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• Kentucky Fried Movie | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Twenty years before the Farrelly Brothers turned raunch into acceptable film comedy, the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker exploited it first. The college threesome made it big with Airplane in 1980, but this 1977 cinematic version of their live theatre show was the ground zero for their talents. Kentucky Fried Movie is a mish-mash of sketches, fake commercials, and parodies with no central theme--except their crudeness and laugh-out-loud humour. Highlights include a commercial for "Scot Free", a board game based on the Kennedy assassination conspiracy; "The Wonderful World of Sex", in which a couple goes through foreplay with a self-help narrator instructing them step-by-step; and a 20-minute spoof of Bruce Lee films entitled "A Fistful of Yen". Brazen to a fault, the movie will reach for any punchline, no matter how crude (and those who flocked to the film's initial release looking for R-rated sex will remember the final sketch and the infamous trailer for "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble".) Directed by then-unknown John Landis (who went on to make The Blues Brothers and An American Werewolf in London) on a shoestring budget, the film has aged. But crassness, when this funny, is forever. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Lake Mungo (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (07/06/2021) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer tragically drowns while swimming in the local dam and in the days that follow her grieving family begins to experience a series of strange and inexplicable events. Seeking the help of a parapsychologist, their search for answers reveals that Alice had been living a disturbed life and hiding dark secrets. Something had haunted their daughter and the terrifying truth awaits at Lake Mungo. Special Features Archive audio commentary by Producer David Rapsey and DoP John Brawley New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Emma Westwood Captured Spirits: an interview with DoP John Brawley Ghost in the Machine: an interview with Producer David Rapsey A Cop and a Friend: an interview with Actors Carole Patullo & James Lawson Kindred Spirits: Filmmakers Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead on Lake Mungo Hosting Spirits: Filmmaker Rob Savage on Lake Mungo Simulacra and Spirits: a video essay by film writer Josh Nelson Autopsy of a Family Home: a video essay by filmmaker Joseph Wallace Deleted scenes Limited Edition Contents: Rigid slipcase Perfect-bound booklet with new essays by Sarah Appleton, Simon Fitzjohn, Rich Johnson, Mary Beth McAndrews and Shellie McMurdo, interview with actor James Lawson by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas plus rare behind-the-scenes photos 3 collectors' art cards