A SAFE PLACE (71) Seriously twisted head game of a movie starring the perpetually disturbed Tuesday Weld, a youngish Jack Nicholson, Firesign Theatre’s Phil Proctor and Orson Welles sporting a bad Yiddish accent. Weld plays a delicate, confused young woman who, unable to cope with modern life and the men in it (Proctor, Nicholson), mentally retreats into "a safe place" a childlike dreamworld presided over by a not so subtle father figure known as "The Magician" (Welles). Yet another unreleased to video rarity. Order

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SAVAGE HARVEST (81) Africa is plagued by drought and predators from the highhlands are forced to seek their food in whatever form they can; if it bleeds, they'll eat it. While local isolated villages are being terrorized, life is good and hearty at a nearby plantation house, the owner of which has just had all his workers walk out for a better (safer) life in the city. In his absence, a pride of lions set their sights on the family left behind, and before you can say "They're coming to get you, Barbara.", the humans have boarded up the fancy windows and doors in an attempt to keep the hungry horde at bay until they can come up with an escape plan that works. The lion sequences are incredible and pretty fucking scary with all the gruesome gut-ripping, body-dragging horror you expect when animals attack! Based on actual events. English language with Japanese subtitles. (review by Scott Wallis) Order

A SAVAGE HUNGER (84) aka The Oasis. This excellent adventure yarn concerns a planeload of American stereotypes, including a blonde bimbo, an aerobics instructor couple and a yuppie urban developer forced to make a crash landing in the Mexican desert. Gathering their meager provisions together, the survivors begin a long trek across the hellish landscape in search of help. Some members of the group die from dehydration and exposure, and all seems lost until they find an encampment with a fresh water well and some rudimentary shelter. Left without containers to haul the water, the survivors face moral and ethical dilemmas as they must resort to cannibalism to stay alive … and then the real fun begins! Featuring excellent photography and good performances from a cast of unknowns, Hunger forces the viewer to feel the oppressive heat, the feeling of desperation, and yes, taste the jerky from start to finish. Highly recommended! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order

SCALPEL (76) aka False Face. UNCUT (no pun intended) R-rated 95 minute version Order

SCRATCH HARRY (69) aka The Erotic Three. Weird self-proclaimed "speed fantasy" about the last days of "Harry" a high living philanderer whose movements are being watched and judged by a black-clad beatnik angel. Offbeat in the extreme and a real find for collectors. Note: Any help locating director Alex Matter‘s earlier B&W feature The Drifter will be generously rewarded. Order

SECRET CEREMONY (68) Wow! Here it is: the complete, UNCUT version of this amazing cheese/camp/trash anti-classic that stars Elizabeth Taylor as a jizz guzzling hooker, Mia Farrow as a delusional, bisexual womanchild, and Robert Mitchum as her incestuous step-daddy. Stare wide-eyed as Liz stuffs her face with sausages, belches loudly and complains about how fat she’s getting! Twitch uncontrollably as the anorexic Mia shucks off her tiny clothes and hops into a tub with the corpulent Cleopatra! Gasp in awe as Bob calls Liz a "cow" and makes mooing sounds at her! Squeal in disbelief as Liz gives Mia an unscheduled stuffed toy abortion! We swear to you we’re not making this up – order it and see for yourself! Letterboxed Order

THE SECRET LIFE (93) Cheapo, laugh-out-loud Jeffrey Dahmer "biography" reveals more about writer/star Carl Chew's demented psyche than that of Milwaukee's favorite gay cannibal necrophile. Ridiculously coy (all the victims keep their underpants on!), with bafflingly inappropriate music and a lower gore budget than your average Knights of Columbus Halloween spook-house, this makes Rene Cardona look like Oliver Stone. Best of all is Chew's pretentious, over-the-top narration. The victims should have known something was up from the skeleton painting hanging over Jeff's couch. And his She-Devils on Wheels t-shirt. (review by Christian McLaughlin) Order

SIEGE (83) aka Self Defense; Night Warriors. Low budget, Canadian- made movie very much in the tradition of John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" only gayer. When a gay bar is attacked by a group of thugs during a police strike, one patron escapes to an institute for disabled young people which then comes under the siege by the gang who are determined to leave no witnesses. Order

