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Well the packages of my 2nd order arrived much more quickly! I guess I'll pay by check from now on.

Mailed check Sat, Jan 25th.
Book package arrived Mon, Feb 3rd.
DVD package arrived Weds, Feb 5th.

I figured out the mystery of the Synapse $1 DVD purge. It appears that Severin will be releasing DVD/BD combos for Patrick, Strange Behavior (aka: Dead Kids) and Thirst. And it looks like Scorpion's released Dark Forces (Harlequin) on Blu-ray.

Either way these are insanely cheap, current-quality DVDs!

Think I'll be mailing in another check soon. Thanks!


Funny enough, I typed that before I was aware HB carried those $20 Wizard VHS!

Golden, I have some questions about Wizard. It might be better if I PM you.

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Check your PMs. ;)

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Mailed in 3rd order yesterday.

Golden, any chance you'll be restocking on Mondo Macabro's Bollywood Horror Collections? Those went OOP the same time as Living Doll, Clonus, Crazy Love & Mansion of Madness. I was hoping to get one of these Bollywood collections but now they're crazy expensive on Ebay & Amazon.

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If they're truly OOP I probably can't. If they're not really OOP but between pressings or something I can give them a shot on the next CAV order. I see they are still on their (CAV) site, though that means little.

I really like Mondo's titles and thought they'd be my next Blue Underground (we sold massive amounts of their discs when I finally got access) but response has been luke warm at best, which had nothing to do with the vendor themselves or CAV, who both gave me everything I needed to be successful with them. Customer just didn't feel them--I was very disappointed.

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Count me in as a Mondo Macabro fan and customer. Would love to find more from Ed.

I also wish you would get more TIMELESS TV releases. Some are heading OOP as it's getting crunch time for this manufacturer.

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I just did Timeless order this week and short re-upping a few (Wide Country) , there were really no new TV series titles to be had. Sorry Prof. :(

I'll throw some more Mondo against the wall but I was baffled by the low sales of stuff like "Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay". A title (literally JUST the title) like that usually guarantees me sales!

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These went officially OOP in November:

BOLLYWOOD HORROR Volume 1, 2 & 3
CLONUS
LIVING DOLL
SNAKE DANCER
MANSION OF MADNESS
CRAZY LOVE
http://mondomacabrodvd.blogspot.com/...hanks-for.html

So if CAVD has more of Bollywood 1-3 or Snake Dancer lying around, do snatch them please!

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Will give it a shot--I expect to get shot down but you never know!

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Are the Mondo Macabro dvd's marked at all?

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It's not just you. MM doesn't seem to have the level of exposure of other boutique labels. I also think some cult/horror fans aren't willing to venture too far outside of their "auteur comfort zone." They'd rather blind buy Jean Rollin or Jess Franco's worst movies than a unique film from Indonesia or the Philippines from a regional director they've never heard of. (It wouldn't surprise me if ZOMBIE LAKE and OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES have outsold most Mondo Macabro DVDs.)

It's too bad. I like these bizarre cultural artifacts. It's also unfortunate that Mexican-horror label CasaNegra went defunct, I liked what they put out.

MM is also one of the few labels that hasn't yet released anything in Blu-ray. I've read posts where people say they're not buying them just in case they get BD releases in the future. In the meantime, it's more important to upgrade ZOMBIE LAKE to BD than try out new films on DVD. :(

Nope! They're all listed as "Publishing status: Current" which means brand new & sealed. All the MM DVDs I've ordered from HB have been brand new & sealed.

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:blush: I'm afraid that partly applies to me but am more culturally centered....I am all over weird euro horror (though I can't really stand Rollin, but am Ok with Franco) so MM had lots of neat, never seen stuff for me. But I'd likely not touch the other foreign films--Asian has been a hard culture of movies for me to adjust to. Then again, if you had told me 10 years ago I'd watch (and love) a ton of Italian and Euro horror I'd have laughed at you!

I haven't seen much Mexican stuff either....though I did like the one Coffin Joe I have seen.

I'd love to work a deal to try MM titles at a lower pricepoint but their weak initial sales give me no reason to really try.

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Coffin Joe is actually Brazilian. ;)

The CasaNegra horror stuff was fantastic. I highly recommend all their releases, though they are pricey now as per their OOP status. Then again, I am quite the student of Mexican cinema.

India, Indonesia and other Asian horror is a real mixed bag and reading reviews before purchasing is highly recommended. I enjoy some Indian pictures, but their horror output is very hit and miss. A movie like BANDH DARWAZA is excruciatingly long and dull. On the other hand, nearby Pakistan released an amazing version of DRACULA, entitled THE LIVING CORPSE. I'm also quite fond of Filipino horror movies.

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D'oh! I'd mention Santo who I do think is Mexican but I DIDN'T like those.

I have seen some of those so bad they are kinda good Al Adamson/Eddie Romero Fillipino numbers!

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GW, BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRES is an excellent Filipino horror, very serious and poignant. A wonderful film on every level.

