The first clip features the giant robot laser fight scene between Achilles (Gary Graham) and his rival Alexander (Paul Koslo) in front of a cheering crowd. It’s entertaining as hell, especially if you appreciate good ol’ stop-motion animation, which will be heavily discussed in the bonus features of the Blu-ray. Below, we’ve included a portion of Koslo’s commentary on the visual effects for a sneak peek preview. As for the second clip, another fight breaks out during a training session with Achilles and his fellow partners.

If you enjoyed both clips today, then I’m sure you’ll love Robot Jox on Blu-ray, so make sure to get your hands on a copy next week.

Bonus Features

– Audio Commentary With Director Stuart Gordon
– Audio Commentary With Associate Effects Director Paul Gentry, Mechanical Effects Artist Mark Rappaport, And Stop-Motion Animator Paul Jessel
– Brand-New Interview With Actor Paul Koslo
– Archival Interviews With Director Stuart Gordon, Pyrotechnic Supervisor Joe Viskocil, Associate Effects Director Paul Gentry, Stop-Motion Animator Paul Jessel and Animation & Effects Artists Chris Endicott And Mark McGee
– Behind-The-Scenes Footage
– 2 Still Galleries
– Trailers”

Robot Jox Fight Breaks Out During Training (1989) HD

Robot Jox Actor Paul Koslo Discusses Visual Effects HD

Robot Jox Trailer

Before Guillermo del Toro unleashed his colossal monster movie, Pacific Rim, which featured giant robots called Jaegers, Charles Band and Stuart Gordon had their own giant robot flick released way back in 1990. Although, not as attractive looking as Pacific Rim, Robot Jox still holds its own several years later for stunning stop-motion animation and beautiful special effects driven by artist David W. Allen. Robot Jox has attracted a minor cult following and influenced elements of pop culture since its initial release.

On July 7th, Scream Factory is bringing back the magic of Robot Jox to Blu-ray, which will contain insightful bonus content, including a new interview with actor Paul Koslo, audio commentary, behind-the-scene footage and much more. A must-have for movie collectors, pop culture enthusiasts and fans of Stuart Gordon to complete their home entertainment library, Robot Jox Blu-ray is priced to own at $24.97 SRP.

You can pre-order it now via this link.

Robot Jox Blu-ray Special Feature:

• Audio Commentary with Director Stuart Gordon

• Audio Commentary with Associate Effects Director Paul Gentry, Mechanical Effects Artist Mark Rappaport, and Stop-Motion Animator Paul Jessel

• Brand-New Interview with Actor Paul Koslo

• Archival Interviews with Director Stuart Gordon, Pyrotechnic Supervisor Joe Viskocil, Associate Effects Director Paul Gentry, Stop-Motion Animator Paul Jessel and Animation & Effects Artists Chris Endicott and Mark McGee

• Behind-the-Scenes Footage
• 2 Still Galleries
• Trailers

In an excerpt from his blog at Fullmoonhorror.com, Stuart tells of a psychotic episode involving Klaus Kinski, star of the Empire Pictures thriller, Crawlspace.

When I arrived in Rome to direct Dolls, the first film in a three-picture deal with Charlie Band’s Empire Pictures, I found the studio already bustling with new productions.

John Buechler was hard at work directing Troll on one of the enormous soundstages. And David Schmoeller was on another in the midst of Crawlspace, starring the famous international star and infamous madman, Klaus Kinski as a peeping-tom landlord who spies on his beautiful women tenants through the building’s heating ducts.

An excellent director, David had achieved fame with the now classic Tourist Trap and would go on to direct the original Puppet Master, beginning Full Moon’s most successful franchise. An easy-going Texan, he welcomed me to the studio and instantly made me feel right at home. So I was a bit shocked the next time I saw him and he told me how Klaus Kinski had tried to murder him.

Kinski’s reputation for maniacal behavior goes back to 1965, when he appeared as a chained up political prisoner in Doctor Zhivago and director David Lean got so fed up with him that when the cast and crew broke for lunch he left Kinski chained to the set. During the making of Fitzcarraldo, director Werner Herzog, driven to the breaking point by Kinski, ended up bringing a loaded gun to the set and telling Kinski that he had “one bullet for you and one for me, so let’s get to work.”

Known for brilliant performances and eccentric behavior, Kinski’s deal with Empire for Crawlspace stipulated that he was to be provided with not one but two hookers after each day’s work.

Hookers for Klaus.

And watching the finished film, it is clear that all of his co-stars are literally afraid for their lives in the scenes they play with him, which gives the movie an especially heightened level of tension and suspense.

The day of the attempted murder, Schmoeller had been talking with Kinski about his character’s death scene and Kinski had looked at him strangely and said, “You are telling me how to die? Have you ever died?” Then, his voice rising to a shriek, he closed in on Schmoeller, “Maybe I should kill you and then you can tell me what it is like to die!” And he grabbed David by the throat and began to strangle him.

You are telling me how to die? Have you ever died?

Luckily, the crew was able to pull him off, leaving the director bruised and badly shaken. Schmoeller called an end to the day’s shooting and meetings were held about replacing Klaus. And since the discussions were taking place in Italy, one of the suggestions involved getting the Mafia to take out Kinski permanently. “I am not a hamburger!”

"I am not a hamburger!"

This was told to me by Billy Butler, now one of Full Moon’s finest directors, but then a special effects make-up assistant. We were leaving the studio at the end of a long day and as we passed Kinski’s dressing room, Bill couldn’t resist pounding on his door and screaming in a bad German accent, “I am not a hamburger!”

Laughing, we left the building and were crossing the parking lot when Bill looked back over his shoulder and froze. “Oh shit” he gasped, his face draining of color. I turned to see what was frightening him. And silhouetted in the window of his dressing room was Klaus Kinski looking down at us like the Grim Reaper. “I’m a dead man,” Bill told us. “I have to make him up tomorrow morning.” We went out for drinks and all night Bill was trying to decide if he should book a flight back to L.A. or show up at call time to face the wrath of Kinski.

He chose the latter and told us that Klaus had never been nicer to him. Maybe he thought Billy’s antics were funny, or maybe his two hookers had taken the edge off.

Maybe his two hookers had taken the edge off.

About The Author

Teaming with Charles Band, Gordon directed Empire Pictures’ first big hit Re-Animator (1985), based on the H.P. Lovecraft tale, starring Jeffrey Combs. Stuart Gordon continued collaborating with Band, and went on to helm horror classics such as From Beyond (1986), Dolls (1987), The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) and Castle Freak (1995). Currently, Gordon continues to direct both on stage and film. You can read more entries like this one on his blog, Stuart Gordon‘s Lab Report, at fullmoonhorror.com.