COLOR ME LURID (Var.) Groovy collection of experimental films from NY underground legend, George Kuchar. Hold Me While I'm Naked; The Mongreloid; Forever and Always and A Reason to Live. Plus two bonus shorts: Wild Night in El Reno and I, an Actress. Order

COOKING WITH HUCK BOTKO (96-98) Horrifyingly creepy collection of short films from the evil "Huck Botko" who gets even with his fucked up family by cooking up some unusual homemade goodies in the kitchen. Huck really, really doesn’t like his father so for Christmas he whips up a fruitcake with a very special ingredient: he stops by a downtown liquor store and pays bums to spit in the mix. In "Baked Alaska" he resolves his abandonment issues with his mother by feeding her a sugary confection spiced up with some Yellowstone road kill. And in "Cheesecake" he celebrates the Yuletide season by presenting his too-perfect yuppie sister with a cherry cheesecake that has "Merry X-mas" written on it in Hepatitis-B infected junkies’ blood. Everything’s recorded too, from Huck collecting his ingredients and having the participants wish the lucky recipients happy holidays (the junkies smile and say "from our hearts to yours") to his unsuspecting relatives wolfing down the contaminated chow (Huck’s step-mom pronounces the fruitcake "savory"). And Huck’s friends aren’t much better. In "Julie" a VD infected wiseguy helps out his buddy who’s been fucked over by a woman by attempting to seduce her. When that doesn’t work he settles for pissing in her shampoo bottle, wiping his ass with her toothbrush and mixing his cum into her cat’s food. It’s anybody’s guess whether these things are hoax or horrifying reality but either way they’re disgusting and in a sick, sick way, hilarious. Order

THE DAY THE PONIES COME BACK (00) A young and idealistic French musician (Guillaume Canet) on a business trip to New York City seizes the opportunity to search for his long lost father, who abandoned him and his mother. He discovers that his father’s last known address is now a squalid South Bronx tenement. The musician rallies all the tenants to hold their slumlord (Burt Young) accountable. In the meanwhile, he befriends a young black kid and has an affair with an abused housewife. While it would be easy for the story to become cloying and sentimental, its unvarnished look at urban blight, drug and alcohol abuse, prostitution, wife beating, broken homes, abject poverty and racial tensions keep the film firmly grounded in reality. And a NYC skyline still sporting the Twin Towers is sure to make a few viewers brush away a tear. Beautiful letterboxed print. (review by Greg Goodsell) Order

DEAFULA (75) aka Young Deafula. "THIS MOVIE WAS PRODUCED FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING AUDIENCES... WITH THIS IN MIND, WE WILL PROVIDE AS LITERAL A VOICE TRACK AS POSSIBLE TO HELP YOU FOLLOW THE STORY." But this is more than a mere oddity or curiosity, ladies and gentlemen-- this is SIGNOSCOPE! Life began for Steve Adams ("A piteous victim of ancestry.") with his mother's death during childbirth, and was compounded by a mysterious blood disease, for which his holy father must transfuse some of his own blood once a month to keep Steve in the pink. He grows up to be a morally conflicted son of a preacher man with a bloodlust that just won't quit, leaving a trail of corpses with strange holes in the necks and a lot less red in the veins. Best described as a surprisingly solid yet moody Carl Theodor Dreyer student film getting manhandled by Ray Dennis Steckler on his best day, this is the first of three films (and counting!) to be made the SIGNOSCOPE way, in which all the actors perform their dialogue with American sign language. And as if it couldn't be weird enough, prepare to become the jaw that dropped 'round the world when you get a gander at Zork, the gimpy Igor-type, who has (read it out loud) SOUP CANS FOR HANDS!! The end. Order now. (review by Scott Wallis) Order

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DRIVE (91) Wonderful, virtually unknown first film from director Jefery Levy (Inside Monkey Zetterland; S.F.W.) is a brain-bending meditation on life, love and driving in L.A. David Warner stars as The Driver, a cynical, highly caffeinated motormouth and Steve Antin is The Passenger, a morose, self-absorbed twentysomething. They’re two people who share a daily commute to high tech, low self esteem jobs that they hate almost as much as themselves and each other. Warner takes advantage of his captive audience (and steals the show in the process) by ranting at great length on anything and everything while Antin simply wants to pine over his lost love, The Girl (Dedee Pfeiffer, seen only in flashback). It’s all talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, but the good kind (Warner’s riff on IBM vs. Macintosh is hilarious) Think My Dinner With Andre in the diamond lane with two people who can’t stand each other. Definitely recommended. Nice looking timecoded print includes trailer. Order

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GAY NIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE (92) Order

HAIL! (72) aka Hail to the Chief. This tripped-out political satire made in the heyday of the Nixon Administration has a lot of radical ideas and bizarre eye candy. In this surreal vision, the President is a sadistic, power-mad maniac who drowns little white mice in a fish bowl (times never change, do they?) and plans to send all hippies and dissidents to concentration camps. It’s up to a wimpy undersecretary (Richard B. Shull, of TV’s Holmes and Yo-Yo) with a wooden leg to save the day with a clandestine bombing of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This very thin storyline serves as but a jumping-off point for a series of strange vignettes, such as a massacre of a hippie commune, a fascist fashion show with Nazi regalia ("Ooh, I like those boots!"), a brain washing seminar with scantily clad vixens in sheer tunics and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" played by a trio of hand-farting musicians! Allegedly banned at the time of its release, it’s a safe bet that this comedy about political assassination, genocide and terrorist acts will never be appreciated by the mainstream! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order

I WOKE UP EARLY THE DAY I DIED (99) Surreal all-star comedy about an escaped mental patient (a completely over the top Billy Zane) that was based on Ed Wood’s final un-produced screenplay! There’s no dialogue, only atmospheric sounds, alternating bursts of laughter and screams, a wonderful soundtrack and the occasional German super-title to add to the confusion. And what a cast! Christina Ricci, Tippi Hedren, Eartha Kitt, John Ritter, Tara Reid, Karen Black, Rick Schroeder, Sandra Bernhard, Ann Magnuson, Andrew McCarthy, Will Patton, Ron Perlman and Jonathan Taylor Thomas (among others) all put in appearances, along with Wood regulars Vampira and Conrad Brooks. Eddie would’ve loved it! Order  

THE KUCHAR COLLECTION (67-94) Look at all you get: Eclipse of the Sun Virgin; Pagan Rhapsody; Wild Night in El Reno; The Cattle Mutilations; Urchins on Ungawa; Tale of the Twilight Typist and The Cage of Nicholas. Over TWO HOURS of krazy Kuchar kookiness! What a DEAL! Order

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LETTER TO JANE (72) Didactic Agitprop from a bygone era finds Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin examining still photos of Jane Fonda’s infamous trip to North Vietnam and using Maoist Semiotics to determine that her efforts were not revolutionary enough! The poor girl just couldn’t win, could she? Order

LIFE IS CHEAP . . . BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE! (90) Wayne Wang (Chan is Missing; Eat a Bowl of Tea; The Center of the World)’s controversial, black humored look at pre-takeover Hong Kong as seen through the eyes of an AmerAsian "cowboy" who’s been hired to deliver a mysterious metal attache case to a Triad crime boss. This was originally released in the US with a self-imposed "A" (for adult) rating when the MPAA threatened to slap it with an "X" not for sex or violence, but apparently just for being in poor taste. Guess they didn’t like the shit eating joke. Order

