Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, Christmas is a little way off still. But
Rare Exports is out now and is such a great film, I just had to give it away! Plus by the time the prizes finally get sent out, it'll be Christmas (
I'm joking - I plan to post prizes about once a month now)
Anyway, here's all the info....
“GREAT FUN AND VISUALLY SPECTACULAR” Kevin Maher - The Times (4 stars) 
“Eighties-vintage Joe Dante and Spielberg are the reference points” (
Total Film, Four Star review) for Finnish director Jalmari Helander in his critically acclaimed debut feature,
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, coming to
DVD and Blu-ray on 7th November 2011.
Described by
Twitch as “a Christmas story for people who hate Christmas… executed with such audacious style and with such a big vision that it’s impossible to watch without a big grin spreading across your face”, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale has been hailed as “an original, daring, carefully crafted film” (Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times) “full of wonderfully twisted visions” (
The Onion) and as “the best anti-Christmas Christmas film since
Bad Santa” (
Village Voice).
Driven by his curiosity regarding a supposed archeological excavation located on a mountain near his remote rural home, young and adventurous Pietari stumbles upon the shocking, ugly truth about the being known the world over as Santa Claus.
Local legend suggests the jolly old man in the red suit was in reality a supernatural creature that, rather than rewarding children for being good, severely punished those who were naughty. When a large herd of reindeer on which Pietari’s father depends for his livelihood is found slaughtered, the townsfolk suspect it is the work of hungry wolves that have crossed into the area from the nearby slopes. But when all the local children mysteriously disappear overnight, Pietari fears the scientists on the mountain have unearthed something extremely sinister and very much alive from what is apparently “the largest burial mound in the world”.
Elements of “
The Thing” are combined with the adolescent adventure spirit of “
Gremlins”, “
The Goonies” and “
The Monster Squad” in what
Total Sci-Fi has called “a fun family fright flick” and Little White Lies regards as “one of the best (and most brutal) festive kid’s films in years.”
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (cert. 15) will be released on DVD and Blu-ray by Icon Home Entertainment on 7th November 2011.
Check out the
Rare Exports Fan Hub Site (created by Cult Laboratories) -
Rare Exports Official UK Hubsite - Cult Laboratories
So how do you win?
Well, quite simply, all you have to do is let us know either...
What present you have always wanted to give to someone that you hated! Or if you dont hate anyone, theoretically if you did, what would you get them? Would it be something lame? Something totally useless? Or perhaps something painful?
Or what is the lamest present you've ever given/recieved? Or if your lucky enough not to have recieved a lame present, what
would be the lamest?
The three funniest entries will each win this on either DVD or Blu-Ray (their choice)! Anyone can enter, as many times as they like, and the comp ends next sunday!
Obviously don't go too OTT with these entries guys, keep it fun!
GOOD LUCK
Kyle
