SSSSSSS (Wicked Vision Collector's Edition #??) (Mediabook) [Germany]

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Release: 2021

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Do you know any movie that has an even more absurd title, than SSSSSSS? Probably not, I guess. Alone the name makes it stand out (and got it a place on my "to watch" list, so I am happy about this release), but it is also considered a gem amongst B-movie aficionados, as this - for back in the days - has some phenomenal special effects. In Europe, this was never released on Blu-ray before, so once more Wicked is bringing something to us, that has been neglected by other labels (rather than releasing the same titles over and over again). You do, however have your Shout Factory release in USA and Canada, as well as an Amaray release in Australia. For the German release, Wicked promisses a lot of bonus material, however once more it is not tagged as Mediabook, so it could be this has to be moved. We'll see, once there is more information.

 

As for now, let's talk about the movie: A college student, played by Dirk Benedict (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, THE A-TEAM), takes on a job as an assistant for the scientist Dr. Carl Stoner, who works as a herpetologist and who seems to "loose" his assistants. He claims that they just disappeared and suspects family issues, but the student David Blake soon realizes that Stoner is delusional, and that there might be more behind the disappearance of his predecessor. The movie was released in 1973 and directed by Bernard L. Kowalski who is not really known for his work on movies, but rather for his work on single episodes for TV series (Mission: Impossible, Columbo, Knight Rider, Magnum P.I., Diagnosis Murder, and many many more). It was shot on a really tight budget of 1 million, and was the first movie that was produced by David Brown and Richard Zanuck, who would later become famous for producing movies like THE STING, JAWS, JAWS 2 or DEEP IMPACT together. It was rather badly received at the time, and in the US it was only released in Grindhouse cinemas as a double feature together with THE BOY WHO CRIED WEREWOLF. But it has gathered a cult following, and a lot of people look forward to this release.

Here's the trailer: