Saturday Sinema: Deadly Manor

An old, dark house... A maniac on the loose... An orgy of bloodlust! All the hallmarks of late master of Spanish macabre José Ramón Larraz (Edge of the Axe, Vampyres) are present and correct in 1990's Deadly Manor - the final horror movie from one of the genre's most unheralded filmmakers. Whilst en route to a lake, a group of youngsters make an unscheduled stop-off at a remote, seemingly abandoned mansion where they plan to spend the night. But the property is full of foreboding signs - a blood-stained car wreck in the garden, coffins in the basement, scalps in the closet, and photographs of a beautiful but mysterious woman adorning every corner of the house. Before daybreak, the group will unwittingly uncover the strange and terrifying truth that lurks behind the walls of this dreadful place. The last in a trio of transcontinental slice-and-dice co-productions helmed by Larraz towards the end of the 80s (all of which which he directed under the anglicized moniker of Joseph Braunstein), Deadly Manor - released on VHS in the US under the title Savage Lust - is a fitting capper to the director's prolific career in fear, now finally unearthed for the first time on Blu-ray.

Bonus Materials

• Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary with Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan
• Newly-filmed interview with actress Jennifer Delora
• Making a Killing - a newly-filmed interview with producer Brian Smedley-Aston
• Extract from an archival interview with Jose Larraz
• Original “Savage Lust” VHS trailer
• Image Gallery
• Original Script and Shooting Schedule (BD-ROM content)
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais (TO BE REVEALED)
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author John Martin

Order Here: https://mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AV257

6th Annual Manatomy Awards

Mr. Man Announces Winners for the 6th Annual

Manatomy Awards

Celebrating Hollywood's Best (Un)dressed Today, Mr. Man revealed the winners of the 6th Annual Manatomy Awards, the only ceremony that shines a spotlight on the past year’s naked male achievements in film and TV.  “For years, nude scenes were primarily the domain of female actresses,” says Phil Henricks of Mr. Man, the world’s leading online library of every male nude scene in the history of film and television.  Millions of fans flock to the site each month.  “That has been changing as each year there are more scenes and actors to choose from. We are celebrating the fine actors who have the balls (pun intended) to go naked.” 

Winners were chosen through a comprehensive process that included the editorial, production and marketing teams from Mr. Man.  They selected five contenders for each of their 43 categories and then sat in a conference room, re-watched all the scenes, narrowed down their selections and voted on their winners.  “It got heated in the room,” admits Henricks, citing Jake Gyllenhaal in Velvet Buzzsaw as an example.  “Jake came close, but in the end, it was decided that he didn’t show enough nudity.”

The full list of winners for the 6th Annual Manatomy Awards are available now on MrMan.com.  They include:

·       Best Picture:  Sauvage / Wild, Strand Releasing

·       Best Butt:  Ricky Whittle, American Gods

·       Best Full Frontal:  Jack Reynor, Midsommar

·       Celeb Nude Debut:  Miles Heizer, 13 Reasons Why

·       Best Nudecomer: Nick Clifford, Glow

·       Best TV Show:  Tales of the City, Netflix

·       Best Bulge: Shawn Mendes, Calvin Klein advertisement

·       Biggest Cock:  Aaron Taylor-Johnson, A Million Little Pieces

·       Best Gay Makeout: Taron Egerton and Richard Madden, Rocketman

·       Lifetime Achievement:  Daniel Craig  

New categories added in 2020 include:

Best Bloomin' Onion:  Orlando Bloom, Carnival Row

Best Locker Room Scene:  Euphoria

The Best Bloomin' Onion category was specifically created to spotlight Orlando Bloom’s back-side in Carnival Row. Best Locker Room Scene was added to honor the iconic 21-member full frontal scene in Euphoria. 

For more information and the complete list of 6th Annual Manatomy Awards winners, visit:  https://www.mrman.com/manatomyawards/2020.  All 43 winning scenes are viewable in their entirety with free signup.

Michael's Musings

Make Lying Wrong Again
Michael Shinafelt

Well how about yesterday's news? Yeah, there's that, honestly I would like one day in the life of the USA to be sociopath free. One can dream, can't one?

Now if you'll pardon me I have some speeches to rip apart...

You did this yourself Sonja, now blow

Don't hogtie my Mother last, OK Lady?

R.I.P. Kirk Douglas

This is serious silliness 

Happy Birthday to Entertain Me's resident diva Sandy with a "Y" not "E" Zacky!

Rush Limbaugh was awarded the "Presidential Medal of Freedom" on the up side I hear he won't have it long

Gluten free cookies = bird seed glued together with hate

I'm not pulling out my weave for this one

Woman Crush of the Week - It's a tie: Shakira & Jennifer Lopez, do you really need to ask why?

Remember Silly String?

Please extract the spikey ass stick from your butt

When your feet divot the earth...

And then there's Maude

"I have not secured a copy of the Jessica Simpson book yet and I won’t feel at peace until I do" - Leslie Grossman

Get a copy of the Jessica Simpson book with me at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt

Hump Day & Chill

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Just Because...Winter

Hazy Shade of Winter
Jude Law

Just Because it's damn cold this ayem, Just Because warm jackets make you look fat & Just Because it's, well, Winter - Here is Jude Law bundled up in his Winter finest whilst walking around Manhattan. 

"Yes" nothing says Winter like this photo of Jude hitting the streets of NYC looking rather chilled to the bone I must say, and in fact I just did.

Honestly I can't wait for Winter to scram, get lost, beat it creep! Currently it is a quite chilling fourty-seven degrees here in Los Angeles with the high expected to be in the low sixties. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...!!!

Thus the heat is on and the Green Tea is flowing - 

Now is the Winter of our discontent, indeed!

Winter on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter  

Monday Motivation

For some reason I woke this ayem with the phrase: "Good Vibes Only" rolling through my mind. Thus I'm gonna take it as a sign that it should be my Monday Motivation mantra.

TBH when is "Good Vibes Only" not a mantra to have? I ask you? I said I ask you? I'm waiting for that answer...to be continued.

So focus on accentuating those "Good Vibes" today because they are the key to a day of productivity and will keep you feeling groovy for the 24 hours known as Monday.

Time for me to put my "Good Vibes Only" to work, "Yes" it's time for some of that ole Monday Motivation peeps.

Now where did I put my rhythm stick?

Good Vibes Only in the Urban Dictionary -
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%23goodvibesonly  

It's Superbowl Sunday Minions!

My Hips Are Better Than Your Hips
Jennifer Lopez & Shakira

For those of you who are observant it's the High Holy Day of Football - Superbowl Sunday...Yay!

This year the San Francisco 49ers & the Kansas City Chiefs challenge each other to a duel on the astroturf. Don your helmets Gladiators! 

Me? I have to actually have a vested interest in one of  the teams playing to care about the outcome. Like the years my home state team the Seattle Seahawks were in it to win it.

There is of course always the half time show extravaganza, which this year features Jennifer Lopez whose career couldn't be any hotter at present. It also features Shakira, to me, inexplicably. 

So who I am rooting for at today's Superbowl? Team Jennifer Lopez for the win!

Ready for kickoff?

Jenny From The Block on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/jlo/?hl=en