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Time Stamps
 Poliziotteschi? – 0:23
“Caliber 9” Review – 1:20
“The Italian Connection” Review – 6:49
“The Boss” Review – 10:49
“Revolver” Review – 14:08
"The Violent Professionals” Review – 20:00
“The Mad Dog Killer” Review – 25:45
The VHS Voyage “High Crime” Review – 31:01
Patreon Pick “Nymphomaniac: Vol. I” Review – 38:36
Patreon Pick “Nymphomaniac: Vol. II” Review –44:27
Pick a Movie Review “Blood Bath” Review –49:14
Pick a Movie Drawing – 53:51
Questions – 54:19
Answers – Face of the Poliziotteschi genre? – 56:57
Question of the Week – What is your favorite subgenre of Italian Films? (Spaghetti Western, Poliziotteschi, Zombie, Cannibal, Giallo, Spy, Sword and Sandal) – 57:32
Update – 57:56
Derek’s YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYX2LEg91cBhyH5lJckoSuA
Derek’s Podcast – https://www.horrorphilia.com/about/cinema-attack/
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Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

​Fernando Di Leo was prolific filmmaker who explored the political extremism and mafia corruption in Italy during the 1970’s. Master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters, Di Leo's films demonstrate the degradation of the working classes and how the mafia corrupted them. His works have been revived and shown at the Tate Modern in London and The Venice Film festival where Quentin Tarantino admitted that Di Leo truly inspired him to make gangster films. Contained in this box set is the Milieu Trilogy: Milano Calibro 9 (1972), The Italian Connection (La Mala Ordina, 1972), and The Boss (Il Boss, 1973).Contained exclusively in this box set is Rulers of the City (I Padroni della città, 1976).

SPECIAL BOX SET FEATURES
A Candid Interview with Fernando di Leo on the Making of his Films By Luca Rea 2001 / A 20 page fully illustrated booklet.
Exclusive:Digitally restored Rulers of The City Blu-Ray disc
Documentary Calibro 9.
Documentary on Fernando di Leo: La Morale del Genere.
Documentary Scerbanenco Noir.
Photo Gallery with audio commentary by G. Moschin.
Director biography and filmography .
Digitally Restored and Remastered.
New and Improved English subtitle translation.

Production: Italy – 1972
Running time: 410 minutes, color
Language: Italian and English dubbed version
Subtitles: Optional English
Audio: Dolby digital 2.0 Mono
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1


Raro Video – https://www.rarovideousa.com/films
 
The Italian Crime Collection Vol. 1 Blu-ray -  https://www.rarovideousa.com/films/the-fernando-di-leo-volume-1-box-set
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When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.
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Raro Video – https://www.rarovideousa.com/films
 
The Italian Crime Collection Vol. 1 Blu-ray -  https://www.rarovideousa.com/films/the-fernando-di-leo-volume-1-box-set
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A bomb attack in a cinema in Palermo kills all the fellows of Attardi's clan a part from Cocchi. He immediately understands that the author of the bomb attack is Daniello from Don Corrasco's clan. Cocchi is determined to revenge. His actions, including the Corrasco's daughter kidnap, in a Palermo in which also the police is corrupted, will soon destroy the old equilibrium giving the way to an escalation of violence that won't save anyone. If Cocchi will survive to the mafia war he will be the new boss for sure. 
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Raro Video – https://www.rarovideousa.com/films
 
The Italian Crime Collection Vol. 1 Blu-ray -  https://www.rarovideousa.com/films/the-fernando-di-leo-volume-1-box-set
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Whoever Pulls The Trigger Holds The Truth
Kidnappers have snatched the wife of a violent prison warden (Oliver Reed) and demand the release of an inmate (Fabio Testi) as ransom. But when the warden allows his prisoner to escape, the two become trapped in a deadly conspiracy that reaches from the halls of government to the bullet-riddled city streets. Can an obsessed lawman and an escaped convict survive the forces of corruption as well as each other, or does the ultimate law of society belong to the REVOLVER? 

Released in America as BLOOD IN THE STREETS (with the immortal tagline "makes DEATH WISH look like wishful thinking!"), this suspenseful crime thriller was co-written and directed by the legendary Sergio Sollima (VIOLENT CITY, RUN MAN RUN) and features a pounding score by maestro Ennio Morricone.


Revolver: Calling the Shots - Interviews with Director Sergio Sollima and Star Fabio Testi
International Theatrical Trailer
U.S. Theatrical Trailer
Radio Spots
Poster & Still Gallery
Talent Bios

Blue Underground – http://www.blue-underground.com/
 
“Revolver” DVD – https://mvdshop.com/products/revolver-dvd
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A Code Red Release - Tough cop Giorgio (Luc Merenda, Kidnap Syndicate, Torso) doesn’t like to play by the rules, going as far as gunning down a ruthless criminal in broad daylight. After he’s suspended from the force and his boss is murdered, he goes on a brutal undercover dive into the criminal underworld to expose a criminal organization with no respect for authority. Starring Richard Conte (The Godfather, Cry of the City) with a powerhouse score by the great composers Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Street Law, The Big Racket), this blistering Italian crime classic blazes onto Blu-ray with every car chase and gunshot more mind-blowing than ever. Directed by cult filmmaker Sergio Martino (Hands of Steel, The Great Alligator, Screamers).

SPECIAL FEATURES:
-Original Theatrical Trailer

​Code Red – http://codereddvd.com/
 
“The Violent Professionals” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Violent-Professionals-AKA-Milano-Trema/dp/B07BF9XQVC/
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Nanni Vitali (Helmut Berger, Salon Kitty) and his band of lunatics escape from prison and embark on a violent crime-spree across Italy. Caught in this madman’s web of destruction is the beautiful Giuliana (Marisa Mell, Gang War in Milan) who is under the protection of Police Chief Santini (Richard Harrison, Ninja the Protector) having survived a run-in with Vitali and his crew. Santini must do all he can to prevent his key eyewitness from becoming another victim, but Vitali has plans of his own for taking care of Santini.

Inspired by the crimes of infamous mobster, Renato Vallanzasca, Mad Dog Killer is a deliriously violent poliziotteschi that pushes the limits of onscreen brutality and is a must-have for any self respecting fan of Italian Cult cinema. 88 Films are proud to unveil this iconic classic uncut, and re-mastered in glorious 4k, for the first time ever!

SPECIAL FEATURES

New 4K Transfer from the Original Technicsope Negative
Restored English Soundtrack
Restored Italian soundtrack with newly translated English subtitles
Restoration Featurette
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88 Films – https://88-films.myshopify.com/
 
“The Mad Dog Killer” Blu-Ray – https://88-films.myshopify.com/collections/the-italian-collection/products/the-mad-dog-killer-blu-ray-the-italian-collection-16
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An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.​

“High Crime” VHS – https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/6301026217/
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Forget about love

Extended Director's Cut: Volume 1 is the story of Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who is discovered badly beaten in an alley by an older bachelor, Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard), who takes her into his home. As he tends to her wounds, she recounts the erotic story of her adolescence and young-adulthood (portrayed in flashback by newcomer Stacy Martin). Volume I also stars Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen and Udo Kier.

