Where the hell have you been dude?
I just saw the ads for the friday the 13th set on tv- now i want it too ( might wait though unless sales are just too good to pass up)

Good one sick, that is one rockin box

Thanks for that link Smartt- nice site.
Btw I like the new avatar- a box transformer

He´s AUTOBOX.

Bastard

Okay, don't know how new it is, but Cleetus, try a movie called Love Object. It is on the new release wall at Hollyood video, but it isn't brand new, I don't think.

It's funny, and disturbing.

Yeah my friend at the video store kept trying to push that one on me but i didn't have the time to watch it then ( I have such a back log of stuff to watch). So should i seek it out?
I just watched the new walking tall, Toe. and I really liked it- I liked the original better but this is meant to be a different movie I think and in it's own right it is quite a fun little flick.

Yeah, someone told me the original was better. I'll have to rent it.

Yeah, if you have time, Love Object is worth a rent. Have you seen May? It's in that style, sort of.

LO is about a guy that orders one of those $10,000 fuck dolls. Falls in love with it. Has a schizo breakdown and it starts telling him what to do. Lots of blood at the end. Well, not lots. But well placed.

Have you seen Frailty yet? It was on that list I sent you- I really liked that one too. BTW how was Sniper 3?

Yep.

Also, Sniper 3 was good. In fact I went out and rented 2, and it was pretty good too.

Just basic no frills action entertainment. Nothing special. Berenger is cool.

You must have seen Sniper the first one right?-now that was a good one too.

Yep.

Tuesday October 12th: looks like another crappy week to me

Movies:
x After School Specials (1974-1976) (Brentwood) (Contains: The 18th Emergency, Summer of the Swans, The Skating Rink, Dear Lovey Hart: I Am Desperate)
After School Specials (1976-1977) (Brentwood) (Contains: Francesca Baby, Beat the Turtle Drum, The Pinballs, Trouble River)
Amour de Femme (Picture This)
Android (Anchor Bay)
Bela Lugosi (10-Movie Set) (Brentwood)
Bellboy, The (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/3 Deleted Scenes/A Blooper/MORE)
Betty Blue (Director's Cut) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Beyond Christmas (Fox)
Bite Me! (E.I. Independent)
Breakin' All The Rules (Columbia/Tri-Star) (Cast & Crew Commentary/Bloopers/MORE)
Bush's Brain (Tartan Video)
Christmas Carol, A (1951) (Special Edition) (VCI)
Cinderfella (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/5 Bloopers/MORE)
Coast to Coast (Showtime)
Da Game of Life (UrbanWorks)
Damn Yankees! (Warner Bros.)
Day After Tomorrow, The (Fox) (Two Filmmaker Commentaries/Deleted Scenes)
Delicate Delinquent, The (Paramount)
Disorderly Orderly, The (Paramount)
(*) Dragons: Fire and Ice (Lions Gate)
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (Media Blasters)
Errand Boy, The (Paramount) (Select Scene Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/4 Bloopers/MORE)
Family Jewels, The (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/2 Bloopers/2 Screen Tests/MORE)
Five Days to Midnight (Lions Gate)
Gatekeeper, The (Universal)
Gospel According to St. Matthew, The (Brentwood)
Gothika (Special Edition) (Warner Bros.)
I'm Not Scared (Buena Vista)
Japon (Tartan Video)
John Wayne: The Signature Collection (Warner Bros.) (Includes: The Searchers, Stagecoach, Rio Bravo, The Cowboys)
Ladies' Man, The (1961) (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/2 Bloopers/2 Deleted Scenes/MORE)
Last Slumber Party, The / Terror at Tenkiller (Scream Theater Double Feature) (Cinema Pops)
Magnificent Armour (VideoAsia)
Mother, The (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Noi (Palm Pictures)
Nutty Professor, The (1963) (Collector's Edition) (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/5 Deleted Scenes/14 Bloopers/MORE)
Packing Heat (4-Movie Set) (Brentwood)
Patsy, The (Paramount) (Select Scene Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/9 Bloopers/Deleted Scene/MORE)
Radio Flyer (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Raising Helen (Buena Vista)
Reversible Errors (Lions Gate)
Santa vs. the Snowman 3D (Universal)
Secret of Shaolin Kung Fu (VideoAsia)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Special Edition) (Warner Bros.)
Sexy Adventures of Van Helsing, The (E.I. Independent)
Shaolin Death Squard (VideoAsia)
Shaolin Ex Monk (VideoAsia)
Shaolin Red Masters (VideoAsia)
Sisters of Death / Scream Bloody Murder (Scream Theater Double Feature) (Cinema Pops)
Stateside (First Look)
Steptoe and Son / Steptoe and Son Ride Again (Anchor Bay)
Stooge, The (Paramount)
Subterra (Maverick)
Terminal Error (MTI)
That's Entertainment! (The Complete Collection) (Warner Bros.)
Tough Guys of Action (20-Movie Set) (Brentwood)
Tough Guys of the West (20-Movie Set) (Brentwood)
Twin Towers (Universal)
UrbanWorks Classic Cinema Collection (UrbanWorks) (Includes: Look Out Sister, The Proud Valley, Paradise In Harlem, Jericho)
Valentin (Buena Vista)
Wackiest Ship In The Army, The (Columbia/Tri-Star)
War Room, The (Universal)
White Rush (Monarch)


