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Wells' classic character (though undoubtedly also indebted to Universal's iconic film series) are two of the earliest examples of tokusatsu (special effects) cinema from the legendary Daiei Studios. In The Invisible Man Appears, written and directed by Nobuo Adachi in 1949, a scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel. In addition to being the earliest surviving Japanese science fiction film ever made, the film's entertaining special effects were an early credit for the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya, five years before he first brought Godzilla to life. Eight years later, Mitsuo Murayama's exciting The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly tells the story of a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime... could this be linked to secret wartime experiments in shrinking humans to the size of insects? And can a scientist who's just invented an invisibility ray be the one to stop it? Bonus Materials High Definition (1080p) transfers of both films on one Blu-ray disc Original lossless Japanese mono audio on both films Optional English subtitles for both films Transparent Terrors, a newly filmed interview with critic and genre scholar Kim Newman on the history of the 'Invisible Man' in cinema Theatrical trailer for The Invisible Man Appears Image galleries for both films Reversible sleeve featuring new and original artwork by Graham Humphreys FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Keith Allison, Hayley Scanlon and Tom Vincent Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/maintenance.html “The Invisible Man Appears/ The Invisible Man vs The Human Fly” – https://mvdshop.com/products/the-invisible-man-appears-the-invisible-man-vs-the-human-fly-blu-ray "Death Has Blue Eyes" Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Films)  Love Was Her Need. Murder her deed. Death Has Blue Eyes is a gripping paranormal action thriller with shades of giallo from the director of the cult classic video nasty Island of Death (1976). When local gigolo Chess (Chris Nomikos) greets his vacationing friend Bob Kovalski (Peter Winter) at Athens airport, the pair embark on a string of scams and erotic dalliances that eventually lead them into contact with an elegant wealthy woman, Geraldine Steinwetz (Jessica Dublin), and her glamorous daughter Christine (Maria Aliferi). Geraldine blackmails the two cheeky bachelor boys into acting as bodyguards for Christine, whom it transpires has telepathic abilities and has had her eye on them for some time. After fleeing from a series of assassination attempts, it soon becomes clear that Geraldine herself might not be quite whom she seems, as the two young men find themselves caught up in a political conspiracy of international dimensions. In his debut feature, maverick filmmaker Nico Mastorakis presents us with a generous meze of non-stop car, bike and helicopter chases, a bevy of beautiful girls with guns, sensational softcore sex scenes, psychic thrills and Cold War political intrigue set against the picturesque landscapes of 70s Greece, all presented for the very first time in a new HD master in both widescreen and full-frame versions. Bonus Materials Brand new restoration from the original camera negative approved by the director High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Two versions of the film: the widescreen 1.85:1 version and the full-frame 1.33:1 version Original mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Exclusive new interview featurette with Nico Mastorakis Exclusive new interview with actress Maria Aliferi Dancing with Death: tracks from the Death Has Blue Eyes original soundtrack Original theatrical trailers Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Julian Grainger Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/maintenance.html “Death Has Blue Eyes” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/death-has-blue-eyes-blu-ray "Hollywood High/ Teenage Mother" Blu-Ray Review (Dark Force)  Two Teen Exploitation Drive-In Classics! One Great Price! HOLLYWOOD HIGH: Four high school girls at Hollywood High in 1976 are looking for a place to party and meet a retired movie star with a huge house with ten private bedrooms... but there's a catch. TEENAGE MOTHER: A new health teacher in a high school is assaulted by drug-dealing students and is blamed when a student turns up pregnant. Bonus Materials Dark Force 'Drive-In Mode' Dark Force Entertainment – https://darkforcesuperstore.com/shop-all/ “Hollywood High/ Teenage Mother” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/hollywood-high-teenage-mother-drive-in-double-feature-9-blu-ray "Goodnight, God Bless" DVD Review (Culture Shock Releasing)  A psychopathic killer is leaving a trail of viciously murdered innocents through town. Disguised as a priest, this spawn of hell stalks the night, seeking his victims. There is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Watch the shadows, but if you see him... it's too late! Goodnight, and God bless. Your nightmare has arrived. This special edition DVD features a new transfer from the master PAL 1-inch videotape, and features the following extras: - Full length audio commentary with film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain of TheSchlockPit.com - 8 page booklet featuring an exclusive interview with Goodnight God Bless Production Manager Dewi Griffiths - Still gallery of cover art from Goodnight God Bless VHS releases around the world - Remastered original trailer - Trailers for upcoming Culture Shock Releasing titles - O-card slipcover featuring newly