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Still waiting............
As of today, May 2, 2004, Disney's masterpiece, the original "That Darn Cat" has yet to be released on DVD.
I dont know what Disney is waiting for, but if enough of us request the DVD, it will be made available alot quicker. All you have to do is sign up to pre-order the DVD on Amazon.com when it becomes available.
You will get an email when the DVD finally comes out.
The movie is about a Beautiful Siamese Cat, named D.C. (Darn Cat).
D.C. and his owner, the cute Disney legend Hayley Mills find themselves up to their necks in crime, and chaos.
A woman has been kidnapped, and only D.C. and Hayley can help he police find her!
Dean Jones, another Disney legend, plays the special agent in charge of the kidnapped woman's case, and he is wonderful.
"That Darn Cat" is the epitome of a Disney Clasic film: A cute, charasmatic Animal as the star, plus some familiar faces in the supporting roles, mixed with the Disney comedy, action and overall fun that we have grown to love.
The late great Roddy McDowall, of "Planet of the Apes" fame, plays a great part in this movie as well.
They made a remake of "That Darn Cat' in 1997, and while it was good, it is not nearly as good as the original.
This original 1965 version of 'That Darn Cat" is the one with the Disney Magic that we all have grown used to.
This movie is full of comedy, action, suspense, intrigue, and most important, pure Disney fun.
You will definitely enjoy this movie, if you havent seen it yet. If you have seen it on video, then you know what I mean.
Hopefully, soon, Disney will release this movie on DVD, and when they do, trust me when I say that it will be a favorite of yours and your family for years and years to come.
So, come on Disney.....we are waiting. Please release "That Darn Cat" on DVD soon, so that a whole new generation can experience its wonder.

Gorgeous!!!
Absolutely fabulous! This movie can make you laugh 1000 times over! It's delicious. The actor's play is a masterpiece, something that is very rare in our days.The intrigue is perfectly balanced, and the storyscript is the work of a genius!If you want to laugh like you do when you were a child, this is your moment! ... Read more

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Memorable TV-movie from the 70's
Not a bad excursion into mythology with anthropologist Cornel Wilde and daughter Jennifer Salt doing battle with legendary gargoyles in the American Southwest. Also on hand are "Dark Shadows" veteran and Oscar nominee Grayson Hall as a dotty proprietess of an inn and Berny Casey as the "Head Gargoyle" with a voice that is obviously dubbed by an unnamed actor.

The film was one of my favorites while a college student and it still has a fond place in my memory.

Friday night frights
When I was a kid, my friends and I would watch the "Plenty Scary Movies" on channel 8 in Tulsa, Oklahoma every friday night. It was a tradition. It seemed like once every 2 months the feature would be "Gargoyles", and we NEVER got tired of it.

With a creepy soundtrack and amazing makeup by Stan Winston, Gargoyles was a fantastic scare for us. I know a lot of people will roll their eyes and say that there's nothing scary about this film, but I think that is just because we have become used to non-stop action, explosions, shaking camerawork, quick-cut editting, and CGI monsters.

When Jennifer Salt is walking back to the motel in the dark and you hear noises coming from the darkness, well, I'm sorry, but that is just creepy. When Bernie Casey (amazing as the head Gargoyle) emerges from the darkness, I still feel a chill.

This movie used to be on TBS several times a year. It was on so much that I never bothered to get it on video tape. Then when it stopped showing up on cable TV, I thought I might never see it again. Thank goodness it is available again! And on DVD!

This Halloween, do yourself a favor and include Gargoyles in your scary-movie-mix. When you hear the Gargoyle's voice (sounding like he is talking through a fan) saying "you have nothing to fear", you'll know he is lying. I just felt a shiver up my spine. I think I am going to have to go watch this movie again!

Read Genesis chapter six
Genesis chapter six say is all about this prophetic film. This movie was so far ahead of it time. The original Americans have written of these powerful creations for generations. Coast to Coast radio show talk about the giant ones. This film is apparently more truth than fantasy. Just remember the next time at night when you think its just a bat or you see something out of the corner of your eye.....

From 70s TV Comes an Ancient Evil
A made-for-TV flick that originally aired on CBS in November of 1972, GARGOYLES tells the story of an anthropology researcher (Cornel Wilde) who, with the assistance of his adult daughter (Jennifer Salt), travels to the Arizona desert to investigate an unusual skeleton discovered there. However, when the duo try to transport the bony remains away from the discovery site, they are pursued by a number of gargoyle-like creatures who want to reclaim the unearthed skeleton, and the scientist and his daughter soon find themselves at the locus of an age-old battle between mankind and an evil race of garrulous reptilians.

Yes, it's cheesy. But for many horror fans who grew up in the 1970s, it's one of those guilty pleasures that, in spite of any intrinsic sense of good taste, will always have a special place in their nostalgic little hearts--right there next to Wacky Packages stickers and CRACKED magazine. And to be honest, it's really not all that bad, especially when compared to a lot of the other tripe spewed by the one-eyed monster during the "ME" decade.

At times GARGOYLES can be really atmospheric, especially during the night scenes in which the titular creatures attempt to reclaim the bones of their dead, but at other times it is blatantly ridiculous. The first half of the film actually plays better than the second, as the viewer is then offered only brief glimpses of the nightmarish reptilians as they swoop down on moving autos or attack folk in secluded buildings. The "magic" quickly dissipates, however, when the creatures finally appear in full view and the audience can easily see the Gargoyles for what they really are--a group of actors and stuntmen in unconvincing rubber suits. The one exception to this rule is the make-up job on the Gargoyle king, played by former professional football player Bernie Casey. This character looks like a greenish incarnation of Satan himself, and when combined with the eerie vibrato of his voice, he never fails to invoke plenty of gooseflesh.

