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Here’s my boy. EDIT: why can’t I share from Instagram?

Remember when Arashi got fired from AJPW for pot possession?

This is the film Don Coscarelli made with Lance Henricksen, between PHANTASM II and III. I don’t think it’s steaming anywhere or has a physical release.

Pretty sure he cheated on his wife.

Have you watched any of the other films? This one is good, but the other two are bananas and almost totally unlike anything else I’ve seen.

Has anyone seen the show where Kanyon came out? Because wow the clips made it look awkward as hell.

People rightfully pointed to the high price tag of the Criterion UHDs. Suggested Retail Price for FRANKENSTEIN is $80USD!

Maybe he’ll have recharged batteries after a decade away, or maybe it will be some real strong “this is fine.” Now let’s hear about the new Doctor.

Right?

Arrow’s December releases include the previously announced SHAWSCOPE box. Not much else to grab my interest.

The 3 titles announced for Vinegar Syndrome’s Black Friday pre-sale are FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (3D & UHD), CREATURE with Klaus Kinski, and Dario Argento’s TRAUMA.

Was hoping that Mashimo would be in this, but was hoping he’d maybe be a partner for Jake. I understand them wanting to switch things up and keep it short. Still, not the most thrilling blocks. Every one has a jobber team (Saito Bros, Purple Haze juniors, Nagai & LEONA, and probably Iwamoto & Honda). NEXTREAM vs Stronghearts should be fun.

Full 10/16 AJPW card (via purolove): - Rising HAYATO vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto - Raising An Army Memorial Series 2021 Special Eight Man Tag Match: Masanobu Fuchi, Ryuji Hijikata, SUSHI & Chikara vs. Mitsuya Nagai , Masao Inoue, Kikutaro & Devil Murasaki - The Road to Real World Tag League 2021 Special Eight Man Tag Match: Zeus, Koji Iwamoto, Ryuki Honda & Kengo Mashimo vs. Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi - 3 Way Tag Match: Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama vs. Black Menso~re & Andy Wu vs Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura - AJPW TV Six Man Tag Team Title: Yoshitatsu, Seigo Tachibana & Carbell Ito (c) vs. Takao Omori, TAMURA & Raimu Imai - Special Tag Match: Yuma Aoyagi & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA - AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: SUGI (c) vs. Izanagi - AJPW World Tag Team Title: Suwama & Shotaro Ashino (c) vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato - Triple Crown: Jake Lee (c) vs. Kento Miyahara

FAT CITY is great. One of the few boxing films that shows they boxing matches aren’t all excitement—there’s often a lot of frustration in there. I wonder when Stacy Keach’s voice dropped a couple of octaves. Just a smoker, I guess.

Title matches for AJPW’s 10/16 show: I’m hoping Kento and Jake bring something new to the table.

CODE NAME: DIAMOND HEAD is a lot of fun. Not sure I’ve seen the other ones.

Happy Canadian Election Day! Go out and vote two years earlier than scheduled and during a pandemic to probably end up with the same basic gov’t! Note to Americans: we called an election a month ago and now it’s over. Envy us our short election cycle at least.

Last week, a student, whom I’d never met in person, approached me to say that she’d taken my asynchronous pulp fiction course over the summer, and it reminded her why she loved reading, and had read nine books since. Made my day.

Title says it all.

The September 21 AJPW show will feature: Lee vs Suwama for the Triple Crown SUGI vs Kodama for the junior title Kento vs Zeus for #1 Contender Surprised that Kento is even in contention at the moment. Zeus has been getting the better of Kento lately, so I’d be surprised if he won again, and also surprised if they pull the trigger on Kento so soon.

I think it’s more of a hip mobility thing than a dick thing, but then again I’m not that kind of doctor.

Lol, took me a minute to puzzle this out. RAW the French horror film.

Got my October largely sorted Combo of UHD discs and streaming.