Extended Director's Cut: Volume 2 continues with the story of the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her adulthood, during which her journey of self-discovery leads complications. The film stars Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth and Jean-Marc Barr in addition to Stellan Skarsgard, Stacy Martin and Shia LaBeouf.

Features
Volume 1
"The Characters"
AXS TV: "A Look at Nymphomaniac"
"Nymphomaniac Volume I" Trailer
Teaser

Volume 2
"The Director"
"The Sex"
"Nymphomaniac Volume II" Trailer

Magnolia Pictures - http://www.magnoliapictures.com/
 
“Nymphomaniac Volume 1” and “Nymphomaniac Volume 2” Extended Director’s Cuts – https://www.amazon.com/Nymphomaniac-Extended-Directors-Vol-Blu-ray/dp/B00MVIYMG2/
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The actors for a horror movie go out to dinner one evening with their director and tell horror stories to each other.
Special features
Commentary by director Joel M. Reed
Interview with cast and crew
Talent bios
Trailers

“Blood Bath” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000FI8MOI/

P​lease leave a question below to have it answered on the next show!
What is your favorite subgenre of Italian Films? (Spaghetti Westerns, Cannibal, Zombie, Giallo, Sword and Sandal, Ect...) 

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​Blu-Rays 
1. Battle for the Lost Planet/ Mutant War
2. Party Line
3. Wacko 
4. Tinsel Town 
5. The Intruder
6. The Dance of Reality
7. Nomads
8. Vampire’s Kiss/ High Spirits 
9. Willow
10. Dracula’s Fiancée/ Lose in New York
11. Dune
DVDs
12. The Face of Fu Manchu 
13. The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
14. Tick…Tick…Tick 

Caliber 9 – 1972 – Fernando Di Leo
The Italian Connection – 1972 – Fernando Di Leo
The Boss – 1973 – Fernando Di Leo
Revolver – 1973 – Sergio Sollima
The Violent Professionals – 1973 – Sergio Martino 
The Mad Dog Killer – 1977 – Sergio Grieco
High Crime – 1973 – Enzo G. Castellari
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I – 2013 – Lars von Trier 
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II – 2013 – Lars von Trier 
Blood Bath – 1976 – Joel M. Reed 

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Time Stamps
“Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror” on Shudder – 0:12
“Jack the Ripper” Review – 2:01
“All the Colors of the Giallo” Review – 7:38
“Kolobos” Review – 13:20
“Color Me Blood Red/Something Weird” Review – 22:27
"Bright Lights, Big City” Review – 30:00
“Are We Not Cats” Review – 35:24
“Rituals” Review – 41:06
The Weekly Western “Breakheart Pass” – 47:57
The VHS Voyage “Open House” Review –56:25
Pick a Movie Review “Return to Nuk’em High Vol. 1” Review –1:05:36
Pick a Movie Review “Return to Nuk’em High vol. 2” Review – 1:11:34
Pick a Movie Drawing – 1:18:38
Questions – 1:19:18
Answers – Best Fight Scenes – 1:23:04
Question of the Week –  From Derek B.  Question of the Week - Who would you consider the face of Poliziotteschi film genre? Actor, director etc. in other words when you think of the genre as a whole who do you think of first? – 1:27:19
Update – 1:27:41

“Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror” on Shudder – https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror/4548652

Written by MrParka 
                Severin Films releases the infamous black and white shocker “Jack the Ripper” on Blu-Ray. “Jack the Ripper” is presented in its original British cut and the slightly longer American cut with a new score.
                Women are being targeted by a crazed slasher who seems to have a surgical touch to his madness and depravity. A pair of police officers, an American and Brit is attempting to solve the case and prevent any more murders. The list of suspects is long and includes some distinguished names. Can the police figure out who is responsible for the White Chapel Murders and keep the citizens safe both from committing and being a victim of vigilante justice?
                “Jack the Ripper” is a fairly standard story about the maniac that incorporates the townspeople’s unhappiness and fear while showing a series of murders and police procedures. What makes the film stand out is some of the boundaries it attempted to push in its uncut form, showing post mortem breasts of disemboweled women. The film wasn’t particularly graphic by today’s standards, but definitely was nothing to bat an eye at in 1959. This footage only remains in the European version, unfortunately (and the scenes are included on this disc as a bonus feature). These cuts make this flick a little dull in spots, but violence and sleaze isn’t the only thing this movie had to offer. It has a surprising interest in its characters, in particular its victims. None of which, with the exception of one, are portrayed as seedy underbelly prostitutes. In fact, the film seems to at least spend a moniker of time developing the victims. This makes for some genuine sympathy to be felt by the viewer.  By establishing the side characters the film’s solid sets seem to come to life a bit more and the dense fog and dark alleys seem a bit more real. As for the mystery of the film, it works; there are tons of red herrings and little touches that will keep you guessing until the final scene that ends with a rewarding yet completely fictionalized outcome.
                Severin Films has included a few treats on the disc. Besides the two versions of the film we have some featurettes, an Interview with Denis Meikle, Author of “Jack the Ripper: The Murders and the Movies” and "The Real Jack the Ripper", both of which give a little insight on the real case and the history of Jack the Ripper in film. Also included is an audio Commentary With Co-Director/Co-Producer/Co-Cinematographer Robert S. Baker, Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster, Assistant Director Peter Manley, Moderated by British Horror Historian Marcus Hearn. Overall, Severin has done the best they can to clean up the film; they give us a warning in the beginning about the quality. The US version looks a bit better and is presented in what is the correct aspect ratio, but has a new score which some may enjoy less than the UK version’s score.

​Description
In 1959, legendary showman Joseph E. Levine unleashed this grisly UK thriller on American moviegoers. But when audiences were horrified by the film’s startling violence, graphic nudity and bloody Technicolor climax, it became one of Levine’s most notorious failures. Today – in its notorious UK cut and the American version with a brassy new score – it remains among the most underappreciated and provocative shockers of its time. Eddie Byrne (THE MUMMY), Lee Patterson (TV’s SURFSIDE 6) and John Le Mesurier (DAD’S ARMY) star in this lurid classic produced/directed by Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman (BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE) and written by Hammer Films’ legendary Jimmy Sangster (THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, HORROR OF DRACULA) that FilmFracture.com calls “the perfect combination of murder mystery and horror film with just the right amount of lovely ladies!”

