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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "AFRICA SCREAMS"

By | January 2006

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the funky world of rare, classic and hard-to-find films which can only be obtained via bootleg video channels. This week, Phil bungles in the jungle with Abbott and Costello…

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Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: "AFRICA SCREAMS"

BOOTLEG FILES 113: "Africa Screams” (1949 Abbott and Costello mess). LAST SEEN: Playing online at MovieFlix.com AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: Only in public...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE ART OF SNUFF — THE SHANE RYAN INTERVIEW PART TWO

In part one of this interview, writer/director/actor Shane Ryan, twenty-five, talked about what inspired him to make Amateur Porn Star Killer (APSK). The...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION

The original Underworld, as bad as it was (it actually vaulted to the top of my brother-in-law’s Worst Movies Ever list) holds a special place in my...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “ANNA KARENINA”

BOOTLEG FILES 112: "Anna Karenina” (1948 British film version of Leo Tolstoy’s novel starring Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson). LAST SEEN: Playing...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE ART OF SNUFF — THE SHANE RYAN INTERVIEW PART ONE

Amateur Porn Star Killer (APSK) may be the film that puts director/writer/actor Shane Ryan on the map ... but not for good reasons. It is a disturbing...

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: END O’ THE YEAR ROUND UP

2005 was a bitch. Not a snap-at-your-balls bitch the way 2004 was; more like an angry Sensei determined to teach you if it has to kill you. A lot of mice...

FILM THREAT'S BEST OF 2005

While some outlets regard their year-end list as law, we like to think of this round-up as a casual look at what really caught our attention throughout the...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SANSHIRO SUGATA PART 2"

BOOTLEG FILES 111: "Sanshiro Sugata Part 2” (rarely-seen 1945 drama from Akira Kurosawa). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public...

FILM THREAT'S BEST AND WORST OF 2005

And as we set fire to 2005, pushing it off on its Viking funeral, we look back just one last time to bring you more Best and Worst. Enjoy! SHORTS THAT...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE FUTURE OF TOMORROW (AND OTHER THINGS)

2006. The year the Mayan calendar correctly refers to as The Year of Suck. How do I know this to be correct? Easy. I’m like Nostradamus without the...

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