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actually want to spend.
Now let's take another step up the
quality ladder and look atthe 1974 stu
dentfilm "Dark Star," from director
John Carpenter and writer Dan O'Ban
non. The film has comically stilted act
ing and special effects that are almost
hypnotically transparent, but it gets by
entirely on its irresistible premise. It
concerns the adventures of a crew of
astronauts assigned to traverse the
galaxy blowing up "unstable planets"
with gigantic smart bombs.
The problem is that one of the
bombs gets a little too smart and be
gins to have a severe existential crisis
in the middle of its mission, leading to a
hilarious scene in which one crew
member goes outside the ship and
convinces the bomb it doesn't really
exist, meaning it can't actually explode.
Full of loose, smart humor and often
comically absurd dialogue, the film is
the pure essence of the phrase
"spaced out." The VCI Entertainment
DVD is the only one available, and the
only one necessary. It contains both
the original film as well as an extended
(needlessly in my opinion) theatrical
cutwith 15 minutes of extra footage.
Finally, we have a film by the master
of cheap filmmaking himself, Roger
Corman. 1960's "House of Usher" (also
known as "Fall of the House of Usher"
or "The Mysterious House of Usher")
does not look like your standard Roger
Corman film. For one, it has production
values. For another, it actually looks
like a competently created movie.
As part of the director's Edgar Allen
Poe cycle, the film adapts the story of a
brother and sister living in a rotting old
house, terrified half to death by the
"tainted" family history. It stars Vincent
Price in a wonderfully twitchy perform
ance and actually manages to create a
rather chilling gothic atmosphere from
beginning to end.
The MGM "Midnite Movies" DVD of
the film is a great transfer and, like the
rest of these films, can be purchased
for a pittance.
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