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Movie Ad of the Week: DELUSION (1981) / THE HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES (1984)

July 21, 2013, 6:00 am
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Alan Beattie's DELUSION (1981), starring Patricia Pearcy, David Hayward, Simone Griffeth and Joseph Cotten, opened in Santa Fe, NM on January 23, 1981. It was the last release from The International Picture Show Company, the indie that brought U.S. audiences SOLDIER OF ORANGE (1979), THE VISITOR (1980), WHERE TIME BEGAN (1978), the Tim Conway comedies THE BILLION DOLLAR HOBO (1977) and THEY WENT THAT-A-WAY & THAT-A-WAY (1978), and THE MAGIC OF LASSIE (1978).

Three years later, Beattie's movie arrived in 32 "Aquarius Showcase Theatres" in the New York area as THE HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES (February 3, 1984) from New American Films, a short-lived company co-owned by filmmaker Tim Kincaid and his wife, Cynthia DePaula.
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A Temple of Schlock giveaway every Friday, all summer long!

July 29, 2013, 6:00 am
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From now until September 20, we'll be doing a prize drawing every Friday here at Temple of Schlock.

The winner of the 11x17 reprint poster of THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS, signed by star Daphne Lawrence and writer/co-director John Arnoldy, is Robb Hawley.


The next two prizes are listed below...


Friday, August 2: 42ND STREET FOREVER: THE BLU-RAY (Courtesy of Synapse Films)


Friday, August 9: DVD-Rs of THE RIBALD TALES OF ROBIN HOOD and TARZUN AND THE VALLEY OF LUST (Courtesy of Something Weird), plus we'll throw in a surprise bonus DVD-R.

To be eligible for these and other Temple of Schlock prize drawings, become a member/"Worshipper" if you aren't one already!

WINNERS
mandrak2000 (THE NAME OF THE GAME IS KILL on DVD)
marksering (Two Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
KaBluie (TEEN LUST/THE GIRL NEXT DOOR on DVD)
OcculusOrbus, Paul Case, rndm ("Terror Mask" screening posters)
Samuel Wilson (THE DEVIL'S SISTERS on DVD)
Robb Hawley (THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS poster)
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A Temple of Schlock giveaway every Friday, all summer long!

August 3, 2013, 6:00 am
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From now until September 20, we'll be doing a prize drawing every Friday here at Temple of Schlock.

The winner of 42ND STREET FOREVER: THE BLU-RAY (Courtesy of Synapse Films) is Tower Farm.


The next two prizes are listed below...


Friday, August 9: DVD-Rs of THE RIBALD TALES OF ROBIN HOOD and TARZUN AND THE VALLEY OF LUST (Courtesy of Something Weird), plus we'll throw in a surprise bonus DVD-R.


Friday, August 16: The CD of Tito Arevalo's original motion picture soundtrack music for MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND, courtesy of Tim Ferrante/Elysee Productions!

To be eligible for these and other Temple of Schlock prize drawings, become a member/"Worshipper" if you aren't one already!

WINNERS
mandrak2000 (THE NAME OF THE GAME IS KILL on DVD)
marksering (Two Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
KaBluie (TEEN LUST/THE GIRL NEXT DOOR on DVD)
OcculusOrbus, Paul Case, rndm ("Terror Mask" screening posters)
Samuel Wilson (THE DEVIL'S SISTERS on DVD)
Robb Hawley (THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS poster)
Tower Farm (42ND STREET FOREVER: THE BLU-RAY)
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Movie Ad of the Week: WEAPONS OF DEATH (1981)

August 4, 2013, 6:00 am
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Writer-director Paul Kyriazi's third martial arts feature, WEAPONS OF DEATH, opened in Miami, FL on July 24, 1981. To learn more about this film and others by Kyriazi, including his unreleased kung fu comedy NINJA BUSTERS (1984), check out this post by our friend William S. Wilson of Video Junkie Strikes Back from Beyond the Grave

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A Temple of Schlock giveaway every Friday, all summer long!

August 9, 2013, 6:00 am
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From now until September 20, we'll be doing a prize drawing every Friday here at Temple of Schlock.

The winner of THE RIBALD TALES OF ROBIN HOOD and TARZUN AND THE VALLEY OF LUST on DVD-R (Courtesy of Something Weird), plus a bonus DVD-R, is Bastard_Robo.


The next two prizes are listed below...


Friday, August 16: The CD of Tito Arevalo's original motion picture soundtrack music for MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND, courtesy of Tim Ferrante/Elysee Productions!


Friday, August 23: Two more pairs of original DEATH FORCE and VAMPIRE HOOKERS one-sheets, courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome!

