Interview: Ultimate Death Match Director Shawn Cain

1. What kind of childhood did Shawn Cain have?

Not the norm, I'm a twin; most people don't know that my sister's name is Candy. I see the world very different than most, When I was a kid the teachers thought I had a learning disability, because of my speech problem. When I was a child very I fell on a Q-tip and it popped my eardrum, so when I was learning how to speak the sound came in distorted cause me to repeat it wrongly. The teachers just shoved me into the special ed classes.

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I got to see children bully other children, and just how mean the normal children were. I went to many different schools growing up. I always had a little problem with bullies. I was an easy target, so one summer day I was over at my older sister's home and I went over to this school that was very close to her home. Started playing with these kids, they found out that I was in Special Ed. they made fun of me, one thing led to another, and all 12 of them beat me, kicked me, hit me with bats, and put me in the hospital. That was the best day of my life, since that day I have never been a victim. I have stood up for myself, and to those around me. I know whom I am, and what i stand for, and that gives me strength.

The Movie Burrito: Volume 8 - Korean Cult Films, Wrasslin', a Tromatic classic and a Synapse sickie.

In this edition of Cinema Head Cheese’s Movie Burrito, we tackle a wide variety of cinematic gems (okay, maybe not all gems). Here’s a look at a couple releases from Tartan/Palisades, Troma Films, MVD Visual, Synapse Films and Cheezy Flicks.

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First off, we have Cheezy Flick’s seven disc box-set of cult film trailers entitled Cheezy Trailer Extravaganza Box-Set. Each disc on this set contains various examples genre in short doses. Many of these trailers you may have already seen on other trailer compilations: Future World, The Giant Spider Invasion, Satan in High Heels, I Passed For White, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Day of The Animals, The Sinful Dwarf, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Green Slime and the gender-bending classic, Let Me Die a Woman.

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The good thing about this set is the sheer amount of content ( over seven hours) but the bad.. as you may expect from viewing previous Cheezy Flicks compilations, is the poor quality. I found many of the older black and white films to look the best picture and sound wise. Some of the worst image wise were the 70s biker trailers. These are especially awful, sporting almost an orange picture throughout. We do also get several repeats; most noticeably The Abominable Dr. Phibes. It’s an amazing film, I understand that, and love Vincent Price..But three times?