Special Features:

British Version
US Version
Audio Commentary With Co-Director/Co-Producer/Co-Cinematographer Robert S. Baker, Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster, Assistant Director Peter Manley, Moderated By British Horror Historian Marcus Hearn
Alternate Continental Takes
Interview With Denis Meikle, Author of “Jack The Ripper: The Murders And The Movies”
The Real Jack the Ripper Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Poster & Still Gallery
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Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/
 
“Jack the Ripper” Blu-Ray – https://severin-films.com/shop/jack-the-ripper-bluray/

Description
3-Disc Collection Featuring Over 5 1/2 Hours of Classic Trailers Plus Bonus CD of Legendary Giallo Themes!
Region Free
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‘Giallo’ is Italian for ‘yellow’, the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. “But be warned,” says Gizmodo.com, “once you start going down the blood-slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed.”

Special Features:

DISC 1 – Blu-ray

All the Colors of Giallo: A New Feature Length Documentary By Federico Caddeo 
The Giallo Frames: Interview With John Martin, Editor Of The Giallo Pages
Audio Commentary with Kat Ellinger, Author of All The Colors Of Sergio Martino
DISC 2 – DVD: The Case of the Krimi

Kriminal!: Trailer Compilation
The Case Of The Krimi: Interview With Film Historian Marcus Stiglegger
DISC 3 – CD

The Strange Sounds Of The Bloodstained Films: Compiled By Alfonso Carillo of Rendezvous! From The Archives Of Beat Records. Remastered By Claudio Fuiano.

Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/

​“All the Colors of the Giallo” Blu-Ray – https://severin-films.com/shop/all-the-colors-of-giallo-bluray/

Kolobos! Today I Exist

The Real World meets Saw by way of Suspiria in this super-smart, super-gory - and, sadly, super-overlooked - late '90s slasher effort from filmmakers Daniel Liatowitsch and David Todd Ocvirk, released in the midst of the post-Scream slice-and-dice revival. A group of youngsters arrive at a snow-covered house under the guise of participating in a "grounding-breaking" new experimental film. With the entire property fitted out with cameras, their every move will be recorded. But when the house locks down, trapping the youngsters within, it soon becomes clear that something sinister is afoot. Scream - you're on camera... Marketed as little more than a generic horror flick at the time of its release, Kolobos, far from being a run-of-the-mill slasher clone, has much more in common with the booby-trap stylings of Cube (1997) and the reality TV theme of My Little Eye (2002), which it preempted by some three years.

Bonus Materials
Brand new 2K restoration from the original negative
Original Stereo and 5.1 audio options
Audio commentary with co-writers and co-directors Daniel Liatowitsch and David Todd Ocvirk
Real World Massacre: The Making of Kolobos - brand new featurette on the making-of Kolobos including interviews with Daniel Liatowitsch, David Todd Ocvirk and co-writer/producer Nne Ebong
Face to Faceless - a brand new Interview with “Faceless” actor Ilia Volok
Slice & Dice: The Music of Kolobos - a brand new interview with composer William Kidd
Behind-the-Scenes Image Gallery
Super 8 short film by Daniel Liatowitsch with commentary
Original Trailer
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Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/
 
“Kolobos” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/kolobos-blu-ray

For the third and final instalment in his infamous 'Blood Trilogy', Color Me Blood Red, splatter movie pioneer Herschell Gordon Lewis turned to the world of fine art for this tortured tale of a troubled artist turned homicidal maniac. Painter Adam Sorge has found himself in a bit of a creative lull. But when his girlfriend accidentally cuts her finger, he realizes what his work has been missing all this time - human blood! With pressure mounting from local gallery owner Farnsworth to deliver his next masterpiece, Adam sets about procuring as much glorious haemoglobin as he can muster - first from himself, and then from anyone unfortunate enough to pass by his sickening studio of slaughter. The final filmic collaboration between H.G. Lewis and producer/master exploiteer David F. Friedman, who collectively delivered the equally demented Blood Feast and Two Thousand Maniacs!, Color Me Blood Red is a crazed creation that truly puts the pain in painting!

Bonus Materials
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Bonus Feature! 1967’s Something Weird
Introductions to the films by H.G. Lewis
Audio commentary on Color Me Blood Red with H.G. Lewis and David Friedman
Audio commentary on Something Weird with H.G. Lewis and David Friedman
The Art of Madness – a video essay on the recurring motif of mad artists as killers in horror films
Weirdsville – film scholar Jeffrey Sconce on Something Weird
H.G. Lewis on Jimmy, The Boy Wonder
A Hot Night at the Go Go Lounge! – 1966 dance short
Color Me Blood Red Outtakes
Color Me Blood Red Trailer
Something Weird Trailer
Jimmy, The Boy Wonder Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil
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Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/
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“Color Me Blood Red” and “Something Weird” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/color-me-blood-red-blu-ray

IT'S 6:00am. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?

Three decades after this "wildly effective... powerful" (NBC-TV) cautionary tale from director James Bridges (The China Syndrome) and Academy Award® Winning Producer Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa) first wowed moviegoers, it remains as relevant and enthralling as ever. Making its debut on disc in high definition featuring screenwriter commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, still photos and more, this 30th Anniversary Edition packs a delicious punch!

Michael J. Fox (Back To The Future) "couldn't be better" (Los Angeles Times) as Jamie Conway, an aspiring writer who abandons the wheat fields of Kansas for the skyline of Manhattan - and the city's seductive party subculture. Hitting the clubs night after night, Jamie soon spins out of control, and he risks losing everything - and everyone he loves. Co-starring Kiefer Sutherland (24), Phoebe Cates (Gremlins), Two-Time Academy Award® Winner Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway), Swoosie Kurtz (Overboard) and Kelly Lynch (Road House), and with its pulsating soundtrack from New Order, Depeche Mode and Prince, this "chronicle of wasted days and misplaced nights" (Roger Ebert) is a must-own!

Bonus Materials
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the main feature in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio
Audio: English 2.0 Stereo, French 2.0 Stereo, Spanish Mono
English, French and Spanish Subtitles
Commentary with Author/Screenwriter Jay McInerney
Commentary with Cinematographer Gordon Willis
'Jay McInerney's The Light Within' featurette
'Big City Lights' featurette
Photo Gallery
Original Theatrical Trailer

MVD Rewind Collection Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/MVDRewindCollection/
 
“Bright Lights, Big City” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/bright-lights-big-city-special-edition-blu-ray

A Hair-raising Love Story

ARE WE NOT CATS is the strange but tender story of a man who, after losing his job, his girlfriend, and his apartment in a single day, attempts to restart his life, but is sidetracked when he meets a woman who shares his unorthodox habit - a proclivity for eating hair.

Bonus Materials
Exclusive Director's Commentary! Bonus 'deleted' Scenes! Slide Show!
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“Are We Not Cats” DVD – https://mvdshop.com/products/are-we-not-cats-dv

Adventure-seeker Mitzi and his friends take off for their annual camping trip to the unexplored Canadian mountains. The five of them thought they were going to be alone in the wilderness, but they were wrong. A crazed psychopath wants to play a psychological game of survival with the campers in a game of kill or be killed.