TV:

5th Wheel, The: Naked Dating (Volumes 1 & 2) (Universal)
Andy Griffith Show, The (The Complete First Season) (Paramount)
Broadway: The American Musical (Paramount)
C.S.I: Crime Scene Investigation (The Complete Fourth Season) (Paramount)
Cantinflas Show, The (Deportes) (Brentwood)
Cantinflas Show, The (Sabios e Inventores) (Brentwood)
Cantinflas Show, The (Tiempos Antiguos) (Brentwood)
Cedric The Entertainer Presents (The Complete Series) (Fox)
Cisco Kid, The (20-Program Set) (Brentwood)
Death in Holy Orders (BBC)
Dream On (Seasons 1 & 2) (Universal)
Dusty's Trail (The Almost Complete Series) (Brentwood)
Eerie, Indiana (The Complete Series) (BMG)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (The Complete Series) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Invader Zim Vol. 3: Horrible Holiday Cheer (Media Blasters)
Jamie Kennedy Experiment, The (The Complete Second Season) (Paramount)
Mutant X: Season 2 (ADV Films)
Punk'd (The Complete Second Season) (Paramount)
RAGGS Kids Club Band (Unleashed) (RAGGS, LLC)
Ren and Stimpy - The Complete 1st & 2nd Seasons (Paramount) (Commentary/Over 30 Episodes)
Salem's Lot: The Miniseries (Warner Bros.)
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Taxi (The Complete First Season) (Paramount)
Transformers: Energon (The Battle For Energon) (Paramount)
Transformers: Energon (The Return of Megatron) (Paramount)
Winnie the Pooh - 123's (Buena Vista)
Winnie the Pooh - ABC's (Buena Vista)
Wire, The (The Complete First Season) (HBO)

The only new release from theaters that I can see right off the bat is:
Day After Tomorrow, The (Fox) (Two Filmmaker Commentaries/Deleted Scenes)

But I might pick up some of those Jerry Lewis flicks if they are on the cheap- it is the French in me coming out

Wasn't Gen in an episode of Punk'd? Will her scene be in that release?

Punk'd (The Complete Second Season) (Paramount)

She was? i wonder who was being punked? I have the 1st season on dvd so if it is on that I have it( haven't watched it all yet though )

Musta havea:

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Bellboy, The (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/3 Deleted Scenes/A Blooper/MORE)
Cinderfella (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/5 Bloopers/MORE)
Day After Tomorrow, The (Fox) (Two Filmmaker Commentaries/Deleted Scenes)
Disorderly Orderly, The (Paramount)
Errand Boy, The (Paramount) (Select Scene Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/4 Bloopers/MORE)
Family Jewels, The (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/2 Bloopers/2 Screen Tests/MORE)
John Wayne: The Signature Collection (Warner Bros.) (Includes: The Searchers, Stagecoach, Rio Bravo, The Cowboys)
Ladies' Man, The (1961) (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/2 Bloopers/2 Deleted Scenes/MORE)
Nutty Professor, The (1963) (Collector's Edition) (Paramount) (Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/5 Deleted Scenes/14 Bloopers/MORE)
Patsy, The (Paramount) (Select Scene Commentary by Jerry Lewis & Steve Lawrence/9 Bloopers/Deleted Scene/MORE)
Radio Flyer (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Salem's Lot: The Miniseries (Warner Bros.)
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (Columbia/Tri-Star)

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Definitely The Day After Tomorrow.

