CRUEL JAWS 1995
“As far as copping Spielberg's classic goes, nothing compares to CRUEL JAWS...the granddaddy of all rip-offs.” -- Jeremy Wheeler, ALLMOVIE
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He defied all laws of good taste and international copyright with TERMINATOR 2: SHOCKING DARK and ROBOWAR. He reset the bar for batshit Italo horror with RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR. And in 1995, Bruno Mattei stunned the world with CRUEL JAWS: the ultimate sharksploitation saga. Filmed in Florida with a cast of unknowns (including a Hulk Hogan lookalike), this film liberally borrows characters, plot, and footage from a number of other Italian sharksploitationers...and more famous sources. Experience the epitome of outrageous Italian rip-offs, now remastered and uncut for the very first time!
Wednesday, August 27
Director: Bruno Mattai
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Starring: David Luther, George Barnes Jr., Scott Silveria​
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Runtime: 94 min., Italy/USA
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Language: English
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Director: Juraj Hurz
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Starring: JiÅ™í Menzel, Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová, Jana BÅ™ežková​
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Runtime: 93 min., Czech Republic
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Language: Czech w/ English subtitles
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FERAT VAMPIR 1982
“A satire on consumerism, a potent piece of anti-automobile propaganda and the purest horror exercise that Herz produced.” – Nick Pinkerton, Metrograph
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FERAT VAMPIR lives in the same heady car-sploitation realm as CHRISTINE, TITANE and Cronenberg’s CRASH, and has art direction by animation auteur Jan Svankmajer. JiÅ™í Menzel (director of the Oscar-winning CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS) plays milquetoast doctor Marek. Enamoured of his ambulance driver Mima (Dagmar Veškrnová, later the wife of Czech president Václav Havel), he’s upset when she leaves him to race for foreign car manufacturer Ferat  —  and more upset by rumours that Ferat’s prized rally car runs on human blood!
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Restored by Národní filmový archiv, Prague and Severin Films, supported by The Czech Audiovisual Fund.