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99 Cent Video Reviews E-Book Now Available For Download It's often said that 'truth is stranger than fiction,' and nowhere is this more apparent than in the documentary films we've profiled in the following collection, "Stranger Than Fiction: The 99 Cent Video Review Guide to The Most Bizarre and Intriguing Documentary Films Ever Made," available now from Suite101.com. Copies are now available for download at: http://www.suite101.com/topic_page.cfm/4651/4557. documentary • films • cult • annabel chong • grace quek
BOOK REVIEW: A History of X: 100 Years of Sex in Film
Porn may be chic, and it's certainly big business, but are its films really worthy of critical discussion or acclaim? Journalist Luke Ford thinks so. And he's not alone. porn • luke ford • history of x • william rotsler • annabel chong
Satan's Cheerleaders Given enough time, the occult inevitably finds its way into just about every genre of exploitation film. Chances are, however, that Lucifer would want little affiliation with Greydon Clark’s pom pom ladened enigma Satan’s Cheerleaders. satan's cheerleaders • cheerleaders • john ireland • john carradine • greydon clark
The Intruder
Imagine that a white separatist sect of the Klingon Empire has captured the Starship Enterprise, brainwashed its venerable captain – James T. Kirk – and transported him back in time to the rural south as a hate-mongering segregationist. Sound implausible? Well, guess again, and fasten your seatbelt for The Intruder, director Roger Corman’s racially charged 1961 docu-drama featuring none other than William Shatner in one of the most powerful and provocative performance of his career. the intruder • i hate your guts • william shatner • james kirk • roger corman
The Ring
Gore Verbinski's remake of The Ring may be frightfully successful at the box office, but when it comes to terrifying audiences worldwide, nothing compares to the original. the ring • ringu • gore verbinski • hideo nakata • naomi watts
99 Cent Video FLASHBACK: American Movie
Truth is often stranger than fiction, and for audiences of American Movie - director Chris Smith's acclaimed documentary of the trials and tribulations of no-budget filmmaker Mark Borchardt as he attempts to complete his (now notorious) direct-to-video feature Coven - it’s a hell of a lot more entertaining. american movie • mark borchardt • coven • chris smith • american job
99 Cent Video FLASHBACK: Naked Killer
If there exists any film that truly epitomizes the guilty pleasure that is "Asian trash cinema," Clarence Fok's unforgettable Naked killer is surely it. Stylish, in your face and replete with enough eye-candy to render subtitles irrelevant, Asia's iniquitous 1992 export kicks more butt than Jackie Chan and leaves a far sexier impression. naked killer • clarence fok • jackie chan • chingmy yau • carrie ng
99 Cent Video FLASHBACK: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait
Learn what really went on behind the scenes of one of the most horrifying films of all time. Do you really want to know? texas chainsaw massacre • blair witch project • tobe hooper • gunnar hansen • leatherface
Babes, Blades and Barbwire
Pro wrestling finishes may be predetermined, but the action inside the ring and behind the scenes is far more real than Beyond the Mat director Barry Blaustein could have ever imagined. professional wrestling • terry funk • mick foley • cactus jack • jake roberts
BOOK REVIEW: Filthy: The Weird World of John Waters
There’s no denying that former low-budget-director-turned-Box-Office-success John Waters has become one of the more recognizable faces in modern cinema. Some thirty years after Waters burst on the film scene with such underground trash epics as Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, and Pink Flamingos, it is apparent that this NYU film school drop-out has made a lasting impression on both Hollywood and pop culture. Like the notorious cult film director himself, "Filthy: The Weird World of John Waters" is eccentric, irreverent, and nearly impossible to look away from (or in this case, put down). john waters • filthy: the weird world of john waters • robrt pela • pink flamingos • mondo trasho
Dangerous Curves
If there exists one film that truly epitomizes the guilty pleasure that is "Asian trash cinema," Clarence Fok's notorious Naked Killer is surely it. Stylish, in your face and replete with enough eye-candy to render subtitles irrelevant, Asia's iniquitous 1992 export kicks more butt than Jackie Chan and leaves a far sexier impression. naked killer • carrie ng • chingmy yau • asian trash cinema • hong kong cinema
Don't Answer the Phone!