In spite of the hokey premise of the plot and the rubber-suit monsters, GARGOYLES is definitely a must-see for serious horror fans. There are some genuinely spooky moments, especially early on, and the film is also historically notable for being the first major professional gig for make-up FX master Stan Winston. (Considering the masterful work he's produced in the years since--everything from Cicely Tyson's "aged" skin in TV's THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN to EDWARD SCISSORHANDS to several incarnations of the TERMINATOR--it's not unreasonable to assume that he was responsible for the outstanding make-up of the Gargoyle king and not the rubber suits.)

The DVD from VCI is short on extras, and the image has that same softness common to older TV shows that are transferred to disc. However, the digital transfer was made from the complete, uncut version of the film that was apparently screened only in Europe, and that means that even long-time fans of the show in North America may actually see a few bits they didn't see initially on CBS or during the film's numerous syndicated reruns. Definitely worth picking up a copy.

Creepy movie
I saw this movie when I was a child, it scared the hell out of me. I saw it again at the age of 30, it still did. Ok some of the costumes were cheesy, the special effects were limited and the acting pretty much stunk, but that creepy music.....oh man. I thought this movie was psychologically scary.

This is a timeless B movie classic. ... Read more

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Stacey Kane is a second-rate stripper in a third-rate carnival who wants more out of life. So when she finds her junkie ex-husband lurking in her dressing room with a wad of bills, Stacey promptly steals every cent, hops on a plane for New York, and auditions for a singing job at a nightclub run by a terse, wide-eyed lesbian named Pepe who is soon trying to turn the tramp into a lady. A tough, taut, and well-made exploitation gem, "Satan in High Heels" once again proves there's nothing quite as seductive as a truly wicked woman. ... Read more

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THE BEST OF SOMETHING WEIRD....
This is the best of Something Weird's rather disreputable DVD offerings of 60's sleaze. A surprisingly well made and acted low budget trash gem starring respectable actress (and former cheesecake model) Meg Myles as voluptuous carnival dancer Stacy Kane. Stacy's had it with low rent living so she rips off her junkie husband and goes to New York to seek fame and fortune. Well, fortune anyway. She lands a job at Pepe's cabaret as a singer (yes, she CAN sing) run by "Pepe" ("Dark Shadows"' Grayson Hall!) a wily lesbian with the eye for Stacy. But Stacy can't keep her hands off men and/or their money. She gets a sugar daddy but soon finds herself dallying with his skinny young son causing the inevitable snowball to start rolling downhill. Myles performs a torchy ballad in the audition for Pepe's and later a leather clad dominatrix number that will knock your socks off called "Deadlier than the Male" . This routine alone is worth buying the DVD for. But wait! There's more...a British blonde bombshell named Sabrina appears as a former "protege" of Pepe's to do a couple of numbers at the club. She must have been a pin-up model in England or something because she's an absolute eyeful. Her song numbers and costumes must be seen to be believed...period. Anyway, this is a true cult film on any level and thankfully has survived to be enjoyed today. The ladies' performances are catty and arch and the storyline and script just trashy enough to be great fun. The DVD picture and sound are great. Enjoy this one. It's a real collector's item.

A cut above even Something Weird's standards!
Often with Something Weird's releases, the extras easily overpower and overshadow the featured film. There is nothing wrong with this, of course; I think it adds to the fun. But Satan in High Heels offers a great feature alnog with some dandy extras.

The feature is a dandy little film noir, made in 1962. In terms of sheer content it is strictly PG-rated stuff, but that doesn't mean it's not an exploitation delight. A woman, Stacy, rips off her creepy ex-junky husband and escapes her life as a carny burlesque dancer. She moves to New York and gets a job as a singer in a high-class but oddly seedy club run by Pepe, a dominatrix-style woman with a stare that can shatter windows. Stacy wastes no time in seducing both the club's owner and his shiftless son. Much witty banter follows, as does the club's "star" Sabrina (playing herself in a performance of such high camp it may be harmful to small animals), and the piano player (played by Del Tenney, director of "I Eat Your Skin", also on SW dvd). It all ends with a blow-out, leather-clad performance of "Deadlier Than the Male", a song you'll take to your grave, and maybe... MURDER!!! The film is quite good, the direction and the genuinely funny writing well above average for an exploitation picture of the era. The low budget does shine through (an awful lot of the film takes place in the club), but it's very well made and almost effortlessly entertaining for lovers of witty sleaze and evil (though not beyond sympathetic) women.

The extras are the usual greatness. First, we have the jaw-dropping "The Wild and the Naked", which is very similar to "The Girl and the Geek", also on SW dvd. A woman walks around a lot, gets naked for photos, dances, and is chased around in the buff a LOT by an assortment of characters. The film appears to be a string of almost totally random silent footage spliced together with a hysterically bad narration tacked on to make sense of it all. The narration fails, of course, but the film is a riot. A classic adults-only film, only an hour long, from the early 60's (so no frontal nudity you dirty dirty persons).

Other extras include two shorts. One is a film of a carny act involving a woman and a full-sized marionette doing a routine. It's oddly unsettling. The other ("Latex She-Devils") is astounding: an honest-to-god early 70's S&M reel!!! Watch as a cat burglar is abused by two latex-clad cuties! Wow. There are also trailers, and the usual gallery of art. Overall, it's a great package for Something Weird fans!!! ... Read more