Code Red - Page 68

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**671** 7th November 2011, 03:55 PM

Is the new release of Barn of the Naked Dead the same film as was released a few months ago but then called Terror Circus.?

bdc · #**672** 7th November 2011, 04:11 PM

Yes.
Nightmare Circus (1974) - IMDb

Not certain the previous double bill release contained the docu "Barn Again: Returning to the Terror Circus" on the making of the film though.
You need to choose "play without Maria" to get to the extras btw.

Btw there's a reason why Bill released this under it's two titles.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**673** 7th November 2011, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bdc

Yes.
Nightmare Circus (1974) - IMDb

Not certain the previous double bill release contained the docu on the making of the film though.

Thanks.

Pete · #**674** 7th November 2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bdc

The doctor just visited and my blood pressure is too low,been a hectic week at work and he advised rest/sleep and lots of salt (chips?).
So not certain when I will have watched these,hope soon.

Didn't see this post. Hope you're feeling better!

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**675** 7th November 2011, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bdc

Yes.
Nightmare Circus (1974) - IMDb

Not certain the previous double bill release contained the docu "Barn Again: Returning to the Terror Circus" on the making of the film though.
You need to choose "play without Maria" to get to the extras btw.

Btw there's a reason why Bill released this under it's two titles.

To fool purchasers into buying the film twice i presume and not having to license a second film for the Maria double pack?.

bdc · #**676** 7th November 2011, 06:39 PM

Not so simple Dem...the first release (released through Media Blasters/Shriek Show as Terror Circus) had very poor sales because of a boot (as Barn of the Naked Dead) by Johnny Legend.
Bill also had some "bad experiences" when CR and Media Blasters parted ways.
So I guess that's why he decided to re-release this twice including under the Barn title.

The boot is still on amazon.com btw,they still haven't deleted the listing.

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Originally Posted by Pete

Didn't see this post. Hope you're feeling better!

Thanks Pete,still feeling dizzy...back to the doctor tomorrow...

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**677** 7th November 2011, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by bdc

Not so simple Dem...the first release (released through Media Blasters/Shriek Show as Terror Circus) had very poor sales because of a boot (as Barn of the Naked Dead) by Johnny Legend.
Bill also had some bad experiences when CR and Media Blasters parted ways.
So I guess that's why he decided this to release this twice including under the Barn title.

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Interesting how things like this come about, cheers Bdc.

Get well soon.

I think you are suffering from a lack of new Code Red releases. All this Asian stuff is making you ill.

bdc · #**678** 7th November 2011, 06:51 PM

Thanks!

Actually I'm enjoying my new HK film purchases as they don't require me to concentrate (I've seen most of them many times before) which is hard for the moment.

Yep seems there's no December CR releases...

Btw I've watched Riot On 42nd Street and it's an enjoyable little exploitation flick with an unexpectedly bloody finale.

This Imdb reviewer seems to understand what the film's about:
"A gloriously ghastly 80's urban exploitation hoot"

"Tough ex-con Glenn Barnes (stiffly played by stuntman John Hayden) gets paroled from prison after serving a sentence for manslaughter. Glenn plans on reopening his old nightclub the Garage on 42nd Street. Vicious rival nightclub owner Farrell (a deliciously atrocious performance by Michael Speero) threatens to take drastic measures if Glenn goes through with his plan. After all the employees get massacred by Farrell's flunkies on opening night, Gleen reverts back to his brutish criminal ways to exact a harsh revenge on Farrell and his men. Writer/director Tim Kincaid, who also blessed us with such enjoyably putrid stinkers as "Breeders" and "Robot Holocaust," delivers yet another delectably dreadful doozy of a low-rent nickel'n'dime trashfest: the cruddy acting, pitiful dialogue ("I'm a professional -- I ain't gonna do no lapdancin'"), erratic pacing, crude cinematography by Arthur D. Marks, badly staged action scenes (the massacre sequence in particular is uproariously awful while the fisticuffs are likewise unintentionally sidesplitting in their jaw-dropping ineptitude), cheesy syncopated synthesizer score by Maggie Torre, faulty continuity, and tacky excessive gore are all every bit as hilariously horrendous as they ought to be. Token name thespian Jeff Fahey mostly just stands around as hard-bitten detective Frank Tackler, Frances Raines vamps it up as Farrell's brassy moll Barbara, and hulking behemoth Carl Fury snarls and sneers a lot as nasty musclehead thug Remy Wyler. Lovably pathetic stand-up comic Zerocks pops up as himself to tell a bunch of amusingly lousy jokes. A handy helping of tasty gratuitous female nudity, the bouncy rock soundtrack (the theme song seriously smokes), and plenty of choice footage of Times Square in its supremely seedy 80's heyday further add to the infectiously scuzzy fun. An entertainingly schlocky gut-buster." (Woodyanders)