you put 100M. I got distracted and missed the M, so instead of getting 2 files, I ended up with 65,000 very tiny files on my computer. That's right, 65,000. Sure it was only a combined total of about 26MB before I caught the mistake, but having that many files on my computer at once almost killed it. Anyway, I'm back up and running now, so here you go.

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Mary Shelley Overdrive - "Hideous Sexy"

Here's a cool post that was left over in the comment/requests section. South Carolina's own Mary Shelley Overdrive has released an EP called Hideous Sexy and it can be yours for the low, low price of absolutely nothing because the band is giving it away. Digitally. I thought I'd paste the post here for anyone who might be interested:

"Hideous Sexy is yet another pointless covers album from Mary Shelley Overdrive — available for FREE download. The EP is a collection of cover songs recorded during practice sessions, rehearsals, etc. during the recording of our (as yet untitled) LP.

Included on the album are covers of songs by Blue Oyster Cult, Antiseen, Black Flag, Devo, Bo Diddley, The White Stripes and The Vaselines, as well as an interpretation of the '60s Batman theme. No money should change hands for this album. Feel free to post it on your blog or share it however you choose."

You can grab the album from 2Shared, and be sure to check out their site for future updates. If you have any trouble with 2Shared they have a Megaupload link on their site.

01 The Godamn Batman
02 This Ain't the Summer of Love (Blue Oyster Cult)
03 Hammerhead (Antiseen)
04 Molly's Lips (Vaselines)
05 The Hardest Button to Button (The White Stripes)
06 Gates of Steel (Devo)
07 Who Do You Love (Bo Diddley)
08 Wasted (Black Flag)

Psycho Sisters - Original Soundtrack

I just picked this up in a recent SecondSpin sale for a whopping $1.17 shipped. This is the soundtrack from the 1998 film Psycho Sisters. Directed by Pete Jacelone who apparently directed back to back unrelated movies called Psycho Sisters, one in '95 and one in '98 - I think that's a first. It stars one-time 60 Foot Centerfold J.J. North and Theresa Lynn, who you may remember as "Orgasm Girl" from Howard Stern's Private Parts.

There are some pretty decent songs by some pretty decent bands on here, The Groovy Ghoulies, Kid With Man Head, The Queers, even a novelty reefer anthem by Howard Stern's own Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling. Weird that I'd make two Howard Stern references in a post for a movie he had nothing to do with.

1. Bob Nicholson - Psycho Sisters
2. Kid With Man Head - Cheese Grate Your Face
3. The Groovy Ghoulies - Chupacabra
4. Ultra Bide' - My Pinky Is Missing
5. Hate Fuck Trio - Fucked Up Monkeys
6. Nobodys - I Love My Gun
7. Davie Allan And The Arrows - Chopper
8. The Starlets - Cassio
9. McGlynn & Peterson - Diary
10. Gillman - Mysogeny
11. King Ghidorah! - Shock Machine
12. Jo-Ann Barton - No One Cares
13. The Scoldees - Jolene's Theme (The Pain Will Always Remain)
14. The Wesley Willis Fiasco - I'm Doing It Well On The Side Of Rea
15. Tongue - Psycho Lady
16. The Queers - I'm OK, You're Fucked
17. Jackie Martling - The Pot Song

Insanity is The Diagnosis... Revenge is The Cure

Sammy Johns - The Van

Here's the soundtrack from the 1977 film The Van. Directed by the late Sam Grossman, and starring Stuart Goetz and the world's biggest little person Danny DeVito. This soundtrack was originally uploaded by Neal over in the comments/requests section quite a while ago. Thanks a lot to him for taking the time to rip this one and post it. Actually, this was ripped from an LP source (and sounds fantastic, by the way) so extra special thanks since I know a vinyl rip is a lot more work than a simple CD backup.

The main selling point to this soundtrack would be that it features Chevy Van, Johns' "Hits of the 70's" compilation mainstay. A bit of an odd song choice for the film as "The Van" in question is actually a Dodge, not a Chevy. But I guess if you've got a movie about a van, you need some kind of van song, so why not the smooth, laidback sound of Sammy Johns' Chevy Van? The whole soundtrack actually sounds very fitting for a movie about driving a van around aimlessly. It could've fit nicely in any number of late 70's/early 80's driving films; Cannonball Run, Smokey and the Bandit, Stroker Ace - hell, anything Burt Reynolds did between 1977 and 1983. The music reminds me alot of what you'd hear in any of those movies. Personally I'm currently enjoying the crap out of track 3, Hang My Head and Moan, definitely recommend that one.

I didn't really like the front cover - a creepy, cartoonish drawing of an apparently hammered and sorrowful Sammy Johns. So I made the front cover using the poster, and reworked the back cover a little bit. Well, I redid the text and lines on the back entirely, but redid them the same as it was before, if that makes sense. Just some touch up work I guess you could say. I've included my new covers, and the original cover scans in the folder.

NOBODY calls Dugan a TURD!

Phelpster's Custom DVD Covers

Here's something I wanted to do on my Space Bastard site, but never got around to doing. As you have seen a few times before, I like making DVD covers for the MST3K episodes, or the occasional movie I post, and CD covers for my compilations. So I thought I would post some of the covers I've done for movies that have yet to see a DVD release, or customs of ones that do have a DVD release. Some of the covers I do are pretty much just straight conversions using the VHS cover art, and sometimes I try and do something original. Of course mine are nowhere near the quality of say, the guy over at Bunny Dojo, but I'm trying.

This is something I like to do sometimes in my free time. As it turns out, having no life really gives you a good deal of free time. I would love to do something like this as a profession, but I know that's a long shot, especially living near 4 major universities filled with trained graphic designers. But, since I make these things and have no one to really give me feedback, I thought I would post some here to get some comments or suggestions. Do keep in mind that I have yet to take any design classes (or any classes for that matter), so if you find these to be of tremendously poor quality at least tell me why, or what would improve them.

You'll notice that they might have the credits from Zombie or Escape from New York on the back. Just ignore that, I have templates for different studios and sometimes I'm too lazy to actually fix all the credits accordingly.

First up is 1981's The Amazing Mr. No Legs, the story of a Handicapable Badass named Lou. This is a rare example of the short-lived Handicapsploitation subgenre. I think there's pretty much this one and The Crippled Masters, not really much of a subgenre. The Amazing Mr. No Legs is kind of like Death Wish, if Bronson had fallen off of his roof before wishing death upon his enemies. Okay, it's actually not like Death Wish at all. I made this cover when I downloaded the movie a few months back, but I still haven't actually watched it yet so I can't really say what it's like at the moment.

Moving on to the much maligned slasher from 1976, Drive-In Massacre. There is a DVD for this one, but I don't really like the cover, so I made this one. I just noticed that one image is on the back twice. Don't know how I missed that, I'll update that sometime later, those were the only screenshots I was able to find.

Endgame is one of the countless Italian post-apocalyptic films of the 1980's. So ridiculous, yet so entertaining to watch. If this cover is any indication, in the future, football is going to be AWESOME!

There is a DVD for this one also, but I wanted to use this old VHS cover with a pretty strange design of some lacerated arms seemingly growing from within the soil.

And the last one of this first batch is Mausoleum. The batshit insane "demonic possession of a bossomy trophy wife" classic from 1983.

I'll stop there, but if anyone wants to see anymore I'll post some more.

Bart Simpson's - Treehouse of Horror 1-8

Simpsons comics anyone? I personally don't really care too much for most of the Bongo Simpsons stuff, but these annual Treehouse of Horror issues are actually pretty awesome. They're great because they have other writers and artists who don't usually work on The Simpsons have a crack at a Simpsons story. I really enjoy seeing an artist incorporate their own style into a pre-existing character or series. I'm not sure why, but I guess it's just cool to see someone breathe some new life into something that you're so familiar with. In fact, I'd say that the War of the Colossal Beast inspired cover from issue #8 is possibly my favorite piece of Simpsons art I've ever seen. If it were I shirt, I'd strongly consider purchasing it. This one isn't too bad either:

Some of the artists featured include; Hilary Barta, Jeff Smith, Jim Mahfood, Jill Thompson, John McCrea, Mike Allred, and Sergio Aragones, just to name a few. My personal favorite is Hilary Barta's Power Plant of Pain, the artwork is just incredible. Here's a little sample:

This set is only for the first 8 issues, from 1995 to 2002. I am working on getting the remaining issues that came out between 2003 and now, I'll post them if I can get them. These scans (and the scans of none of the comics I post, actually) were not done by me, but I thank the scanners who did all the dirty work.

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Just to let everyone know, I will have some new music up here soon. I'm putting the finishing touches on an unoffial soundtrack from the movie Spun, and the music from 1977's sophmoric sex romp The Van should also be up soon - Featuring the smash hit 'Chevy Van'! Check back for those in the next couple of days, along with whatever other stuff I may or may not get around to posting.

CREEPY - Now With 25% More Star Wars Propaganda!

I've got a new batch of CREEPY for your downloading pleasure today. This includes issue #119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, and 125. Be sure to check out Knight Errant in issue 125, some spectacular artwork on display there by Mike Saenz. For example:

I was pretty sure I had posted one or two of these issues before but I can not find any evidence to suggest that I had, so apologies if I've repeated myself on any of these here.

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I think that I need to try and find one of these New Warrior's Battle Jackets shown in the ad below. Looks like just the thing one would need to stay extremely upbeat and positive amidst even the most terrifying intergalactic warfare. My search has been futile thus far, the only thing I found when searching "New Battle Jackets" (after New Warrior's Battle Jackets came up empty) was this monstrosity here. I'll keep looking around though, hopefully one will turn up.

Oh yeah, and before I forget, Happy Fourth of July. May all your limbs remain intact:)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Scrapbook

Here is the MST3K Video Scrapbook - a 96 minute long behind the scenes/clip show which was originally released on VHS by Best Brains in 1995. I don't believe it's ever been aired on TV and hasn't been put on any of the official DVDs yet. Plus that VHS is out of print so I think the only way to actually see this thing is to find it on the interweb somewhere.

The file is split over 5 parts totaling about 405 MB. Despite the smaller file size, this actually runs about the length on an episode of the show. The quality is just a little lower than the usual episodes I've posted. It's still very watchable and given the amount of rare footage contained within I'd say it's a must see video for any fans of the show.

Things to look for:

• The filming of the multi-doored corridor to the theater shot - a shot which they nailed on the second try.
• Thanksgiving with the Molemen
• Footage from the long lost pilot episode in which Joel viewed The Green Slime. (No copy of the pilot (and the three episodes that followed) has ever turned up. I guess nobody was home to record those first few shows.)
• Footage from the MST3K Conventio-Con and ExpoFest-a-Rama from 1994
• Pre-Voice Tom Servo (or Beeper, if you will) - complete with fishbowl(?) cranium.
• Kevin and Trace partaking in the actual building of the set
• The Chiropractic Helmet
• Stand-Up With Joel
• Bald-cap Mike
• Bevel Leveling Level Bevels

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Big Lots - Your Source for cheap ass DVDs

I find you don't often hear a lot of kind words about Big Lots (your friendly neighborhood closeout retailer). Probably due to their notoriety of seemingly only being located in terrifying neighborhoods in less than reputable parts of town. That and the fact that the employees look more zombie-like and miserable than even those at Wal-Mart. I mean no disrespect to employees of either store - I work at a store myself - just saying, they seem to hate being there more than people employed at most stores.

That being said, fellow DVD collectors who have overlooked the store should probably visit their nearest location at their earliest convenience. For the past year or two they've been stocking tons of DVDs for the sum of $3 a piece. And these aren't just crappy public domain titles, these are real sealed DVDs from companies like Sony, MGM and HBO and there are some spectacular deals to be had for people who still collect regular old SD DVDs.

Above is a picture of my recent Big Lots purchases over the last few months. Mostly the past couple of weeks though, as the MGM and HBO stock is pretty recent. As you can see, a few poor choices are to be found - I still can't explain why I handed over currency in exchange for the Super Dave movie - but there are some very good titles in there as well. Some of the stuff I picked up, like the Batman serials, the Deluxe Guys and Dolls and Arli$$ still sell for $25-$40 on Amazon. Big Lots, somehow, is letting them go for three American dollars. So it's well worth a visit if you, like me, can't resist a good bargain.

I was originally going to post the complete list of titles available here, but it's literally several hundred titles long. So I'll just list some of the notable titles.