Starring Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell

Special Features: New 2018 scan of the uncut and uncensored version from a film element held by the producer, Audio Commentary with star/producer Lawrence Dane, moderated by Lee Christian, Interviews with stars Lawrence Dane and Robin Gammell, Trailer, Reversible Cover

Scorpion Releasing // 1976 // 99 Minutes // Rated R // Color // English // Region A
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Scorpion Releasing – http://scorpionreleasing.com/
 
“Rituals” Blu-Ray – https://roninflix.com/collections/brand-new/products/the-rituals​

Charles Bronson (Mr. Majestyk) is at his dynamic, heroic best in this suspenseful, action-packed mystery/western based on the best-selling novel by Alistair MacLean (Where Eagles Dare). With a powerful cast that includes Ben Johnson (The Last Picture Show), Richard Crenna (First Blood), Jill Ireland (Breakout), Charles Durning (Tootsie) and Ed Lauter (The Longest Yard). Breakheart Pass throws open the throttle for runaway excitement! At the height of the frontier era, a locomotive races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote Army post. But one by one, the passengers are being murdered! Their only hope is John Deakin (Bronson), a mysterious prisoner-in-transit who must fight for his life - and the lives of everyone on the train - as he uncovers a deadly secret that explodes in a torrent of shocking revelations, explosive brawls and blazing gun battles. Directed by Tom Gries (Will Penny).

DVD Extras Include:
Anamorphic 1.85:1

Subtitles in English
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Kino Lorber – https://www.kinolorber.com/
 
“Breakheart Pass” Blu-Ray – https://www.kinolorber.com/product/breakheart-pass-dvd

Someone is killing off nubile real estate agents. A psychologist doing a therapy talk show begins getting calls from the perpetrator, and cooperates with the police to try and stop him. Unfortunately, his lover is a real estate agent, and when it becomes clear that the madman is getting information for his kills from her discarded home listings, they both become endangered.
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“Open House” VHS – https://www.amazon.com/Open-House-Adrienne-Barbeau/dp/B0007OKOYQ

Return to Nuke `Em High Vol. 1, directed by cult movie legend Lloyd Kaufman, is a satirical sci-fi comedy event film with themes ripped straight from today's headlines: the contamination and degradation of the world's food supply, rampant bullying, love triumphing over prejudice. Nuke `Em is in the same vein as other classics such as Class of 1984, Rock `n' Roll High School, and Carrie, but seen through the unique vision of Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team. Welcome to Tromaville High School where, unfortunately, the glee club has mutated into a vicious gang of Cretins. Chrissy and Lauren, two innocent bloggers, must fight not only the Cretins, mutants and monsters but also the evil Tromorganic Foodstuffs Conglomerate. Will they save Tromaville High School and the world? Find out in this brand-new, unhinged classic from beloved Troma Films!

Features
Audio Commentary With Actors Zac Amico, Clay Von Carlowitz, Catherine Corcoran, Stuart Kiczek And Asta Paredes
Audio Commentary With Writer/Producer/Director Lloyd Kaufman, Producer Justin A. Martell, Executive Producer Matt Manjourides, Associate Producer Regina Katz And Writer Travis Campbell
Casting Conundrum
Pre-Production Hell With Mein-Kauf(man)
Special(Ed) Effects
Cell-U-Lloyd Kaufman: 40 Years Of TROMAtising The World
"Architects Of Fear - Edison Device" Music Video
Volume 2 Trailer

Return To Return To Nuke 'Em High A.K.A. VOL. 2
Director: Lloyd Kaufman 
Stars: Asta Paredes, Catherine Corcoran, Zac Amico

Following the events of the previous film, (Return To Nuke 'Em High VOL.1) a lesbian couple is determined to eliminate the most corrupt, evil forces of Tromaville and the world.

For special features, including interviews, commentary tracks and a feature-length behind the scenes documentary, see the double-disc Blu-ray set!

Coming soon, from Troma, of course!

Anchor Bay Entertainment – http://anchorbayent.com/
 
Troma Entertainment – http://www.troma.com/
 
“Return to Nuk’ em High Volume 1” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Return-Nuke-High-Vol-Blu-ray/dp/B00CZ15G7Y/
 
Troma Now – http://watch.troma.com/
 
“Return to Nuk’ em High Volume 2” VOD – https://troma.vhx.tv/products/return-to-return-to-nuke-em-high-a-k-a-vol-2-1

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Question of the Week - Who would you consider the face of Poliziotteschi film genre? Actor, director etc. in other words when you think of the genre as a whole who do you think of first? 

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​Blu-Ray
1. 31
2. Ed Wood
3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 
4. Shane 
5. Nymphomaniac Volume 1 and Volume 2
6. The Apple
7. Judgement Night 
8. TKO Collection (Violent Cop, Boiling Point, Hana-Bi) 
DVDS
9. The Anatomy of Monsters

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror – 2019 – Xavier Burgin
Jack the Ripper – 1959 – Robert S. Baker/Monty Berman
All the Colors of the Giallo – 2019 – Federico Caddeo
Kolobos – 1999 – Daniel Liatowitsch/David Todd Ocvirk
Color Me Blood Red – 1965 – Herschell Gordon Lewis
Something Weird – 1967 – Herschell Gordon Lewis
Bright Lights, Big City – 1988 – James Bridges
Are We Not Cats – 2016 – Xander Robin
Rituals – 1977 – Peter Carter 
Breakheart Pass – 1975 – Tom Gries 
Open House – 1987 – Jag Mundhra
Return to Nuk’ em High Volume 1 – 2013 – Lloyd Kaufman
Return to Nuk’ em High Volume 2 – 2017 – Lloyd Kaufman

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Time Stamps
Corrections/”Abducted in Plain Sight”– 0:13
“All the Colors of the Dark” Review – 1:25
“Ecco/The Forbidden” Review – 7:38
“The Possessed” Review – 11:51
“Double Dragon” Review – 17:29
Patreon Pick “Hunger” Review – 24:28
Patreon Pick “Interview with the Assassin” Review – 29:05
Patreon Pick “Jodorowsky’s Dune” Review – 34:45
Patreon Pick “Last Ride” – 40:53
Patreon Pick “Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai” Review –46:19
The VHS Voyage “Surf II” Review – 53:43
Pick a Movie Review “The Stay Awake” – 58:56
Pick a Movie Drawing – 1:07:00
Questions – 1:07:25
Answers – Best Shoot Out? – 1:12:03
Question of the Week – Best fight scene? – 1:15:08
Update – 1:15:28
Patreon Drawing – 1:17:42

