Editorial Review

They don't make 'em like this anymore. Well, John Waters might, if he ever had a big enough budget. A steamy "inside look" at the alternately sleazy and glamorous world of catfighting, backbiting show-biz starlets, this Hollywood hit from the bestselling novel by Jacqueline Susann is a high-gloss camp artifact--a time capsule (or some kind of capsule, anyway)--from the screwy '60s, when a broad was a broad, a bitch was a bitch (whether "her" name was Neely O'Hara or Ted Casablanca), and a "doll" was a prescription drug. These dames of whine and poses obsessed over their bust lines, booze, and barbiturates. The once-shocking and scandalous language and behavior of these Broadway babes has been eclipsed by Read more

Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• HiFi Sound
• Special Edition
• NTSC

Reviews (172)

AWFUL
This terrible movie has singing!Bad singing, and lots of it!Overacted, trite, and BORING!All those good reviews, I thought it would be campy and cool, but it's NOT!

Valley of the Dolls
I have always enjoyed watching this movie, with so many great stars, some whom are no longer with us; never owned it on video, now I have it on DVD, great price too!! It was worth it.

20th C. Fox, What took you so long?!
You either love the movie or you don't. If you're a VoD lover, the Special Edition 2-disk release is worth every cent. The film is beautifully restored to its "Color by De Luxe" and Panavision widescreen glory. (My VHS tape is on a barge making its way to the Staten Island landfill as I type this). The second disk includes karioke renderings of songs along with several documentaries and featurettes (all listed above). My favorite of these is "Jacqueline Susann and Valley of the Dolls," which has generous film clips depicting the chain-smoking failed-actress-cum-bestselling-author speaking for herself and coming across as, more than anything, a highly committed and indefatigable professional writer (who used a different color of typing paper for each of her six drafts of the manuscript). It's easy to see how this no-nonsense, get-it-done schlockmeister got under skin the procratinating perfectionist and celebrity syncophant Truman Capote. (I was surprised to see no mention of their long-standing public rivalry anywhere among the DVD extras.)
Read more

Subjects:  1. Drama    2. Feature Film-drama    3. Movie   

Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• HiFi Sound
• NTSC

Reviews (95)

Ten Reasons why you should buy Shock Treatment and Watch it Repeatedly
The tagline for the production people was "Not a sequel, not a prequel, but an equal"
No longer ahead of its time
It is perhaps a truism that satire is a hard sell; that it doesn't work unless the audience knows exactly what is being satirized. If so, we can forgive 1981 audiences because they "didn't get" Shock Treatment. There is a saying in the theater: "Satire is what closes on Saturday night." Perhaps that can explain the short theatrical life and almost instant dismissal of this smart and clever film upon its initial release. It is a thoroughly satirical, media-mocking work of genius brought to you by the creators of the Rocky Horror Show. However, its original audience were not looking for smart and sassy satire; they were looking for more leather and whips and people running around in their underwear. You'll find none of that here. What you will find is a film about 20 years ahead of its time. It thoroughly savages the concept of media saturation and instant celebrity, aspects of society hardly even mentioned, much less understood back in 1981. Of course, we understand those things NOW due to own sickness of our constant bombardment of Crap Culture artifacts such as "Access Hollywood," "American Idol," and 24/7 news coverage. In this story, the town of Denton seems to utterly live for television. The townspeople sit in the studio audience of the local tv station all day, watching as the shows are taped and even seem to sleep there at night! Brad and Janet's marriage is troubled, so they go to see a marriage counselor. But by the film's logic, said marriage counselor is the host of a game show called "Marriage Maze," their session being televised for all to see. Brad is then committed to an asylum which again is really a soap opera called "Dentonvale." And so on. All their lives are played out before a live audience, relative to whichever show they happen to be on at the time. It's not unlike Jim Carrey's "The Truman Show" in that regard, except the Dentonites know full well they are on tv, revel in that, and constantly aspire to earn themselves roles on "better" shows, backstabbing their friends and relatives in the process. How, I ask you, is that much different from the constant plotting and backstabbing of reality show contestants as they practically sell their souls to stay on the show a little longer? In Brad & Janet's media-as-god society, all of one's private business is a subject of public knowledge and consumption. When Janet's father hears an anecdote about a local boy caught naked with gay Mexicans, he immediately condemns the incident in song, offering his instant judgment by singing "faggots are maggots; thank God I'm a man," much to the delight of the studio audience. This again, foreshadows our current means of public opinion--that of news story followed by immediate reaction via the internet and news commentary shows. I do not know if the movie's creators were amazingly prescient or just far more wary of the media at the time this movie was made...either way it seems like a commentary on TODAY's society, not that of 1981.
Pure genius!A brilliant piece of art!
If you don't "get" this musical movie, dont' worry.Many people don't on the first viewing. Sure, the music grabs you right from the start and it will stay in your head for days afterwards.But, something starts creeping into your psyche.You can't explain it.You watch the film again and slowly you start seeing it's brilliance.And with repeated viewings (on a daily basis) you can't understand why critics and audience members didn't give Richard O'Brien and Jim Sharman the accolades they deserved.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Feature Film-drama    2. Horror    3. Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy    4. Movie    5. Musicals (Theatrical)   

