This Special Edition DVD release of Piper s horror outing Drainiac has been newly telecined from its original negatives and pre-mastered in hi-definition image and sound re-edited fx-enhanced and presented in 1.78:1 widescreen - offering fans a never-before-seen cut and the definitive version of this traditional FX and stop-motion animation cult classic.Julie Ashbrook and a group of friends have taken up residence in a deserted old house while they clean it up for a planned restoration. Strange and inexplicable occurrences involving water is just the beginning as gruesome death-by-plumbing takes its toll on the terrified inhabitants. Drip by steady drip the fleshless entity begins to take shape and Julie and her friends soon come face to face with the bloodthirsty monster in all its aqueous evil - an ancient water demon that wants to tear them apart!
Plugging nicely into the world of Delta Green, Rough Magik is about The Night Scholars, a clandestine organization setup to monitor the ancient cult of Cthulhu. After decades of compiling an enormous database of arcane information, they have come to a single, incontrovertible conclusion: the Sleeping God is waking. Diana Armitage, with the help of her Home Office liaison, the mysterious Mr. Moon (Paul Darrow), launch an aggressive campaign against the Dreamers. This operation, designated the Rough Magik initiative, was successful but they trod on the toes of some powerful people, amidst accusations of financial impropriety and possible treason, and the Night Scholars were disbanded. Now years later, the old magic is returning, the Sleeping God is rising, and there are more Dreamers than Mr. Moon can handle as he struggles to rebuild the Night Scholars before its too late.
The fourth volume in The H.P. Lovecraft Collection contains some excellent adaptaions of Lovecraft's short story "Pickman's Model" including Chilean Gothic. Other films include Geoffrey Clark's animated version of In the Vault, Austinite Cathy Welch's 1980 B&W take on "Pickman's Model", and Giovanni Furore's Italian version of Pickman. Plus Djie Han Thung's Between the Stars.
Security Guard David Dunn (Bruce Willis) miraculously survives a catastrophic train crash. Not only is he the sole survivor out of 132 passengers, he also is completely unharmed. Comic book specialist Elijah Price (Samuel Jackson) confronts David with an incredible theory: Elijah, who has been nicknamed 'Mr. Glass' due to his more than fragile bones, thinks that David has got all which he himself lacks. The two of them 'seem to be linked by a curve, but sitting on opposite ends'. David begins to discover the shocking truth behind Mr. Price's assumptions. But after all, David's fate is not only to find his real place in the world. It also is about proving Elijah's theory of his own existence.
Darian Fawkes is a petty thief and conman who is bailed out of jail by his brother in return for undergoing an experiment that implants a "quicksilver" gland in his head that allows him to turn invisible. When his brother is killed, he ends up working for a top-secret government organization (disguised as the Department of Fish & Game) in return for a counter-agent which keeps the gland from driving him insane.
After years of experimentation, Dr. Sebastian Caine, a brilliant but arrogant and egotistical scientist working for the Defense Department, has successfully transformed mammals to an invisible state and brought them back to their original physical form. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine instructs his team to move on to Phase III: human experimentation. Using himself as the first subject, the invisible Caine finds himself free to do the unthinkable. But Caine' experiment takes an unexpected turn when his team can't bring him back. As the days pass, he grows more and more out of control, doomed to a future without flesh as the Hollow Man.
Jersey (Nick Cheung Ka Fai) aspires to be the greatest gambler he can be. Being both cunning and possessing incredible fighting skills, he has all the attributes and appears to have reached the pinnacle of his profession after winning a pool match against his top competition. After learning about the heroic story of "Cool" a gambling king in Japan, he jets off to Tokyo with his girlfriend (Christy Chung Lai-Tai). They end up in a restaurant where they encounter the owner (Louis Koo Tin Lok), who deftly defends himself against local gangsters. Jersey recognizes the owner's fighting skills of the legendary Cool. The retired gambler tells him about his girlfriend Karen who is was injured in a shooting accident involving his traitorous gambling buddy Yeung Kwong and his enemy. The plot of "Conman in Tokyo" is easier to follow, than write about, but basically it tells a story about power of money and love, with a lot of silly comedy thrown in. The action sequences are quite good.
THE EVILMAKER (2000, 99 mins.): First time available on DVD! Serena returns home after escaping an abusive relationship to spend time with three of her friends from high school. A weekend at the beach seems like an ideal way to relax and relive the old days until their car breaks down near an abandoned house. What starts out as a creepy night turns into three days of hell as they experience terror around every corner while they fight to survive The Evilmaker!
After years of experimentation, Dr. Sebastian Caine, a brilliant but arrogant and egotistical scientist working for the Defense Department, has successfully transformed mammals to an invisible state and brought them back to their original physical form. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine instructs his team to move on to Phase III: human experimentation. Using himself as the first subject, the invisible Caine finds himself free to do the unthinkable. But Caine' experiment takes an unexpected turn when his team can't bring him back. As the days pass, he grows more and more out of control, doomed to a future without flesh as the Hollow Man.
Mel Gibson portrays Porter, a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist pump metal into him and take off with his $70,000 cut. Bad move, thugs. Because if you plan to double-cross Porter, you'd better make sure he's dead. Porter resurfaces, wading into a lurid urban underworld of syndicate kingpins, cops on the take, sniveling informants and deadly gangs. Porter wants his money back. And the way he sets out to get is assures that, from beginning to heartpounding end, Payback pays off big.
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