To be eligible for these and other Temple of Schlock prize drawings, become a member/"Worshipper" if you aren't one already!

WINNERS
mandrak2000 (THE NAME OF THE GAME IS KILL on DVD)
marksering (Two Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
KaBluie (TEEN LUST/THE GIRL NEXT DOOR on DVD)
OcculusOrbus, Paul Case, rndm ("Terror Mask" screening posters)
Samuel Wilson (THE DEVIL'S SISTERS on DVD)
Robb Hawley (THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS poster)
Tower Farm (42ND STREET FOREVER: THE BLU-RAY)
Bastard_Robo (Something Weird DVD-Rs)
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Movie Ad of the Week: ONLY THE COOL (1972)

June 9, 2013, 6:00 am
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Jean Delannoy's LE PEAU DE TORPEDO (1970) -- starring Stéphane Audran, Klaus Kinski, Lilli Palmer and Michel Constantine, and based on the novel by Francis Ryck -- opened in Ogden, Utah forty-one years ago today (June 9, 1972) under the title ONLY THE COOL. It was re-released as THE DEATHMAKERS.

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Movie Ad of the Week: BOARDINGHOUSE (1984)

August 11, 2013, 6:00 am
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John Wintergate's micro-budgeted horror picture BOARDINGHOUSE was shot on Betacam video and then transferred to 35mm film for theatrical release through Howard Willette's Coast Films, circa Halloween '83. As with other Willette presentations (RITUALS, TEEN LUST), Aquarius Releasing handled sub-distribution when the film opened in the New York area (March 2, 1984). Incredibly, a new 30th anniversary DVD of BOARDINGHOUSE from Slasher // Video contains a 138-minute director's cut (!), which the intrepid William S. Wilson reviewed a couple of weeks ago at Video Junkie Strikes Back from Beyond the Grave.

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Movie Ad of the Week: THE PHYNX (1970)

August 18, 2013, 6:00 am
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World Premiere - Wednesday, May 6, 1970 - Indianapolis, IN


Q: "How do you get a super secret agent into Albania to spring some big shots out of there?"

A: "Form a pop musical group and get invited to Albania!"

THE PHYNX has the reputation of being one of the worst major studio releases of the past 50 years, but it isn't that bad. We'll even go out on a limb and say that 30-40 minutes of it are actually pretty clever and funny (especially the scene with Larry Hankin as record producer "Philbaby" and a backlot musical number that seems to be referencing "This Boy" from A HARD DAY'S NIGHT), leading us to the conclusion that George Foster & Bob Booker's story would've worked better as one of their comedic concept LPs rather than a feature length movie. A rare 35mm screening of THE PHYNX is happening tonight at the Cinefamily, but if you're like us and you don't live in L.A., you'll have to make do with the Warner Archive DVD-R and this insightful blog post by our friend Marc Edward Heuck.

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A Temple of Schlock giveaway every Friday, all summer long!

August 16, 2013, 6:00 am
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From now until September 20, we'll be doing a prize drawing every Friday here at Temple of Schlock.

The winner of the original motion picture soundtrack music for MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND, courtesy of Tim Ferrante/Elysee Productions is Airi Saito.


The next two prizes are listed below...


Friday, August 23: Two more pairs of original DEATH FORCE and VAMPIRE HOOKERS one-sheets, courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome!


Friday, August 30: THE EXTERMINATOR (Unrated Director's Cut) Blu-ray/DVD combo, courtesy of Synapse Films.

To be eligible for these and other Temple of Schlock prize drawings, become a member/"Worshipper" if you aren't one already!

WINNERS
mandrak2000 (THE NAME OF THE GAME IS KILL on DVD)
marksering (Two Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
KaBluie (TEEN LUST/THE GIRL NEXT DOOR on DVD)
OcculusOrbus, Paul Case, rndm ("Terror Mask" screening posters)
Samuel Wilson (THE DEVIL'S SISTERS on DVD)
Robb Hawley (THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS poster)
Tower Farm (42ND STREET FOREVER: THE BLU-RAY)
Bastard_Robo (two Something Weird DVD-Rs)
Airi Saito (MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND soundtrack CD)
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A Temple of Schlock giveaway every Friday, all summer long!

August 23, 2013, 2:00 pm
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From now until September 20, we'll be doing a prize drawing every Friday here at Temple of Schlock.

The winners of the DEATH FORCE and VAMPIRE HOOKERS one-sheets, courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome, are Double T and cyberschizoid


The next two prizes are listed below...


Friday, August 30: THE EXTERMINATOR (Unrated Director's Cut) Blu-ray/DVD combo, courtesy of Synapse Films.