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                Severin Films brings the Sergio Martino Giallo "All Colors of the Dark" to Blu-ray for the first time in the states. Sergio Martino is no stranger to the Giallo film and this bizarre mystery of a flick that involves cults and black magic rituals is one of his most unique.
                After a tragic car accident which resulted in a miscarriage, Jane begins suffering from nightmares and a feeling of constant fear. This fear is amplified when she begins to spot a malevolent man who no one else seems to notice. Before long, Jane is caught in a world of black rite rituals and murder.
   Cult icon Edwige Fenech stars alongside a handful of familiar faces, including Nieves Navarro, George Hilton, and Ivan Rassimov. Each of these Giallo staples plays a pivotal role in the film and tie in directly with Jane’s fragile psyche. The opening is probably one of the most risqué and impactful scenes in the film, giving us a look at a haunted woman who not only feels guilt but an impending doom. It's obviously a dream sequence with its soft lighting and blurry focus, but the layer of deception that the film starts off on will continue and carry on between encounters with friends and family. The almost lullaby style score plays directly into the loss of her child and plays into her childlike innocence. This childlike innocence lets Fenech be sucked into a world of cults that may or may not be real. Playing on people’s fragile mental state has been a staple of the Giallo and incorporated due to the influence of gothic films. This plot device in other films may seem fairly standard, but with the addition of the strange cult like rituals and sexual nature of them, it becomes a little bit more interesting. Within the first two acts of the film there doesn’t seem to be nearly any murders, which could leave some audiences a tad bored, but by the 3rd act the bodies begin to pile up and eventually reveal the killer. The revealing of the killer is done in a nice and simple set up and payoff that the audience will probably see coming. The murders aren’t as elaborate as one would like, but usually have good payoffs during the discovery of them or the lead up. The chase scenes also have their clever moments.  When Jane is being chased by a hatchet welding cult member she narrowly escapes one of his swings and the hatchet strikes the wall and cuts a wire in the front of frame, in the background a light flickers off. This scene may sound standard, but the way it is shown adds for a nice little trick that adds some flair to the film. The staircase and elevator combination that sits in the center of the apartment our lead lives in makes for a great suspense centerpiece where villains can hide and heroines can run. It leaves for some good camera work and some solid depths in the shots. The film also adds a layer of premonition which makes the film almost surpass just a crime Giallo and flirt with the supernatural. Just as Jane had an awful dream in the beginning that revealed something to her subconsciously, she has another one that has a sort of precognitive notion that someone is going to attack. This little addition helps "All Colors of the Dark" stand out more than the run of the mill criminal procedural Giallo and is well worth any Giallo fan’s time.
                Severin Films has included a slew of special features. The standout is of course the wonderful Audio Commentary with Kat Ellinger, Author of All the Colors of Sergio Martino. Kat Ellinger has done several commentaries and always manages to be informative and entertaining, never trailing off on a bit of information for too long. Also included is an alternate US cut of the film entitled "They’re Coming to Get You", a bonus CD, and interviews with Director Sergio Matino, Writer Ernesto Gastaldi, Actor George Hilton with Italian Horror Expert Antonio Tentori.  Severin Films did great job in bringing one of the most underrated Director’s films to Blu-Ray

The Ultimate Giallo Shocker Now Uncut in HD For the First Time Ever in America!
Region A
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​Description
Even by extreme ‘70s standards, it remains among the more notorious – and disturbing – thrillers in genre history. Now experience “one of the most entertaining gialli you’ll ever see” (10k Bullets) like you’ve never seen it before: The luscious Edwige Fenech (STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER) gives the performance of her career as a woman tormented by visions of Satanic violence, hallucinatory horror and psychosexual insanity. George Hilton (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH), Ivan Rassimov (EATEN ALIVE) and Susan Scott (EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS) co-star in this EuroShock masterpiece from director Sergio Martino (TORSO) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS) – with “possibly one of the best horror scores of all time” (Scream Magazine) by Bruno Nicolai – now featuring a new 4k scan from the original negative and throbbing with exclusive Special Features!

Special Features:

They’re Coming To Get You: Alternate US Cut (88 mins.)
Color My Nightmare: Interview with Director Sergio Martino
Last Of The Mohicans: Interview with Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
Giallo is the Color: Interviews with Actor George Hilton & Italian Horror Expert Antonio Tentori
Audio Commentary with Kat Ellinger, Author of All The Colors of Sergio Martino
Trailers
BONUS Disc: CD Soundtrack
Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/
 
“All the Colors of the Dark” Blu-Ray – https://severin-films.com/shop/all-the-colors-of-the-dark-bluray/

The Most Extreme Mondo of Them All Now Scanned in 4K For the First Time Ever Plus A Mega-Sleazy Bonus Mondo!
Region Free

Description
In 1963, nudie/roughie filmmakers Bob Cresse and Lee Frost (HOUSE ON BARE MOUNTAIN, LOVE CAMP 7) saw the U.S. grosses of MONDO CANE and quickly imported and adapted one of the most provocative – and successful – shockumentaries of the decade. Narrated by Academy Award® winner George Sanders (ALL ABOUT EVE) and featuring a legendary soundtrack by Riz Ortolani (Oscar®-nominated for MONDO CANE’s ‘More’), ECCO explores a world of sadism, delinquency, roller derby, extreme piercing, appalling stereotypes and the infamous Lapland-women-castrating-reindeer-with-their-teeth sequence, now scanned in 4k from the original internegative. Bonus feature THE FORBIDDEN is Frost & Cresse’s rarely seen – and totally insane –1966 fake Mondo, packed with staged scenes of Swiss lesbians, L.A. rapists, Parisian tarts and Nazi strippers, newly-transferred from the only known 35mm print in existence.

Special Features:

The Bandit: Producer David Goldstein Remembers Bob Cresse
I Want More: Short Film
Ecco Trailer
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Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/

“Ecco/The Forbidden” Blu-Ray – https://severin-films.com/shop/ecco-forbidden-bluray/

The Possessed is a wonderfully atmospheric proto-giallo based on one of Italy's most notorious crimes, The Alleghe killings, and adapted from the book on that case by acclaimed literary figure Giovanni Comisso. Peter Baldwin (The Ghost, The Weekend Murders) stars as Bernard, a depressed novelist who sets off in search of his old flame Tilde (Virna Lisi, La Reine Margot), a beautiful maid who works at a remote lakeside hotel. Bernard is warmly greeted by the hotel owner Enrico (Salvo Randone, Fellini's Satyricon) and his daughter Irma (Valentina Cortese, Thieves Highway, The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire), but Tilde has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Bernard undertakes an investigation and is soon plunged into a disturbing drama of familial secrets, perversion, madness and murder... Co-written by Giulio Questi (Death Laid an Egg, Arcana) and co-directed by Luigi Bazzoni (The Fifth Cord, Footprints on the Moon), The Possessed masterfully combines film noir, mystery and giallo tropes, whilst also drawing on the formal innovations of 1960s art cinema (particularly the films of Michelangelo Antonioni.) A uniquely dreamlike take on true crime, The Possessed is presented here in a stunning new restoration.

