Watch This Thing - The mock trailer for THEY STOLE THE POPE'S BLOOD

I do enjoy a good mock trailer, and this one, for a film "banned in 47 countries, but especially in Peru" fits the bill. THEY STOLE THE POPE'S BLOOD is a tale of papal intrigue full of ridiculous plot twists, bad dubbing, and just a hint of religious satire. It's also a blaxploitation film. And a Mexican wrestling film. And a science fiction film with a robot. Or something. Written by Michael Varrati, who also wrote the recent TALES OF POE anthology.

Watch This Thing - Trailer and clip for 1973's "Duo-Vision" classic WICKED, WICKED

Warner Archive has been digging pretty deeply into its vaults for new releases to their DVD-R service, but I was pleasantly surprised to see WICKED, WICKED newly among their ranks this week. Shot almost entirely in split-screen, WICKED, WICKED is a wild, weird, sleazy thriller about a series of murders at a hotel that deserves to be seen in a better setting than the cut-rate bootlegs that have circulated online. Check out the trailer, that sells the Duo-Vision process... but doesn't actually feature a split screen.

However, you can check out the split screen in this clip star Tiffany Bolling crooning the title tune in this clip:

Watch This Thing - Roddy McDowall's role-playing group fends off a killer baboon in 1990's SHAKMA

Make no bones about it -- SHAKMA is the greatest film about a role playing group on a college campus that has to fight for their lives against a deranged baboon featuring Roddy McDowall and BLUE LAGOON's Christopher Atkins that you'll ever see. Prove me wrong, kids. It's streaming on Netflix, too, so if the trailer is enticing enough, you can watch he whole darn thing.

Watch This Thing - The trailer for the 1985 German New Wave musical DER FORMEL EINS FILM, featuring Falco, Meat Loaf and Pia Zadora

If you ever dreamt of a film that features Falco, Meat Loaf, Die Toten Hosen, Katrina and the Waves, Limahl and Pia Zadora (!)... well, there may be something wrong with you, but at least this should help. DER FORMEL EINS FILM (THE FORMULA ONE MOVIE) is a German film based on a music-based TV series of the similar name, and it brings together all of your New Wave favorites... and also Meat Loaf and Pia Zadora. The latter performs "Little Bit of Heaven" from VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS. Check out the trailer and be puzzled as to why the English-dubbed version hasn't made its way to DVD yet.

Marc Edward Heuck has a lot more about the film here!