You see, every weekend I set aside an hour or two to set out to a location just a mile or so out of town that was once a bustling department store (Rink's, I believe the name used to be) but after the chain folded it became just an empty shell of its former glorious self.
...That is until some enterprising men came along, bought the property outright and turned it into an outright flea market where the locals can set up little mini shops inside and hawk their wears. And lemme tell ya, they have everything: auto parts, tools, clothes, fresh produce, vinyl albums, ATVs, books, furniture, every manner of video game system and game to go with it (from the original Nintendos to Xbox 360s) even a little trailer outside where you can turn in your hard-gathered aluminum cans and copper and so forth for some cold hard cash - a nice little resource to have around, believe me.
And, of course, they also sell videos, too.
Why else do you think I'd be talking about it?
We're talking VHS tapes by the briefcase load, even laserdiscs (remember those, brothers and sisters?), DVDs, HD-DVDs and Blu-Rays as well. Bunches of stuff.
And do you want to know the best part of this? THE PRICES.
On average, you can get these things pretty reasonably (well, the laserdiscs may be a bit pricey...), say for $4 or $5 each...but I have a connecting where I can get a good deal on the discs, being a regular customer and all. So, he lets me get the DVDs I want for $3 each.
And so what do I get for my money?
Well, I'll tell ya:
Anything from the poisoned mind of Herschell Gordon Lewis is good in my book.
One of the best trailer compilations I've seen (since the Something Weird: Extra Weird Sampler I extolled the virtues of some time back).
All four of the best reasons to have Mel Gibson in a movie...with Danny Glover...and Joe Pesci.
"Special Edition", to boot. Accept no substitutions; stick with the original!
I have a warm fuzzy spot in my heart for warm fuzzy giant killers.
Emilio Estevez when he was still a smart-alec punk...and younger. This is a favorite of mine.
Yes, these are all good flicks (in that some of them are so bad. It's complicated...). But I saved the best one or last. This is my latest acquisition in my never-ending mission to...uh, get movies.
So ladies and gents, my latest movie got for $3 at my "connection" is....
This is apparently one of the wildest, most insane, bloody and outright high body count-ish movie sever released by a company called Tokyo Shock.
With a name like Tokyo Shock, I guess that it stands to reason they'd make something that the box itself calls
"an unholy, non-stop, over-the-top kill fest"
That's what they call a challenge to someone like me.
And I picked up the challenge readily.
...after wiping the drool from my lips.
I'll let you know if it lives up to the hype.
Or at the very least, if it lives up to this incredibly bloody, nasty and unsavory (i.e.: GREAT) trailer. Oh, and as if I should have to say anything else, NSFW:
So yeah, that's what I get for MY $3 worth. I hope you get your money's worth with your purchases. Until next shopping spree, kids...
Dope out.
- TGWD