Columbia TriStar/Sony Titles
3-Iron
An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder
Anatomy 2
Auto Focus
Bad Education (Original Uncut NC-17 Edition)
Batman: The Complete 1943 Movie Serial Collection
Christine
Crimson Rivers (Jean Reno)
Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse (Jean Reno, Christopher Lee)
The Dark (2005 Maria Bello, Sean Bean)
The Dark Crystal Collector's Edition
The Devil Commands (1941 Boris Karloff)
The Fog (1979) - Special Edition WS
The Fog (2005 remake - Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair)
Groundhog Day Special Edition
Joe Dirt
Labyrinth Collector's Edition
Like Father, Like Son
Little Women (Boxed set with DVD and book)
Memento (2-disc Limited Edition)
Monster 2-disc SE
Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
The Omen 2-disc CE
Panic Room SE (3-disc)
Private Resort (Johnny Depp)
Sheena WS/FS Flipper (Tanya Roberts)
Spun
Stand By Me Deluxe Edition (with CD, Anamorphic)
Steamboy DC
Talk To Her (dir. Pedro Almodovar - OOP)
Torture Garden - 1967 Amicus horror anthology
Walk the Talk
Warriors Of Heaven And Earth
What To Do In Case Of Fire


HBO Video Titles
American Splendor (Paul Giamatti)
Angel Rodriguez: A Life In A Day
Angels In America
The Comeback: The Complete Only Season (Lisa Kudrow - 2 discs)
Cracker: Series One
David Spade: Take The Hit
The Hitcher (Rutger Hauer)
The Hitchhiker (1980s TV Series 2-disc)
The Hitchhiker Vol. 2 (1980s TV Series 2-disc)
The Hitchhiker Vol. 3 (1980s TV Series 2-disc)
Jerry Seinfeld: "Live on Broadway"
Lewis Black: Black On Broadway
Lewis Black: Red, White And Screwed
Louis CK: One Night Stand
Lucky Louie: The Complete First Season (2005 - 2 discs)
Maria Full Of Grace
The Mind Of The Married Man (Complete First Season - 2 discs
Mom And Dad Save The World


MGM Titles
8 Heads In A Duffel Bag
21 Hours At Munich
The Adventures Of Mark Twain (1985)
Alien From L.A.
The Amityville Horror (1979 James Brolin, Margot Kidder)
The Amityville Horror (2005 remake - Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George)Amityville II: The Possession
Amityville 3-D
Bowling For Columbine
The Brood
Bubba Ho-Tep CE
A Bucket of Blood
Burnt Offerings
Candyman
Candyman 2
Candyman3
Confessions Of An American Girl (Jena Malone, Brad Renfro)
CQ (SE)
Die Monster Die! (Midnite Movies - Boris Karloff, Nick Adams)
Dillinger
The Dunwich Horror (Midnite Movies)
Fatal Instinct
F.I.S.T.
The Flamingo Kid
For a Few Dollars More
Foxy Brown
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Frogs
Gates Of Heaven
The Ghoul (1933 Boris Karloff)
Guys And Dolls (Deluxe Edition, with book)
Heavy Traffic (1973 Ralph Bakshi animation feature, FS)
Hot Dog: The Movie
Hotel (2001 John Malkovich, Burt Reynolds, Saffron Burrows)
The Howling SE
The Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf
Johnny Be Good
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (Midnite Movies)
Konga
La Cage Aux Folles II (World Films)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Once Bitten
Phantom Of The Opera (1989)
Pieces Of April
The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, Volume 3: Frolics In The Pink
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (older version with old artwork -UPC#027616750327)
The Pit And The Pendulum (Midnite Movies)
The Rachel Papers
The Rage: Carrie 2
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Revenge Of The Pink Panther
Roadie (1980)
Robocop 2 (1990)
Robocop 3 (1993)
Rollerball (1975 James Caan)
Rollerball SE (2002)
Romantic Comedy
S.F.W.
The Saddest Music In The World
Scanners
Semi-Tough
Sex And The Teenage Mind
Shadows and Fog
A Shot In The Dark
Shredder
Slaughter's Big Rip-off (1973 Jim Brown)
Son Of The Pink Panther
Spaceballs CE (2-disc)
Special Effects
Species (1995)
Species III UE (2004)
State Of Grace
The Sure Thing
Swamp Thing
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (sequel to "In The Heat Of The Night")
Thrashin'
Thunderbird 6 (1968)
Thunderbirds Are Go
To Live And Die In LA
Vernon, Florida
X:The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (Midnite Movies) (1963 Ray Milland)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (R rated)
The Yes Men
Young Doctors In Love

Thanks to the fine people on the DVDTalk forum for compiling the list which I then compiled this much shorter list from.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Episode 523 - Village of the Giants

I thought it was time for another MSTie post, so here’s Village of the Giants, starring Beau Bridges, Tommy Kirk and a very young Ron Howard. Village was directed by pioneer of really big stuff Bert I. Gordon and he really goes to town on huge effects here. We get huge ducks invading a dance, said huge ducks in roasted form, huge cats, dogs, huge plastic legs, and a 50 foot tall shimmying Beau Bridges. Oddly, no one seems to mind the huge ducks at the dance. As someone who has been bitten by a duck I’d say a big ass duck is reason for alarm.