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Speaking of auteur-comfort, it might help MM sales if you mention in the descriptions that Lorna the Exorcist, Sinner & How to Seduce a Virgin are directed by Franco! I type "Jess Franco" in the search engine, most of your other Franco DVDs show up. Not the MM ones.

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One to add to my list for next October! (one drawback of the Horror challenge is I put a lot of things off now!)

I hope to get this info added soon.....but damn the last two should have sold based on cover art/title alone!

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I got the new catalog yesterday and was delighted to see some titles from Olive Films!

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I got the new catalog yesterday and was delighted to see more titles from Olive Films!

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Glad you liked them Bob! Though our relationship with them is fairly new I have a very good rep over there. Olive is a "get" I've been after for a long time and I am proud to carry their titles.

(Frankly, sales aside, they and other great companies like Criterion help "class up the joint" a bit! I looked through the catalog the other day and was amazed at the amount of, er, adult-ish product I am buying.)

My major studio access has recently gotten a very good boost and I hope to have some very good individual deals (even compared to Amazon) to let you guys in on in the next few months.

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I see the new catalog has a couple of the newest Rifftrax.

Ghosthouse
May the Shorts Be With You

I already picked up Ghosthouse, haven't watched it yet.

Even MM has grown more Euro-centric in their releases over the last few years. Mainly films from France & Italy (and in the case of Don't Open Till Christmas, Britain).

I don't know for sure, but I think one of MM's films that's reached a wider cult audience is For Your Height Only, a Philippino James Bond spoof starring a 2.5 foot little person as secret agent 00. That's definitely one of those films where you show someone the trailer and they go "WTF?!"

I was able to acquire most of their releases, except for Living Coffin & the Vampire Collection.

Curiously, I found oldies.com is selling a couple of them at inflated OOP prices. I remember CN was distributed by Synapse before they went defunct. I wonder if Synapse or CAV have some extra copies lying around?

I've been wondering, Golden, who exactly is the prime demographic for HB's customers? On on hand the print catalog says HB's existed for 45 years, so I imagine some of your book customers are New England octogenarians. On the other hand you sell lots of exploitation DVDs. Is there any crossover between the book & DVD customers, or are they 2 completely different demographics? (Has an old-fashioned book customer ever accidentally bought or received an adult film? Haha.)

Golden, have you tried getting any Scorpion Releasing titles in the catalog? They're another label similar to Code Red where I can no longer afford blind buys but wouldn't mind picking up at a discounted price.

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Deadpan, if you don't mind buying used, GoHastings has had THE LIVING COFFIN in stock quite a bit the last few months and for very reasonable prices. You should add it to your Wishlist there and monitor it during their frequent sales. I often see it pop up either as Used or Previously Viewed, though I would avoid the latter.

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It might be octogenarians period! We don't do demographics research but we do like to joke that it's all old white guys. That's probably somewhat true but we do have customers of all sorts, young and old, women and men, etc etc etc.

Where it comes to the exploitation movies I feel like I am likely grabbing a lot of guys who actually saw this stuff in a grimy theater 40 years ago. Not the cult collector type who got on board decades later (that's myself, actually). So I don't think the demo between books and DVDs is much different. We do get people who, understandably, object to some of the more risque DVDs--but they do that on the risque books too.

We carry a lot of weird stuff because, well, I like weird exploitation stuff and I want our catalog to be the most interesting read, (and though it's got to SELL of course) I do buy now and then just to "have something" that I think is neat and adds variety.

I haven't gotten anywhere with Scorpion yet (tried once) but I have cracked the door on Code Red so that may lead me there.

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Also, a few deals (not sure if mentioned) that are apparently a better deal (judging by sales) than I thought they were!

6361110 Charlie Chan Collection $9.95
6361145 Man With No Name Trilogy $9.95

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That Charlie Chan Collection is a steal at that price! It's recently gone OOP (source Michael's Movie Mahem). While it's currently available from Amazon the price you are charging *plus* shipping is less than the historical lowest price from Amazon (source camelcamelcamel).

I almost picked up a copy of it from Amazon before Christmas but just had spent way too much and figured I'd pick it up some other time - then it goes OOP! Of course I've been expecting Amazon to run out and the 3rd party market to skyrocket before I caved and got one at the higher "regular" price. BUT you come along and mention it here!!! I ordered one from Hamilton instead! Thanks!! :D

I don't quite understand why that version of the "Man with No Name Trilogy" is a hot seller. I believe it's one of the non-anamorphic, flat transfer releases of the 3 films but the ISBN on your site doesn't really match up to any releases. BUT if it *is* anamorphic that's a good price for the non-SE versions.

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Excellent, thanks Bob!

So far as Clint, for us I think it's because it's the first time we've ever offered the trilogy as one piece (though we've sold the singles for years). It's definite a bargain version as it contains a double sided disc--and that ISBN is a new re-sticker by the studio, it didn't bring up anything for me when I ordered it either.