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  • Frightmare

    Frightmare

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    This was one of the titles we picked up direct from its cult director Pete Walker! The other titles were ‘Die Screaming Marianne’, ‘The Four Dimensions of Greta’ and ‘House of Whipcord’. The deal was finalised while we were drinking coffee and relaxing in the spacous lounge of his appartment in Chelsea. Pete had some…

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  • Hell Is Empty

    Hell Is Empty

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    This was our fourth video release and even after trying very hard to recall as to where we purchased the rights from it still remains a puzzle. According to the IMDb it was given a theatrical release in the UK by Rank Film Distributors in 1969… that was two years after it’s production, so it…

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  • What a Carry On! – Carry On Cruising: 1962

    What a Carry On! – Carry On Cruising: 1962

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    In 1958 a British institution was born with the release of the first in a long series of comedy films. ‘Carry On Cruising’ was the sixth in the series. It was the first to be filmed in colour and saw the return of many of the regular team, Sid James, Kenneth Connor and Kenneth Williams.…

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  • Conventions #2

    Conventions #2

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    In the first of this three part post I tried to outline the work that went into preparing for a visit to a ‘BFCC’, ‘Widex’, ‘Film Fun Day’, ‘The Wessex Film Collectors Convention’ or the like and stated that we would begin at least ten weeks prior to the show. However any event were we…

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  • Dave’s Story

    Dave’s Story

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    If you have a story to tell send it to my personal messenger, and a photo or two would be nice. Dave Worrall was Derann’s advertising manager and created artwork for newsletters and film labels. It was such a long time ago – almost 30 years ago – when I first went to work for…

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  • 40 Million Bucks

    40 Million Bucks

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    Another title we picked up while in the US and one of a fairy large package. Originally released as ‘The Treasure Seekers’, it was also known as ‘Jamaican Gold’,  ‘Contraband’ and ‘On A Deadman’s Chest’ and any film with that number of titles spells only one thing, old hat banality! It was a  low budget…

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  • 400′ Generic Label

    400′ Generic Label

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    Along with a number of other designs, this was a label that was used on and off for many years. Label designed by Marianne Frost and printed at Derann by myself. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’

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  • The Disney Deal #6

    The Disney Deal #6

    Once Maggie was satisfied of Derann’s integrity it wasn’t always necessary to make the journey to the Disney offices in order to agree on the next feature release. It was only natural that we had enquired whether there was any chance of releasing any of their shorts and this opened up a fantastic range of…

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  • What a Carry On! – Carry On Regardless: 1961

    What a Carry On! – Carry On Regardless: 1961

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    In September 1958 a British institution was born with the release of the first in  a series of comedy films.  ‘Carry On Regardless’ was the fifth in the series. By now a fairly regular team was established with Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams all having appeared in previous entries.…

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  • Mardi Gras Massacre

    Mardi Gras Massacre

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    After all this time I’ve no reccollection of who we purchased the rights for this piece of exploitation, but I know it was acquired on one of our business visits to the States. I’ve read that the film is a loose remake of  the Herschell Gordon Lewis film ‘Blood Feast’ and there’s no doubt there…

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