Editorial Review

You either love Russ Meyer's garishly sexist movies about bodacious babes and priapic men or you find them utterly disgusting. The response to his work is that clear-cut. This film, which features a screenplay by critic Roger Ebert, barely qualifies as a sequel to the film based on Jacqueline Susann's trashy bestseller. Rather, it's a broad, trashy remake on its own terms about what happens to a trio of female rock musicians when they leave the Midwest and head for Hollywood. Sex, drugs, murder--the only thing it doesn't have is cannibalism, the gold standard when it comes to trashy entertainment. Read more

Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• NTSC

Reviews (84)

"Oh, the times, they are a-changing..."
I saw this film a year after its release and I thought it was one of the worst films that I had seen in my life. I was puzzled by its blend of rock, sex, comedy, social commentary, and over-the-top violence.It still ranks as providing me with one of the strangest moviegoing experiences that I have ever had.
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
One of the best movies ever made! Very ahead of it's time!
A Classic
True, this movie may be strange even bad to most, but I found it hard to turn off or turn away from. There are messages and points through out this movie if you let go and take it for what it is. This is one of my favorite movies of all time so maybe I'm Bias. Overall I consider this movie to be what a true cult classic really was and is meant to be. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Drama    2. Feature Film-drama    3. Movie   

Editorial Review

Jane Fonda's memorable, zero-gravity striptease during the opening credits of this 1968 Roger Vadim movie is the closest the film comes to a liberated marriage of wit and sex. Based on a French comic strip, the story concerns the adventures of a 41st-century woman, who pretty much gets it on with whomever asks. The sci-fi sets were pretty interesting at the time, though they look rather anachronistic now. Appreciated today mostly as a camp classic, the movie is actually more trying than anything else. Read more

Features

• Color
• HiFi Sound
• NTSC

Reviews (70)

Barbarella's influence on pop-culture...!
OK, we all know that Duran Duran got their name from the evil doctor in Barbarella, but Barbarella's influence on pop-culture extends far beyond that!
Big disappointment...
Jane Fonda was not only an excellent actress but a beautiful, if opinonated (remember Hanoi Jane?), woman.I watched this as a teenager and despite the "striptease" this has to be one of her worst.Hormones be damned, watching this was a waste of time.If you like Fonda, try Klute.She was an excellent actress --- but no one could survive this mess.

"Stupid and boring"
I purchased this movie because I always thought Jane Fonda was very sexy. I still believe that but this movie sucked. It was corny and everything from Barbarella's carpeted space ship to the costumes made me think "low budget".
Read more

Subjects:  1. Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy    2. Movie    3. Science Fiction   

Editorial Review

Read more

Features

• Black & White
• Color
• NTSC

Reviews (18)

Pretty good episode, Worst film I've ever seen
I just wanted to mention the fact that this is unquestionably the worst film they've ever done on MST3K.There are a few movies that are technically even more incompetent, but this one is just... so.... boring.(The only one that can compare to it is 'Monster A-Go-Go'.)They dance and dance and dance and dance and dance and dance and dance.And oh the voice over.The heartless, anemic voice over designed to replace the lost soundtrack. Uhhhhh.The episode itself is pretty good, though.

