Who cares what picture we see?
Frank Collison might not, actually, but we'll pick this one anyway - and this one has a couple of salty language moments - NSFW...
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One of the cool movies to come flying out of the early days of Full Moon - when they were releasing a movie every MONTH.
I think I may have commented here at one time about the period when I was getting Full Moon screener tapes because I'd led them to believe I was a buyer for the small video store chain I worked for.
Well, when they sent Dollman as a screener there was a little something...unusual...about it. I watched the movie and enjoyed the low budget thrills - but man the special effects were AWFUL. Months later, with the screener packed away somewhere I convinced some friends to rent a copy and watch it to see the horrible special effects.
SURPRISE!
The effects in the rental tape were fine! Low budget, certainly, but they looked pretty danged good! Turns out - the Dollman screener was sent out on such a short turnaround that they had to go with unfinished and what appeared to be test special effects shots! There was no explanation of this on the screener box or anything - and it seems pretty wild to think the company would send out the movie in a pretty unappealing way when that screener is supposed to be convincing you to load up on copies for your video store!
Having seen Dollman in its intended and completed form I found it a tasty little low budget comic book flick. I still have that screener tape somewhere - I wonder if it's worth anything for the curiosity value alone?
I own this one on DVD now - and we could be checking it out in its more complete form any time - even tonight - if you wanted to come by!
Until next post you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!
Frank Collison might not, actually, but we'll pick this one anyway - and this one has a couple of salty language moments - NSFW...
One of the cool movies to come flying out of the early days of Full Moon - when they were releasing a movie every MONTH.
I think I may have commented here at one time about the period when I was getting Full Moon screener tapes because I'd led them to believe I was a buyer for the small video store chain I worked for.
Well, when they sent Dollman as a screener there was a little something...unusual...about it. I watched the movie and enjoyed the low budget thrills - but man the special effects were AWFUL. Months later, with the screener packed away somewhere I convinced some friends to rent a copy and watch it to see the horrible special effects.
SURPRISE!
The effects in the rental tape were fine! Low budget, certainly, but they looked pretty danged good! Turns out - the Dollman screener was sent out on such a short turnaround that they had to go with unfinished and what appeared to be test special effects shots! There was no explanation of this on the screener box or anything - and it seems pretty wild to think the company would send out the movie in a pretty unappealing way when that screener is supposed to be convincing you to load up on copies for your video store!
Having seen Dollman in its intended and completed form I found it a tasty little low budget comic book flick. I still have that screener tape somewhere - I wonder if it's worth anything for the curiosity value alone?
I own this one on DVD now - and we could be checking it out in its more complete form any time - even tonight - if you wanted to come by!
Until next post you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!