Things to watch for: 10 minute fully clothed mud orgy, The Beau Brummels, free giant breast rides, build your own Cthulhu kit, attempted seduction of a 10-year old Opie by humongous hussy, elaborate plans to inconvenience Beau Bridges, and the buffalo shot that covered 3 states. Trust me, all of that will make sense to you soon. So, get ready to join Mike, Tom and Willow-fan Crow as they take on Village of the Giants.


The file is split over 8 parts, you’ll need all 8 parts to watch the episode. Like I’ve mentioned before, if you’re looking for more MST be sure to check the torrent sites out there. I know at least one of them has the entire series up. Of course it’s split over 35 DVDs, but it’s a good way to fill in any gaps you might have.

Jim Begg’s Love Handles!

On a related note, the newest Cinematic Titanic episode The Doomsday Machine is available for purchase or download. I haven’t checked it out yet myself, but I really liked what they did with the first movie so I’m getting this one as soon as I can. Just hope they aren’t any Britney, Lindsay Lohan, or Youtube jokes this time, I think they snuck a few of those in there last time. I don’t care what Leno says, topical humor isn’t funny.

Hans Zimmer - The Power of One

This is the score from the 1992 film The Power of One by Hans Zimmer (no relation to Dr. Elizabeth A. Zimmer, curator extraordinaire). The film was brought to us by John G. Avildsen, the man most famous for directing and editing the Karate Kid films. Well, the first 3, not that last one with Hilary Swank - he had the sense to stay the hell away from that one. (Phelpster Fun Fact: KK IV: The Next Karate Kid was the only installment I actually saw from the inside of a movie theater.)

Now that I'm done talking about films that couldn't have less to do with The Power of One (that's what I commonly do when I haven't seen the film I'm posting about), how about we move onto the tracklist:

1. The Rainmaker (07:46)
Hans Zimmer & Lebo M.
2. Mother Africa (06:19)
Hans Zimmer & Lebo M.
3. Of Death & Dying (04:11)
Hans Zimmer & Lebo M.
4. Limpopo River Song (01:54)
David Khabo / Performed by The Bulawayo Church Choir
5. The Power Of One (05:17)
Johnny Clegg / Performed by Teddy Pendergrass
6. Woza Mfana (01:56)
Hans Zimmer & Lebo M.
7. Southland Concerto (02:26)
Traditional / Arranged by Johnny Clegg
8. Senzenina (01:48)
Traditional / Arranged by Johnny Clegg
9. Penny Whistle Song (02:14)
Hans Zimmer & Lebo M.
10. The Funeral Song (01:42)
David Khabo / Performed by The Bulawayo Church Choir
11. Wangal' Unozipho (03:24)
David Khabo / Performed by The Bulawayo Church Choir
12. Mother Africa Reprise (08:02)
Hans Zimmer & Lebo M.

To have a brain is not a sin, but to have a brain and not use it, that is a sin.

George Carlin Dies at 71

Wow, even more sad legendary celebrity death news to report. George Carlin - forever known as Rufus to me - has passed away at 71. He died of heart failure on Sunday. This is a huge loss to the comedy world as he is often considered one of the top 3 comedians ever. Seriously, look at any "Great Comedian" list out there, he's always in the top 3. As a tribute to George I thought I would post some random George-isms. Here they are in no order whatsoever.

When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?

When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

Women like silent men, they think they're listening.

"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?

Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.

Why is the man (or woman) who invests all your money called a broker?

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.

As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music.

Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money!

This is a lttle prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those kids to pray in schools they might as well have a nice prayer like this: Our Father who art in heaven, and to the republic for which it stands, thy kingdom come, one nation indivisible as in heaven, give us this day as we forgive those who so proudly we hail. Crown thy good into temptation but deliver us from the twilight's last gleaming. Amen and Awomen.

Stan Winston dies at 62.

Tremendously sad news to report. After I had just posted the score from Pumpkinhead last week I just heard that film's director, special effects legend Stan Winston has passed away at the age of 62. Details about his death can be found here.