Friday, September 6: The original motion picture soundtrack CD for DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN, courtesy of Tim Ferrante/Elysee Productions! In addition to William Lava's music, this great limited edition CD also contains an 18-minute commentary track by producer Samuel M. Sherman, a 13-minute collection of radio spots for various Independent-International Pictures releases, and a 16-page booklet.

To be eligible for these and other Temple of Schlock prize drawings, become a member/"Worshipper" if you aren't one already!

WINNERS
mandrak2000 (THE NAME OF THE GAME IS KILL on DVD)
marksering (Two Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
KaBluie (TEEN LUST/THE GIRL NEXT DOOR on DVD)
OcculusOrbus, Paul Case, rndm ("Terror Mask" screening posters)
Samuel Wilson (THE DEVIL'S SISTERS on DVD)
Robb Hawley (THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS poster)
Tower Farm (42ND STREET FOREVER: THE BLU-RAY)
Bastard_Robo (two Something Weird DVD-Rs)
Airi Saito (MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND soundtrack CD)
Double T, cyberschizoid (Two sets Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
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Movie Ad of the Week: The Three Stooges in New Rochelle (January 1962)

August 25, 2013, 6:00 am
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The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe) appeared at the RKO Proctor's theater in New Rochelle on Saturday, January 27, 1962 to promote the release of their third feature and biggest box-office hit, THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES. Clay Cole, the popular disc jockey, songwriter, and host of the TV dance program THE CLAY COLE SHOW, not only introduced the Stooges that day, but also appeared (as himself) in the co-feature, TWIST AROUND THE CLOCK (1961).
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Mystery Movie: THE SWORD AND THE CLAW (ca. 1983)

August 26, 2013, 10:35 am
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This action-packed martial arts triple feature opened 30 years ago today (August 26, 1983) at the street-level Rialto I, corner of 42nd Street and 7th Avenue. We're pretty sure we can identify the second and third features -- YOUNG HERO is MI ZONG HUO YUAN JIA (1981), while BRAWL BUSTERS appears to be a William Mishkin re-titling of SI DA MANG LONG (1979), a.k.a. BRUCE AGAINST THE ODDS and LONE SHAOLIN AVENGER -- but top-billed THE SWORD AND THE CLAW is the real mystery. The artwork is cribbed from THE DRAGON FROM SHAOLIN, the U.S. release of JIN HU MEN a.k.a. MAGNIFICENT WONDERMAN (see below), so it could be a re-titling of that movie...or it could be a completely different movie. More clues, please!



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A Temple of Schlock giveaway every Friday, all summer long!

August 30, 2013, 6:00 am
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From now until September 20, we'll be doing a prize drawing every Friday here at Temple of Schlock.

The winner of THE EXTERMINATOR (Unrated Director's Cut) Blu-ray/DVD combo, courtesy of Synapse Films, is fitzpatrick christopher


The next prize is listed below...


Friday, September 6: The original motion picture soundtrack CD for DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN, courtesy of Tim Ferrante/Elysee Productions! In addition to William Lava's music, this great limited edition CD also contains an 18-minute commentary track by producer Samuel M. Sherman, a 13-minute collection of radio spots for various Independent-International Pictures releases, and a 16-page booklet.

To be eligible for these and other Temple of Schlock prize drawings, become a member/"Worshipper" if you aren't one already!

WINNERS
mandrak2000 (THE NAME OF THE GAME IS KILL on DVD)
marksering (Two Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
KaBluie (TEEN LUST/THE GIRL NEXT DOOR on DVD)
OcculusOrbus, Paul Case, rndm ("Terror Mask" screening posters)
Samuel Wilson (THE DEVIL'S SISTERS on DVD)
Robb Hawley (THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS poster)
Tower Farm (42ND STREET FOREVER: THE BLU-RAY)
Bastard_Robo (two Something Weird DVD-Rs)
Airi Saito (MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND soundtrack CD)
Double T, cyberschizoid (Two sets Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
fitzpatrick christopher(THE EXTERMINATOR Blu-ray/DVD)
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Movie Ad of the Week: MAHALIA (1975)

September 1, 2013, 6:00 am
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Here's a film that's been on video and DVD for years, but is nowhere to be found on the IMDb: MAHALIA, a feature-length documentary about gospel singer Mahalia Jackson's 1972 European tour.


MAHALIA (1975)
a.k.a. MAHALIA JACKSON: GIVE GOD THE GLORY

Starring
Mahalia Jackson (vocals)
Gwen Lighter (piano)
Charles Clancy (organ)
Miles S. Gallaway (M.C.)

