I watch dvds.  Some might say I'm addicted.  Those people would probably be right.  Going by my excel spreadsheet that I use for organization(not the similar word file...its not numbered.), I currently own roughly 433 movies and 134 TV releases.  Of those, I havent watched the dvds of roughly 197 movies and 36 TV releases.  So yeah, dvds are my heroin probably (though cheaper and more satisfying than heroin I'd wager, I wouldn't know).

One of the reasons I'm a far greater fan of DVD than I ever was of VHS (besides the fact that vhs hit when I was younger) is that DVD has the ability to add extra features, as everyone knows.  I have simple tastes generally though.  For example, I actually like the inclusion of Theatrical Trailers a lot more than most probably do (which is why I just uploaded the trailers for all the films I've reviewed).  But I'm no fool, I know what a great feature is.  Some of my overall horror favorites include the Working With A Master and Interview with a Master featurettes on almost every ep of Masters of Horror in Season One, the "Labyrinth" on the Nightmare on Elm Street box set (informative...yet waay complicated), the Silent Night, Deadly Night slideshow of bad reviews (more movies should revel in their bad reviews), the zombie thoughts subtitles on the most recent version of Return of the Living Dead (because that's just freaking creative), the short film "Rings" on the dvd of Ring Two (nice way to bridge the story), and the Gerald McBoingBoing cartoons on the Hellboy 2-disc (because why the heck would you expect that?).

Which brings me to the greatest feature I've ever seen.  Like the Gerald McBoingboing cartoons, I had no reason to see this coming (outside of packaging advertising of course).  You may have noticed my new review of the French (and sorta Georgian) noir thriller 13 Tzameti.  I praised the movie's simplicity pretty well in the review, but I left out something on purpose to discuss it here.  For a kinda underground, sorta-unknown release, 13 Tzameti has a SURPRISINGLY packed DVD.  Besides interviews with the director and the two actors I mention, there's a rather interesting interview that's kinda nebulous.  Appears to be a guy who actually bets on something similar to the plot of the movie trying to explain and justify his actions in an interview.  Very sociologically appealing.

But that's all an appetizer for the single greatest special feature I've ever seen.  For also on this disc, advertised on the back, is "Sunday's Game - A short film about some nice old ladies".  "Sunday's Game" is a great short in some ways by being everything that 13 Tzameti is not. Game is a color film (allowing the walls to be convincingly painted with grue), while Tzameti is black and white (allowing the action and tension to take the stage).  Tzameti is a noir thriller, as I've mentioned...but Game is the most morbidly hysterical dark comedy I've EVER seen.

I've taken the liberty of enriching you all by uploading this roughly 8 minute slice of heaven to The Ossuary's video section and tagging it into this blog post below:

Things of note:

-There is always something hilarious about mundane conversation in a completely INSANE situation.  Watch it a second time if you like and just follow the dialogue.

-Even if you KNOW what's generally coming from this (hint:  look at the dvd it's on), the way it lulls you into a false sense of complacency for the first 2 minutes 40 seconds is pretty clever.  Don't fast forward though.  Let the suburbia envelope you.

-The old lady who's hard of hearing and a little slow:  Most.  hilarious.  old lady.  EVER.

-This short would NEVER work if the nonchalance of the characters wasn't maintained the WHOLE time.

-Watch for the little things:  tea reactions vs. blood reactions, the hard of hearing woman's blissfully idiotic smile after she complies with the rule change.

-"So my son finally shows up.  It's quarter to five...."  = classic.

So, in conclusion, watch Sunday's Game, love Sunday's Game, hell, tell your friends.  This short's so good, I feel it's my duty to rescue it from special feature obscurity.

This is Crypticpsych saying....I take mine with five sugars and whole milk.