There were rumors the past couple of weeks, but I like to wait until there is more solid proof or confirmation before I post it.

Blu-Ray.com reports that GRINDHOUSE Special Edition will be out on Blu-Ray on October 5, 2010.

Read on for more details…

From their site:

An early announcement to retailers indicates that, confirming earlier rumors, Vivendi Visual Entertainment is set to release the Weinstein Company production Grindhouse on a Special Edition Blu-ray on October 5 (perfect for a Halloween viewing party with friends). No release details are available at this moment, other than it will be a two-disc edition and that list price has been set at a very affordable $19.97

I still don’t own a Blu-Ray player, but I can see me getting one very shortly.  I do know that October would be a very expensive month between this, House, and the Alien Anthology.

While the press release states $19.97, Amazon.com has a pre-order price of $13.99.  Hop on that now by clicking below.

Grindhouse (Special Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Director: Quentin Tarantino;Robert Rodriguez Starring: Rose McGowan, Bruce Willis, Freddy Rodriguez, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson Rating: R (Restricted) List Price: $39.95 USD New From: $24.99 In Stock This title will be released on October 5, 2010.

Personally, I love it when a non-genre thing that I like or love gets entangled with the genre stuff that I adore.  I was a huge fan of FOX’s GREG THE BUNNY.  One of my favorite characters was Warren “The Ape” Demontague.  Now, Warren is getting his own show on MTV which premieres on June 14th and you can be damned sure I will be watching that when it comes on.

A clip has surfaced that reveals that Warren was in an 80’s exploitation film called BAD PO FO!  Check it out:

Twitch has a clip of just the trailer:

The trailer was obviously made with care and admiration of the genre.  What I really dig about it is unlike other grindhouse/exploitation spoof trailers, this actually looks like they put it on a VHS tape that probably has been recorded on 50 times.  It actually looks authentic.  BRAVO viral marketers, BRAVO.

I see some ROLLING THUNDER, DEATH WISH, and EXECUTIONER influence in the trailer and a Troma clip in there as well.  Anything I’m missing fiends?

About WARREN THE APE:

“Warren The Ape,” a scripted comedy set within a fictional reality show, chronicles the trials and tribulations of a D-grade celebrity puppet. A brash, cantankerous, out-of-work actor, Warren ‘The Ape’ Demontague is attempting to clean up his act and scramble his way back into the Hollywood limelight. Having sampled a brief taste of success as a star on the former sitcom “Greg The Bunny,” Warren’s life has been in a downward spiral ever since the show got canceled. When the opportunity for his own reality show arises, Warren takes this chance to restore his celebrity status once again.

“Warren The Ape” is produced by Spencer Chinoy, Sean Baker and Dan Milano (who also portrays Warren) who serve as Executive Producers and Creators. George Plamondon and Betsy Schechter serve as Executive Producers for Picture Shack Entertainment and Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri are Executive Producers for Freestyle. Liz Gateley, Brent Haynes and George McTeague serve as the executives in charge of production for MTV.

WARREN THE APE premieres on June 16th at 10:30/9:30 central on MTV.

When I had the opportunity to see the film in Toronto at the FAN EXPO in August of 2009, I was stoked.   The film has a throwback poster and even a novelization and I knew that I wanted to watch the film in the environment it was playing in – an audience of genre film fans.   I didn’t want to see this film on DVD in a living room by myself – well, I’m sure my dogs would have watched it with me, but I don’t think they count.   Rue Morgue Magazine’s own THE GORE-MET introduced the film with the warning that the film is tasteless, offensive and juvenile.   With those words, he just handed me the lubrication For the next 70 or so minutes, I was treated to pure trash and exploitation.   A side of me liked it and another side of me started questioning whether this film was any good or not.   Good Exploitation films walk a fine line.   They can be tasteless and go over the line yet still be entertaining.   However, all of them have a story that usually makes a lick of sense, even if it is ridiculous.

‘Black Devil Doll’ which takes the name from the 1984 film ‘Black Devil Doll from Hell’, tells the story of a young girl, Heather, who gets bored and dabbles with a Ouija board and ends up contacting a spirit/soul of a recently executed convict that ends up embodying a doll that was on the couch with her.   After Heather develops a relationship with the doll, her friends come over to hang out and Heather has to leave the house to go pick up some stuff and leaves the women alone with the BLACK DEVIL DOLL (Please say this in echo – it spices it up)!

Yep, that is the plot.   By the time we get to the point where the other girls come over, the black vs. white jokes have run dry and the comedy is not very comedic.   So, that leaves the blood and the nudity – which we get plenty of.   You will see natural tits, fake tits, some bush and plenty of blood.   Sounds good right???   Well…..the problem with ‘Black Devil Doll’ is that it took a 5 minute comedic routine and stretched it out to 70 minutes.   It is obvious that the story was stretched thin as the credits last over 5 minutes on a film that had maybe a 10 man crew.

‘Black Devil Doll’ is not as good as it advertises but maybe if you and your friends get drunk enough, you might get some laughs out of it.

Episode 73 covers Not Quite Hollywood and then explores into 2 films discussed within Not Quite Hollywood which are Next of Kin (1982) and Road Games.

Episode TimeStamp Guide:

Intro (0:00-1:32)
News (1:33-9:04)
DVD Announcements & Releases (9:05-22:00)
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Not Quite Hollywood Review (23:17-39:43)
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Road Games Review (40:53-52:38)
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Next of Kin Review (53:26-1:06:54)
Outro (1:06:55-1:11:11)

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