THE SINGLE GIRLS aka Private School; Bloody Friday. Order

SKULLDUGGERY (70) Long lost and much sought after Burt Reynolds film that truly must be seen to be believed. Burt plays a fast talking adventurer who leads scientist Susan Clark and her party into the wilds of New Guinea where they discover the "Tropi" a tribe of half-man, half-ape creatures who may be the "missing link" of human evolution. Ranging from high adventure to war between the sexes farce to environmentalist conspiracy rants about the military-industrial complex and with a jaw dropping courtroom drama finale (complete with Black Panthers!) SKULLDUGGERY is definitely a cult film in search of an audience. English language print with Danish subtitles. Order  

SLAVES OF LOVE (69) Two pilots investigate a deserted island and are taken hostage by some buxom broads in leather micro-miniskirts wielding machine guns. Taking the men to a futuristic, underground compound, they are forced to make love to the girls under the threat of torture and death! Why? I don’t know. Grade-Z director Charles Nizet would forge a reputation with his horror films Voodoo Heartbeat and The Possessed for his striking compositions, garish photography, bizarre sets and weird stories. This early nudie cutie has all of those, plus lots and lots of skinny dipping, nude sunbathing and softcore sex scenes. Order

SON OF HITLER (78) aka Hitler’s Son; Return to Munich. When somebody says the word "comedy" what’s the first thing that pops into your head? Nazis, right? Of course! So you know there’s going to be belly laughs aplenty when director Rodney Amateau brings together the comedy stylings of Peter Cushing and Bud Cort for: Son of Hitler! Cushing plays the head of a far right wing political party called "N.E.I.N." (Never Encourage Intellectual Nonsense) who discovers that the Fuhrer left behind a son, an illiterate woodcarver named "Willi" (Cort). So, with the aid of his trusty chauffeur, Cushing kidnaps the lumpen lad and sets about molding him into the leader of the new Fourth Reich. And then... And then... Sorry, it’s hard to type with these tears of laughter obscuring the keyboard. Well, it’s better that you experience the zaniness for yourself. Let’s just say that Son of Hitler is more fun than a barrelful of war criminals. Strangely enough, this wasn’t a hit at the box office. In fact, it was never even released to theaters. Anywhere. Ever. Nice quality letterboxed print of this twisted curiosity piece. Order

SOUL HUSTLER (76) aka The Day the Lord Got Busted. Former ‘50s teen idol Fabian stars as a hippy drifter and junkie who picks up a few bucks hustling rubes at tent revival meetings. When a crafty preacher spots the lad’s natural talent for separating suckers from their shekels he takes the bearded boho under his wing and molds him into "Matthew, Son of Jesus," troubadour for the Lord and role model for the Jesus Freak generation. All well and good so long no one finds out about Matthew’s nasty little smack habit or his penchant for beating up women! Order

STEWARDESS SCHOOL (86) Check this out: this movie isn’t five minutes old when we’re treated to an extended gag about a jumbo jet crashing into a building! Your jaw will be on your chest when the movie later makes light of a mad terrorist smuggling a bomb on an airplane! It’s certainly not funny now, and it probably wasn’t funny then. For sure, this Police Academy-style comedy has fat jokes, gay jokes, slut jokes nerd jokes and T & A but no one was aware of the levels of “political incorrectness” it would achieve later on! Couch potatoes will recognize TV actors Donald Most (Happy Days), Amy Jo Sperber (Bosom Buddies), Sherman Hemsley (The Jeffersons) and Sandahl Bergman. This flick is so Eighties, one almost expects Ronald Reagan to walk on and give his “Evil Empire” speech. Order

THE STRANGE VENGEANCE OF ROSALIE (72) Having just buried her mother, a lonely and unstable Native American Indian woman (Bonny Bedelia) becomes infatuated with a handsome city feller (Ken "The White Shadow" Howard) who picks her up hitchhiking on a barren stretch of New Mexico highway. She lures him back to her shack deep in the desert and keeps him there by first airing his tires and then by tying him down and breaking his legs (you don’t think Stephen King comes up with all those ideas by himself do you?). She does her best to make him comfortable though, pushing him around the countryside in a big brass bed. Into this scene of domestic bliss roars a dangerously demented biker... Well worth checking out. Order

STRAWBERRIES NEED RAIN (70) Ultra-rare Larry Buchanan rip off of Ingmar Bergman(!) films set in Luchenboch, TX and starring a frequently nude Monica Gayle. Monica makes a deal with Death (played by Les Tremane!) for one more day of life and spends it running around trying to get laid. Nice quality import print of this pseudo Seventh Seal. Order