Most celebrity deaths don't affect me all that much, but this is really getting to me. I think of all the movie monsters and creatures he's been responsible for that I've loved over the years (Pumpkinhead, The Terminator, The Monster Squad villians, Edward Scissorhands to name a few) and it honestly gets me a little misty eyed. He seemed like such an enthusiastic and genuinely nice person every time I heard him speak in an interview. I, and a legion of horror/science fiction fans will miss him.

Chuck Cirino - Hard to Die

This is Chuck Cirino's score from Jim Wynorski's film Hard to Die. The film was touted as being kind of a female Die Hard as produced by the Playboy Channel, but apart from being set in a large building and featuring the occasional machine gun it's not really like Die Hard at all. I don't remember John McClane being menaced by a serial killer's spirit while running around in his underwear. As hilarious as that might have been. While I don't agree with Joe Bob's 4 Star rating, Wynorski's usual combination of horror, comedy and gratuitous nudity definitely make this Sorority House Massacre II semi-sequel worth checking out.

Like a lot of Chuck's work (Chopping Mall, Ghoulies IV, 976-EVIL II, Evil Toons) there was never an official release for this score. So thanks a lot to Tony over at The Old Hockstatter Place for supplying the files on his site. He also has the Sorority House Massacre 2 score streaming over there. I could've sworn I had already posted SHM2 here, but I guess I never actually got it up. I'll be posting it on here soon, but if you can't wait you can head over to Hockstatter to get the files directly from there.

Since there was no release I had to make my own Hard to Die cover. I'll probably fix it up a bit more, fill in the huge empty space, but for now it'll do. There isn't a tracklist, the tracks are just numbered 1-33.

You girls are going to be needing... this.

Haruomi Hosono - N.D.E.

Here's something a little different from the usual soundtrack/comic/MST3K posts. This is Haruomi Hosono's 1995 album N.D.E. As I only have two of his albums (this and Cochin Moon) I don't really know much about Haruomi other than the fact that he is a member of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra with the more well known Ryuichi Sakamoto (at least I believe he's more well-known, the Kinky Wizards did attempt to steal one of Ryuichi's albums in High Fidelity, after all).

1. Spinning Spirits
2. Navigations
3. Teaching of Sphinx
4. Strange Attractor
5. Heliotherapy
6. Higher Flyer
7. Edge of the End
8. Aero

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CREEPY - Special Ed Dracula Lives!

Here are 8 more issues of CREEPY. This set includes 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117 and 118. I don't know what's up with the vampire on the cover for 112, kinda looks like Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera with down syndrome. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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Here's an ad from that same issue is an ad I always enjoy seeing. And since I've pretty much put the kibosh on my Space Bastard site I thought I'd post it here.

Genuine soil from Dracula's Castle? In a tiny glass coffin, artistically secured on a gold chain? Sold!

Anyone out there ever actually own one of these Dracula dirt necklaces? I used to really want one of these when I was a kid, (along with everything else in the back issues I used to read). Of course I didn't realize at the time that Creepy had stopped being printed in 1983, when I was all of 2 years old. Plus most of the issues I actually owned were from the 70's, so I don't know how successful I would've been in sending away for the dirt necklace. Or the Creepy Undies.

Army of Darkness - Ashes 2 Ashes

Okay, here's the Ashes 2 Ashes series. Sorry about switching up the order there.

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On an absolutely completely unrelated note, while looking through some older files on my computer I found the Savage Streets CD cover I had made after I posted the soundtrack. So here's a look at that, if anyone needs it for whatever reason.

Army of Darkness - Shop Till You Drop Dead

Here are all 4 issues from Dynamite Comics' Army of Darkness - Shop Till You Drop Dead mini-series. Personally I think Shop Till You Drop....Dead would've been funnier. Dots equal funny.

Anyway, this series is actually a follow-up to another 4-issues series called Ashes 2 Ashes. I'll be posting that one later on today, I haven't read either yet and didn't realize the order they were supposed to go in. Ashes takes place immediately after the events of the film Army of Darkness, Drop Dead takes place immediately after Ashes. So just be sure to check out that one before you check out this one or you might be a little lost.

