ONE MONTH LEFT? IT’S TIME TO PANIC! PANIC! PANIC!

The countdown to the big day has begun! There’s one month remaining until the most peaceful day of the year arrives in which friends and family lovingly come together and celebrate all that is good in the world as they sing carols around a burning log fire whilst snow gently tumbles to the cold ground outside. Or, if you live in the real world, one month of total chaos until the most hectic day of the year with friends and family at each others throat, fighting over the biggest pressies and racing to the last roast potato. Oh joy, oh most triumphant joy. However on the plus, it does mean that I can start blasting out some heavy metal Christmas ‘classics’. Anyway, hows your Christmas shopping going? Planning on speeding to the local petrol garage the night before and picking up random bits and bobs for your loved ones as per tradition? Well perhaps this week’s newsletter with help you pick some great presents for any film buff you know (i.e. yourself!)

ALL THE BEST THINGS OUT NOW!

This week highly awaited Arrow Video release of Deadly Blessing is finally out! Horray! For those of you unfamiliar with the film, Deadly Blessing is a Wes Craven movie which turns out to be amongst his best, rivaling such greats as The Last House On The Left, Scream and A Nightmare On Elm Street. It stars such incredible talent as Sharon Stone (Casino, Basic Instinct, Total Recall), Ernest Borgnine (The Wild Bunch, Escape Fom New York and the Mermaid Man in Spongebob Squarepants!) and my personal favourite with that unforgettable face Michael Berryman (from The Hills Have Eyes, The Devil’s Rejects) and tells the story of a rather evil Amish community. If you’re a fan of horror, especially from the ’80s then this is a must have!

The film’s official mini-forum is bursting with tones of topics to really get stuck in. From awesome artwork to the ultimate Craven poll to end all Craven polls and of course the thread to share all those other religious horror films such as The Exorcist. So come and visit and share your thoughts.

Deadly Blessing is out now and can be ordered online at Amazon for less than a tenner! Crazy! If you’ve already picked up your copy, let us know what you make of it here.

COMING SOON!

There are tones of great titles out early next year to look forward to and get over the post-Christmas blues. Here’s just a short selection of great titles to look out for…

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  The Troll Hunter (Momentum Pictures, DVD & Blu-Ray). Stick the word ‘Troll’ in a title of a film and you instantly think of the little known town of Nilbog, sexy corn on the cob and ‘Oh My Goooooooooood’ terrible dialogue. But the new Troll Hunter film couldn’t be further from that terribly bad movie and proves to be one of  this year!  The critics are raving about it and so are fans (as seen on the official forum), even comparing it to the incredible Jurassic Park! The Troll Hunter is out of both DVD and Blu-Ray on the 9th of January. Pre-Order yours here and pop into the Fan Hub for loads of neat things including a hillarious take on Star Wars meets Troll Hunter!

• Frankenhooker (Arrow Video, Blu-Ray) – Frank Henenlotter is easily of of the greatest cult directors. Easily! From Basket Case to Brain Damage and Bad Biology, Henelotter’s work is unmistakable and always, always a lot of fun! His Frankenhooker is one of his greats staring a terrific cast with plenty of throwbacks and twists to the horror genre. Arrow Video’s Blu-Ray release (out on the 2nd of Jan)  is jam packed with brilliant extras (just take a look at these) and will surely be a terrific package. Pre-order yours here if you fancy a helping of sluts and bolts.

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  Four Flies On A Grey Velvet (Shameless Screen Entertainment, DVD & Blu-Ray). Any Argento fans out there? Woah! Not all at once! To mark the Fortieth Anniversay of its production, and Twenty years after the film disappeared from the public eye, Shameless Screen Entertainment are aiming to release the first ever worldwide Blu-ray of Dario Argento’s Four Flies on Grey Velvet – remastered in HD from the original negative by the original lab. How cool is that?! For more details head to the official forum where there is already a huge buzz about this film! If you are an Argento-phile, pre-order your copy here ahead of its release on the 30th January!
  

CULT LABS HAS IT’S OWN TUMBLR!

Oh yes, that’s right! Cult Labs has now officially joined Tumblr! Horray! We’ve got our very own tumblr site now, cram packed with pictures, GIFs, videos and other cool bits and bobs of all your favourite cult, exploitation and horror films. Come and visit it at www.cultlabs.tumblr.com – its constantly being updated with stuff so there’s always something new! If you’re a tumbler already, come and follow us – we’ll return the favor! Also, whilst you’re at it, you may also be interested in Sarah@Cult Labs’ own tumblr, cupcakesandhorror – there’s plenty of great stuff on there too!  Cult Labs are also on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace to if you fancy following us on either of those too.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE

This week in The Twilight Zone of the Cult Labs Forum its all about Sci-Fi! Our featured thread of this week is all about this genre and The Twilight Zone, so pop into to that thread to discuss all things Science Fiction with such classic episodes as The Monsters On Maple Street and The Eye Of The Beholder.  There’s plenty of other great things on the Twilight Zone forum to which you can get stuck into! From individual threads of each episode and discussions about the behind the scenes of the show and so much more.

And whilst you’re at it, I’d highly recommend checking out ‘The Twilight Zone Podcast‘ on ITunes for some fascinating podcasts to listen to!

The fifth volume of the 1960s show is out early next year! Be sure to pre-order your boxset online to be the first to get it!

PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H

As well as The Twilight Zone‘s weekly thread, the Cult TV show Prisoner: Cell Block H also has a weekly featured topic on its Official forum too. This week its all about meeting the Prisoners. Have you ever met a cast member of this notorious show? Perhaps you’ve been to a covention to see them? Ever seen them on stage? Or maybe you just bumped into one whilst out in Birmingham like cyberschizoid did? Or if you haven’t met anyone from the show, well who would you like to meet most? Bea? Vinegar Tits? Or maybe one of the crew? Share your stories with us on this week’s featured thread!

Don’t be afraid to start your own threads too! Whether you have a question you’d like asked or would just like to have a chat about a certain element of the show. It’s dead easy to create a thread on the forum.Have you had the chance to check out the Cult Labs blog all out the often eccentric incedental music used in the show? No? Have a read of it here – great stuff!

If you want to get your hands on the Prisoner: Cell Block H Vol. 11 Boxset out on the 6th of Feb, then you can pre-order yours right here!

WIN! WIN! WIN! BECAUSE WE’RE GENEROUS LIKE THAT.

This week’s incredible prize is the DVD of Arrow Video’s Deadly Blessing!  There’s three copies up for grabs and all you have to do is answer 7 little questions. Easy peasy! Well, I warn you, the questions get trickier as they go along! Can you handle it? Do you have the cult knowledge to bag yourself a copy? Then prove it with this week’s competition!

Anyway,that’s all for this week. Oh and before I go….

There are so many ways you can get involved with all the cult film fun at Cult Labs:

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Kyle



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