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Reinhard and Jean-Claude Roy deviated from their usual high-end skin fare to instead create un cassoulet d’atrocités that remains most extreme French gore film in history: When a trio of vixens is killed by corporate-tainted milk, their nubile corpses will rise from the grave for a Jean-Rollin-meets-RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD orgy of depravity that DVD Drive-In calls “a fetishistic ode to blood, breasts and brutality.” Severin Films is très fier to present this long-unseen “grimy rhapsody of deviance” (Bleeding Skull) featuring graphic splatter by doomed FX master Benoît Lestang (THE WAX MAX, MARTYRS), now remastered in HD and spurting with all-new Special Features. Special Features: Revisiting the Revenge: Interview with Special Effects Artist Benoit Lestang and Writer Jean-Claude Roy The Revenge: Interview with Director Pierre B. Reinhard Inside Studio Lestang: Interview with Special Effects Artist Benoit Lestang Theatrical Trailer Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/ “The Revenge of the Living Dead Girls” Blu-Ray – https://severin-films.com/shop/revenge-dead-girls-blu/ "Inferno of Torture" Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Films) Exploitation legend Teruo Ishii (Horrors of Malformed Men, Orgies of Edo) delivers one of his most extreme visions of violent eroticism in this, the sixth in his abnormal love series. Tattoos and torture await women forced into servitude in Ishii's Inferno of Torture. Unable to repay a local lender, Yumi (Yumika Katayama) takes up an offer to serve as a geisha for two years with a promise of freedom once her debt is repaid. She quickly realizes that this is less a house of geishas than an extremely cruel brothel specializing in supplying western visitors with tattooed playthings. Taken under the wing of one of the leading tattoo artists vying for a coveted spot in the Shogun's good graces through his work, Yumi's body becomes a battleground as a rival artist becomes determined not to lose his spot at the top. When the madam, Otatsu (Mieko Fujimoto) trains her eye on the blossoming relationship between the benevolent artist Horihide (Teruo Yoshida) and his model, she makes sure than her stay is less than hospitable, inspiring the torturous inferno of the title. Following Ishii's legendary Shogun's Joy of Torture and Orgies of Edo, the prolific filmmaker still manages to turn up the heat in this incredibly violent and salacious entry in a filmography unlike any other. From the film's opening scene depicting some of the most perverse violence ever captured on screen, through to the shock ending that will leave the audience's mouths agape, there's nothing quite like Inferno of Torture. Tender romance clashes with vile sadism as a sea of tattooed female flesh floods nearly every frame of this film depicting Japan's Edo period as only Ishii could. Bonus Materials High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed mono audio Optional English subtitles Audio Commentary by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes Erotic Grotesque Nonsense & the Foundations of Japan’s Cult Counterculture - a condensed version of Jasper Sharp's Miskatonic Institute lecture Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Jacob Phillips FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Chris D. Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/ “Inferno of Torture” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/inferno-of-torture-blu-ray "Starfish" Blu-Ray/CD Combo Review (Altered Innocence) Synopsis: When a mysterious signal from an unknown dimension summons the end of days, it appears as if only Aubrey (Virginia Gardner) is left on earth. Trapped in the apartment of her recently deceased best friend, the only clue she has is a single cassette left behind after her friends death, labeled: "THIS MIXTAPE WILL SAVE THE WORLD." Thrust into a mystery orchestrated by her friend and stricken with grief, Aubrey begins to piece the clues together, uncovering a series of tapes all with pieces of the mystery signal. Along the way, progress is impeded when monstrous creatures begin to overrun the world and enclose in on her. Aubrey is forced to fight off the encroaching creatures and move beyond her own crippling grief in order to find the remaining tapes and possibly save the world. Special Features on the Blu-ray: Bonus CD with Starfish’s Score 2 Audio Commentaries Making-Of Featurette Deleted Scenes 2 Q&As at the Alamo Drafthouse ’The Tortoises’ Featurette Animatic Comparison Music Video: Ghostlight - "Racehorse" Starfish Test Sizzle Director Introduction Festival Teaser & Blu-ray Trailer Other Trailers Reversible Artwork Altered Innocence – https://www.alteredinnocence.net/films “Starfish” Blu-Ray/CD – https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/starfish-altered-innocence-cd-blu-ray-all-region/ "The Other Lamb" Blu-Ray Review (IFC Midnight) For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah (Raffey Cassidy) has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd (Michiel Huisman), a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to question everything about her existence—including her allegiance to the increasingly dangerous Shepherd. Awash in images of primal, dreamlike dread, this provocative fable is a haunting vision of adolescent awakening and revolt. IFC Midnight – https://www.ifcfilms.com/category/midnight “The Other Lamb” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Other-Lamb-Blu-ray-Raffey-Cassidy/dp/B087L2ZMLR/ "Torpedo: U-235" Blu-Ray Review (Epic Pictures) World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler’s army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America. SPECIAL FEATURES: Making Of Torpedo: U- 235 Trailers: Official US Trailer Original Foreign Trailer U-235 Original Teaser Epic Pictures – https://epic-pictures.com/ “Torpedo: U-235” Blu-Ray – https://epic-pictures.com/merchandise/torpedo-u-235-blu-ray Patreon Pick "Used Cars" Streaming Review Director and co-writer Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Back To The Future trilogy) is the engine behind Used Cars — the hilariously raunchy salute to those supersalesmen who'll offer lemons while putting the squeeze on you. Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell, Escape from New York) has what it takes to be top salesman on Luke Fuchs' (Jack Warden) car lot — he's the most charming man who'll ever lie to you. Caught up in a feud between Luke and his brother/rival Roy L. Fuchs (also played by Warden), Rudy gears up for an all-out war. Employing his gifts of gab and grift — along with increasingly outlandish sales tactics — Rudy shifts the battle for sales supremacy into overdrive, turning the lot into a high-octane free-for-all! Woefully underappreciated on its initial release, Used Cars has since become a cult favorite hailed for its trunkload of talent in front of and behind the camera, and its rich Corinthian laughter. So tell me: what can I do to get you into Used Cars today? Bonus Features NEW Interview With Producer/Co-Writer Bob Gale Commentary By Director/Co-Writer Robert Zemeckis, Producer/Co-Writer Bob Gale, And Actor Kurt Russell Outtakes Radio Interviews And Spots Theatrical Trailer Alternate Trailer TV Spot Photo Galleries Shout! Factory – https://www.shoutfactory.com/ “Used Cars” Blu-Ray – https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/used-cars?product_id=6986 Patreon Pick "Fascination" Blu-Ray Review (Redemption Films) FASCINATION is often described as a vampire film yet, like few other horror films, it is actually about blood fetishism. Set in 1905, the story concerns a group of aristocratic women who acquire more epicurean tastes after drinking ox's blood as a cure for anemia. Some erotic component was usually imposed on Rollin by meddling producers, forcing him to add ill-fitting sex scenes into his productions, but here - more so than anywhere else in his filmography - the erotic scenes feel truly organic to the story. Due in large part to the sensuality and chemistry of Brigitte Lahaie (a popular Euro porn star in her second legitimate role for Rollin) and Franca Mai (subsequently a singer, producer-director of short films, web mogul and novelist), they are also classically lovely and legitimately erotic. Playful, elegantly crafted and brimming with some of the most unforgettable images in his filmography, FASCINATION embodies Jean Rollin at his very best - venturing outside his usual comfort zones and extending the definition of his filmic universe in the process. (excerpt of the essay by Tim Lucas) Blu-ray Extras Include: Mastered in HD from the 35mm negative French with optional English subtitles Two deleted scenes (16 min. total) "Virgins and Vampires," a 24-minute profile of Rollin, with extensive interviews, form the TV series Eurotika! 20-page booklet with an essay by Tim Lucas, editor of Video Watchdog Original theatrical trailer Original trailers of four other Rollin films Kino Lorber – https://www.kinolorber.com/ “Fascination” Blu-Ray – https://www.kinolorber.com/product/fascination-dvd Patreon Pick "Deadgirl" Blu-Ray Review (Dark Sky Films) Daringly original and genre-busting, Deadgirl is an odyssey into the soul of our alienated youth that takes the conventions of the horror and coming-of-age movies and turns them on their heads. When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman – stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic – and soon realize she is anything but dead. Quickly the boys find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey testing the limits of their friendship, and forces