Bonus Materials
Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original Italian and English soundtracks, titles and credits
Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio
Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
New audio commentary by writer and critic Tim Lucas
Richard Dyer on The Possessed - a newly filmed video appreciation by the cultural critic and academic
Cat's Eyes, an interview with the film's makeup artist Giannetto De Rossi
Two Days a Week, an interview with the film's award-winning assistant art director Dante Ferretti
The Legacy of the Bazzoni Brothers, an interview with actor/director Francesco Barilli, a close friend of Luigi and Camillo Bazzoni
Original trailers
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Andreas Ehrenreich, Roberto Curti and original reviews

Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/
 
“The Possessed” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/possessed-the-blu-ra

It's Not Just a Game Anymore... Evil Has Just Met Its Match!

From producers Don Murphy (Transformer franchise), Jane Hamsher (Natural Born Killers), Alan Schechter (Showdown), writers Michael Davis (Shoot 'Em Up) and Emmy® Award Winner* Peter Gould (''Better Call Saul'', ''Breaking Bad'') comes the cult classic movie based on the video game smash!

Double Dragon roars to life with amazing special effects, spectacular action sequences, and a knock-about sense of humor. It's the year 2007, and what remains of L.A. is now ''New Angeles'', a city ravaged by earthquakes, tidal waves and vicious gangs. The evil tycoon Koga Shuko (Robert Patrick, Terminator 2: Judgment Day) is obsessed with finding the two halves of a talisman known as the ''Double Dragon'', which will give him awesome mystical powers. Two teenaged brothers, Jimmy (Mark Dacascos, John Wick 3) and Billy Lee (Scott Wolf, ''Party of Five'') find themselves in possession of the amulet's missing half, thrusting them into the adventure of their lives. With the help of Maria (Alyssa Milano, ''Charmed'') and her vigilante group ''The Power Corps'', Jimmy and Billy must summon all of their courage, resourcefulness and martial-arts skills to stop the villain's malevolent plan.

Crackling with the energy and humor of its two heroes, Double Dragon is a high-octane action spectacular. Buckle your seat belt and enjoy the ride!

*2017: Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, ''Better Call Saul'', 2013, 2014: Outstanding Drama Series, ''Breaking Bad''

Bonus Materials
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the main feature
Audio: English 2.0 Stereo, English 5.1 Stereo, German 5.1 Stereo
English, French and Spanish Subtitles
Archival ''Making of'' Featurette
Archival Interview with director James Yukich
Storyboards
TV Spots
VHS Home Video Trailer
Original Theatrical Trailer
Collectible Mini-Poster
more new and exciting features being produced exclusive for this release TBD!
MVD Rewind Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/MVDRewindCollection/
 
“Double Dragon” Blu-Ray/DVD Combo – https://mvdshop.com/products/double-dragon-collectors-edition-blu-ray-dvd

Five strangers awaken to find themselves trapped in an underground dungeon. They soon realize they are the subjects of one man's sadistic experiment to test the depths of a human being's will to survive. As the days go by with no means of escape, their hunger increases as their humanity fades away.

​“Hunger” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Fangoria-Frightfest-Linden-Ashby/dp/B003T04NCO

Product Description
Almost forty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, an ex-Marine named Walter Ohlinger has come forward with a startling claim: I was in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Does that mean anything to you? I've never told anyone this before; no one knows . . . I was the second gunman behind the stockade fence on what they called the grassy knoll. I fired one shot from there. Shedding new light on the most well known murder mystery of the 20th century, this masterful thriller will keep you second-guessing right up to the last frame.
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“Interview with the Assassin” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Interview-Assassin-Dylan-Haggerty/dp/B000092Q59

In 1975, director Alejandro Jodorowsky began work on his most ambitious project yet. Starring his own 12-year-old son alongside Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dalí, featuring music by Pink Floyd and art by some of the most provocative talents of the era, including H.R. Giger and Jean “Moebius” Giraud, Jodorowsky’s adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel DUNE was poised to change cinema forever. Through interviews with legends and luminaries including H.R. Giger (artist, ALIEN), Gary Kurtz (producer, STAR WARS EPISODES IV ' V) and Nicolas Winding Refn (director, DRIVE), and an intimate and honest conversation with Jodorowsky, director Frank Pavich’s film finally unearths the full saga of ‘The Greatest Movie Never Made’.
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“Jodorowsky’s Dune” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Jodorowskys-Dune-Blu-ray-Nicolas-Refn/dp/B00J5LXMTG

Shot in stunning widescreen cinematography, Last Ride is a heartbreaking road movie through the ravishing, remote and rugged South Australian outback as ex-jailbird fugitive father Kev (Hugo Weaving, in a tender and bravura performance) takes his 10-year old son Chook (newcomer Tom Russell) on the run from the law. Based on Denise Young's acclaimed novel, Last Ride is the riveting and morally complex portrayal of a brutal yet loving petty criminal struggling with parenthood. As father and son journey into the outback and an unknown future, they pit themselves against the elements and each other. In order to survive, Chook will have to make a choice between what he knows to be right and the love of his father, a decision which will have devastating consequences on both of their lives.

Special features
- Audio Commentary with director Glendyn Ivin
- Cracker Bag- Palme D'Or winning short film
- "The Desert"- a short film by Glendyn Ivin
- Behind the Scenes featurettes
- "Seven Emu: This Is Where We Live" documentary
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“Last Ride” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Last-Ride-Hugo-Weaving/dp/B008RANP3Y

Product Description
From visionary auteur Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, Ichi the Killer) comes the story of a mysterious samurai who arrives at the doorstep of his feudal lord, requesting an honorable death by ritual suicide in his courtyard. The lord threatens him with the brutal tale of Motome, a desperate young ronin who made a similar request with ulterior motives, only to meet a grisly end. Undaunted, the samurai begins to tell a story of his own, with an ending no one could see coming. With stunning cinematography and gripping performances, HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI is a thrilling exploration of revenge, honor and individuality in the face of oppressive power.

Special Features
Geoffrey Gilmore, from Tribeca Film, Discusses HARA-KIRI, Presented by American Express

“Hara-Kira: Death of a Samurai” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Hara-Kiri-Samurai-Blu-ray-Koji-Yakusho/dp/B0090SVDRW/

It's an awesome beach party with radical comedy and rockin' tunes by Oingo Boingo, Stray Cats, Thomas Dolby, The Beach Boys, Wall of Voodoo, Split Enz, Circle Jerks, The Ventures, Rheingold, The Chantays and The Untouchables. Menlo Scwartz (Grease, Grease II), the geekiest genius of all, wants to rid the world of surfers by transforming them into garbage-ingesting zombie punks! But no way dude can he stop the most awesome party since ANIMAL HOUSE! A fully stoked bash with surfside irreverent antics, the bitchin' anatomy of righteous foxes (LINDA KERRIDGE: FADE TO BLACK), the bungling police work of Chief Boyardie (Lyle Waggoner), irate parents (Ruth Buzzi) and the rockin' sounds of the most radical bands around.
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“Surf II” VHS – https://www.amazon.com/Surf-II-Eddie-Deezen/dp/B000KEP6ZK

THE NIGHT YOU COULDN’T SLEEP… EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO!
The ghost of a serial killer, executed for murdering students at a Catholic girls’ school, returns to the school to take revenge on the current student body.
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“The Stay Awake” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Stay-Awake-Shirley-Jane-Harris/dp/6305609411/

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What is your favorite fight scene? 

