Troma gets plucked by LUTHER THE GEEK (Review)

A very different type of serial killer LUTHER THE GEEK hits Blu-ray from Troma Films.  Just paroled after a twenty year sentence, Luther Watts bites out the throat of an old lady and then terrorizes a woman and her daughter in a remote farm.

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

LUTHER THE GEEK Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Carlton J. Albright
• Introduction by Troma president Lloyd Kaufman
• Introduction by director Carlton J. Albright
• Interview with director Carlton J. Albright
• Interview with actor William Albright
• "A Conversation With Carlton" interview with director Carlton Albright
• Theatrical Trailer
• Fowl Takes (outtakes with introductions by director Carlton J. Albright)
• PLUS Tromatic Extras!

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Troma conjures up a FRIGHTMARE (review)

Conrad Ragzoff is the last of the great horror stars, now reduced to appearing as a vampire in TV commercials.  When he dies, a local horror film society steals his corpse for a celebration, but you can't keep a good star down and he is soon up and taking his revenge on those who disturbed his eternal slumber.

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

FRIGHTMARE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Introduction by Troma Films' Lloyd Kaufman and scream queen Debbie Rochon 
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Del Valle and filmmaker David De Coteau
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues
• Audio Interview with director Norman Thaddeus Vane
• "Man with a Camera" interview with cinematographer Joel King
• Theatrical Trailer
• Artwork Gallery
• PLUS Tromatic Extras! 

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Radiance Films excavates ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES (review)

A police detective's investigation of the connection between the murders of three judges spirals into a full-blown political conspiracy in Francesco Rosi's adaptation of a Leonardo Sciascia novel starring Lino Ventura, Max von Sydow, and Fernando Rey.

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

ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by filmmaker Alex Cox
• 1976 French television interview with director Francesco Rosi
• 1976 French television interview with director Francesco Rosi and actor Lino Ventura
• Interview with Gaetana Marrone, author of "The Cinema of Francesco Rosi"
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters, and booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Atkinson, and newly translated writing by and interview with Rosi.

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Radiance Films wields a sword in SHINOBI: STANDARD EDITION (review)

In the SHINOBI films, Raizô Ichikawa plays a ninja-in-training who goes on a mission of vengeance against warlords who have massacred his family and his clan.

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

SHINOBI Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Band of Assassins:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.43:1 Widescreen 
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles
• Vengeance:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.43:1 Widescreen 
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with Shozo Ichiyama, artistic director of the Tokyo International Film
• Disc Two:
• Resurrection:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.43:1 Widescreen 
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• "A Brief History of Ninja Films" visual essay by film scholar Mance Thompson 
• Interview with film critic Toshiaki Sato on star Raizo Ichikawa 
• Trailers: 
• "Band of Assassins" .
• "Revenge" 
• "Resurrection"

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Eureka attends FULL MOON HIGH (review)

Bitten by a werewolf behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, high school athlete Tony Walker goes into hiding and returns to his alma mater twenty years later to win the big game in Larry Cohen's horror-comedy starring Adam Arkin.

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

FULL MOON HIGH Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Larry Cohen, moderated by "King Cohen" documentary director Steve Mitchell
• Audio Commentary by "King Cohen" documentary director Steve Mitchell
• "Today's Teenage Werewolf" interview with author Michael Doyle
• "Growing Pains" interview with werewolf expert Kaja Franck
• Theatrical Trailer 

Radiance Films takes a CHOICE OF ARMS (review)

A retired gangster is dragged back into action along with his old cronies and enemies when a hood escaped from prison proves to be a loose cannon incapable of containing his explosive anger in Alain Corneau's CHOICE OF ARMS starring Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, and Gerard Depardieu.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (US) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CHOICE OF ARMS Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Introduction by documentary filmmaker Jérôme Wybon
• "Shooting CHOICE OF ARMS" 1981 interviews with the cast and crew including behind-the-scenes footage
• 1981 interviews with actors Catherine Deneuve, Yves Montand, and Gerard Depardieu from the set
• Interview with critic Manuela Lazic on Yves Montand in the 1970s
• Theatrical Trailer

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Radiance Films peers deep into SERIE NOIRE (review)

A door-to-door salesman falls fatally in love with a girl pimped out by her aunt to pay the bills in Alain Corneau's SERIE NOIRE, an adaptation of Jim Thompson's "A Hell of a Woman" starring Patrick Dewaere and Marie Trintignant.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (US) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare) 

SERIE NOIRE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "SERIE NOIRE: The Darkness of the Soul" 2013 documentary
• 2002 interview with director Alain Corneau and actress Marie Trintignant
• 1981 Belgian television set interviews with director Alain Corneau and actors Patrick Dewaere and Miriam Boyer
• "A Hollyhock in a Cornfield: Jim Thompson on Screen" visual essay by film historian Patrick  Martinovic 
• Theatrical Trailer

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