Second Run harvests THE HOP-PICKERS (review)

Where else would you find a widescreen, color musical comedy about harvesting hops than Communist Czechoslovakia with this story of star-crossed lovers stylistically-indebted to Robert Wise's film of WEST SIDE STORY.

REVIEW LINK: Second Run Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare) 

THE HOP-PICKERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.55:1 Widescreen
• Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Short Films:
• Comes with a 24-page booklet by author Jonathan Owen.
  

MVD Visual hunts COP KILLERS (review)

A drug deal gone wrong results in a shootout and two Rolls Royce-driving criminals on the run with a hostage in this seventies grindhouse flick from the makers of FLESH GORDON.

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

COP KILLERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by actor Jason Williams, moderated by Adam Trash
• "Confessions of a Cop Killer" interview with actor Jason Williams
• Theatrical Trailer

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88 Films spies on THE WATCHER IN THE ATTIC (review)

A landlord spies on the tenants of his boarding house through holes in the attic.  When he sees beautiful Minako strangle her lover with her thighs, he realizes he has found a soulmate in pleasure and murder in this Nikkatsu adaptation of a story by Edogawa Rampo, the Japanese Poe.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE WATCHER IN THE ATTIC Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.46:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Japanese cinema experts Jasper Sharp and Amber T.
• "Who's Watching Who?" interview with filmmaker Hisayasu Sato
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• The limited edition first pressing includes a DVD copy, OBI strip, and booklet by Earl Jackson.
   

88 Films peruses SWEDEN PORNO: BLONDE ANIMAL (review)

Besides their own homegrown erotica, Japanese studio Nikkatsu went to Scandinavia to exploit "Swedish Sin" with the SWEDEN PORNO series and this entry BLONDE ANIMAL about a pair of innocent young lovers who get entangled with a pair of American swingers.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray/Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

SWEDEN PORNO: BLONDE ANIMAL Blu-ray/DVD Combo specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Japanese cinema experts Rickard Gramfors and Jasper Sharp 
• "Swedish Sin - Johan Nordström on Nikkatsu's 'Sweden Porno' Line" 2024 video essay 
• Stills Gallery 
• Theatrical Trailer
• DVD Copy
• Comes with an OBI strip and booklet with an essay by David Flint.
  

88 Films confesses I AM A NYMPHOMANIAC (review)

A repressed young woman falls down an elevator shaft and becomes a nymphomaniac in Max Pecas' softcore erotic melodrama starring Sandra Julien (SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES), Janine Reynaud (SUCCUBUS), and Michel Lemoine (SEVEN WOMEN FOR SATAN).

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare) 

I AM A NYMPHOMANIAC Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Flirting with Genres" interview with film historian Christophe Bier
  

Arrow Video petrifies with MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN (review)

A young journalist doing a story on a windmill with a macabre carousel of female statues becomes embroiled in lust and jealousy in the early Italian horror film MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN Blu-ray specs: 

• Italian Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• English Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• "MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN and The Gothic Body" visual essay by film historian Kat Ellinger
• "Turned to Stone" featurette containing archival interviews with actress Liana Orfei and film historian Fabio Melelli
• "A Little Chat with Dr. Mabuse" interview with actor Wolfgang Preiss
• Alternate Opening Titles:
• UK "Drops of Blood" Titles
• German Titles
• Trailers:
• US Theatrical Trailer
• German Theatrical Trailer
• Image Galleries:
• Posters
• Stills and Lobby Cards
• German Pressbook
• US Pressbook
  

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Grindhouse Releasing takes a trip through HOLLYWOOD 90028 (review)

A freelance cameraman's psyche deteriorates as another of Hollywood's broken dreams, but his includes serial murder in this forgotten seventies arty exploitation film.

REVIEW LINK: Grindhouse Releasing (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HOLLYWOOD 90028 Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Marc Heuck and Heid Honeycutt 
• Audio Commentary on the film's locations by film historian Shawn Langrick 
• "Twisted Throats" Reissue Version (in standard definition) 
• Alternate X-Rated Cuts 
• Outtakes 
• Trailers and Radio Spot 
• Still Galleries 
• Grindhouse Releasing Prevues of Coming Attractions 
• Easter Eggs
• Disc Two:
• "Hollywood Dreams: The Making of HOLLYWOOD 90028" 
• "Christopher Augustine at The New Beverly: September 13, 2022 Q and A" 
• "Tom and Tina: The Early Years" interview with filmmaker Tom DeSimone 
• Christina Hornisher Short Films 
• "Los Angeles: Here and Gone" location comparison 
• Production Credits 
• Easter Eggs
• Disc Three:
• CD Soundtrack by Basil Poledouris
• Comes in a slipcase with a reversible cover, a booklet featuring essays by Jim Van Bebber, Marc Heuck, David Szulkin, and Richard Kraft.

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