commissioned art by Allen Vanmeter (@PsychoStreetBum) - Reversible cover art featuring original Magnum VHS release design and our new artwork Culture Shock Films – https://www.cultureshockreleasing.com/ “Goodnight, God Bless” DVD – https://www.cultureshockreleasing.com/product-page/goodnight-god-bless-special-edition-dvd "Under the Shadow" DVD Review  After Shideh’s building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself. “Under the Shadow” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Under-Shadow-DVD-Narges-Rashidi/dp/B01N9014BY/ Patreon Pick "The Pit" Blu-Ray Review (Kino Lorber) Twelve-year old Jamie is an outcast in his small town—he is bullied, he shows signs of being a sexual deviant, and he has no friends aside from his demonic teddy bear, Teddy. Influenced by commands he hears from Teddy, Jamie lures his unsuspecting tormentors one by one to a forest pit that he has discovered on the outskirts of town, so that they can be devoured by the man-eating troglodytes that dwell at the bottom of THE PIT! See this Canuxploitation horror classic in a new 2K restoration! Blu-ray Extras Include: Audio Commentary by Paul Corupe of Canuxploitation.com and Fllm Historian Jason Pichonsky. Interview with Star Jeannie Elias. Interview with composer Victor Davies Interview with star Sammy Snyders Interview with screenwriter Ian A. Stewart. Trailer Gallery. Kino Lorber – https://www.kinolorber.com/ “The Pit” Blu-Ray – https://www.kinolorber.com/product/the-pit-blu-ray Blindspot Episode 50 "The Innocents" Blu-Ray Review (Criterion)  This genuinely frightening, exquisitely made supernatural gothic stars Deborah Kerr as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James’s classic The Turn of the Screw, cowritten by Truman Capote and directed by Jack Clayton, The Innocents is a triumph of narrative economy and technical expressiveness, from its chilling sound design to the stygian depths of its widescreen cinematography by Freddie Francis. SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Introduction by cultural historian Christopher Frayling Audio commentary featuring Frayling New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Freddie Francis and the look of the film New piece on the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2006 with Francis, editor Jim Clark, and script supervisor Pamela Mann Francis Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Maitland McDonagh New cover by Kate Zambrano Criterion – https://www.criterion.com/ “The Innocents” Blu-Ray – https://www.criterion.com/films/28569-the-innocents Jay Woelfel Interview Jay Woelfel has spent his career working in all phases of production and post production in film, video, and interactive productions. Jay won the Interactive Academy Award for Best Documentary for TITANIC, a project he wrote and directed which was narrated by Patrick Stewart. It is one of five awards Titanic has won since its release in 1994. In 1993 he won an OBIE and TWO EMMY awards for his production of NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S THE BIRTHMARK. (THE BIRTHMARK has aired Nationally on PBS since the award) He edited the Academy Award nominated short film BRONX CHEERS. On the strength of his body of work Jay Woelfel was selected by The United States Information Agency as one of the six best film students in the United States to represent it at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. From Jay's website Home Grown Horrors Vol. 1 Details This limited edition and painstakingly crafted box set (designed by Tom Hodge of The Dude Designs) is limited to 7,000 units and is only available here at VinegarSyndrome.com! Throughout the 1980s and 90s, independent and first time filmmakers across the United States saw new opportunities to create work in the horror genre. Often integrating the flavor and color of their inner-America locales into their work, they created films that, while inspired by mainstream trends, are about as far from Hollywood as one can get. Collected here are three diverse films, all produced in the late 1980s, providing a fascinating and entertaining glimpse into the forgotten world of Home Grown Horror. -- BEYOND DREAM'S DOOR: Lately, Ben hasn't been sleeping well. His dreams are filled with violent and terrifying visions of monsters and death. Seeking out answers, he begins to pursue the subtext and hidden meanings of his strange and terrifying nightmares, with the help of his professor and several friends. As the dreams grow increasingly lifelike, Ben fears that he's losing his grip on sanity, especially as those around him start turning up dead; horribly mutilated just like he's seen in his sleep... A low-on-budget but extremely high on ambition apocalyptic horror film, and the first feature written and directed by jack-of-all-trades filmmaker, Jay Woelfel, the Ohio lensed BEYOND DREAM’S DOOR skillfully blends elements of surrealism, mystery, and grotesque and violent horror set-pieces, resulting in a wholly singular vision. Sadly relegated direct-to-video, BEYOND DREAM’S DOOR has earned a sizable cult following and comes to Blu-ray for the very first time, from Vinegar Syndrome, painstakingly reconstructed shot by shot from its original, unedited 16mm camera negative, and is presented in its director's cut. directed by: Jay Woelfel starring: Nick Baldasare, Rick Kesler, Susan Pinsky, Norm Singer 1988 / 80 min / 1.33:1 / English 5.1 Surround • Region Free Blu-ray • Newly scanned & restored in 2k from its 16mm original camera negative (with tape inserts) • “Where Horror Lies” - a brand new extended making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew • Brand new