I love Roland Emmerich, cause his movies are anti-American. He´s da man.

I prefer John Milius

Do you have this tuesday's releases?

My normal source usually posts these by thursday but didn't yet. Here are this tuesday's the 19th of October's new releases from the theater to dvd though ( not sure if reliable though):
October 19-
Bulgarian Lovers
The Butterfly (Le Papillon)
A Cinderella Story
Garfield: The Movie
Going Upriver: The Long War Of John Kerry
I'm Not Scared
Intermission
Love Me If You Dare
The Return
A Slipping Down Life
To Be And To Have
Van Helsing
You'll Get Over It

Ok- better late than never:
October 19th:

Movies:

Abrazame Muy Fuerte (Xenon)
After the Deluge (BFS)
Alexander the Great (MGM)
Appetite for Destruction (VAS Entertainment)
As Tears Go By (Kino)
Bait (BFS)
Baptism of Blood (Central Park Media)
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui (Buena Vista)
Born on the Fourth of July (Special Edition) (Universal) (Commentary by Oliver Stone/Anamorphic Transfer)
Bulgarian Lovers (TLA Releasing)
Butterfly, The (First Run Pictures)
Cat and the Canary, The (First Run Pictures)
Charly (MGM)
Cinderella Story, A (Warner Bros.) (Commentary by Hilary Duff & Others/Deleted Scenes/MORE)
Conquest of Space (Paramount)
Creature from the Black Lagoon, The (Monster Legacy Collection) (Universal) (Includes: The Original/Revenge of the Creature/The Creature Walks Among Us)
Cry of the Black Wolves (Cinema Pops)
D.A.R.Y.L. (Paramount)
Days of Being Wild (Kino)
Death Game (Cinema Pops)
Dracula (1979) (Universal)
Ed Wood (Special Edition) (Buena Vista) (Commentary with Tim Burton, Martin Landau, Screenwriters & Others/5 Deleted Scenes/MUCH MORE)
Explorers (Paramount) (2 Additional Scenes)
Eyes Without a Face (Criterion)
Fallen Angels (Kino)
Fat Girl (Criterion)
Fight, The (Paramount)
Fire in the Sky (Paramount)
Garden of Allah, The (MGM)
Garfield (The Movie) (Fox)
Ghosts of Edendale, The (Warner Bros.)
Godzilla (Collector's Box Set) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Godzilla Vs Gigan (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Godzilla Vs Hedorah (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla (Columbia/Tri-Star)
(*) Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (Wellspring)
Happy Together (1997) (Kino)
Hellboy (Director's Cut) (Columbia/Tri-Star) (3-Disc Set/Commentaries/150-min Making-of/MUCH MORE)
Hole, The (Buena Vista)
I'll Be Seeing You (MGM)
Intermezzo (MGM)
Intermission (MGM) (Deleted Scenes)
Invisible Man, The (Monster Legacy Collection) (Universal) (Includes: The Original/The Invisible Man Returns/The Invisible Man's Revenge/The Invisible Agent/The Invisible Woman)
Letting Go (BFS)
Love Me If You Dare (Paramount)
Made For Each Other (MGM)
Make A Wish (Wolfe)
Megapack - War Classics 50 MoviePack (Digital One Stop)
Mummy, The (Monster Legacy Collection) (Universal) (Includes: The Original/The Mummy's Hand/The Mummy's Tomb/The Mummy's Ghost/The Mummy's Curse)
Murder Rap (Cinema Pops)
Niña..Amada Mia (Xenon)
Oliver Stone (The Ultimate Collection) (Warner Bros.) (Contains: Wall Street, Talk Radio, JFK: Dir. Cut, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, Heaven & Earth, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, U-Turn, Any Given Sunday: Dir. Cut, Oliver Stone's America, Looking for Fidel, Persona Non Grata, Platoon, Salvador, Preview of Alexander)
Portrait of Jennie (MGM)
Pursuit (MGM)
Return, The (2004) (Kino)
Ruby Gentry (MGM)
Shiner (TLA Releasing)
Since You Went Away (MGM)
Slipping Down Life, A (Lions Gate)
Species (Special Edition) (MGM) (Two Commentaries (1) Roger Donaldson, Michael Madsen & Natasha Henstridge (2) Donaldson, Producer, FX & Makeup Supervisors)
Splatter University (Elite Entertainment)
Straw Dogs (MGM)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (MGM)
To Be and To Have (New Yorker)
Uncovered: The War On Iraq (Cinema Libre) (Includes David O. Russell's "Soldier's Pay" Documentary)
Universal Soldier (Special Edition) (Lions Gate) (Commentary by Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin & Cast Members/Alternate Ending/MORE)
''Up' Series, The: The Definitive Collection (First Run Pictures) (Contains Seven-Up, 7 Plus Seven, 21, 28-Up, 35-Up, 42-Up)
Van Helsing (Universal) (Two Commentaries (1) Stephen Sommers & Producer (2) Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley & Will Kemp/Deleted Scenes/Outtakes/MUCH MORE)
Van Helsing (Collector's Edition) (Universal) (Contains Original Dracula, Frankenstein & The Wolf Man)
Wong Kar-Wai Collection, The (Kino)
Yakuza Papers, The (Box Set) (Home Vision) (6-Disc Box Set)
Yakuza Papers, The: Vol. 1 (Battles Without Honor & Humanity) (Home Vision)
Yakuza Papers, The: Vol. 2 (Deadly Fight in Hiroshima) (Home Vision)
Yakuza Papers, The: Vol. 3 (Proxy War) (Home Vision)
Yakuza Papers, The: Vol. 4 (Police Tactics) (Home Vision)
Yakuza Papers, The: Vol. 5 (Final Episode) (Home Vision)
You'll Get Over It (Picture This)
Young In Heart, The (MGM)
Zombie Planet (Tempe)


