TOP 50 RELEASES OF THE YEAR (2010)

This is the continuation of my top 50 DVD releases of the year.
40. Mad Ron's Previews From Hell (Virgil) This was first released on VHS in the 80's and was a huge hit, not it comes to DVD with much the same trailers such as Bloody Pit of Horror, Blood Spattered Bride and many more, but also includes a lot of weird behind the dcenes footage involving mad Ron and his Zombie Puppet.
39. Animal World (Warner Archive) This is a standard documentary about all animal life on the planet, but is best known for 12 minutes of outstanding stop motion dinosaur effects by Ray Harryhausen. Director Irwin Allen gives us top notch goods here.
38. Redeemer (Code Red) Six people are trapped in an old high school during their 10th reunion by a possessed preacher. This is an odd, but very effective thriller that slipped thru the crack in the late 70's. Thank goodness Code Red brings us this excellent little horror. The print is pretty worn and banged up, but that only adds to it's enjoyment.
37. Terror Within/Dead Space (Shout Factory) Shout Factory continued it's excellent releases of Roger Corman films with these two sci-fi films. Terror Within stars Andrew Stevens as part of the last remaining humans fighting mutants and Dead Space is a strange film starring Marc Singer as a space ranger who is caught up at a space station fighting a horrible mutant. it's a semi-remake of Forbidden World.
36. Gamera Vs. Barugon (Shout Factory) At last, a beautiful wide screen release of this classic Japanese monster fest from the company that has had more releases to ever appear at one time in my year end list.
35. A Return To Salem's Lot (Warner Archive) Bizarre off the wall sequel to the original film stars Michael Moriarty who, along with his son, go to a small New England town and find the entire population is made up of vampires.
34. Lost Skeleton Returns Again (Shout Factory) Larry Blamire directs the sequel to his first film and the results are just as hilarious. The vicious Skeleton of Cadaver returns to seek world domination.
33. Rock N' Roll High School (Shout Factory) Shout continues to turn out great films, and this is one of Roger Corman's best remembered movies. The Ramones star in this great rock film about a young woman attempting to see the band in concert. They don't make movies like this anymore.
32. Hypnotic Eye (Warner Archive) One of the greatest of the late 50's horror films stars Allison Hayes in a story about women who disfigure themselves in gruesome ways. A detective attempts to find out why.
31. T.A.M.I. Show (Shout Factory) Filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964, this classic rock documentary brings us fabulous performances by The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Rolling Stones, Leslie Gore and many, many more. Perhaps the greatest movie of it's type ever made.
Next week we kick off the top 30 and I welcome any comments you may have on this list, or anything else.