group commentary track with: director Jay Woelfel, cinematographer Scott Spears, actor Nick Baldasare & actor Rick Kesler • Brand new commentary track with: actor Nick Baldasare, moderated by Dave Parker ARCHIVAL • Group commentary track • Commentary track with the director • “Behind Dream’s Door” - making-of documentary • “Getting Monstered” - fx featurette • Montage of unused and alternate takes • Unused and alternate fx footage • Bloopers and behind-the-scenes footage • Local news coverage • Multiple deleted scenes • Multiple trailers • Multiple short films with commentary tracks • Reversible cover artwork • English SDH subtitles -- WINTERBEAST: Weird things are happening in and around the Wild Goose Lodge, a snowy inn located in rural Massachusetts. People are being found dead and mutilated, while others are vanishing without a trace. Realizing that the violence might have something to do with Native American black magic and the ancient secrets of the area's historic totem poles, a trio of cops decide to investigate the goings on, and are faced with an array of monsters, ghouls, and even a sampling of murderous locals! A film which truly justifies the term 'unclassifiable,' and the sole feature from writer and director Christopher Thies, WINTERBEAST was shot on and off for nearly half a decade and in a mix of super 8mm and 16mm, resulting in a one of a kind piece of outsider art horror filmmaking that must be seen to be believed. Loaded with surreal dialogue, mind-blowing stop motion animation, homemade gore effects, and more than a few genuinely creepy moments, Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to bring this forgotten cult gem to Blu-ray, newly restored and reconstructed from it’s original film elements and presented in both its commonly seen released version along with a never before released workprint edit. directed by: Christopher Thies starring: Tim R. Morgan, Mike Magri, Charles Majka, Bob Harlow, Dori May Kelly, David Majka 1992 / 76 min / 1.33:1 / English Mono • Region Free Blu-ray • Newly scanned & restored in 2k from its original 16mm and Super 8mm film elements • Brand new commentary track with producer Mark Frizzell • Archival commentary track with director Christopher Thies, producer Mark Frizzell and cinematographer Craig Mathieson • “It Came from Lone Peak” - an unfinished early workprint version of Winterbeast • “Sweat & Persistence” - a new interview with producer Mark Frizzell • “I Saw it in a Dream” - a new interview with actor Charles Majka • “My First Career” - a new interview with actor David Majka • “So Bad, It’s Good” - a new interview with actress Dori May Kelly • “He Wears Sunglasses at Night” - a new interview with actor Mike Magri • “A Movie For Filmmakers” - a new interview with filmmaker Simon Barrett • “Oh, Dear, What can the Matter Be?” - an archival making-of documentary • Archival deleted scenes • Archival audio interview with composer Michael Perilstein • Archival ‘soap opera’ footage • Reversible cover artwork • English SDH subtitles -- FATAL EXAM: A group of college students have been given a very unusual assignment: spend the night inside of a supposedly haunted house, as part of their studies into the supernatural and occult. Although the rag tag team of collegiates would much rather party and get stoned than look for ghosts, it's not long before unexplained events begin to occur. Initially suspecting that some of their classmates might be playing a practical joke, their fears are proven very real when someone - or something - dressed in robes and carrying a scythe starts bumping them off one by one. A truly local slice of ultra low budget supernatural-slasher made by a first time cast and crew based in St. Louis, Missouri, Jack Snyder's FATAL EXAM plays its haunted house tropes for its first half, before shifting gears into slice n' dice mayhem for its second half. Barely released in any format and never officially made available on disc, Vinegar Syndrome is happy to bring this low-fi curiosity on Blu-ray, newly restored in 2K from its 16mm original camera negative and featuring an illuminating array of extras. directed by: Jack Snyder starring: Mike Coleman, Terry Comer, Carol Carlberg-Snyder, Paul Steger 1988 / 114 min / 1.85:1 / English Mono • Region Free Blu-ray • Newly scanned & restored in 2k from its 16mm original camera negative • Group commentary track with: Jack Snyder (director), Terry Comer (actor), Carl Leta (composer), William Crawford (sfx), Mike Coleman (actor), Dave Mayer (actor) • “Fatal Examination” - a brand new extended making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew • Reversible cover artwork • English SDH subtitles Vinegar Syndrome – https://vinegarsyndrome.com/ Home Grown Horrors: Volume One – https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/home-grown-horrors-volume-one Jay Woelfel Website – https://www.jaywoelfel.com/  Podcast Version https://www.stitcher.com/show/shut-up-brandon-podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shut-up-brandon-podcast/id988229934 https://shutupbrandon.podbean.com/e/mrparka-s-weekly-reviews-episode-206-audio-version/ UpdateBlu-Ray
Film NotesThe Invisible Man Appears – 1949 – Nobuo Adachi
The Invisible Man vs The Human Fly – 1957 – Mitsuo Murayama Death Has Blue Eyes – 1975 – Nico Mastorakis Hollywood High – 1976 – Patrick Wright Teenage Mother – 1967 – Jerry Gross Goodnight, God Bless – 1987 – John Eyres Under the Shadow – 2016 – Babak Anvari The Pit – 1981 – Lew Lehman The Innocents – 1961 – Jack Clayton Beyond Dream’s Door – 1989 – Jay Woelfel Ghost Lake – 2004 – Jay Woelfel
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