HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Robert Loggia is 83, Victoria Principle is 63, Mara Corday is 83, Jewel Shepard is 55, Quinn O' Hara is 72, and Autumn Russell is 83.

ECW UNRELEASED VOL 1 2012 (WWE)

Another excellent 3 disc set from WWE.

This set contains some of the most brutal matches in ECW history and some of the all time classics as well including the Tommy Dreamer vs. Tazz for the ECW Championship belt that the WWE legally prohibited from being shown.

You'll also see Shane Douglas Vs. Bam Bam Bigelow, Tommy Dreamer Vs. Raven, Sabu vs. Tazz and many, many more. This is simply a must for wrestling fans and ECW fans in particular. Very Highly Recommended.

BIRTHDAY WISHES TO....

John Considine is 77 and Tia Carrere is 45.

LEGEND OF BIGFOOT 1976 (MILLCREEK)

A documentary about one of the worlds greatest mysteries.

Ivan Marx a noted tracker for the Government turned his interests to finding Bigfoot in 1976 and made this documentary about his search for the elusive beast.

Lots of nature footage goes by as Marx narrates about his exploits and his search. It's pretty cut and dried as to how it's going to end up, but Marx never gave up trying to find the beast.

It's interesting if you like such things as this, and I do. I used to see these on TV a lot back in the good old days. Recommended for curious people.

I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES 1955 (WARNER ARCHIVES)

A great color film noir!

Jack Palance stars as "Mad Dog" Earle in this very well made remake of High Sierra. Palance is a criminal sprung from jail by a high living gangster who wants him to work with three young punks to pull off a daring robbery.

Earl Holliman, Lee Marvin and Shelley Winters are the people involved in the crime as well as Perry Lopez who is a very scared man who works at the front desk of the hotel that the gangster wants knocked off.

I found myself really relating to the Palance character of Earle,a world weary man tired of young people thinking they know how to do a man's work and who's only friend is a friendly dog.

This is a well made and paced remake of a true classic, but it actually has it's own merits thanks to a stellar cast and very good director Stuart Heisler. Warne Archive has released this is a beautiful cinemascope print in gorgeous color. The rest of the cast includes lovely Lori Nelson, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Lon Chaney, Jr., Olive Carey, Ralph Moody and Richard Davalos. Highly Recommended!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO......

Ty Hardin is 82, Valentina Cortese is 89, and Sandra Knight is 72.

HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND 1959 (MILL CREEK)

This is an interesting oddity.

Strange but fun film about a troupe of dancers and their manager whose place crashes and they are stranded on an island where mutant spiders run amok. They find the body of a man in a huge web and then the manager is bitten by one of the creatures.

He in turn changes into a monster that begins killing off the beautiful women. Alex D'Arcy is Gary, the man turned monster and one of the lovely women in Barbara Valentin. The monster looks interesting and D'Arcy makes for a bizarre monster.

This is an exploitation classic not to be missed by horror fans. If you haven't already seen it, do so soon.

RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION 2012 (SONY)

Milla Jovovich again stars as Alice...

In this, the fifth entry in the series Alice is trying to rescue people from an Arctic fortress and fight the Umbrella Corporation. The Corporation actually takes Alice back as they need her to help them fight the zombies that are slowly taking over the world.

This is a very fast moving film, a little confusing at times but fun none the less, and it's always very good to see Jovovich in anything as I find her to be one of the worlds most beautiful women. Bingbing Li is also a very sexy oriental woman helping Alice.

Recommended for fans of the series.

TERROR WITHIN 1989 (SHOUT FACTORY)

Interesting Roger Corman produced sci-fi.

Well made futuristic film about a world where most of the population has been wiped out from a mysterious plague. Only a few people remain as well as a few mutant monsters who kill people on sight.

Andrew Stevens, George Kennedy and Starr Andreeff star in this fast paced and exciting film that has some cool monster costumes. Shout released this on DVD along with another film called Dead Space which will be reviewed here soon.

Not a bad way to kill 90 minutes and it's fun to watch. Recommended!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.....

Barbara Carrera is 67.

BIRTHDAY WISHES TO.....

Eliza Dushku is 32, Russ Tamblyn is 78, and Kelli Maroney is 52.

TOP 40 DVD RELEASES OF 2012 PART 4

10. Heaven's Gate (Criterion) Finally this western classic is released for all to see in it's uncut glory. 9. Queen's Swordsman (Atlas) Bizarre Mexican film about a skunk named "Stinky" and his wolf companion as they fight an evil queen. Rare and unusual to say the least. 8. Octoman (Retromedia)An upright tentacled monster terrorizes a group in Mexico in this wonderful low budget outing finally made available on DVD. 7. Twins Of Evil (Synapse)The ultra sexy Collinson twins stars in this long awaited Hammer horror classic. 6. Island Of Terror (Sinister Cinema) Peter Cushing stars in this excellent horror film about bone eating silicate monsters on a small Scottish Island. 5. House Of Dark Shadows (Warner) One of the best horror films ever!! A movie based on the gothic TV show of the same name. Another Dan Curtis winner. 4. Black Sunday (Kino) Barbara Steele stars in the gorgeous black and white chiller from Mario Bava. 3. NWO: The Revolution (WWE) 3 disc set that tells the story of the most notorious heel group in pro wrestling history. 2. Corman's World (Anchor Bay) Feature length documentary about the life and films of the single most influential moviemaker in my life and many others...Roger Corman. This takes us on a look at his entire career. No true fan would want to miss seeing this. and finally.....My number one pick for the year is................... 1. Two Headed Shark Attack (Asylum) Chris Ray the son of Fred Olen Ray brings us this tale about a pretty cool looking two headed shark as it seeks a boatload of young people stranded on a small island. It also was a winner to me as far as casting which included Brooke Hogan and CARMEN ELECTRA. yep that always wins in my book. There you have it..my Top 40 picks for the entire year over the last four weeks.

FACELESS MONSTER 1965 (RETROMEDIA)

An all time classic with Barbara Steele!

Aka Nightmare Castle, this version runs 18 minutes longer and has much more sadism as the doctor tortures his wife and her lover after he catches them together.

Steele plays the role of both the murdered wife and her sister and she actually got to dub her own voice on the soundtrack this time. Paul Muller is her sadistic husband and gorgeous Helga Line is the maid Solange, who is having an affair with the doctor. There are some great lines in this film including one where Solange tells the doctor, "It's not my mind that pleases you when you need me."

Great Euro horror and one of the best of it's kind. Thanks to Fred Olen Ray and Retromedia for finally making this available in uncut form and in widescreen.

THE CREEPING FLESH 1972 (COLUMBIA)

Another great horror from England...

Peter Cushing is a scientist who finds a skeleton in New Guinea that when it gets wet it grows it's flesh back. He takes blood from the finger of the creature and injects it into his daughter who promptly goes mad.

Christopher Lee is his half brother who wants to steal his scientific papers and claim all the glory. He arranges to have the skeleton stolen and the carriage it's in crashes in the rain, and henceforth the skeleton becomes what it really was...the entity of pure evil and now it roams the countryside.

This is one hell of a nifty film for horror fans and you just have to love the painting at the very beginning if the film!! Recommended!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.....

Barbara Steele is 75, Marianne Faithfull is 66, and Yvonne Elliman is 61.