Please Vote for MeThis was a film that I was dying to see at TIFF last year, but scheduling conflicts kept me from it. Luckily, the highly praised Please Vote for Me is now hitting DVD shelves.
Imagine a group of third-grade students putting Tracy Flick to shame as they hold a democratic election for school monitor. In my day (man, that phrase makes me feel old...), school elections boiled down to some crappy posters and speeches, all resulting in a popularity contest. These Chinese students, however, have taken a cue from the political bigwigs. We're talking political consultants, polling, and exploitation -- basically a real election full of tiny tots.
Unfortunately, the only extra on this release is a theatrical trailer, but considering the reviews and how purely awesome this film sounds, I bet it's still worth it.
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Wizard of GoreOn the other end of the spectrum is Crispin Glover's Wizard of Gore. Known in the film as Montag the Magnificent, Glover stars as a carnival magician and hypnotist who seems to be carving people up on stage -- thinly veiled with the wonders of magic. Just when it looks like the magic has taken a bloody, final turn, the "victims" return alive, to the audience's relief ... only to pop up dead soon after. Determined to get to the bottom of Montag's bloody magic, Edmund Bigalow (Kip Pardue) investigates, only to get sucked into the confusion.
It's not the end-all of horror films, but it's hard to refuse a little creepy Glover -- especially in all his human glory, rather than motion-captured as Grendel. It's also a new spin on the Herschell Gordon Lewis classic.
The DVD offers a bunch of bloody special features, including deleted scenes, audio commentary, outtakes, a making-of featurette, a peek at the effects, a peek at the Suicide Girls, storyboards, and a stills gallery.
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Be sure to check out Peter's Indies on DVD for the rest of this week's big releases.