The hype surrounding Hideo Nakata's cult phenomenon The Ring promises a film scarier than The Blair Witch Project. It's a bold claim. Then again, Ring has left audiences from Asia to Western Europe afraid to pick up the phone. urban legends • urban myths • the ring • blair witch project • ringu
Gas Food Lodging
Allison Anders' 1992 directorial debut, Gas Food Lodging, offers an honest, unflinching and heartwarming glimpse of the pain, struggles and joys shared by mothers and daughters. Yet it remains a film that all audiences - both men and women - will undoubtedly identify with. gas food lodging • allison anders • love • james brolin • brooke adams
It Takes a Village... To Get Away With Murder
Welcome to the village of Potter’s Bluff, where the residents specialize in small town hospitality, and share a penchant for murder! horror • rhode island • alien • voodoo • psycho
It's Only a Movie
The cinematic trailer to last summer's Blair Witch Project promised a film "Scary as Hell." More than 25 years earlier, another film capitalized on a similar declaration. texas chainsaw massacre • horror • tobe hooper • blair witch project • leatherface
Revenge of the Cheerleaders The cheerleaders of the 1970s' most notorious exploitation genre didn’t “Bring It On,” they took it off! revenge of the cheerleaders • hasselhoff • cheerleaders • rainbeaux smith • richard lerner
Taking Aim at the Suburban Nightmare
It’s hard to imagine any film packing this much star-power successfully navigating beneath the mainstream Hollywood radar, but until its recent release on video The Big Hit languished in near-obscurity. Why the unusually low profile? Chances are it's because Tinseltown seldom delivers movies about suburban contract killers prepackaged and gift-wrapped. the big hut • wahlberg • hitman • wong • applegate
Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance
Fighting documentaries are often only as entertaining as the combatants they highlight. In the case of Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance, the director’s spotlight is cast upon three unlikely and diverse protagonists – each one an up-and-coming fighter, but all three possessing strikingly different backgrounds and goals. As such, the “star” of A Fighting Chance is not so much Muay Thai, as it is the fighters themselves, and their dreams of rising to the top in one of the toughest contact sports on the planet. muay thai • thai boxing: a fighting chance • thai boxing • susanne cornwall • bangkok
The Beginner's 99 Cent Guide to Hong Kong Cinema
Forget of your father’s chopsockies; Hong Kong cinema has come of age. hong kong cinema • chinese cinema • east • fantasy • crime drama
The Kids Aren't All Right
The 1970s, 80s and 90s witnessed three quintessential portrayals of teen angst grace the silver screen. Each delivered a chilling and uncompromising depiction of youth gone wild; each cast blame on a society too self-absorbed to notice, and each introduced audiences to some of the industry’s brightest up-and-coming talent. over the edge • kids • lost angels • chloe sevigny • amy locane
The Pom Pom Girls
Bridging the gap between the mindless "Beach Party" movies of the 1960s and the teen sexcapades of the 1980s are the often overlooked "Cheerleader" films of the 70s. These straight-to-drive-in quickies were characterized by virtually interchangeable (and sometimes nonexistent) plots that served as little more than backdrops for stoner-friendly soundtracks and ample offerings of T&A. Director Joseph Ruben's The Pom Pom Girls (also known as Palisades High) is no exception. the pom pom girls • pom pom • robert carradine • cheryl smith • rainbeaux smith
There Goes the Neighborhood
To promote its theatrical release, posters for Wes Craven’s Last House On The Left warned viewers: “To avoid fainting, keep repeating, ‘It’s only a movie.’” Clever hype notwithstanding, Craven’s infamous 1972 directorial debut still remains one of the most profoundly disturbing - if at times poorly executed - exploitation flicks of a generation. last house on the left • wes craven • scream • nightmare on elm street • david hess
This Isn't Your Parents' Punk Rock
Punk isn’t dead in the new millennium, but its commercialization and sanitization by the media and recording industry has arguably left it on life support. Is it possible that director Penelope Spheeris or the participants in her groundbreaking documentary on the once underground punk rock scene, The Decline of Western Civilization, could have predicted such a day? Not likely. Was such a fall inevitable? Positively. punk rock • punk music • decline of western civilization • penelope spheeris • diy
Thou Shall Not Kill
Comparisons to Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment notwithstanding, Rafael Zelinsky’s Fun is a mature, ambitious adaptation of a theme too often mired in the simple minded. fun • alicia witt • renee humphry • rafael zelinsky • film.