THE LONG ISLAND FOUR (79) Four exceedingly fey Nazi spies (one is played by Lance Loud of TV’s An American Family, for crying out loud!) land in New York City in 1942. They originally intend to plant bombs and disrupt national morale, but quickly lose interest and become submerged in the city’s hedonistic nightlife. This Super 8 underground feature boasts elaborate costuming, art direction and vintage music soundtrack, but the real reason to grab this up is for KLAUS NOMI! Yes friends, the New Wave Kabuki opera singer from outer space plays a supporting role as a German counteragent! He sings the Marlene Dietrich standard “Falling In Love Again” once in tuxedo and then in drag! The rest of the cast and crew are comprised of many familiar names from New York’s “No Wave” performance art gang of the period, such as Ann Magnuson, Kristian Hoffman, Mary Astor, and many more. An absolute must-have for fans and followers of this phase of American pop culture! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order

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MADAME WANG’S (81) Sought after weirdness from Paul Morrisey about an East German sailor and self-appointed "spy" who jumps ship in Long Beach and hooks up with an unlikely assortment of misfits, outcasts and freaks. Order  

MAIDSTONE (70) Norman Mailer – literary icon or abject asshole? In this ahead-of-its-time “mockumentary,” Mailer stars as Norman Kingsley a porno director poised to become the next president of the United States. He repairs to an isolated English country estate to helm his latest epic, and bone down on some pretty models in the process. Mailer and company then slips the cast and crew with acid, and the flick flails about like an epileptic octopus with jump cuts and nonsensical sequences. Just when the viewer has reached past the breaking point with Mailer, a very young and crazed Rip Torn gets into a fight with him and bites Mailer’s ear for real and there’s blood all over the place … we knew we liked that guy for some reason! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order

OF FLESH AND BLOOD (90) Check out this find: The ultra-obscure 16mm B&W feature that’s said to have been the inspiration for Boogie Nights! Shot in and around Montgomery County, WA on a shoestring budget with an unknown cast this brave little toaster of a movie does a fine job of detailing the short life and fast times of porn’s "biggest" star John Holmes, despite the fact that none of the actors look anything like the people they’re portraying! Especially the star, who was actually a local high school janitor! After this project was completed the director reportedly got so disgusted with filmmaking that he gave up and went into the air conditioner repair business! Order

OVER-SEXED RUGSUCKERS FROM MARS (89) Are you ready for insanely low budget filmmaking with balls? Then step right up for the greatest Suck-n-Fuck show on Earth! "See, these Martians with these big bazoombas came down here to cross a human with a vacuum cleaner. They figured this new species would be better at cleaning up after itself." And if that direct quote wasn't enough to make you whet behind the eyes-- Vernon, the homeless man, drinks Martian urine and falls hopelessly in love with Dusty, the titular rugsucker with a real sweet tooth for herbal aphrodisiacs. Tom, the frustrated novelist/pervert who beats off with sun tan lotion gets vacuum-packed in the ass AND blamed for his wife's gruesome Hoover-cide. Rena, the Filipina rock 'n roll starlet, gets a load of Dusty's long attachment lovin' and gives birth... to a Dust Buster with the head of a Cabbage Patch Doll!! (sigh) If only there was a high speed police chase using grocery carts...oh, wait. A rare find and a must-have gem! (review by Scott Wallis) Order

SHELF LIFE (93) Highest possible recommendations for this UNRELEASED Paul Bartel oddity that makes a beeline for Weirdsville and stays there. Upon hearing of Kennedy's assassination, a paranoid pop fears the worst and drags his family down to their well-stocked fallout shelter to ride out the expected apocalypse. Cut to 30 years later: Mom and Dad are long since dead and their three kids (a boy and two girls) are now all grown up and acting very strange. They spend their days talking in gibberish ("I came here to save you from the Commies and the Martians who have aerobicized your world, dimwit!"), putting on musicals, and arguing over canned goods, when they aren't busy flirting with incest and trying to make sense of their situation. A very twisted and entertaining black comedy that's like an off-Broadway play that's so far off Broadway it's not even on the map! Great looking print too! Order

