‘TWAS THE NEWSLETTER BEFORE CHRISTMAS…

And all through the house, everybody wanted Cult Labs news, even the mouse! Since ’tis the season to be jolly and a time when wishes come true, hang up those stockings and leave out some cookies and milk, Santa Claus is coming to town with all the latest and greatest festive Cult Labs news. Ho ho ho and all that jazz.

COMING SOON!

So it’s Christmas day, you open up the pressies stuffed under your tinsel tree only to find out that this year ol’ St Nick has given you a horrid jumper two sizes too small, a huge box of deodrant to add to that yearly growing pile of smelly stuff (perhaps its a hint!) and a couple of films you own several times over in your uneqivically unmodest DVD collection. Luckily, those gift giving elves have kept the reciepts, so it’s time to get some cash back and buy some stuff you actually want. Here’s just a few releases that should be added to that list!

Frankenhooker (Arrow Video, Blu-Ray only) : Out on the first Monday of 2012 (the 2nd Jan), Arrow Video’s Frankenhooker is set free to cause complete havoc! One of Frank Henenlotter’s best (alongside Basket Case and Brain Damage), Frankenhooker is quite possibly one of the wackiest takes on Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein tale and is the perfect film for those post-Christmas blues. To see the creature made from several dead-exploded-drug-addicted-hookers be sure to pre-order the Blu-Ray! Don’t forget to check out the Official release forum – there’s plenty of great threads to really get into. From the Specs thread to the best of Frank Henenlotter poll and the thread that’s dedicated to crazy Frankenstein-based films including Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster, Young Frankenstein, Re-Animator and Frankenstein General Hospital!

Four Flies On Grey Velvet (Shameless Screen Entertainment, DVD & Blu-Ray) – Or perhaps you’re looking for something a little more serious? A giallo perhaps by one of the greatest directors within and without his field? Yes, that’s right, the king of Italian horror, Mr. Dario Argento’s previously-thought-to-be-lost film Four Flies On Grey Velvet is heading its way to UK shops very soon for the first ever time on Blu-Ray! This week saw Cult Labs exclusively reveal the new artwork for this realease. What do you think of it? Let us know on the official forum! You can pre-order Four Flies On Grey Velvet here from Amazon. The release also comes with a whole host of special features, so be sure to visit the Specs thread for all the details. Four Flies On Grey Velvet is due for release on the 30th January.

Troll Hunter (Momentum, DVD & Blu-Ray) – Urgh! I can’t wait any longer! Bring out Troll Hunter already! The bad news – we have to wait until the 9th of January. The good news – luckily there’s plenty of great stuff online to keep all Troll Hunter fans entertained. There’s even more raving reviews as usual and a new section devoted to the only instance of music in this found footage film; in which the credits are accompanied with blairing and totally awesome Norse metal! \m/\m/ Visit the fanhub for more details. Troll Hunter can be pre-ordered here.

CULT CHRISTMAS FILMS!

Time to delve deep down into the Christmas stocking and mention a festive film that’s slightly different. So far this month, we’ve mentioned Santa’s Slay, Santa Claus, Silent Night Deadly Night and Black Christmas, but what about that ‘family favourite’ Jack Frost. No, not the Jack Frost film with Michael Keaton as the jolly snowman, but rather the the film of the same title that tells the tale of a psycho killer who’s dead soul posses a snowman one Christmas and wrecks bloody havoc. It’s like Child’s Play but a lot colder! If you’re looking for a film to scare the kids with, then look no further than this fun low-budget horror and it’s sequel; the rather originally titled Jack Frost 2: Revenge Of The Mutant Killer Snowman.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE

This week in The Twilight Zone section of the Cult Labs forum there has been a whole host of activity. From the Topic Of The Week kicking everything off with a discussion of all the festive-themed episodes from the show, not including Night Of The Meek. It seems that quite a few episodes have that ol’ Christmas magic embedded witin them. Share your favourites over at the featured topic of the week.

This week also saw even more acitivity with the Chalie Brooker’s Black Miror thread – a thread dedicated to a new Twilight Zone-esque television show. It looks pretty damn good! Visit the thread to share your thoughts and opinions.

A huge shout out must also go to Baseball Fury, PaulD and Bigandya who each won themselves all 4 Twilight Zone Blu-Ray volumes out so far by submiting some brilliant fake Christmassy episodes. Check their entries out over at the competition thread.

Don’t forget there’s really not long left until the fifth volume of the original Twilight Zone is released on DVD and Blu-Ray! Pre-order yours over on Amazon in time for its release!

PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H

Meanwhile in the Cell Block H of the forum, this week’s featured topic is all Christmassy! We’re talking all about episode 75! What’s episode 75? Why it’s only the best Christmas TV episode set in a prison of all time! Let us know what you think of this Christmas special? Are you moved by the Silent Night, Deadly Night song? Do you split your sides laughing at the prisoner’s immitations of the screws in their show? Do you find this episode to be so touching, that you even cry when you watch it as JAMIOUSE did? Let us know over on the topic of the week thread.

There’s also been plenty off talk this week about last week’s topic of the week; Earliest Prisoner Memories. It’s a thread, rather self-explanatory, all about your first ever Prisoner memories – have you been a fan since it first started or are you a newbie? It seems like quite a few members associate the show with nostalgia and childhood memories. How about yourself?

This week also saw the end of the Prisoner Super competition. So a huge congratulations to Prisonerlou who won all 10 volumes of P:CBH out so far!