both to decide just how far they’re willing to stretch their understanding of right and wrong. Deadgirl is a new genre classic and a no-holds-barred look at the horror of growing up. Starring Shiloh Fernandez (“Cadillac Records”), Noah Segan (“Brick”), Michael Bowen (“Kill Bill”) and Candice Accola (“Juno”). Dark Sky Films – https://darkskyfilms.com/ “Deadgirl” Blu-Ray – https://www.mpihomevideo.com/products/deadgirl-bluray? A Run Through '91 "Intensive Care" Streaming Review A deranged doctor gets in to a car accident and burns beyond recognition. Years later he awakes from his coma and stalks a young male nurse and his girlfriend, killing everyone along the way. “Intensive Care” YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6UA_phfamc A Run Through '91 "Scissors" Blu-Ray Review (Kino Lorber) Mastered in HD! Angies about to step over the edge - all she need is a little help! Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct, Sliver) is electrifying as a woman driven to the edge of insanity in this taut psychological thriller from Frank De Felitta (The Entity, Z.P.G.). Stone plays Angie Anderson, a beautiful, emotionally fragile woman living alone in the big city. When she's attacked in her apartment building, she manages to thwart her assailant by stabbing him with a pair of scissors, but not before he vows to return. Angie's emotional state begins to weaken as she's overwhelmed by fears real and imagined. A handsome neighbor (Steve Railsback, The Stunt Man) and an esteemed psychologist (Ronny Cox, Deliverance) seem to want to help, but someone is leading Angie into a nightmare of madness and terror - and a final confrontation with her worst, long-repressed fears. Also starring Michelle Phillips (Valentino). Blu-ray Extras Include: Trailers Kino Lorber – https://www.kinolorber.com/ “Scissors” Blu-Ray – https://www.kinolorber.com/product/scissors-blu-ray Blindspot Episode 11 "Tarantula" Blu-Ray Review (Scream Factory) Synopsis "One of the best giant-insect films, with fast pacing, convincing special effects, and interesting subplot ... " – Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide Biochemist Gerald Deemer (Leo G. Carroll, North by Northwest) has a plan to feed the world by using a growth formula on plants and animals. Instead he creates terror beyond imagining when his work spawns a spider of mammoth proportions! Feeding on cattle and humans, this towering tarantula has the people of Desert Rock, Arizona running for their lives. Can this horrifying creature be stopped or will the world succumb to its giant claws? This classic sci-fi film from director Jack Arnold (Creature From The Black Lagoon, It Came From Outer Space) stars John Agar (The Mole People, Attack Of The Puppet People) and Mara Corday (The Black Scorpion, The Giant Claw) and features a cameo by Clint Eastwood as a jet squadron leader! Bonus Features NEW 2K Scan Of The Original Film Elements NEW Audio Commentary With Film Historians Tom Weaver, Dr. Robert J. Kiss, And David Schecter Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Shout! Factory – https://www.shoutfactory.com/ “Tarantula” Blu-Ray – https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/tarantula?product_id=7006 Ask a Question/Answer a QuestionWhat is your favorite lesser seen Spaghetti Western? Podcast Version https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podbean-70/shut-up-brandon-podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shut-up-brandon-podcast/id988229934? https://shutupbrandon.podbean.com/e/mrparka-s-weekly-reviews-episode-167-audio-version/ UpdateBlu-Ray 1. Come and See 2. Naked Lunch 3. Shallow Grave 4. Diabolique 5. The Cremator 6. Blood Simple 7. Time Bandits 8. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 9. Brazil 10. The Devil’s Backbone 11. Twin Peak: Fire Walk with Me 12. Carnival of Souls 13. Jason and the Argonauts 14. Lockout 15. Kingpin 16. Compliance 17. Enemy Gold 18. The Dallas Connection 19. Come Out and Play 20. Small Time Crime 21. Them 22. The Man with Two Brains 23. The Cyclops 24. The Illustrated Man 25. Showdown in Little Tokyo 26. Frankenstein 1970 27. The Black Scorpion 28. 3:15 29. P.O.W. The Escape 30. Death Warrant 31. A Small Town in Texas 32. The Cycle Savages 33. Night Visitor DVDS 34. Amityville Vibrator 35. Minnesota Clay 36. The Sidewalks of Bangkok Film NotesThe Revenge of the Living Dead Girls – 1987 – Pierre B. Reinhard
Inferno of Torture – 1969 – Teruo Ishii Starfish – 2018 – A.T. White The Other Lamb – 2019 – Malgorzata Szumowska Torpedo: U-235 – 2019 – Sven Huybrechts Used Cars – 1980 – Robert Zemeckis Fascination – 1979 – Jean Rollin Deadgirl – 2008 – Marcel Sarmiento/Gadi Harel Intensive Care – 1991 – Dorna X. van Rouveroy Scissors – 1991 – Frank De Felitta Tarantula – 1955 – Jack Arnold
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