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​Blu-Ray 
1. Weirdo The Beginning
2. Monstrosity
3. Tower of Evil  
4. The Klansman 

Abducted in Plain Sight – 2017 – Skye Borgman
All the Colors of the Dark – 1972 – Sergio Martino 
Ecco – 1963 – Gianni Proia
The Forbidden – 1966 – Lee Frost/Benjamin Andrews
The Possessed – 1965 – Luigi Bazzoni/Franco Rossellini
Double Dragon – 1994 – James Yukich
Hunger – 2009 –Steven Hentges
Interview with the Assassin – 2002 – Neil Burger
Jodorowsky’s Dune – 2013 – Frank Pavich
Last Ride – 2009 – Glendyn Ivin
Hara-Kira: Death of a Samurai – 2011 – Takashi Miike
Surf II – 1984 – Randall M. Badat
The Stay Awake – 1987 – John Bernard

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Time Stamps
Copyright all good?– 0:15
“Skinner” Review – 1:00
“Mondo Bizarro/Mondo Freudo” Review – 7:36
“Purgatory Road” Review – 14:04
“Audition” Review – 19:45
“Horror Express” Review w Jeremy – 27:15
“Suspiria 2018” Review w Jeremy – 38:54
Patreon Pick “Sorority House Massacre 2” Review – 54:33
Patreon Pick “The River Wild” – 59:42
The VHS Voyage “Wheels of Terror” Review –1:05:48
“Violent Cop” Pick a movie Review – 1:10:00
Pick a movie drawing – 1:14:35
Q&A – 1:15:10
Last week’s question of the week Answers. –Best Director/Actor Combination? – 1:17:03
Question of the Week –What is your favorite shootout? - 1:19:33
Update – 1:19:52
Patreon Prizes – 1:22:22

Written Review by MrParka 
                Severin Films finally brings the serial killer flick “Skinner” to Blu-Ray for the first time anywhere. Overshadowed by the giant hit “Silence of the Lambs,” this underseen, interestingly cast film gets another moment.
                “Skinner” follows the story of a serial killing drifter named Dennis Skinner (Ted Raimi) who rents out a spare room at the house of a quarreling couple, Geoff and Kerry Tate, the latter being played by Rikki Lake. It’s not long before Skinner is up to his old tricks, cutting up prostitutes and collecting their skin. Skinner has not only brought his duffel bag of cutting utensils with him, but a former victim (Traci Lords) with a vendetta, hiding in the shadows and ready to strike and stop the insanity for good.
                “Skinner” feels like it’s an incomplete film, a lot of the major moments seem to have no transitionary scenes. They sort of stumble into each other, leaving the audience not confused but unfulfilled. The film takes place in only a few primary locations, bouncing back and forth between Traci Lords in her seedy motel (which seems to be from the same ilk as a Psycho film) and Dennis’s primary locations; work, living quarters, river, and the strange, rundown, industrial ghetto filled with prostitutes in what would appear to be a low traffic area. The production design on all these locations is good and is amplified by their lighting. The director Ivan Nagy, being a photographer beforehand, seems to have given him a good eye. The bright colors really pop and are best showcased in the murder scenes. The effects are done by the now legendary KNB Effects; they are fairly well done, but a little on the light side. The most ridiculous and sloppy moment in the film is the introduction and the elimination of one of the film’s bit characters. The character of Eddie is introduced as a failed African American boxer and coworker of Dennis’s with a temper. He and Dennis have a brief negative exchange. We then cut to our titular character walking down the street with Eddie’s skin on, yelling rather ridiculous and stereotypical lines of dialogue in a very poor imitation of the character. The film takes zero time to establish Eddie as anything but a one dimensional character just to kill him off and proceeds to showcase his death as a somewhat embarrassing exercise in outdated racial stereotypes. It’s not really offensive, just nonsensical. The tone of the film flirts with being disturbing to silly and Ted Raimi is perfectly capable of doing that. As far as the film is concerned, however, it doesn’t exactly work. The entire film really feels like a mismatch of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Psycho” with a sleazy 90s small town setting. The performances are decent to good, the set production design and locations are pretty interesting, and some of the lighting is very well done, but the film never really comes together. It’s worth seeing and still remains a nice look into the 90’s serial killer films of the time.
                The special features tell a story that may be more interesting than the film itself. Included on the disc are interviews with Ted Raimi, Ivan Nagy (now deceased), the editor, and the writer. These interviews cover everything from the scandal with Nagy and his relationship with then girlfriend Heidi Fleiss to the post production and the problems in finding the elements. The special features are well worth your time and the price tag. The film looks and sounds great and it’s amazing to know the hard work that went into making this Blu-Ray possible. “Skinner” isn’t a great film, but it’s worth seeing as are the special features.

Product Description: 
​It’s been called “sleaze-oozing” (Flick Attack), “gut-churning” (The Bedlam Files) and “incredibly tasteless” (Cult Reviews). It featured the most intensely graphic scenes yet by KNB EFX Group (THE WALKING DEAD). Uncut, it remains perhaps the most disturbing – and rarely seen – shocker of the ‘90s: Ted Raimi (XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS) delivers an unnerving performance as psycho drifter Dennis Skinner who wears flesh-suits he slices from doomed prostitutes, falls for a lonely young housewife (Ricki Lake of HAIRSPRAY fame), and is himself hunted by a horribly scarred survivor (an equally unhinged performance by Traci Lords). Richard Schiff (THE WEST WING) co-stars in this still-potent sickie from veteran television director – and one-time Heidi Fleiss boyfriend – Ivan Nagy, now scanned in 4k from the original camera negative and including the complete hooker-flaying sequence.

