(The following posts relate to the British crime thriller Corruption, which was recently aired by Turner Classic Movies)
We've just received the following from one of favorite directors, Joe Dante, who runs the highly entertaining web site Trailers From Hell:
Here's Edgar Wright's amusing take on the trailer on TFH.
Retro Responds: Thanks for the head's up, Joe...your site continues to provide more entertainment through your presentation of cult trailers than most contemporary feature films do!- Lee Pfeiffer
It is a shame that the UK branch of TCM doesn't often show films as
interesting or varied as Robert Hartford Davis' Corruption (actual
copyright is 1967). It will be interesting to see whether you goes over
the pond get the UK edit, or the much more gory/sexy European cut. The
latter has an extraodinary (no to say offensive) scene where Cushing
attacks a topless woman with a knife, and wipes his bloodied hands all
over her bare breasts after he kills her. He then proceeds to hack off
her head! The only version of this film I have seen was this nastier
edit under the title Laser Killer; a bootleg taken off a substandard
French VHS. Let us all know which edit you guys get?
Rick Curzon
Retro Responds: That's interesting, Rick...I didn't realize there were different versions of the film. As I have it already on DVD, perhaps some stalwart readers will alert us as to which version TCM shows this weekend. - Lee Pfeiffer