■ Forgotten film
While movies such as "The Astro-Zombies" may not be
considered classics, they are worth a preliminary watch
BY RYAN NYBURG
PULSE EDITOR
Sometimes it seems there are so
many movies out there that people
don't know about that it feels like a
shame to waste a Forgotten Film arti
cle on just one movie. So let's sacri
fice an iota of quality in exchange for
quantity and spread the love over four
movies. While not all of them are the
best pieces of cinematic work out
there, they are certainly entertaining,
which gives them a whole bundle of
cultural currency.
The first film on our docket is the bril
liantly titled 1969 non-classic "The As
tro-Zombies." Otherthan inspiring a
wonderful song by the Misfits, the film
is a deliriously awful synthesis of bad
movie cliches, which never belonged
together in the first place.
By somehow combining sexploita
tion, espionage, zombies, science fic
tion and hot pants, the film's plot is as
twisted as it is incomprehensible. But
how can you find fault in a film that
stars both John Carradine and Tura Sa
tana? The best (read: only) version of
this is the 1995 Image Entertainment
DVD release, which has great cover art
and little else. It can be purchased at
fine budget racks everywhere—a fun
time well spent with inebriated friends.
Next up, the slightly higher quality
(but hardly any more stomachable)
1981 Italian horror film "Quella Villa Ac
canto af Cimitero" ("House by the
Cemetery"). Directed by horror auteur
Lucio Fulci, the film is almost a stan
dard haunted house film, minus the
sense of logic. The film concerns
a family that moves into an old,
creepy house where strange things
start happening.
Full of dark atmosphere, humorous
to-blood-curling special effects and a
wickedly nihilistic ending, the film con
tains the distinctive mark of its director.
While not his best work—it's hard to
beat "Zombie" or "The Beyond" —the
film has enough mindless joys in itto
make it a worthwhile experience. For
those not willing to shell out for the
"Lucio Fulci Collection" version of the
film (packaged with "The Beyond"),
there are a couple of cheap editions
available, specifically the Diamond
Entertainment edition. The transfer
is adequate, and the retail price
is about what most people would
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BYBETHDEFALCO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOENIX—An Arizona university
student is believed to be the first per
son in the country convicted under
state laws for illegally downloading
music and movies from the Internet,
prosecutors and activists say.
University of Arizona student
Parvin Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to
possession of unauthorized copies
of intellectual property.
Under an agreement with prose
cutors, Dhaliwal was sentenced last
month to a three-month deferred jail
sentence, three years of probation,
200 hours of community service anc
a $5,400 fine. The judge in the case
also ordered him to take a copyrigh
class atthe University of Arizona,
which he attends, and to avoid file
sharing computer programs.
"Generally copyright is exclusive
ly a federal matter,"Jason Schultz
said, an attorney with the Electrons
Frontier Foundation, a technology
civil liberties group. "Up until this
point, you just haven't seen states
involved at all."
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and got a warrant, Garza said,
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