Coyoteblue posted this in the cult bargains thread but I thought it was worth noting here as well, as he referenced Deaf Crocodile’s tease of a “huge pop star’s SF debut” (also seen in the text I quoted in my previous post above this one). When I got that email last week, my guesses veered toward Euro pop stars because of the label’s lean toward European cinema. TOOMORROW actually crossed my mind but I thought it was probably too bubblegummy for their catalog. A few other 60’s pop singers floated through my mind but I couldn’t remember many doing SF movies, so I then figured it would be some pop star who was “huge” in Eastern Europe where they get so many of their titles.

Hearing that it really is TOOMORROW is great news. I’d only read snippets about the film and its controversial production and release history (and mixed reviews) before finally grabbing the UK DVD almost as soon as it was first released in 2012 just to see what sounded like such a rarity, it rather infamously paired the producer of the 007 movies Harry Saltzman with the producer of THE MONKEES Don Kirschner, both of whom quickly hated each other. Saltzman also stiffed nearly everyone on the film, leading Val Guest to slap an injunction on it after the premiere so it couldn’t be shown until Saltzman ponied up. That never happened so after a few days the film disappeared into oblivion for decades.

I’m still not sure the 2012 DVD was strictly legal, despite being released by a legitimate distributor in the UK. Perhaps statutes of limitations came into play? Or parties to the legal stuff had passed on?

Turns out it’s actually a pretty interesting film albeit very much a ‘youth picture’ as conceived by somewhat clueless middle-aged men, but with a decent budget, some catchy songs (and the near fully-formed voice of Olivia Newton-John singing on many of them, of course), and some wild effects and makeup designs on the aliens and their ship.

That DVD (and presumably the UK reissue from 2023) was taken from a passable looking print, likely because the whole legal situation meant access to anything better was off limits, so presumably Deaf Crocodile has gotten their hands on the negatives or something close, which should realistically be in pristine condition thanks to that minuscule original release.

Clippage:

Full list of DF titles for the first half of 2026. WHITE SUN and KRAKATIT were previously announced, and TOOMORROW figured out by the interwebs.



I’m curious to see what’s in that DEFA fairy tales set. Eureka released one such film, HEART OF STONE (1950), in June but I don’t think they’ve announced any others. DEFA apparently produced quite a few.

LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE is the Taiwanese martial arts picture they teased earlier, from 2000. That’s a nice surprise as I’ve only ever seen the various clips that have been on YouTube for years. Spectrum in France released a Blu-ray earlier this year, so I probably should’ve guessed that it was the DF release as well. The film was a spinoff of a popular TV series, and its high-flying stars are . . . puppets!



Other clippage:

SONG OF THE MIRACULOUS HIND (2002; Hungary)



KRAKATIT (1948; Czechoslovakia)


HAIR HIGH (2004; USA)


DEAD MOUNTAINEER’S HOTEL (1979; Russia)


BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT (2025; Tajikistan)


HOFFMANIADA (2018; Russia)

Latest announcements:

Received an email from Deaf Crocodile today promoting an upcoming sale and an upcoming Kickstarter for a 1983 Mexican animated film called ROY DEL ESPACIO. By all accounts this was apparently badly made and withdrawn after a dismal critical and public response, which certainly makes me curious (although very likely to wait until a sale!).

Interesting backgrounder here: sounds like quite a mess :
https://lostmediawiki.com/Roy_del_Es...ed_film;_1983)



At the film’s IMDb listing, someone added this recently to the trivia section:

TOOMORROW details are up:
https://deafcrocodile.com/products/toomorrow-le