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Cinematic Titanic Episode Two Promo

Joel Hodgson/Trace Beaulieu/J. Elvis Weinstein/Mary Jo Pehl/Frank Conniff's Cinematic Titanic has released the promo trailer for their second episode. This time they're letting the 1972 film The Doomsday Machine have it. First Elvira now these guys. Poor movie. Here's a brief glimpse of the episode.

The episode (I guess you can call them episodes) will be available for purchase June 19th. No word yet on whether the price will remain the same as The Oozing Skull, but this time they will be sending the discs out in an amaray case with cover art, so that's good news at least.

It's been a few months since the first CineTit release, but according to their site they should be back on track with a more frequent release schedule.

Richard Stone - Pumpkinhead

I also had a request for this one, from the same person who was after E.T. if I recall correctly. This is Richard Stone's score from Stan Winston's underrated 1988 directorial debut Pumpkinhead. The film is also known by the hilarious title of Das Halloween Monster in Germany. I know very little German but I'm pretty sure there is a German word for 'Monster' and it's not Monster.

I've noticed that any females I've ever discussed the character of Pumpkinhead with (that would 2 of them, for those of you keeping track) seem perplexed when I tell them that Pumpkinhead in no way resembles a pumpkin. I guess they're assuming he'd look more like this guy, but I can't imagine Merv there invoking much fear into the hearts of moviegoers. The actual Pumpkinhead however, is a pretty frightening creation, so I'm glad then steered away from any kind of pumpkin resemblance. In fact, I'd say old Pumpkey is one of my all-time favorite movie monsters, at least appearance wise. I even have the Movie Maniacs figure of him on a desk next to Godzilla and the Chris Farley bobblehead. I'm not sure if a demon hellbent on vengeance could really be considered a "maniac", but I guess if Jaws is one, then Pumpkinhead is as well.

I can't recall where I got this soundtrack from, I think it was one of the many excellent blogs out there that died an untimely death. Whoever the original uploader was, I thank them.

1. End Credits (03:12)
2. Bud's Help (02:42)
3. Father & Son (01:30)
4. Steve's Death / It's Evil (01:20)
5. A Holy Place (02:42)
6. Innocence Lost (01:28)
7. Visitors Arrive (01:44)
8. Raising Pumpkinhead (03:48)
9. A Witch in the Woods (04:58)
10. Mr. Harley's Remorse (02:10)
11. Can I Take Your Picture (00:45)
12. It Begins (03:55)
13. Resolution / A New Beginning (01:49)

For each of man's evils a special demon exists...

John Williams - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

This is John William's Oscar/Golden Globe/Grammy/Saturn-winning score from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. This is the original CD release from 1982, which has 8 tracks, not the recent extended release from the DVD gift set. I had a request for this one a while back, so here it is. Hopefully the original requestee sees this post. But if not, I'm sure someone out there will get a kick out of this one.

While I'm here I thought I'd remind everyone that Deep Discount is having their bi-annual 20% Off DVD sale from now until the 22nd. Just use DVDTALK, or USATODAY or one of the 12 other codes out there when you place your order. So head on over there and do some splurging. Because what else do you need your money for? I do recommend using something like DVDPriceSearch beforehand to make sure nowhere else has the item you want cheaper. For example, the Hitchcock Signature Collection is damn near $25 more expensive on DeepDiscount than it is on Amazon, so even with the 20% discount it's still good to double check.

01. Three Million Light Years from Home (2:58)
02. Abandoned and Pursued (3:02)
03. E.T. and Me (4:54)
04. E.T.'s Halloween (4:11)
05. Flying (3:24)
06. E.T. Phone Home (4:21)
07. Over the Moon (2:11)
08. Adventure on Earth (15:08)

It was nothing like that, penis breath!

Mario Nascimbene - Dick Smart 2.007

This is Mario Nascimbene's music from the 1967 Italian spy film Dick Smart 2007 - directed by Franco Prosperi, one of the men who brought us the Mondo Cane films.

1. Main Title Theme (02:10)
2. Dick Smart Investigates (01:15)
3. The Amazing World of Dick Smart (02:26)
4. The Chase #1 (02:27)
5. Discoteque Party (03:44)
6. Dick Back in Action (01:34)
7. Swimming Pool Bossa Party (04:39)
8. The Chase #2 (02:17)
9. My Name is Smart...Dick Smart (01:29)
10. Samba for Dick (04:43)
11. The Chase #3 (03:03)
12. The DS 2007 Shake (03:32)
13. Kiss Kiss, Girl Girl (02:30)
14. Boss