Lon Chaney Jr. plays an executed murderer who becomes the subject of medical experiments and turns into INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN. Impervious to bullets, he leaves a trail of bodies behind him on his way to Los Angeles in search of loot, a girl, and revenge on the three men who double-crossed him.
Scorpion Releasing and Katarina's Nightmare Theater bring us a double bill of later Ozploitation pics from producer Anthony Ginnane. In THE DREAMING, a doctor who operates on an aboriginal girl injured in an attempted robbery of museum artifacts is haunted by deadly visions from the past that attack her and everyone around her. In INITIATION, a Brooklyn boy hops a plane to Australia to live with his cropduster father who is mixed up in drug smuggling. When their plane crashes in the middle of a jungle after a deal gone bad, the boy must brave the wilderness with the supernatural help of an aboriginal witch doctor.
Through an exclusive deal with Studio Canal, Millenium Entertainment is releasing several Hammer Film classics to DVD and Blu-ray, starting with this 2-disc triple feature of Terence Fisher's DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS and FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN, and Roy Ward Baker's LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES in new anamorphic widescreen transfers.
VCI goes to SUMMER SCHOOL on mag wheels in this late seventies R-rated exploitation pic. New girl Anita hooks up with studly Steve and incurs the wrath of his "piece of work" girlfriend Donna. Donna's manipulations lead to a potentially deadly battle of the sexes between Steve's group of van-driving make-out kings and Anita's friend Jill's gang of truck-driving tough gals. John Laughlin (CRIMES OF PASSION) stars.
One of Japanese sound cinema's early pioneers, Sadao Yamanaka directed films that cemented many of the visual aesthetics familiar to fans of later Japanese masterpieces. Yamanaka sadly died at a young age and only three of his twelve features have survived in complete form (as well as fragments from two lost films) and are offered up here by Eureka Video's Masters of Cinema in possibly the best condition possible.
RENTADICK, the zany British comedy that Monty Python's John Cleese and Graham Chapman probably don't want you to see, hits DVD courtesy of Kat's Scratch Cinema. The Japanese are eager to get their hands on a new nerve gas created by British scientist who hires a detective agency to follow his hot young wife. The spies hire the same agency to get the nerve gas formula and multiple double crosses ensue. James Booth (REVENGE), Donald Sinden (TV's TWO'S COMPANY), Julie Ege (LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES), Tsai Chin (THE FACE OF FU MANCHU), Richard Briers (TV's THE GOOD LIFE), Penelope Keith (TV's TO THE MANOR BORN), and more familiar British faces star.
You can find review coverage of Arrow Video's Blu-ray/DVD combo of Kevin Connor's MOTEL HELL at DVDBeaver, but check out this new promo from Arrow Video offering a sneak peek at:
Commentary with director Kevin Connor moderated by Calum Waddell.
Another Head on the Chopping Block: Interview with star Paul Linke (14:50)
From Glamour to Gore: Interview with co-star, and former Playboy Playmate, Rosanne Katon (11:26)
Ida, Be Thy Name: A look back at Motel Hell's frightful female protagonist Ida Smith and the secrets of creating a convincing slasher siren, with Scream Queens Elissa Dowling and Chantelle Albers, genre commentator Staci Layne Wilson and critic Shelagh Rowan-Legg (18:07)
Back to the Backwoods: Director Dave Parker (The Hills Run Red) speaks about the importance of Motel Hell (10:09)
Original Trailer (2:36)
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Zornow
Collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kim Newman, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