TV:

Arrested Development (The Complete First Season) (Fox) (Commentaries/Unaired Pilot/Deleted Scenes/MORE)
Batman (Holy Batmania!) (Image)
Eden - The Complete Series (Image)
Fraggle Rock: Where It All Began (Hit Entertainment)
Greg the Bunny (The Complete Series) (Fox) (Commentary/2 Unaired Episodes/Deleted Scenes/MORE)
Helter Skelter (2004) (Warner Bros.) (Director & Producer Commentary/Deleted Scenes/MORE)
It's a Wonderful Red Green Christmas (Acorn Media)
Man Show, The - Girls on Trampolines (Eagle Rock)
Pee-wee's Playhouse (Christmas Special) (Image)
SCTV: Network 90 (Vol. 2) (Shout! Factory)
SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete 2nd Season (Paramount)
Stargate SG-1 (Season Seven) (MGM)
Tom and Jerry: Premiere Collection (Vol. 1) (Warner Bros.) (40 Classic Shorts)
Wacky Races: The Complete Series (Warner Bros.)
WWE Unforgiven 2004 (Sony Music/Wonder)
Xena: Warrior Princess (The Complete Fifth Season) (Anchor Bay)

The Purchaseable Ones:

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Creature from the Black Lagoon, The (Monster Legacy Collection) (Universal) (Includes: The Original/Revenge of the Creature/The Creature Walks Among Us)
Dracula (1979) (Universal)
Ed Wood (Special Edition) (Buena Vista) (Commentary with Tim Burton, Martin Landau, Screenwriters & Others/5 Deleted Scenes/MUCH MORE)
Eyes Without a Face (Criterion)
Godzilla (Collector's Box Set) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Godzilla Vs Gigan (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Godzilla Vs Hedorah (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Hellboy (Director's Cut) (Columbia/Tri-Star) (3-Disc Set/Commentaries/150-min Making-of/MUCH MORE)
Invisible Man, The (Monster Legacy Collection) (Universal) (Includes: The Original/The Invisible Man Returns/The Invisible Man's Revenge/The Invisible Agent/The Invisible Woman)
Mummy, The (Monster Legacy Collection) (Universal) (Includes: The Original/The Mummy's Hand/The Mummy's Tomb/The Mummy's Ghost/The Mummy's Curse)
Straw Dogs (MGM)
Wong Kar-Wai Collection, The (Kino)
Tom and Jerry: Premiere Collection (Vol. 1) (Warner Bros.) (40 Classic Shorts)
Wacky Races: The Complete Series (Warner Bros.)

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Smartt do you know if the Universal monster Legacy will be available as a set with the little statues- I hope so they were very cool.

No statues this time. Bummer.

