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Ungawa! Tarzan, Lord of the DVDs
Bill Cooke outdoes himself with a heroic swing through Warner Home Video’s THE TARZAN COLLECTION, with in-depth reviews and appreciations of MGM’s TARZAN THE APE MAN (1932), TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934), TARZAN ESCAPES (1936), TARZAN FINDS A SON! (1939), TARZAN’S SECRET TREASURE (1941) and TARZAN’S NEW YORK ADVENTURE (1942)! Including rare images of the Eck Bird and scenes cut from the banned original version of TARZAN ESCAPES!
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Kim Newman on Warner Home Video’s recent DVD issues of Hammer’s DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED and TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA!
On the Covers
Front: Charlie Largent’s delightful interpreta- tion of the Mutia escarpment’s First Family: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), Jane (Maureen O’Sullivan) and, of course, Cheeta.
Sidebar: DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, VAMPIRE CIRCUS, and DEATHDREAM.
Inside: Publicity portrait of Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), Jane (Maureen O’Sullivan) and Boy (Johnny Sheffield) enjoying the TARZAN comic strip.
Back: Linda Hayden grovels at the feet of Christopher Lee in Warner Home Video’s TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA (1969).
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thePerfectionist’s Guide to
Fantastic Video ®
No. 114 / DEC 2004
“I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.” —John Dryden, THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA (1670)
DEPARTMENTS Kennel
The Watchdog Barks Sources
The Letterbox
REVIEWS Audio Watchdog
By Douglas E. Winter Biblio Watchdog
Dog Bytes
ALIEN FACTOR 2: THE ALIEN RAMPAGE, THE BACKLOT MURDERS, CANNONBALL, EYES IN THE NIGHT, THE GHOSTS OF EDENDALE, ZATOICHI 10-12 and more!
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AFTER HOURS, DEAD EYES OF LONDON, THE GHOST, DEATHDREAM, GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN LORD OF THE APES, TARZAN: 5 FILMS, 2 DVDs, TARZAN THE APE MAN, THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW, KOMA, VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT and more!
Joe Dante’s Fleapit Flashbacks 14
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THE HORROR FILM and BEYOND HORROR HOLOCAUST reviewed by Brett Taylor.
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