Ahhh, they deserved to get eaten...
Like the SOL denizens, I found the titular creature creeping, but it's hardly a terror. Unfortunately, I also found this entry in the MST3K pantheon hardly funny as well. Mike & the `Bots throw out a few decent digs at the silly monster and its ravenous appetite for humans who... well, who just stand there frozen in terror, and let it eat `em. Most of the people-eating scenes take a long time to play out (especially the high school reunion dance scene, complete with some weird subplot that was never explained), which gives our heroes ample time to come up with lotsa food jokes... most of which were either really bad "groaners", or were just downright dumb. Speakin' of dumb: the intermission sketches are unbearably awful, and should be avoided if you wish to remain sane...
a far sorrier excuse for a movie than plan 9
You know how you hear, or at least used to hear, that the popcorn and coke cost more than the movie ticket. Here I think the popcorn and coke probably cost more than the movie budget.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy    2. Movie    3. Science Fiction    4. TV Shows    5. Television   

Editorial Review

Sometimes a movie achieves such legendary status that it can't quitelive up to its reputation. Read more

Features

• Black & White
• Original recording reissued
• NTSC

Reviews (208)

"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video"

Can your heart stand the shocking facts about grave robbers from outer space?
This is the soundtrack to "The Worst Film of All Time".The CD features the audio track to the entire movie on one disc.Music, dialogue, sound effects, etc.Yes, the sound to the whole darn movie.And it's all on one 70 minute track, which is very annoying.You can't skip ahead to various scenes if you want to.Aside from that, why would you want to just listen to the movie on your CD player, when you could watch it on your TV?It loses a great deal of it's effect without the visual aspect.

This was in the theaters?
I picked up "Plan 9" purely for its reputed schlock value. Any movie described on its own cover as one of the 50 worst films of all time has to be worth a look!
Read more

Subjects:  1. Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy    2. Midnight Movies (Underground)    3. Movie    4. Science Fiction   

Features

• Color
• Digital Sound
• NTSC

Reviews (9)

The Double BAD Movie
I was looking forward to watching this dvd. After viewing the movie I couldn't believe how bad....and I do mean BAD, this movie was!! It truly was the most pathetic thing I have ever watched. I mean it would take years of practice to act that bad so I guess from that stand point they did a great job. This piece of trash is now just that, it currently holds it's rightful place, in our local land fill. My apologize to the land fill.

Hear Raven de la Croix Snort Like A Pig, And Much, Much More
"The Double-D Avenger", starring Kitten Natividad and her enormous talents (in what is the only buxom, geriatric, superhero action-comedy that I am aware of) was the brainchild of Director William Winckler, who made it on a shoestring, and makes you wonder (sometimes out loud) "What was he thinking?" I have seen the original edition, but have recently purchased the version featuring commentary by Joe Bob Briggs, and I recommend that version much more than the originally released version. As a technique, I recommend watching the film with the Joe Bob commentary track off, then again with it on if you do decide to buy the Joe Bob version (and you should.) This doesn't take as long as it sounds because the movie only lasts 77 minutes.
Pure slock
This movie is pure corn in that it takes every opportunity to include every bad joke about women's ta-tas. But on a late evening after a hard day, it's enough. Yep, sometimes we need to view cheesy bad movie to appreciate the times that we can view high quality films. This movies does a great job. Big breasted women exploited for all they are worth with low budget laughs. Satisfied my craving for pure slock. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Adult Entertainment Rated R    3. Adult Material    4. Campy    5. Comedy    6. Cult Films    7. Movie   

Editorial Review

Everyone in Read more

Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• NTSC

Reviews (29)

If this is your first John Waters film... Be warned :)
With quotes like:"Hello? What number are you calling? You've dialed the wrong number! Sorry? What good is that?! How can you ever re-pay the thirty seconds you have stolen from my life? I hate you, your husband, your children, and your relatives!" [slams phone down].
Lick My Royal Hemorrhoids !
This film is genius. Definitely a one of a kind experience. Every scene with Edith Massey is riotious. She really was a natural. I can't imagine any trained actors being able to perform so convincingly as the untrained talent in this film. I have the utmost respect for Mr. Waters and his entourage. Now be off with you, heathens, before I banish you to Mortville to be sentenced before Queen Carlotta.

