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Posted Mar. 13, 2008,
Socket to Me!
By Dennis Dermody
Check out Socket, a wonderfully deranged gay sci-fi horror film directed by Sean Abley about Doctor Bill Matthews (Derek Long), struck by lightening, who wakes in the hospital alive, but super-charged, so to speak. A good-looking intern named Craig (Matthew Montgomery) slips him a card and advises him to call it. It’s the number for a secret society of like-minded electricity fiends who meet to hold hands and attach themselves to a live wire for that extra jolt. Craig and Bill become lovers, but bored with having to stick a fork into an electrical outlet for a quick thrill, Bill surgically implants plugs and actual sockets into their wrists for easy access. But like a junkie, Bill needs more and more juice, and when he accidentally kills a mugger with his charged bare hands he lights up like a Con Edison plant. With plenty of nods to David Cronenberg, not to mention Mr. Wizard, Socket gives new meaning to calling your date a dim bulb. It comes out on DVD on March 25th and all I can say is: Socket to me!
Posted Jul. 3, 2007,
Universal Horror & Sci-Fi DVDs!
By Dennis Dermody
Here's a scoop: Universal is putting out another Best Buy exclusive this fall -- two 5-movie box sets. "The Sci-Fi Collection" includes: The Deadly Mantis, The Land Unknown, Dr. Cyclops, Leech Woman, Cult Of The Cobra. "The Horror Collection" includes: Horror Island, Night Monster, Man Made Monster, The Black Cat and my favorite, Captive Wild Woman starring Acquanetta!
The last exclusive "Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection" from Best Buy, which had Tarantula, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Mole People, The Monolith Monsters and Monster On The Campus, is out of print and goes for $190 and up at www.Amazon.com.