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A muscle car, a criminal grudge, and escalating violence collide in this lean exploitation-style revenge thriller.

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* TAKE A SPIN WITH THE FREEWAY KILLER. The Los Angeles Freeway Killer takes a drive to Las Vegas—and back. This video by Ken Camp is both trancelike and troubling, taking the viewer across the desert of California, through Nevada, and into “the frightening zone where lay the genetic codes and memories that make us all killers.” Unseen since its 1984 premiere at West Hollywood’s EZTV Video Gallery, Ken Camp’s HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS is a disturbing meditation on the eroticism of violence and a major work of both narrative video art and queer horror. Plus, in Ken Camp's AS THE WORLD BURNS: It’s the Reagan years… and all of the men in the neighborhood are mysteriously beginning to turn gay. As Robin’s terminally unemployed husband Lenny begins shifting his attention away from the job hunt and towards the local trade(smen), she finds herself having to hit the streets to bring home the bacon. Meanwhile, Lorraine’s husband Ben has mysteriously gone missing and Linnea just can’t seem to find anyone who’ll let her borrow a cup of detergent. And what role does the Gay Neighbor play in all of this? Commissioned by videomaker John Dorr for EZTV’s inaugural screenings at the West Hollywood Community Center in 1982, AS THE WORLD BURNS is an experimental three-part gay soap opera that was made using early consumer video equipment for the low cost of just $75.88 (the 88 cents were for the special effects). A wickedly funny satire on the narrative and aesthetic conventions of soaps, the banality of mainstream gay culture, and America’s rightward shift at the turn of the 80s, AS THE WORLD BURNS is also perhaps the very first piece of media to explicitly reference the nascent AIDS epidemic. Bonus Features: 1. New digital transfers of HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS and AS THE WORLD BURNS from their original 3/4”, Beta, and VHS masters 2. New restorations of THE SECRET LIFE OF PATTY HEARST (1976) and SHOCK VIDEO (1985) from their Super 8 camera reversals 3. Audio commentaries with videomaker Ken Camp 4. Outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage 5. Booklet with writing by queer film and video historian KJ Shepherd Top Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews Highway Hypnosis [Blu-ray] Highway Hypnosis

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Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello star in Muscle Beach Party as fun-loving surfer Frankie and beach bunny Dee Dee. The pair is ready to surf some waves, soak up some sun and dance the day away. But when their favorite beach spot is overrun by a group of body builders and their obnoxious trainer, Jack Fanny (Don Rickles), it seems unlikely that fun in the sun is on the menu. And with the newly arrived Julie (Luciana Paluzzi), a spoiled, rich Contessa that has her sights set on having Frankie all for herself, it's a battle on the beach for Frankie, Dee Dee and the gang. William Asher (TV's I Love Lucy, Bewitched) directs.

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Japanese language, English subtitles, 1080p High Definition, Region A disc. When whispers of a close ally’s death escape the chaotic Kibou Girls’ Academy, a delinquent gang leader (Miki Sugimoto) enters the infernal institution in search of answers. However, what she finds inside isn’t pretty—corrupt cops, twisted teachers, and trails of blood left by the devilish disciplinary committee. Determined to snuff out these creeps, this “Boss with the Cross” finds herself allying with righteous rivals and a crafty journalist in her quest for vengeance. The doors to another Terrifying Girls’ High School open in this intense pinky violence thriller from Director Norifumi Suzuki (Sex & Fury)—presented in the original Japanese language with English Subtitles!