Liz Renay is an old lady
I loved the melodramatic acting, especially Mink Stole and Susan Lowe.It is an ugly, ugly movie, but upon multiple viewings, very cool looking at the same time.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Comedies    2. Feature Film-comedy    3. Movie   

Editorial Review

Directors Howard Ziehm and Michael Benveniste draw from the same cliffhanging Read more

Features

• Color
• Original recording reissued
• Special Edition
• NTSC

Reviews (48)

I got what I ordered.
Flesh Gordon is a funny and slightly naughty take-off on the old Flash Gordon serials.I ordered the DVD.It arrived quickly.
It WAS Hardcore
Just for the record, Flesh Gordon was originally release
Good Stuff
Good movie, a mix of fun and lust. If you like classic naked girls this DVD is one of the ones you must have. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adult Entertainment    2. Adult Entertainment Rated R    3. Drama    4. Mature    5. Movie   

Editorial Review

This is the movie that made John Waters famous, and quite possibly the film that made bad taste cool. Yes, Virginia, a large transvestite actually eats dog feces as a kind of dizzying denouement to this frequently illogical and intentionally disgusting movie, but by the time that happens, you're already numb ... and you've possibly laughed to the point of losing bladder control.Read more

Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• NTSC

Reviews (130)

Addictively filthy... !!!
Billed as the filthiest film ever made, the truth is that PINK FLAMINGOS might be wickedly campy and seedy - - but its reputation is somewhat deceptive... mainly because John Waters is a great story teller... the film is well paced... genuinely funnyand genuinely rewatchable over and over again.The lines are quotable... and the characters areunforgettable... as for offensive... Yes, but as long as you're willing to "let go" and let yourself be pulled into John Waters' unique world (JUST til the film ends of course, if you're still in it after it ends, institutionalization IS necessary!) it is definitely a one of a kind watching experience... - - as long as you don't mind the risk of someone accusing you of having the mind of a 14 year old. - - The soundtrack of the film and use of the music is also great...- - It alternates between John Waters' great screenwriting (if you don't believe he's a great writer, check out his book of memoirs and essays CRACKPOT!) and "silent" scenes with the rock and roll music and the charactors engaging in sick antics.I think Raymond Marbles definitely wins out over divine... he's so suave as he roams town exposing himself in the most unique of ways... As for the big irony... Though the film is best remembered for the famous dog doodie eating scene (at the very end), believe it or not, it could have been cut and the film would be equally great.
Everything you've heard is true!!
Revolting, disgusting, stomach turning, and freakin' funny! Divine is at her divinely best as Babs Johnson aka The Filthiest Person alive. I'm not going to give away anything, the shock value is just too good. It's fun watching this movie with people who have never seen it. I've seen reactions from people leaving the room to actual gagging! It's wonderful! But honestly, the movie is laung-out-loud funny. The dialoge, which can be a bit wordy, but never boring, is some of the best I've ever heard. Watch out for some great characters like Edie the egg lady, pure genius! Babs' birthday party scene has to be seen to be believed. You wouldn't believe me if I described it here.
Yes, It's the Most Disgusting Movie Ever
Anyone reading this review has already heard what's been said about it. It's been called the stupidest, most vile, disgusting film ever made. It's written/directed/produced/filmed by cult director John Waters and it's his first film. Calling this film the most disgusting, vile film ever made is almost an understatement. I don't really regret watching this film, but there are images in this film I will never get out of my head. I haven't bothered to read a lot into just how real a lot of this stuff is, but considering this movie was made in the 70s I'm not sure how they could have simulated most of this stuff...Which truly worries me. Divine, who I'm pretty damn sure is a guy, plays...Divine, who is living under the alias of Babs Johnson and is called "The Filthiest Person Alive," a title she is quite proud of. She lives with her family, consisting of her son Crackers, a live-in friend named Cotton, and her mother The Egg Lady who lives in a crib. I agree with the reviewer who said The Egg Lady needed to die, because she was annoying. She is annoying. Very annoying. Anyway, on the other side of town are Connie and Raymond Marble who are convinced that they are the filthiest people alive...And they just might be. Because they keep woman in their basement and have their servant impregnate the women and when the baby is born they sell it to lesbian couples. The woman usually die in childbirth. After the Marbles wage an all-out war on Babs and her family, it's on to see who is the filthiest person alive. Now, this movie is most definitely not for everyone. This is the most sickening, vile film I have ever seen...But it's also fascinating. I mean, some of this stuff is just so digusting I wonder how anyone could even envision any of this. John Waters actually seems like a fairly normal guy. If I knew nothing about this movie before watching it and you put John Waters and someone like Tim Burton (who, for the record, has never done anything like this movie but is a fairly discheveled looking guy) in a lineup and made me choose who I thought had written and directed it. I would choose Burton. People consider "Plan 9 From Outer Space" to be the worst film ever made, although that has crossed over into cult classic. What I don't understand is how no one ever gave this film that "honor." This movie has terrible acting, that's completely noticeable and yet doesn't annoy you half as much as Keanu Reeves did in "Dangerous Liaisons." This is truly a bad film. But for it's originality and supreme distaste, I was hooked. You also have to realize that Waters made this film so he could make a name for himself, in that aspect...This is a really great marketing idea. If you make a film that becomes widely known as the most disgusting ever made...People are gonna see it.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Comedies    2. Feature Film-comedy    3. Movie   