That does suck - the statues for the creature and mummy would have been really cool

AAHHHHH, I miss so much in life.

October 26th:
3-Play (Maverick)
Ahi Esta El Detalle (Vanguard)
America's Heart & Soul (Buena Vista) (Filmmaker Commentary)
Arch Nemesis (Benzino) (UrbanWorks)
Bad Boys II (SuperBit) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Border Blues (MTI)
Brain Donors (Paramount)
China Syndrome, The (Special Edition) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Cino Clasico De Antonio Aguilar (Vanguard)
(*) Citizen Toxie: Toxic Avenger 4 (Troma)
Cliffhanger (SuperBit) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Control Room (Lions Gate) (3 Commentary Tracks/Over 30 Mins Deleted Scenes)
Da Last Don (UrbanWorks)
Dawn of the Dead (2004) (Universal) (101-min. cut/Director & Producer Commentary/12 mins Deleted Scenes/MUCH MUCH MORE)
Dawn of the Dead (2004) (Unrated Director's Cut) (Universal) (110-min. cut/Director & Producer Commentary/12 mins Deleted Scenes/MUCH MUCH MORE)
Deadly Spawn, The (Synapse)
Diggin' Dollars (Maverick)
Edison: The Invention of the Movies (Kino) (4-Disc Set/Over 140 Films)
Farmingville (Docurama)
Father & Son (Wellspring)
Forgotten Silver (Anchor Bay)
Frankenfish (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Girl on Fire (VideoAsia)
Grand Theft Parsons (MGM)
Grande Ecole (Wellspring)
Guns Of Navarone, The (SuperBit) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
(*) H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (Facets)
Happy Birthday To Me (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Harvest, The (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Hong Kong Spice (VideoAsia)
I'm Bout It (UrbanWorks)
Imports & Outlaws (VAS Entertainment)
Jimmy Hollywood (Paramount)
Killing Machine (Shourinji Kenpo) (Adness)
Kintaro the White Collar Worker (Pathfinder)
Liquid Bridge (Velocity)
Lost Boys of Sudan (Docurama)
Masala (Wellspring)
Missing, The (SuperBit) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Mulan (Special Edition) (Buena Vista)
No Te Enganes Corazon (Vanguard)
Once Upon A Time In Mexico (SuperBit) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Passion of the Priest (Vanguard)
Remmer (Vanguard)
Ritual (UrbanWorks)
Ruth Rendell Mystery Double Feature (Wellspring)
S.W.A.T. (SuperBit) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
September 11 (Empire)
Shikoku (Adness)
Speedo (Docurama)
Spooks and Creeps (Vanguard)
Staffers (Anchor Bay)
Tesseract, The (Sundance)
Thing Called Love, The (Paramount)
Thing, The (1982) (Collector's Edition) (Universal) (Reissue with Anamorphic Transfer)
Tongan Ninja (Anchor Bay)
Underworld (SuperBit) (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Waiting for Fidel (Facets)
White Chicks (Columbia/Tri-Star) ("R" & "Unrated" Versions)

Television:

21 Jump Street (Season One) (Anchor Bay)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (Death On The Nile) (A&E)
Ask This Old House - The Complete 1st Season (Studio TBD)
Blue's Clues: ABC's, 123s and More (DVD Collection) (Paramount)
Boohbah (Snowman) (Paramount)
Breakout (Wellspring)
Broadway's Lost Treasures 2 (Acorn Media)
Codename: Kids Next Door (Warner Bros.)
Cyberchase (Starlight Night) (Paramount)
Deadly Duels (Wellspring)
Dora the Explorer - Dora's Christmas (Paramount)
Dora the Explorer - Dora's Ultimate Adventure (DVD Collection) (Paramount)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (The Complete Fourth Season) (A&E)
Father Murphy (The Complete First Season) (Shout! Factory)
Frank Sinatra Show With Ella Fitzgerald (MVD)
Garfield's Holiday Celebrations (Fox)
In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Paramount)
Little House on the Prairie (The Complete Sixth Season) (Goldhil)
Lost Prince, The (BBC)
Macbeth (The Royal Shakespeare Company) (A&E)
Max & Ruby: Max & Ruby's Christmas (Paramount)
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The (MPI)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Collection #6) (Rhino) (Contains: Gunslinger, Attack of the Giant Leeches, Teenagers from Outer Space, Mr. B's Natural Shorts)
O.C., The (The Complete First Season) (Warner Bros.)
Peanuts: I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! (Paramount)
Profiler - Season 4 (A&E)
Secret Central (Have You Heard?) (Paramount)
Spartacus (The Miniseries) (Universal)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Complete Series (Paramount)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete Series (Paramount)
That 70s Show (The Complete First Season) (Fox) (Commentaries/Audition Tapes/MORE)
Topo-Gigio Volume 4 (The Film Depot)
Unsolved Mysteries (Astonishing Miracles) (First Look)
Viva la Bam (The Complete 1st Season) (Paramount)
Wild Boyz (The Complete First Season) (Paramount)
Wind in the Willows, The (A&E)

