Rawhead Rex, where are you?

Rawhead Rex - Written by Clive Barker

I was watching Nightbreed (IMDB) the other night which made me start thinking about Clive Barker movies. One I had forgotten about, a film that became an instant classic to me at age 10, was Rawhead Rex. (IMDB)

The year was 1986. Some dumb farmer accidentally releases Rex from his Earthly prison. The small Irish town will never be the same. If you’ve been blessed enough to see this film you know Rex is Pure Evil, Pure Power, Pure Terror, and likes to urinate on people. This was a  great year for what I like to call GoodBad movies. I have a whole section of my DVD collection dedicated to these movies, except this one. That prompted me to go straight to my Netflix and add this gem to my queue. The only problem is, it’s not there. OK, I’ll just head down to BestBuy and pick it up. No luck. This DVD is no where to be found.

So starts my Google journey. Upon searching I find a few low-rent sites that I wouldn’t trust if someone paid me. I found a few ebay auctions for the VHS. That was all pretty much expected. What I really didn’t expect to find was at Amazon. What I seen at Amazon made me pull the WTF Face. At the time of this post there are 12 listings for the DVD. Three new ranging in price from $249.98 to $523 and nine listed from $87.71 to $123.98. There’s my WTF Face again.

I know I said I consider this a classic, atleast to me, but seriously? I just wanted to buy the thing for my collection and watch every now and then. I didn’t think I was going to have to make a major investment. I’m sure with a little more searching in the dark alleys of the Net I could find this for free for download. I don’t like to do this for movies I want to officially add to my collection. I don’t consider downloaded movies as part of anyone’s collection.

So, I guess the search coninues. I would like a new DVD obviously as opposed to a used one but if I can find a decent used DVD I would be satisfied. If anyone has any ideas drop me a line. I expect I will be pulling the WTF Face for some time while I look for this DVD.