. Narrated by Rod Serling, ENCOUNTER WITH THE UNKNOWN is a trio of eerie tales. A grieving mother curses the three fratboys who caused the accidental death of her son, a young boy discovers the entrance to a subterranean cave from which monstrous noises emanate, and a motorist picks up a ghostly girl on a bridge. In WHERE TIME BEGAN, a professor, his niece, and her suitor join an explorer and a shepherd on a FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. Directed by Juan Picquer Simon (PIECES
, SLUGS
), WHERE TIME BEGAN stars Kenneth More (A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
), Frank Brana (RETURN OF THE EVIL DEAD
), and Jack Taylor (GHOST GALLEON
).REVIEW LINK: Saturn Productions (USA) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)
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- 1.78:1 16:9 anamorphic widescreen transfers for both films
- English Dolby Digital 2.0 for both films
- More Exploitation Cinema trailers
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and 
comes Dominic Perez's EVIL THINGS (on NTSC Region 1 DVD on August 9, 2011). Cassy, Mark, Tanya, Leo, and Miriam head out to a remote country home in the snowy wilderness for Miriam's 21st birthday party. 48 hours later, they have all vanished, and the only clue is what was captured on Leo's video camera.
) and hitcher Benjamin Biolay take a wrong turn and wind up at La Spack, the backwoods diner where proprietor Yolande Moreau (
) serves up unsuspecting motorists to "The Pack." Part torture porn, part monster siege, all gory!
) stars in CHAINED HEAT (presented for the first time uncut on US DVD) as a woman sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison run by a sadistic warden (John Vernon, ANIMAL HOUSE). Sybil Danning, Stella Stevens, and Tamara Dobson also star. Linda Blair returns in RED HEAT as a tourist wrongly confined to an East German prison. This time 
's Sylvia Kristel is the warden. Finally, in JUNGLE WARRIORS, Sybil Danning and a group of models face off against a jungle drug lord (Paul Smith, 
) and John Vernon also star.
) plays a crime writer promoting his book in Rome when a killer starts slicing and dicing women in a bizarre tribute to the writer. Daria Nicolodi (
), Giuliano Gemma (
), John Saxon (
), Carola Stagnaro (
), Mirella D'Angelo (
), and Christian Boromeo (
) star. 
's cinematographer Luciano Tovoli lends TENEBAE a very different look and Goblin members Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, and Massimo Morante contribute the memorable 
.
), Elizabeth Hoy (HOSPITAL MASSACRE), Billy Jacoby (
), Andy Freeman (BEYOND WITCH MOUNTAIN), Susan Strasberg (
), Jose Ferrer (
), and Julie Brown (CLUELESS). Joe Penny (TV's JAKE AND THE FATMAN) and Michael Dudikoff (
) also star. Julie Brown pops her top in this bit of eighties drive-in horror. I have reviewed Severin's DVD (and compared it with the old VCI release) over at DVD Drive-In.
), Ruth Roman (
), Michael Pataki (GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE), and Marianna HILL (
) star.
) plays Brenda, the leader of the girl gang The Satins who cross paths with the rape-happy guy group The Scars. When The Scars beat and rape Brenda's sister (Linnea Quigley, 
), Brenda picks up the crossbow (and other deadly weapons) and hunts The Scars down one by one. Arrow's DVD features a ton of extras including three commentaries, five interviews, the film's theatrical trailer, and a collector's booklet.