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Oy vey!

Viva la bam and Dawn of the dead for me this week.
What is frankenfish Smartt?

I already have Dawn of the Dead. It was released on DVD here in Brazil two weeks ago. Uncut edition.

By the way just for some of you dvd collectors to know- Blockbuster ( at least many of them) are offering 8 bucks for your unwanted dvds- if they are in good shape and in their computer system. So if you want to get rid of that old copy of Osmosis Jones that is taking up shelf space it is a very good deal. They give you store credit which I used to buy some more new DVDs. I do not know when this deal ends or if it is universal for all blockbusters, but it may be worth checking out if you have dvds to get rid of.

Hell yeah!

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Every generation needs a giant snakehead fish movie. Luckily, we'll go down as the first. In fact, we now have the good fortune to receive two snakehead fish movies in as many months. Fresh off of the "Snakehead Terror," Sci-Fi Pictures proudly presents the next evolution of horror in "Frankenfish." Then again, maybe not. In fact, scratch all of that.

Sam Rivers (Tory Kittles), a medical investigator, is sent into the Louisiana Bayou to investigate a strange murder. Along for the ride is biologist Mary Callahan (China Chow). The local residents of a houseboat community feel the danger as one person after another begins disappearing into the mouth of an unknown creature. Stuck on the shoreline without any means of communication or escape, the small band of residents, along with the two outsiders, must find a way to finish off the creature before it can enter larger waters.

Mark A.Z. DippÈ directs this sub-standard creature fare. He's the man responsible for the live action "Spawn" movie back in 1997. But, he's also an accomplished special effects crewman, taking part in two of the 90's biggest blockbusters "Terminator 2" and "Jurassic Park." As such, the effects here are above average for a direct-to-cable creature feature. The CGI is passable while there are multiple uses of traditional animatronic and puppet wizardry. The oversized snakehead itself is also a nice little design, but in a movie like this, it never really matters.

Since the movie is titled "Frankenfish," everyone already knows this is a giant fish-eats-people movie. Why the mystery? This one is frustratingly slow to build, wasting nearly 45-minutes before things pick up, and even then it loses momentum again almost immediately. Had the finale provided a pay-off this wouldn't have been such a problem, but it doesn't. Instead, viewers are left watching less than capable actors (though the two leads do a decent job) fending off their meager belongings against a monster that never gets any screen time.

Blood flows freely here, really pushing the limits of standard cable a few times. People are decapitated, chopped up in a fan boat, and dragged underwater leaving only red bodily fluids behind. The final demise of the snakehead is also a classic (and somewhat innovative), though only for the obscene amount of gore. There are a few surprises in the body count as well, but the characters are far too one-dimensional to care.

Yet, the biggest travesty here is the monsters "reason to be." It's arguably the most important part in a movie like this as it gives some kind of purpose to the proceedings. Here, the description flies by in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it segment. Even if you do manage to figure it out, it's still less than satisfying. All the time spent trying to figure out what the creature is for nearly 80-minutes from the moment this film starts is wasted. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, yes, it does set itself up for a sequel at the end.

Finally, the last complaint goes to the Sci-Fi Channel. Generally they have the decency to show original movies in their widescreen format, but here they chose the alternate route going with a terrible pan & scan presentation. It made an already hard to watch movie even more unbearable.

"Frankefish" has some small potential to work, but it needed serious editing and at least twenty more minutes of screen time to our amphibious friend. As it stands, this is another travesty to the small group of people who enjoy movies like this from a station that never seems to care. How much money is actually made from something like this will never be known, but buying stock in the Sci-Fi Channel is not recommended.

Thanks for the info Smartt- I would have given that a try until that review- kudos to you.