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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “KILLER OF SHEEP”

By | April 2004

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 tracks down a lost sheep!

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Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “KILLER OF SHEEP”

BOOTLEG FILES 026: "Killer of Sheep" (1977 no-budget indie from Charles Burnett). LAST SEEN: Turns up occasionally in non-theatrical screenings. AMERICAN...

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: FILMMAKERS, CANNIBALS AND ZOMBIES – OH MY!

We decided to take an extended break before starting on "Dr. Butcher," which turned out to be the perfect antidote to "Cannibal Holocaust" (big thanks to...

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The news the Monday after the '04 Superbowl was disturbing. No, it wasn't Janet Jackson's almost bare breast that had me bothered. It was the story about...

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Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “CAN HEIRONYMOUS MERKIN EVER FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FI

BOOTLEG FILES 025: "Can Heironymous Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?" (1969 X-rated musical created by Anthony Newley). LAST SEEN:...

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: OF BUNTA AND BRUCE

Our offerings for the week of March 23 were the 1974 Yakuza classic "Tattooed Hitman" with Bunta Sugawara and the 1978 Bruce Lee travesty "Game of Death."...

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Now that all three The Lord of the Rings movies are out, I can breathe a sigh of relief. Never before has a movie franchise (with the exception of the Star...

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