Home Media Magazine

DVD Release Report - EMA Home Media Wrap Edition, Part One - Week Ending 07/27/07
Number 540/541, Page 10

By RALPH TRIBBEY

Alpha Video

We had a chance to spend some time with Melissa Greene-Anderson, GM of Oldies.com, at this year's EMA gathering in Las Vegas. Oldies.com is not only renown for its music expertise, especially in rare and hard to find CDs and vinyl, but for its home entertainment label, Alpha Video-the industry's leading source for theatrical catalog releases on the DVD format.

The company has built a large following for b-movies of the 1930s and 40s, especially those hard to find Western series starring such greats as Tex Ritter, Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Steele and more. Plus Alpha Video has made something of a name for itself with its affordable selection of TV-on-DVD vault classics - consumers can build their collections four and five episodes at a time.

For the month of August, Alpha Video has a new wrinkle, the Aug. 28 DVD debut of documentary filmmaker Kevin Sean Michaels' labor-of-love homage to cult legend Maila "Vampira" Nurmi, Vampira: The Movie.

With the help and support of some of the biggest names associated with horror films in the industry, Michaels has assembled a feature documentary that follows the career of the late night horror hostess, and co-star of director Ed Wood's 1959 "masterpiece," Plan 9 from Outer Space. Those contributing to the celebration of her incredible career include Sid Haig, Lloyd Kaufman, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, and scream queens Debbie Rochon, Julie Strain and Penny Dreadful ... to name just a few.

Bonus features on the DVD features on the DVD release include director commentary, a featurette titled "Ted Mikels on Plan 9," video interviews, and two music videos.

Picture in article: "Ghoul Girls" Alexia Anastasio, Ashley Marriott and Jess King with Vampira: The Movie director Kevin Sean Michaels at Comic-Con in San Diego.

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