Editorial Review

If you grew up in the '70s and glued yourself to the television every Saturday morning, bowl of cereal in hand, then you are most definitely familiar with the world of Sid & Marty Krofft. A live-action oasis in a desert of anemic animated programming, the shows of the messrs. Krofft were marked by outlandish fantasy plots, otherworldly monsters, horrible costumes, mediocre production values, zealous if cheesy acting, and numerous adolescent actors with which the young target audience could identify. And they were incredibly fun, captivating, and silly as all get-out. For half an hour, a Krofft show would take you to a magical world, where kids had power, heroes always triumphed, and bad guys were more funny than scary. If you were lucky, a musical number might dance your way, or some remedial special effects would shrink the heroes or send them flying. Ask any fans about the menacing dinosaurs of the pre-Read more

Features

• Box set
• Color
• NTSC

Reviews (27)

sid & marty krofft productions
if you remember the names then you know the shows and you eather like or hate them but you don't forget them. another one i bought and watch with my kidsand the whole family has a great time.

Saturdays are here again?Krofft Style!
Growing up in the 70's meant a lot of things.And being that Saturday morning cartoons were a big part of any kid's life, back then, you have to tip your hat to Sid & Marty Krofft.The Krofft SuperPower Hour With Elelctra Woman & Dynagirl was the epiphany of 70's childrens shows.Sure, PBS had their share with The Electric Company and Sesame Street and The New Zoo Review and Zoom, the Krofft bros. were the kings.They inundated us with a plethora of cool shows:Land Of The Lost, Sigmund, H.R. Puff'n'stuff, The Ghost Busters (with Larry Storch), Lidsville, Far Out Space Nuts . . . the list goes on.Now that we are adults, the fondness of our memories often paints these classics in angelic light, until we see them again.(Ever try to sit through an episode of The Love Boat now?What were we thinking?)I've got the First Season of The Land Of The Lost, and my kids love it.I sit and watch it with them and I giggle at the cheesy special effects and the overuse of Chroma-key and the particularly bad 70's acting, and still the nostalgia wins me over.These shows are great!Take them for what they are and no more: a humerous, genuine look back into your 70's childhood.Great!Sid and Marty rock! (Now I'm still trying to figure out The Dukes Of Hazzard???And where the hell is Fantasy Island?)

