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With no pressing column items today (read: random, irrelevant), we’re distracting ourselves from the demolition of the nation we love with the frivolous pursuit of arcane Science fiction titles… our weakness.

We may still be able to review Film Masters’ Monster from the Ocean Floor.  It’s an attractive disc, and said to be scanned from the original negative, something we didn’t expect. It’s Roger Corman’s first solo outing as producer, and I’ve always thought it a winner, even produced at its tiny scale.

We’re also tempted by a foreign Region B import, a U.K. Eureka disc set titled Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA. Two of the pictures were scanned from 70mm. The box looks very desirable — especially the extra videos and text extras.

The only issue is one many collectors face — a much- desired title shares a box with other pictures that aren’t so essential. Perhaps the extras will make the difference. The poster above with the words  “Milcząca gwiazda” is the Polish title for  The Silent Star, aka  Der schweigende Stern or  First Spaceship on Venus.

A lack of compelling news items encourages more disc news. A massive box arrived yesterday, with review discs scattered all over the calendar. All but one are from Vinegar Syndrome. For horror fanatics, it’s quite a haul.

The packaging on these special editions is really handsome. They’ve gone in for heavy boxes to hold the keep cases, vertical sleeves and boxes that open from the front.

I can’t go into full descriptions but there are several here that will get full reviews. I’l compensate with sales links, that ought to please the marketers — fans of these pictures might not know they’re available.

Congo 4K,  Street Trash,  Women on the Run,  Blood Tracks,  Crack House,  Virtuosity 4K,  Deranged 4K,  The Seventh Curse & Witch From Nepal,  Sliver 4K,  Curse of the Devil, The Vampires Night Orgy & Demon Witch Child,  Black Eyed Susan,  The Keep 4K,  The Terrornauts,  Looking for Mr. Goodbar 4K,  Neither the Sea Nor the Sand,  White Cannibal Queen,  The Possession of Joel Delaney 4K,  The Carpenter,  The Mansion of Madness (La mansion de la locura).

Also arrived was a 4K of  Don’t Torture a Duckling from Arrow Video …. a major upgrade.

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson