Something Weird Video DVDs

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the death curse of tartu DVD has amazing an commentary track. they shot the movie in the Florida swamps which are now billion dollar properties. the director told the actors water moccasins would leave them alone because they were afraid of people which isn't true at all. Sting of Death print is really nice


Is Axe the southern horror one? really good movie

Yes, that’s the Axe you’re thinking of 

I’m really looking forward to the commentary too! Really I don’t think I’ve ever heard a bad commentary on a Something Weird release. Even on the Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald / The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde which might be the blandest release I’ve seen from them, the director does a great job on commentary. I just wish they all had that feature and Mike recorded more before he passed.

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Along with the massive Herschell Gordon Lewis box set I got, I got a bundle more of SWV DVDs. And while not SWV related I also got Boris Karloff’s Thriller Complete Series on DVD. I just mention that one because it’s a really good show but that set used to sell for over $100. It recently went down to $50 from a reputable seller on eBay. I’ve seen it selling for even less, but can’t say for sure those aren’t bootlegs since eBay can be bad about policing that stuff.

Anyway, the SWV DVDs I got were part of an auction. They’ll probably be the last DVDs I buy for my personal collection until next year. I’ve got a bunch this year lol.

Today I watched the only 1960’s nudie cutie musical double feature that may be possible Sinderella and the Golden Bra and Goldilocks and the Three Bares.

Despite the titles as with a lot of 1960’s cuties they are incredibly tame by today’s standards. You see a few boobs, a few butts, and that’s it. No one hangs dong or anything. In fact I don’t even think Sinderella and the Golden Bra even shows butts!

Sinderella and the Golden Bra is probably the superior film. The picture and sound quality are both pretty bad on this print though. Not sure if a better one exist. It’s pretty much just a straight re-telling of the Sinderella tale except...you guessed it! Instead of a shoe, a bra is left behind instead. So the prince goes door to door asking maidens to whip out their boobs and try on the bra. Throughout the movie there are a lot of songs too. They’re actually better than you’d expect and kind of catchy.

By contrast Goldilocks and the Three Bares has nothing to do with the classic tale. Instead it’s a Herschell Gordon Lewis joint. I heard when this was still considered a lost film an interviewee once told Lewis he hoped it would turn up. Lewis said he hoped it didn’t!

Goldilocks actually isn’t too bad by HGL standards. The plot revolves around a singer who starts up a relationship with a real uptight PR person. The reason it is revealed that the PR woman comes off as so uptight is because she is trying to keep a secret. The secret is...you guessed it! She’s a nudist!

Goldilocks also has a bunch of songs but they don’t tie into the plot as well as in Sinderella and are just done in concerts throughout the movie since two of the characters play musicians. On the commentary producer David F. Friedman even called them horrible.

Not sure which SWV DVD I’ll dive into next. I’m planning to hold off on the horror ones until October.