Ahhh, sweet childhood memories!
As a child of the 70's, I was in heaven when I first heard about this box set.Armed with a bowl of Lucky Charms, I sat down and watched the WHOLE set in one sitting! The Kroft experience was as fun and trippy as I remember...must admit that the Richard Pryor show seems a little bit out of context with the others.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Video    2. Comedies    3. Gift Set    4. Movie    5. TV Shows   

Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• HiFi Sound
• NTSC

Reviews (6)

The first on was great! Why this?
This movie was awful! The first one was funny, action, and this has nothing good! The actors are bad! This totaly stink!!! Don't buy this crap!

Dr. Gang Green strikes again
In a world full of bad news, dirty politicians, and the never ending wars on drugs and terror, there are few things that make life worth living, Killer Tomato movies are one of the few rays of sunshine for this dreary planet.
Silly Fun ...with a "Millionaire"
This is the third movie in the Killer Tomato series. It stars John Astin (Addams Family on TV) and Rick Rockwell (Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire). Read more

Subjects:  1. Comedy    2. Comedy Video    3. Feature Film-comedy   

Editorial Review

Although it was made in 1936, Read more

Features

• Black & White
• NTSC

Reviews (66)

Overhyped cult film finally makes good.
I'd seen this film before, in a lesser unrestored edition, and wasn't that impressed. Sure there's some over-the-top moments worth a chuckle or two, but the majority of the film is pretty leaden and dull. Hardly the unintentional laugh riot it's reputed to be.
Reefer Madness in BOTH B&W & COLOR + Extras!!!
This "Special Addiction" DVD of "Reefer Madness from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is truly awesome!!! Includes BOTH Original Black and White and Colorized Versions of the now cult classic!!! Plus some great extras too,including 2 commentaries and the hilarious "Gandpa's Marijuana Handbook"! Two thumbs up!!! Five stars!!!

Did Anyone Buy This?
Reefer Madness was a propoganda film against the use of marijuana, especially among teenagers. The story is a loose one about a group of kids who begin to party at a drug dealer's house and become hooked on the product. Instead of the usual symptoms like mild behavior and food cravings, these kids laugh like hyenas, engage in extreme sexual activities, and become very violent. One girl is even killed. Perhaps the film served as a warning in its time, but it is very laughable today. Not only are the kids stereotypical of perfect kids gone wrong, there are subliminal messages (4-20) and fake facts to back up the ridiculousness of the film.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Classics    2. Classics (Silents/Avant Garde)    3. Drama    4. Movie   

Editorial Review

Is Ed Wood the worst director who ever lived? His films are campy,clumsy, and hysterically inept, but their enthusiasm and good humorovercome incoherent scripts and wooden performances with heart, soul, andan infectious sense of fun. The jaw-dropping"documentary" Read more

Features

• Black & White
• Color
• Original recording reissued
• NTSC

Reviews (60)

"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video"
Passport Video presents "The Bela Lugosi Box - 15 Frightful Films" (1942) --- (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Béla Lugosi was the stage name of actor Béla Ferenc Dezs Blaskó (October 20, 1882 - August 16, 1956) --- Lugosi was born in Lugos, Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), the youngest of four children of a baker --- best known for his portrayal of "Dracula" in the American Broadway stage production, and subsequent film, of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story.
cult classic??
not the best film ever made and probably only bought and viewed by fans of ed,still quite a brave subject to explore on celluloid and ed obviously had his heart in this flick;not must see material but a curiosity none the less,good transfer as well!

Worth a look, but...
There are two reasons why I watched this film:
Read more

Subjects:  1. Feature Film-drama   

Editorial Review

Phil Tucker's Read more

Features

• Black & White
• NTSC

Reviews (59)

Bad Movies Don't Get Any Better Than This!
Phil Tucker's magnum opus, "Robot Monster", ranks among the best bad movies ever made.
Ro-man Hollandaise -- Yummy!
Though some fans of "bad" cinema often put 1953's ROBOT MONSTER on the same tier with PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959), it honestly doesn't even come close to reaching the heights of inspired ineptitude attained by Ed Wood's magnum opus. Still, ROBOT MONSTER is an entertaining so-bad-it's-good flick in its own right.