Seriously...? Makers of this "Mr. Hush" dreck?

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This is the kind of shit that totally turns me off and I know I'm never watching this junk...

Old Comic Book Price Guides are Hilarious...

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Definitely not the norm for BoGD, and I don't seriously collect comics myself, but I thought you guys would still get a kick out of the incredibly low values quoted in Hal L. Cohen's Official Guide to Comic Books published in 1974. How times have changed! All values are for "mint" condition...

• ACTION COMICS #1: $1,600
• ACTION COMICS #7: $300
• ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #16: $170
• AMAZING FANTASY #15: $42.50 (whut?)
• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1: $45
• BATMAN #1: $850
• CAPTAIN AMERICA #1: $350
• DETECTIVE COMICS #1: $250
• DETECTIVE COMICS #27: $1,000
• DETECTIVE COMICS #29: $200
• FANTASTIC FOUR #1: $80
• HUMAN TORCH #2: $185
• INCREDIBLE HULK #1: $40
• JUMBO COMICS #1: $275
• MARVEL COMICS #1: $800
• MORE FUN COMICS #52: $450
• SHOWCASE #4: $50 
• SUPERMAN #1: $750
• TALES OF SUSPENSE #39: $25
• X-MEN #1: $15
• WHIZ COMICS #1: $1000

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New Video: Some Tips on Collecting Japanese VHS Tapes

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Redneck Zombies (1987) - 1988 TCC Video Japan VHS

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Hard won but dammit, I absolutely love this piece of shot on video junk!

Happy Birthday to Me (1981) - 1982 RCA Columbia Pictures International Video

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One of my most wanted Japanese tapes checked off the list! 

This turned out to be a great deal!

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And I never win anything!

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Nice little birthday weekend surprise being #72!

Once Upon a Time in the West's "Missing" Snippets

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I just uploaded some clips from the Italian version of Sergio Leone's western masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il West). What makes this version special is a healthy number of either totally new, extended, or alternate shots from Paramount's "International Version" DVD and Blu-ray. Unfortunately the last one, depicting broken harmonica notes playing over Frank stumbling instead of silence after the climatic showdown, was blocked by MovieClips. All eight others can be viewed with descriptions about what's different through this playlist.

Absolutely Crazy $40 Horror/Cult Mag Thrift Store Score!

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Someone dumped a box of awesome off at the Salvation Army!

Interesting New (Old?) Land of the Dead Trailer...

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Just ran across this trailer and it struck me as curious because it's not the original "ultimate masterpiece" theatrical trailer. This one feels like a video trailer despite stating "This Summer" at the end. It's the kind of trailer that Land of the Dead really should have had in the first place. The story is simply explained, something the film itself just barely does, instead of relying solely of the pretension of Romero's grand return which most moviegoers couldn't have cared less about...

Why I don't care for Ti West's work in microcosm...

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More Recent Japanese Grabs!

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Intruder (1989) / The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) / Bad Taste (1987)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974) / Enter the Devil (1972) / The Gate (1986)

Mosquito The Rapist (1977) / Darkness (1993) / Jungle Heat (1985)

Nightbeast (1982) / Dog Tags (1988) / To All a Goodnight (1980)

Sexy Nights of the Living Dead (1980) / Cannibal Holocaust (1980) / Violent Shit 3: Infantry of Doom (1999)

Beyond Darkness (1990) / Citizen Toxie (2000) / Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

Two More New Japanese Rarities!

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Jean Brismée's Devil's Nightmare (1971) and Bruno Mattei's Women's Camp 119 (1977) on the Sony Exciting label! Both are quite scarce with Women's Camp 119 being the rarer of the two. The Exciting sublabel produced just over forty titles and as the catalog deepened production numbers dwindled for each release. Devil's Nightmare is their fifth title while Mattei's Nazisploitation opus clocks in at number forty-one. Both are in stunning condition and I must thank the always great Eddie (terror-fantastic over on eBay) and Bill Knight of Midnight Legacy for the opportunity to snag these!  

Two New Babies!

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Big thanks Kelly Forbes of Fangoria for the opportunity!

Still Alive: First Blood Part II: The Quickening

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Getting even crazier with the Japanese tapes!

Say Hello to the New Baby...

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Some Pics from This Morning's Massive (Mostly) Mexican Tape Score!

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Unexpectedly, I've never seen this video before, my Madera Cinevideo clamshell of Juan López Moctezuma's Alucarda (1978), seen here, now has its "mate" in the Madera clam of Moctezuma's 1973 debut film,         The Mansion of Madness (Mansión de la locura).