Special Features:

A Touch of Scandal: Interview with Director Ivan Nagy
Under His Skin: Interview with Star Ted Raimi
Bargain Bin VHS For A Buck: Interview with Screenwriter Paul Hart-Wilden
Cutting Skinner: Interview with Editor Jeremy Kasten
Flaying Sequence Out-takes & Extended Takes
Trailer

Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/
 
“Skinner” Blu-Ray – https://severin-films.com/shop/skinner-blu-ray/

Description
In 1966, the notorious producer/director/distributor team of Lee Frost and Bob Cresse (HOT SPUR, THE SCAVENGERS) combined the extremes of the Mondo genre with their own depraved aesthetic to create two shockumentaries that put Olympic International on the map and changed the face of exploitation forever. Cresse himself narrates MONDO FREUDO, “a world of sex and the strange & unusual laws that govern it” featuring Hollywood strippers, Tijuana hookers, London lesbians, Times Square Satanists and topless Watusi clubs. In MONDO BIZARRO, the team’s “hidden cameras” go “beyond the beyond” to expose Bahamian voodoo rites, Japanese massage parlors, Nazi theater, and an Arab sex slave auction that looks suspiciously like LA.’s Bronson Canyon. Both films have been scanned in 4k from the original Something Weird 35mm vault negatives.

Special Features:

Audio Commentary with Johnny Legend and Eric Caidin
The Cadaver Is Infinity: Bob Cresse, Lee Frost and the Birth of American Mondo – Interview With Chris Poggiali
Mondo Bizarro Trailer
Mondo Freudo Trailer

Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/

“Mondo Bizarro/Mondo Freduo” Blu-Ray – https://severin-films.com/shop/mondo-freudo-bizarro-bluray/

Salvation is yours...

Unable to stop a thief from stealing his father's modest nest egg, young Vincent grows up blaming himself for his parents' sudden suicide. Becoming a priest [Gary Cairns] who operates a highway-based ministry with his ambivalent brother Michael [Luke Albright], Vincent's services include offering sage confessional advice to regular sinners while raining death on unrepentant thieves. Into the world of this antagonistic duo comes Mary-Francis [Trista Robinson], a psychotic, resourceful woman whose first act of "kindness" is to kill a thief whose actions threaten to expose the holy brotherly duo. Filled with gratitude for this act, Vincent invites Mary-Francis into their sacred world and triggers a gruesome chain of deadly events that threaten to dismantle the brothers' decades-long partnership.

Commentary with Director Mark Savage
Behind the Scenes
Trailers

Unearthed Films – http://www.unearthedfilms.com/
 
“Purgatory Road” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/purgatory-road-blu-ray

One of the most shocking J-horror films ever made, Audition exploded onto the festival circuit at the turn of the century to a chorus of awards and praise. The film would catapult Miike to the international scene and pave the way for such other genre delights as Ichii the Killer and The Happiness of the Katakuris. Recent widower Shigeharu Aoyama is advised by his son to find a new wife, so he seeks the advice of a colleague having been out of the dating scene for many years. They take advantage of their position in a film company by staging an audition to find the perfect woman. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu becomes enchanted by Asami, a quiet, 24-year-old woman, who is immediately responsive to his charms. But soon things take a very dark and twisted turn as we find that Asami isn't what she seems to be... Pulling the audience into a story that will lead to one of the most harrowing climaxes in cinema history, Miike twists and turns us through delirious editing and shocking visuals for one of the most depraved nightmares of all time!

Bonus Materials
Brand new 2K restoriation of original vault elements
Original 5.1 Dolby Surround Audio
Optional English subtitles
Audio commentary with director Takashi Miike and screenwriter Daisuke Tengan
Brand new commentary by Miike biographer Tom Mes examining the film and its source novel
Introduction by Miike
Ties that Bind – A brand new interview with Takashi Miike
Interviews with stars Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Renji Ishibashi and Ren Osugi
Damaged Romance: An appreciation by Japanese cinema historian Tony Rayns
Trailers
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anton Bitel

Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/
 
“Audition” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/audition-blu-ray

Horror royalty and Hammer alumni Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee reunite for this tale of mad monks, primitive humanoids and bloodthirsty zombies set aboard a train bound for Moscow - all aboard the Horror Express! Renowned anthropologist Saxton (Lee) boards the Trans-Siberian Express with a crate containing the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid which, he believes, may prove to be the missing link in human evolution. But all hell breaks loose when the creature thaws out, turning out to be not quite as dead as once thought! Directed by Spanish filmmaker Eugenio Martin, Horror Express remains one for the most thrilling (and, quite literally!) chilling horror efforts of the early 1970s.

Bonus Materials
Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original Uncompressed mono audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Brand new audio commentary with Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
Introduction to the film by film journalist and Horror Express super-fan Chris Alexander
Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express - an interview with director Eugenio Martin
Notes from the Blacklist - Horror Express producer Bernard Gordon on working in Hollywood during the McCarthy Era
Telly and Me - an interview with composer John Cacavas
Original Theatrical Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully-illustrated collector's booklet with new writing by Adam Scovell
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Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/ 

“Horror Express” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/horror-express-blu-ray

GIVE YOUR SOUL TO THE DANCE
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director, an ambitious young dancer and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up.
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“Suspiria” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Suspiria-Blu-ray-Dakota-Johnson/dp/6317570906/

IT’S CLEAVAGE VS. CLEAVERS AND THE RESULT IS DELTA DELTA DEADLY!
Five college women buy the old Hokstedter place for their new sorority house. They got it cheap because of the bloody incidents from five years before. They decide to stay in it for the night so they can meet the movers in the morning, but begin to get the creeps when the weird neighbor Orville Ketchum starts poking around. Shortly after the women take showers and consult a Ouija board they begin experiencing an attrition problem.

“Sorority House Massacre 2” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Sorority-House-Massacre-Double-Feature/dp/B000092T4C/

THE VACATION IS OVER
While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

“The River Wild” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/River-Wild-Blu-ray-Meryl-Streep/dp/B004BSWC8A/

EVIL WAITS. WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING.
A small town is terrorized by an unknown stranger who kidnaps and abuses little girls. When her only child is kidnapped right in front of her, the school bus driver begins the desperate chase to catch the criminal.
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“Wheels of Terror” VHS – https://www.amazon.com/Wheels-Terror-VHS-Joanna-Cassidy/dp/6301920376/

Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
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“Violent Cop” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Violent-Cop-Blu-ray-Takeshi-Kitano/dp/B01K37H0JI/

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​Blu-Ray 
1. I Heart Independent Cinema 10 Film Collection (What Masie Knew; The Innkeepers; Trust; Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work; Paris, Je T'aime; Transsiberian; Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans; The Proposition; Rampart; and Bernie)
2. Caravan to Vaccarès
3. Where the Boys Are ‘84
4. I Remember You 
DVDS
5. Murder Run/Unhinged
6. Internal Affairs 2

​Skinner - 1993 – Ivan Nagy 
Mondo Bizarro – 1966 – Lee Frost 
Mondo Freudo – 1966 – Lee Frost 
Purgatory Road – 2017 – Mark Savage
Audition – 1999 –Takashi Miike
Horror Express – 1972 – Eugenio Martín
Suspiria – 2018 – Luca Guadagnino
Sorority House Massacre 2 – 1990 – Jim Wynorski
The River Wild – 1994 – Curtis Hanson
Wheels of Terror – 1990 – Christopher Cain
Violent Cop – 1989 – Takeshi Kitano