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DIRECTED BY Eli Roth STARRING Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent Opens October 10, Cert 15, 90 mins David Lynch protégé Eli Roth has been planning this, his gore-soaked debut, for 10 years. It's some labour of love.

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As detailed in Uncut (see Strange Days, Take 76), this 1974 debut from the super-effete Smiley has been rotting in obscurity for nearly 30 years. Unashamedly over-produced by Loog Oldham (who saw Brett as "the British Jobriath" rather than a pale Bowie), it's clear on the glam-baroque of "Queen Of Hearts" alone that Smiley had superstar potential. Just listen to his angelic cover of Neil Sedaka's "Solitaire" and mourn the career that might have been.

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