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Poor Pretty Eddie
It's a surreal psycho-thriller that broke all the rules of political correctness and lowbrow film-making as it spun the sordid tale of a black singer from the big city, Liz Wetherly (Leslie Uggams), who finds herself stranded in a backwoods redneck nightmare that makes Deliverance look like a day at Disneyland in comparison. Poor Pretty Eddie spend years existing as one of those mythical, "must-see...if you can find a copy" films. As copies began to make the rounds, and as more movie buffs were able to view it, reports of the movie's content focused as much on the detailed, almost art-house, approach to mane of the scenes as they did on the film's obvious seediness and dark storyline.

When her car breaks down, Wetherly ends up stuck in a remote southern town that's been left for dead "ever since they put in the interstate." She is forced to stay in a dilapidated inn that serves as the bizzaro kingdom of faded, overweight burlesque star Bertha (Shelly Winters), her much younger boy-toy and aspiring Elvis wannabe, Eddie (Michael Christian), and a cast of suitably strange townsfolk - including Sheriff Orville (Slim Pickens), and Keno (Ted Cassidy aka Lurch from The Addams Family). Over the years, the film also appeared on the drive-in circuit under the titles Black Vengeance and Heartbreak Motel. But whatever you want to call it, it's not a movie you will soon forget!

Carnival Magic
Long thought lost, Carnival Magic (1981) remained a legend among underground film fans . . . until 2009, when a 35mm print was discovered in an old warehouse. Now available for the first time in any home entertainment format, this cult favorite shines again, fully-restored and in high definition.

In one of the most bizarre "kid's" films ever made, Markov the Magnificent (Don Stewart, TV's Guiding Light, Knot's Landing, Dragnet) is a talented conjurer . . . but his career is fading. Partnering with an uber-intelligent simian sidekick, Alexander the Great ("Alex"), a chimp with the ability to speak, the duo quickly becomes a small-time circus' biggest draw. But when jealousies arise, they must defeat a drunk rival and an evil doctor to stay together . . . and alive.

From maverick B-movie director Al Adamson and featuring a parade of colorful carny folk portrayed by Regina Cool (Doctor Dracula, Black Heat, Jessi's Girls), Jennifer Houlton (TV's The Doctors), Howard Segal (The Last Game) and more.