Narrated by
Brock Peters

Directed by
Allen A. Miner

Produced by
Richard St. John

Written by
Marc Savin

Edited by
Jim Hendrickson

Songs
"Come on Children"
"Didn't it Rain"
"Down by the Riverside"
"Elijah Rock"
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
"It Didn't Cost You Very Much"
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"
"Just a Closer Walk with Thee"
"Let Me Walk by Your Side"
"Search My Heart"
"We Shall Overcome"

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A
Graham Lee Mahin - Marconlee
presentation

Running time: 88 minutes
MPAA rating: G

World Premiere: September 11, 1975 (Chicago, IL)






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Movie Ad of the Week: THE WICKER MAN (1980)

September 15, 2013, 6:00 am
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Because the new digital restoration of Robin Hardy's THE WICKER MAN, a 40th anniversary re-release from Rialto Pictures, opens on Friday, September 27 in one theater in New York City (the IFC Center) --


-- we dug out this ad from March 28, 1980, when Max J. Rosenberg's Dynamite Entertainment re-released the Anthony Shaffer-scripted cult horror film in one New York City theater (Cinema V's Paramount).
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Movie Ad of the Week: RAW FORCE (1982)

September 22, 2013, 6:00 am
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During its first-run release, the wild kung fu vs. samurai zombies flick RAW FORCE opened in 40 theaters in the New York City area and 18 theaters in the Chicago area. Next Saturday (September 28), it'll be playing in one theater: the Hi-Way Drive-In in Coxsackie, NY! The dusk-to-dawn show starts at 7:00 p.m. with RE-ANIMATOR, followed by JUNGLE HOLOCAUST, BLADE OF THE RIPPER, THE WEREWOLF VS. VAMPIRE WOMAN and RAW FORCE. For more info on the Hi-Way Drive-In, click here. Special thanks to Mike Decker (J4HI) for providing us with the ad slick above.

New York - July 9, 1982


Chicago - October 1, 1982

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The Endangered List (Case File #138)

September 25, 2013, 6:00 am
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THE SOUTHERN DOUBLE CROSS (1977)

Starring
Avery Schreiber
Judy Lewis
Anne Jeffreys
Robert Denison

Directed by
Don Edmonds

Written by
Howard Koch

Produced by
Hobarth Johnson
and
Richmond Johnson

Sound Editor
Richard L. Anderson

Lighting Technician
Steve Mathis

MPAA rating: G

The director of the ILSA movies made a G-rated family film?! And it was written by the screenwriter of THE SEA HAWK, SERGEANT YORK and CASABLANCA?! You bet! THE SOUTHERN DOUBLE CROSS played on TV for at least 10 years during the video era (1983-1993), so we're hoping somebody recorded it during that time. Until then, it's #138 on the Endangered List! Thanks to John Charles for bringing this one to our attention.





Compiled by John Charles
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Writers Talk: Interview with Chris Poggiali

September 27, 2013, 8:04 pm
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"I'm back! What did I miss?"


Two weeks ago tonight, Video Watchdog's John Charles posted a great interview with Temple of Schlock co-founder and editor Chris Poggiali on his blog By John Charles, but we were too busy hanging out at Fantacon 2013 in Albany to draw much attention to it. Better late than never, here it is. Po talks about his early influences, the genesis of Temple of Schlock, and some of his recent projects. Enjoy!
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Final list of contest winners

September 28, 2013, 8:30 am
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The winners of the eagerly anticipated Headpress book Xerox Ferox are lotushead and colin


WINNERS
mandrak2000 (THE NAME OF THE GAME IS KILL on DVD)
marksering (Two Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
KaBluie (TEEN LUST/THE GIRL NEXT DOOR on DVD)
OcculusOrbus, Paul Case, rndm ("Terror Mask" screening posters)
Samuel Wilson (THE DEVIL'S SISTERS on DVD)
Robb Hawley (THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS poster)
Tower Farm (42ND STREET FOREVER: THE BLU-RAY)
Bastard_Robo (two Something Weird DVD-Rs)
Airi Saito (MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND soundtrack CD)
Double T, cyberschizoid (Two Cirio Santiago one-sheets)
fitzpatrick christopher(THE EXTERMINATOR Blu-ray/DVD)
Eric Eskenazi (DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN soundtrack CD)
lotushead, colin (Xerox Ferox)
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FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers!

September 28, 2013, 3:45 pm
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Hey gang! Chris will be at the Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers on Saturday, October 5 to introduce a 35mm screening of Russ Meyer's FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! The show starts at 10:00 p.m. For more details, check out the official website. Sadly, FASTER PUSSYCAT co-star Haji succumbed to a heart attack this past August at age 67. Back in 1999, Chris had the pleasure of interviewing the beautiful and talented Haji for Shock Cinema magazine; that issue is now out of print, but the Q&A can be found here.

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