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25 March 2024

Severin Films feeds THE SCAVENGERS (review)

Cut off from their comrades, a troop of Confederate soldiers lead by a sadistic captain invade a town that serves as a Union relay spot to commandeer a cache of gold and have a good time at the local brothel.  Refusing to believe that the war is over and the South has surrendered, the captain and his men brutalize the Union lieutenant, his wife, and her maid to find the location of the gold before things escalate into an all-out massacre in this western roughie from Bob Cresse and Lee Frost.

REVIEW LINK: Severin Films (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE SCAVENGERS Blu-ray specs:

  • Unrated "Hot" Version (104 minutes):
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
    • English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
    • Optional English SDH Subtitles
    • Audio Commentary on the unrated version by Vinegar Syndrome's Joe Rubin, Severin Films' Andrew Furtado and Temple Of Schlock's Chris Poggiali
  • R-rated Version (94 minutes):
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
    • English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
    • Optional English SDH Subtitles
  • Theatrical Trailer - R-rated Version 
  • Theatrical Trailer - Hot Version
  • "Our Family Album" promotional program replica booklet as well archival marketing programs printed on the reverse of the cover sleeve.

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Severin Films wears a HOT SPUR (review)

It's "91 minutes of Freudian fury" when an abused stable boy abducts the wife of a cruel rancher and uses her to bait the ranch hands into a bloody trap.  A classic "roughie" from Lee Frost and Bob Cresse.

REVIEW LINK: Severin Films (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HOT SPUR Blu-ray specs:

  • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
  • English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
  • Optional English SDH Subtitles
  • Audio Commentary by Vinegar Syndrome's Joe Rubin, Severin Films' Andrew Furtado and Bob Cresse friend/former Something Weird general manager Tim Lewis
  • Recently-discovered audio discussion on director Lee Frost/producer Bob Cresse by producer David F. Friedman and Something Weird founder Mike Vraney
  • "Hollywood's World of Flesh" 1963 Lee Frost/Bob Cresse feature
  • "The Casing Director" 1968 short film starring Bob Cresse, directed by David F. Friedman
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Teaser Trailer

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24 March 2024

Raro Video resurrects DEATH OCCURRED LAST NIGHT (review)

A desperate father implores a police commissioner to find his missing daughter who has the body of a twenty-five year old and the mental age of a child who may have fallen into the hands of pimps in this thriller based on the novel by Giorgio Scerbanenco.

REVIEW LINK: Raro Video/Radiance Films (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DEATH OCCURRED LAST NIGHT Blu-ray specs:

  • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.71:1 Widescreen
  • English and Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
  • Optional English HoH and English Subtitles
  • Video Introduction by Fangoria editor Chris Alexander
  • Video Essay by Francesco Massaccesi (narrated by Howard S. Berger)
  • English Export Trailer
  • Limited edition of 3,000 copies including a reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters and the 12-page booklet "Death Occurred Many Times: The Thrillers of Duccio Tessari" by David Sodergren.
     

21 March 2024

Radiance Films celebrates the second coming of MESSIAH OF EVIL (review)

When the moon turns red and peoples' eyes start to bleed, the Dark Stranger will return to Point Dume and bring about a flesh-eating nightmare in the seventies counter-culture horror classic MESSIAH OF EVIL from the writers of AMERICAN GRAFFITI and the future director of HOWARD THE DUCK!

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (US/UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MESSIAH OF EVIL Blu-ray specs:

  • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
  • English LPCM 2.0 Mono
  • Optional English Subtitles
  • Audio Commentary by critics and horror experts Kim Newman and Stephen Thrower 
  • Archival interview with co-writer/director Willard Huyck by Mike White from the Projection Booth Podcast 
  • "What the Blood Moon Brings: MESSIAH OF EVIL, A New American Nightmare" documentary exploring the film in the context of American independent cinema of the 70s, as well as examining the film's allegiance to several subgenres of horror 
  • Visual essay on the American Gothic by critic Kat Ellinger 

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19 March 2024

Eureka Classics hires BODYGUARD KIBA (review)

Before he was THE STREET FIGHTER, Sonny Chiba was BODYGUARD KIBA, a martial artist attempting to redeem himself and his school and getting caught up with gangsters and drug dealers in two separate adventures.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

BODYGUARD KIBA 1 and 2 Blu-ray specs:

  • Disc One - Bodyguard Kiba:
    • Japanese Version: 
      • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
      • Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono 
      • Optional English Subtitles 
      • Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
    • U.S. Version: 
      • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (with standard definition inserts) 
      • English LPCM 2.0 Mono 
    • "Talking Chiba" interview with action choreographer and director Kenji Tanigaki 
    • Japanese Theatrical Trailer
  • Disc Two - Bodyguard Kiba 2:
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
    • Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono 
    • Optional English Subtitles 
    • Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
    • "Kiba or Chiba" interview with Japanese film experts Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp 
    • Japanese Theatrical Trailer
  • The first 2,000 copies include an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Chris Malbon and a collector's booklet featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp.

18 March 2024

Acorn Media investigates THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES: SERIES 3 (review)

British antiques dealer Jean White settles in the French village of Sainte-Victoire where she becomes entangled in various mysteries thanks to her expertise and penchant for getting into trouble.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES - SERIES 3 DVD specs:

  • The Christmas Special and Six Episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
  • 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
  • English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
  • Optional English HoH Subtitles
  • Picture Gallery
     

Severin Films finds love and death under a BLOODMOON (review)

The girls of St. Elizabeth's private school are disappearing one by one from lover's lane.  Are they running away with their boyfriends as everyone believes or can they be found six feet under in this classic Australian slasher.

REVIEW LINK: Severin Films (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

BLOODMOON Blu-ray specs:

  • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
  • English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
  • Optional English SDH Subtitles
  • Playable with or without theatrical "Frightbreak"
  • Audio Interview with actor Leon Lissek, conducted by NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD's Mark Hartley
  • Interview with actress Christine Amor
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • "Fright Break" Trailer

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