Shock Festival DVD coming next February
I’ve been spending some time with Shock Festival, the DVD companion to the book of the same name by Stephen Romano. This 3-disc set is nuts, there’s just so much to check out. I’m almost ashamed to admit that I haven’t read the book, which came out last year. I’ll have to get a copy soon.
But back to the DVD: it’s got two feature-length vintage trailer marathons. One is horror-themed and the other is a more general compilation of exploitation flicks. My favorites so far are Gone With The Pope (definitely want to see that movie) and Banana Monster. They don’t make trailers like they used to! In addition, there is a collection of new fictional trailers based on some of the films from the Shock Festival book.
The set also includes a disc that’s full of mp3 sound files of original radio spots for genre flicks from the 70s and 80s. It’s a really neat idea and I like to see these sorts of value-adds included with DVDs. The packaging is also great, everything is full-color, including the attractive printing on the discs and there’s a cool retro-styled mini poster in the box.
The DVD set doesn’t come out until February 2010, but the book is available now.
Prof. Bleak said:
I love this kind of stuff. I tried finding the book in store today, but looks like I’ll have to order it through Amazon. I put together a couple of audio trailers of my own a while back. I’m sure their not of the professional quality of these, but I had a blast doing it — when ya’ can’t scrounge up the cast or money to produce your own films, ya’ got to find some way of getting that creative bug out of you.
Sykodjiuia said:
Yeah, this has got to be the big box of awesome! I can’t wait to see what’s on these discs. I’ll probably start by spending a weekend with it. It’s gonna be Pilsner Urquell and Popcorn and Shock Festival!