SMALL WHITE HOUSE (90) An incredibly cool movie that answers the question, "What do Tijuana, John Wayne Gacy and corprophelia have to do with the assassinations of J.F.K. and Marilyn Monroe?" David Lynch only WISHES he could get away with being this weird! Order

SUBWAY RIDERS (81) Noir tone poem from underground auteur Amos Poe starring hipster saxophonist John Lurie as a hipster saxophonist who lures yuppies and nighthawks to their deaths with his music. Robbie Coltrane plays the detective on his case. Also along for the ride are NYC boho movers’n’shakers Glenn O’Brien, Lydia Lunch, Susan Tyrrell and Cookie Mueller. Order

SUMMER OF NO RETURN George Kuchar Order

SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY (87) Here it is: Todd Haynes' infamous 45-minute docudrama on America's favorite bulemic shot almost entirely with Barbie dolls! Made with style and vision this is a remarkably accomplished work that is both touching and surreal. Also included at no extra charge are some hilarious live-action "Davey and Goliath" parodies that Haynes worked on, as well as Hayne's OTHER weird, touching and very hard to find short film, DOTTY GETS SPANKED which is about a young boy's unhealthy obsession with a TV sitcom patterned after the "I Love Lucy" Show. A great find for any Haynes/Carpenters/ weird film fan. Please note: Don't be misled by other dealers' claims. This is far and away the best quality you will find on this very rare title, bar none. Order 

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THREE BY SCORSESE (PLUS TWO) (63-74) Complete collection of Martin Scorsese's early short films: American Boy; The Big Shave; Italian American, It's not You, Murray! and What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Excellent quality! Order

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THUNDERCRACK! (75) The Old Dark House goes hardcore in this much talked about/sought after art porn from underground mavens Curt McDowell and George Kuchar. A mess of misfits get thrown together at a boozy southern belle's broken down plantation one dark and stormy night and all kinds of smutty weirdness occurs. A really bizarre, funny movie. Homophobes take note: there's some hot guy-on-guy action in this one. And whatever you do, DON'T eat the cucumbers! Completely UNCUT 150 minute print! X-rated. Order

TWO IDIOTS IN HOLLYWOOD (1988) Two losers, unable to find gainful employment or get laid ditch their shithole apartment in Dayton, Ohio and move to Hollywood. Within hours of their arrival, one of them successfully sells a TV pilot based on the Pac Man video game while the other is framed for the accidental death of their landlord. In the meantime, a colorful array of characters wear masks, shriek at the camera, appear nude, wear war paint, flail epileptically and sing really terrible show tunes. Based on an off-off-off Broadway play, this played the Los Angeles Film Festival where it was soundly denounced as "the worst film of this festival or any festival of repute ever!" Admirers of Skidoo, Myra Breckinridge and Forbidden Zone -- where the audience is envious of the drugs the filmmakers are on -- will take to this film in a big, big way. Gorgeous print too! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order

THE VIENNA AKTIONIST COLLECTION VOLUME 1 (Var.) Throughout the '60s and '70s Otto Muehl, Kurt Kren and their Viennese artist buddies banded together, labelled themselves "Aktionists" and put on a series of in-your-face (and up-your-butt) exhibits and happenings that make the relatively more recent antics of people like Karen Finley and Genesis P. Orridge look downright cute in comparison. Wallowing in shit, piss and corruption, this collection of Muehl and company's short films is a jarring, offensive, frightening, and sometimes beautiful barrage of images that will leave you reeling. X-rated. Order

THE VIENNA AKTIONIST COLLECTION VOLUME 2 (Var.) Still craving more "aktion"? Then you'll want to scoop up Volume 2 of this ultra-rare collection which features even MORE gooey art/porn weirdness. Lots and LOTS of disgusting transgressive material in this one, kids! X-rated. Order

WHERE EVIL DWELLS (86) Plus Cave Boys, Simonland and Rat Trap  Order