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[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Pete

Some upcoming releases from Final Cut:

THE DESPERATE HOURS



Ken Russell's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER





X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES:

X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes DVD Region 2: Amazon.co.uk: Ray Milland, Don Rickles, Diana Van Der Vlis, Roger Corman: Film & TV

"The Man with X-Ray Eyes" gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

[the blob]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

"The Man with X-Ray Eyes" gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

Same here! Killer ending...

I've had the R1 for about 10 years now. Another Final Cut DVD only release then...

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Wicker Tree.

30th April.

Play.com - Buy The Wicker Tree online at Play.com and read reviews. Free delivery to UK and Europe!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Coming at the end of March - Visions of Ecstasy
£8.99

One of the most controversial films ever to be released in the UK

The only film in the UK to ever been banned for blasphemy

Visions of Ecstasy, a short, experimental art film made in 1989, is the only film ever to have been banned outright in the UK solely on the grounds of blasphemy. Further its depiction and interpretation of the erotic imaginings of the 16th Century Carmelite nun, St. Teresa,were such that the films banning was upheld in an historic judgement at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in a case that took seven years to reach its conclusion. Now, due to the abolition of the UK's blasphemy laws in 2008, Visions of Ecstasy is finally being released.

Included with this historic film is also a 40 page, booklet written by the films director, Nigel Wingrove, in which he explains how the film came to be made, the effect its banning had on his life and future work, and how his continuing battles against film censorship led eventually to the resignation of the BBFC's then director, JamesFerman, the legalisation of pornography and a general relaxations of film classification overall.

Also included on this DVD are the director s first erotic short film, Axel (1986) and his nunsploitation feature, Sacred Flesh (2000), in which a Mother Superior struggles with her sexual desires in a series of imagined dialogues with Mary Magdalene will her mind torments her with images of sexual perversion, lesbianism and sadomasochism.

Additional extras include extensive stills, press gallery and interviews.

[Pete]

I might buy it out of curiosity but no doubt it'll be shit (like SACRED FLESH)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

At least they have made a package worth buying. Unfortunately i have Sacred Flesh already.

[Gojirosan]

Yeah, I have very little interest in Wingrove's clichéd and badly filmed masturbatory fantasies, but I kind of want to buy it because of all the shit he went through over the years!

But then, I'm lovely like that.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Demdike

At least they have made a package worth buying. Unfortunately i have Sacred Flesh already.

Me too, got it free with DVD World (I did have it long before that but sold it)

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike

and how his continuing battles against film censorship led eventually to the resignation of the BBFC's then director, JamesFerman,

I'll be buying it for this alone!

[Splatterdragon73]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Another surprise...

Dark Night Of The Scarecrow - Horror DVDs at Play.com (UK)

Despite having the same cover i can't imagine this release measuring up against the U.S. edition and i think it's pretty much a safe bet there'll be no U.K. HD variant either. Unless it's proven otherwise i'll be sticking with VCI's Stateside DVD and BR releases.