STREET GIRLS (74) Co-written by a young Barry Levinson, Street Girls is a heady mixture of grimy exploitation and Paul Morrisey avant garde. Filmed in Eugene, Oregon, the plot has a middle-aged suburban father descending into the city’s sleazy underworld of slums and seamy dives in order to locate his runaway daughter Angel, who has not only become a topless dancer, prostitute and heroin addict, but a lesbian to boot. Exuding a similar atmosphere as Paul Schrader’s better known Hardcore, Street Girls resonates with realistic scenes of hardcore drug use, and some genuinely desperate and lost characters (even Angel’s straight-laced father eventually finds himself turned on by his surroundings), while displaying more than enough flesh to satiate the flea pit brigade. Directed by Michael Miller (Jackson County Jail). Order

STREETWALKIN’ (84) A teenage runaway tries to leave The Life after her pimp boyfriend brutally beats her best friend to a bloody pulp. But customers are waiting, and the night drags on … Director Joan Freeman approaches the subject matter of NYC prostitution seriously, but that doesn’t stop her from ladling on the ultra violence and the gaudy sights and sounds of ol’ Times Square. Featuring Julie “Catwoman” Newmar as a red lingerie-clad street hostess. Essential viewing! Especially if your life’s ambition is to see every single motion picture in which Antonio Fargas played a pimp! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order

SUPERVAN (73) Nothing summed up the exuberance, excess and just plain silliness of the ‘70s quite like custom vans. Airbrushed unicorns, CB radios, shag carpeting, bumperstickers with slogans like "If this van’s a rockin’ don’t come a knockin’", they all made a statement. And more often than not the statement was "I have pot." But we digress. Featuring a solar powered, laser equipped behemoth named "Vandora" and highlighted by actual footage from a California custom van "freakout" Supervan is more than just a time capsule, it’s more than just a guilty pleasure, it’s THE mother of all custom van movies in all its goofy glory. So go ahead and laugh, Junior. But just remember – in 30 years another generation of weisenheimers will be laughing at those shiny little rice rockets you’re so fond of too. Order

SWAP MEET (79) Nutty teen comedy exploring the wacky hijinks to be found at the weekly swap meet. Okay, so high concept it isn’t. But before being too hard on someone’s idea of centering a movie around a swap meet try to understand that this was made long before eBay, back when shopping malls were a new concept and pocket calculators were cutting edge technology. Plus, did we mention the titties? Yep, there’s some titties in this one. And God bless ‘em, they NEVER go out of style. Order

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THE SWEET RIDE (68) The debris meets the sea in this trashy little tale that stars Tony Franciosa as an aging tennis bum whose Malibu beach pad is an open house to all the local flotsam and jetsam. Swingin’ Tony’s only rule is everybody shares everything and that includes the chicks, daddy-o. Into this seaside vice den strolls the mysterious "Vickie" (Jacqueline Bisset) who, before our tale is through, will be abused by a cycle gang leader, manhandled by a Hollywood producer and dumped in the street and nearly run over. Hey, that’s no way to treat a lady! With Michael Sarrazin, Michele Carey (as "Thumper"), Bob Denver (as "Choo Choo") and a great theme song by Dusty Springfield. Order

SWINGERS MASSACRE (75) aka Inside Amy. Horny middle-aged lawyer (Eastman Price) convinces his reluctant young spouse (Marsha Jordan) that wife swapping is a really good idea. Once it comes time to do the old switcheroo though, it turns into Every Man's Worst Nightmare: he's shooting blanks while she mutates into an insatiable hose monster. Now THAT'S scary! Consumed with jealousy, Mr. Softy goes on a killcrazy rampage wiping out all the men (and women) who boned his old lady! With '70s sleaze regulars Rene Bond, Jan Mitchell, and Gary Kent; and nightclub scenes shot at Filthy McNasty's on Sunset Strip! A rare cheese classic. Order

THE SWINGING BARMAIDS (75) aka Eager Beavers. William Smith and Dyanne Thorne star in this extremely sleazy little outing about a psychotic thrill killer who targets cocktail waitresses at a seedy gin mill. Great looking import print blows away the crap copies offered by some of our so-called competitors. Order