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How about a DVD double feature?

posted 19 years ago by BijouBob8mm
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Why not pair this up on a DVD with JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, the way they played at the drive-in?

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[–] BijouBob8mm 19 years ago

An optional commentary track like that would be fun--they did it for REEFER MADNESS. And Joe Bob Briggs has also released a line of drive-in DVDs where he provides commentary, as well.

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[–] BijouBob8mm 19 years ago

Joe Bob Briggs has done commentaries for some of Media Blaster's release of Ray Dennis Steckler films like BLOODSHACK, THE HOLLYWOOD STRANGLER MEETS THE SKID ROW SLASHER, THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES, as well as I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, THE DOUBLE-D AVENGER, JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, SAMURAI COP, HELL HIGH, HELLS ANGELS 69, WARLOCK MOON, RUN ANGEL RUN and BLOOD SISTERS.

Meanwhile, Mike Nelson of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 has joined forces with Fox Home Entertainment to provide comical commentary tracks for their DVD releases of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and REEFER MADNESS. Both of these DVDs offer the film in original B&W, as well as colorized versions, and each seem to have dramatically cleaned up the prints for transfer and include some cool, comical extras.

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[–] phasedin 19 years ago

I've been waiting for this as well. So what the hold up? It makes no logical sense-since the companion film Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Dughter was made at the same time, by the same director and movie company. When I saw the original DVD "official" release of JJMFD I thought for sure Dracula was not far behind. Now in addition to unoffical bootleg versions of JJMFD we have the Joe Bob Briggs version and I even have it in one of those 50 Horror movie setsfrom the Mill Creek company. I always prefered Dracula to the Frankenstein movie, not quite sure why actually since Frankenstein sure has more camp value.
Anyway, Dracula is available in an unoffical version only on DVD from "Cheezy Films" but this is simply a DV-R and i've heard others complain that the print stinks, that the original videotape version of Dracula is actually of better video quality.
By the way i can still clearly remember the first time I saw "Dracula" on a NY TV station in the very early 70's at 2 in the morning in those long ago days before cable. It was in summertime and I was sleeping "outside" in my parents vacation camper-trailer which was parked in our back yard and it was right after school had ended for the summer . There was an electrical hook up and we had a 9-inch black and white tv in there. What fun watching this in the middle of the night with all the crickets chirping away. I couldn't say that I was at all frightened by the movie and it was quite odd seeing an older Carradine playing Dracula again after being a fan of the Universal movies where he also played Dracula over 20 years earlier..

[–] McVain 18 years ago

It looks like this and Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter will be shown on TCM Underground as a double feature in late January. How fitting. You can go to Turner Classic Movies website for the schedule. Look for January 26th.