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  • Wow, strange how things come around...Before I had met longtime FPU contributor (and the man who suffered under the GoreGilla costume in "Primate of the Deep") Dave Buscemi, FPU had reviewed a rather awful indie horror f…

  • Goofy upcoming toys...Jakks is producing these new Rey Mysterio toys. The above is a really quirky plushy with a wire frame inside for poseability. Gotta love a plush toy with bad tats from la raza...These Rey Reys are f…

  • Nexus of My Worlds #406HOODTOWN authoress Christa Faust, enjoying her own work, stalked by a sweet-ass ninja...See more silliness at Necrobabes.

  • I've wanted music from the Kozure Ookami flicks for years, and now La La Land Records have made it readily available on this "Best of" CD. It covers all six films, although I realy wish there was more from the 4th and 6t…

  • Was forwarded this nifty piece of art from Boston-area artist and long-time FPU convert Mister Reusch:I have a soft place in my heart for anyone trying to Keep in Lucha in the Northeast. Check out Beantown's own league o…

  • NEW MIL MASCARAS DVD"Los Canallas" (literally "The Swine" but really derogatory slang referring to the film's gang of punks and criminals) was the second Mil flick, probably shot at the same time as his Doc Savage-esque …

  • Someone asked me if all female ninjas in movies are pervy exploitation characters, and I was actually hard pressed to think of one that wasn't. Maybe Sho Kosugi's poor old mom in "Revenge of the Ninja" - she was there as…

  • Bit of an ongoing quandry over some CRUCIAL content issues for "Ninja 80." What to do with pirated DVDs. SOOOO many amazing vintage Japanese movies and TV shows coming from myriad black market sources. The underground n…

  • Because I'm just NOT a video game guy, I completely miss out on some seriously great ninja stuff. I'm just discovering this "Red Ninja" property.Love the costume! Love the kunai and short sword techniques!LOVE that short…

  • Ha ha! Ninja Birthday Party 9 Million was pretty damn cool. Pics coming tomorrow... for now - enjoy these nice pieces of framed artwork Eddie and Lili did for me:Now Eddie, who is a major lucha partisan in the Lucha vs. …

  • The Nexus of My Lucha and Ninja Worlds - Part 87Sonny Chiba (ninja cinema's best Jubei Yagyu) sensationalized the life of karate troublemaker Mas Oyama in three brutal flicks, now available on DVD under their grindhouse …

  • "The time has come for someone to put his foot down, and that foot is ME!"John Vernon - 1935 - 2005RIP Dean Wormer, The Mayor, Fletcher, Curtis Mooney and Iron Man...

  • Surprised to see not just one, but TWO lucha cinema books coming from McFarland this year. I already knew about Bobb (Santo Scene/Companion) Cotter's filmography, but am unfamiliar with this Doyle Greene project, which s…

  • [photo not current]Happy Birthday to me.I'm old and bald, but still haven't grown-up a day, and therein lies my creative strength. Right?This week, an ex of mine from eons ago sent me a link to a photo album of her son. …

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