Where In The World Can I Find 99 Cent Videos (Part II) Still can’t find Revenge of the Cheerleaders or other films profiled on this site at your local video store? Don’t fret; help is on the way. video • tape traders • audition • chaatterbox • god told me to
99 Cent Video FLASHBACK: Battle Royale
Every so often a film comes along so shocking that society elects to conceal it from public view. Battle Royale is just such a film. battle royale • kinji fukasaku • lord of the flies • tatsuya fujiwara • aki maeda
99 Cent Video FLASHBACK: Dead By Dawn: Exploring The Twisted Vision of Sam Raimi
To most moviegoers, writer, director, and producer Sam Raimi is best known as the man behind this summer's blockbuster Spider Man, but longtime fans will always remember him as the gifted, twisted, and at times revolutionary mind behind arguably the coolest horror trilogy ever captured on celluloid, the Evil Dead. sam raimi • spider man • evil dead • bruce campbell • if chins could kill: confessions of a b movie acto
99 Cent Video FLASHBACK: Series 7: The Contenders
The future of reality TV is kill or be killed. reality television • series 7: the contenders • daniel minahan • survivor • the real world
99 Cent Video FLASHBACK: Sex, The Annabel Chong Story
99 Cent Video Reviews' most downloaded article is back on the front page! Click here to read why little Anna has been giving audiences something "big" to talk about since 1999 in our popular review of Gough Lewis' highly controversial and provocative film. annabel chong • sex: the annabel chong story • let's talk about sex • gough lewis • pornography
Battle Royale
Looking for the most outrageous film in our catalogue? Look no further than Japan’s Battle Royale, a motion picture so infamous that even to this day it remains banned in North America! battle royale • takeshi kitano • kinji fukasaku • banned films
BOOK REVIEW: The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema
Author Nikolas Schreck contends that motion pictures have always been the Devil’s domain, and a perusal of "The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema" proves he may be right. From Europe’s earliest 17th century pre-cinematic “magic lantern spectacles” to the occult blockbusters of the 1960s, 70s and beyond, Schreck’s exhaustively researched and remarkably entertaining treatise provides an authoritative account of the changing face of the Devil in film. nikolas schrek • the satanic screen • the exorcist • rosemary's baby • satan
Dead By Dawn: Exploring the Twisted Vision of Sam Raimi
Writer, director, and producer Sam Raimi wears many hats, but longtime fans will always remember him as the gifted, twisted, and at times revolutionary force behind arguably the coolest horror trilogy ever captured on celluloid, the Evil Dead. sam raimi • evil dead • evil dead 2 • army of darkness • bruce campbell
GAEA Girls
For professional wrestling fans (and the general public), access to the inner workings of this once forbidden and often misunderstood world has never been easier. Recently, several films and exposés and have allowed audiences to stroll behind what was once professional wrestling’s iron curtain. Even so, none of these films will have properly prepared audiences for Gaea Girls. Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams’ documentary delves headfirst into a world most U.S. audiences remain completely unaware of – the unique and sometimes violently disturbing realm of Japanese women’s professional wrestling. gaea girls • wrestling • professional wrestling • gaea japan • chigus nagayo
In Memoriam: Russ Meyer (1922-2004)
He was born Russel Albion Meyer, but they called him King Leer. russ meyer • mudhoney • faster pussycat kill kill • beyond the valley of the dolls • the immoral mr. teas
Let's Talk About Sex
On January 19, 1995, waif-like 22-year-old Annabel Chong made porno history by fornicating with 251 consecutive men. However, Sex: The Annable Chong Story is not so much about Chong as it is about Grace Quek, the University of Southern California gender studies student behind the Annabel Chong facade. annabel chong • sex • documentary • feminist • gender studies
Parental Advisory - Explicit Artist
Years before director Todd Phillips embarked on last summer’s Road Trip with Tom Green, he bravely journeyed through the bowels of New York City with the most dangerous rock ‘n’ roll band in America: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies. gg allin • punk rock • todd phillips • dee dee ramone • new york city
Reality Bites
The future of television is simple: kill or be killed. series 7 • the contenders • reality television • mtv real world • survivor
Revenge of the Big 80s
Though clocking in at a mere 20 minutes in length, directors John Heyn and Jeff Krulik's 1986 cult "mockumentary" Heavy Metal Parking Lot provides an amusing and unabashed anthropological look at a bygone era where big hair reigned and heavy metal ruled. heavy metal parking lot • jeff krulik • john heyn • judas priest • heavy metal music
Savage Love
Throughout my life I've been conditioned to believe that sadomasochism is an unnatural act performed only by sexual deviants, and my reaction to it has admittedly been one of discomfort and perhaps, a little disgust. Kirby Dick's controversial 1997 documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist changed all that. s&m • sadomasochism • bob flanagan • sheree rose • cystic fibrosis
Swords, Sorcery and Shakespeare
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon may be Hollywood’s flavor of the month, but longtime Fant-Asia aficionados know that Hong Kong’s original star-crossed lovers owe more to the talents of Shakespeare than to the direction of Ang Lee. brigitte lin • leslie cheung • hong kong • crouching tiger hidden dragon • ang lee
The Cheerleaders Collection Give me an "S." Give me an "E." Give me an "X." revenge of the cheerleaders • the cheerleaders • the swinging cheerleaders • paul glickler • anchor bay entertainment
Where On Earth Can I Find 99 Cent Videos?
Can’t find cult films at your local video store? Here are some tips to help your search. where to find cult videos • film festivals • film conventions • fantasia • hong kong film
Not So Sweet and Tender Hooligans
Violence among sports fans is hardly unknown in the U.S., but it pales in comparison to the carnage associated with European soccer. And while street battles between rival fans are endemic at large matches in Italy, Spain, Russia, Germany, Holland, France and Turkey, none have captured global audiences' imagination as has the English soccer hooligan. Nevertheless, only two films have attempted to enter the world of the hooligan: Alan Clarke's The Firm and Phillip Davis' I.D. hooligans • gary oldman • soccer • european soccer • football |
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