Redemption Films interrogates THE MAN WHO LIES (review)

Jean-Louis Trintignant (AMOUR) plays a man on the run from soldiers who arrives in a remote village in the mountains and seduces the locals with stories about their local resistance hero alternately claiming to have helped him, saved him, betrayed him, been betrayed by him, and even to be his murderer.  Classic Alain-Robbe Grillet mindgames with a bit of Kafka and Borges thrown in.

REVIEW LINK: Redemption Films/Kino Lorber (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE MAN WHO LIES Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 fullscreen
• French LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet
• Alain Robbe-Grillet Trailers

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Intervision Pictures frees the DEPORTED WOMEN OF THE SS SPECIAL SECTION (review)

THE DEPORTED WOMEN OF THE SS SPECIAL SECTION stage a great escape from the tortures of a detainment camp couched in a gothic castle with a medieval dungeon in this Nazisploitation entry from Rino Di Silvestro (WEREWOLF WOMAN) starring an over-the-top John Steiner (SALON KITTY).

REVIEW LINK: Intervision Picture Corp./Severin Films (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

DEPORTED WOMEN OF THE SS SPECIAL SECTION DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Interview with film historian Marcus Stiglegger
• Interview with director Rino di Silvestro
• Interview with actor John Steiner

Intervision Pictures attends the GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY (review)

In this notorious Italian Nazisploitation film, female prisoners are trained to service the most depraved desires of the Third Reich at a brothel training camp in preparation for the GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY.  Directed by Cesare Canevari (THE NUDE PRINCESS) and starring Daniella Poggi and Marc Loud.

REVIEW LINK: Intervision Picture Corp./Severin Films (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Interview with film historian Marcus Stiglegger
• Theatrical Trailer

Impulse Pictures fools around with THE CHAMBERMAIDS (review)

Classic seventies porn regulars Eric Edwards, Levi Richards, and Andrea True (of the disco hit "More, More, More") star in this ultra-rare adult film about a pair of chambermaids who decide to provide more personal service to drum up more tips.  The director is unknown.

REVIEW LINK: Impulse Pictures/Synapse Films (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

THE CHAMBERMAIDS DVD specs:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

Impulse Pictures butters HONEY BUNS (review)

Sadsack Harry works for the feminine hygiene company "Internally Yours" but he has no luck with women.  He meets a magician who gives him a pill to make his wishes come true and is soon surrounded by naked and willing women.  The catch is that they disappear as soon as he is aroused.  Will he be able to figure out how to keep a woman and finally get laid?  Uschi Digard and Rene Bond star.

REVIEW LINK: Impulse Pictures/Synapse Films (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

HONEY BUNS DVD specs:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

Gorgon Video lounges at the DEATH SPA (review)

"You'll sweat blood" when you visit the DEATH SPA, one of Gorgon Video's most popular titles from the video era finally making it's digital debut with a Blu-ray/DVD combo edition.  The clientele of the Starbody Health Spa start dropping like flies when the automated computer systems turn on their users.  Is someone trying to sabotage the business or is there a literal "ghost in the machine"?  Shari Shattuck (IMMORTAL SINS), Brenda Baake (AMERICAN GOTHIC), Chelsea Field (DUST DEVIL), SAINTS AND SINNERS' Hank Cheyne, Tane McClure (FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS), and FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR's Karyn Parsons star.  Also known as WITCH BITCH!

REVIEW LINK: Gorgon Video/MPI (US) Region A Blu-ray/Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

DEATH SPA Blu-ray/DVD combo:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Audio Commentary by director Michael Fischa, producer Jamie Beardsley, and editor Michael Kewley
• "An Exercise in Terror" making-of featurette with brand new cast and crew interviews
• Theatrical Trailer
• Video Trailer

Vinegar Syndrome takes a bite out of PRETTY PEACHES 2/PRETTY PEACHES 3: THE QUEST (review)

Vinegar Syndrome brings Alex de Renzy's two popular eighties sequels to his golden age classic PRETTY PEACHES to DVD in brand new 2K-scanned transfers as the first of their "The Films of Alex de Renzy" releases.  In PRETTY PEACHES 2, Peaches takes to the road to learn about sex and finds her way to the home of her perverted Uncle Howard (Ron Jeremy), but he's nothing compared to "Granny" (Jamie Gillis).  In PRETTY PEACHES 3, Peaches takes to the road again in search of spiritual enlightenment and finds lust and deception along the way.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

PRETTY PEACHES 2/PRETTY PEACHES 3: THE QUEST DVD specs:

• Pretty Peaches 2:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Theatrical Trailer
• Pretty Peaches 3:
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono

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MVD Visual returns to CAMP BLOOD: FIRST SLAUGHTER (review)

When an urban legends class is assigned to debunk the local legend of the "Clown of Camp Blood" they set out and are never heard from again.  Three months later, the footage from their fateful expedition is discovered, but will it reveal what happened to them and who was responsible?

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual/Sterling Entertainment (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

CAMP BLOOD: FIRST SLAUGHTER DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo

88 Films seeks out the LURKING FEAR (review)

When John Martense gets out of prison and goes in search of his inheritance stashed in a corpse in the Lefferts Corners cemetery with a gangster and his crew in pursuit.  Unknowingly, the outsiders wander into the middle of a battlezone between the few remaining locals and something carnivorous feeding lurking beneath the town and feeding on human flesh!

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

LURKING FEAR DVD specs:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Making-of
• Teaser
• 88 Films Trailer Park

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Revolver Entertainment lands stateside with ORIGINAL GANGSTER (review)

Things are looking up when PTSD-stricken Afghanistan vet Jamie finds a gangster's wallet and is given a cushy job as his driver and delivery man until he falls for the gangster's wife and is targeted by his predecessor's brother.  Starring Dave Courtney (THE KRAYS).

REVIEW LINK: Revolver Entertainment (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

ORIGINAL GANGSTER DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Making-of
• "Confessions of Violence" promo

88 Films rendezvous at TWO MOON JUNCTION (review)

Uncontrollable passion and undeniable heat throw a Southern Belle and a hunky carny worker together and threaten to shake high society to the core in Zalman King's eighties classic TWO MOON JUNCTION with Sherilyn Fenn (TWIN PEAKS), Richard Tyson (DARK TIDE), Martin Hewitt (ENDLESS LOVE), Kristy McNichol (WHITE DOG), Louise Fletcher (FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC), and a young Milla Jovovich (THE FIFTH ELEMENT).

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

TWO MOON JUNCTION Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Liner Notes Booklet

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Scream Factory visits SLEEPAWAY CAMP (review)

Head back to SLEEPAWAY CAMP with Scream Factory's packed special edition Blu-ray/DVD combo.  Poor Angela lost her family in a boating accident and her extreme shyness makes her the target of bullies at summer camp.  Someone doesn't like that and starts taking grisly vengeance on anyone who hurts Angela, and there may not be any campers left by the shocking end.

REVIEW LINK: Scream Factory/Shout! Factory (US) Region A Blu-ray/DVD combo (DVD Drive-in)

SLEEPAWAY CAMP Blu-ray/DVD combo:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by actor Felissa Rose and Jonathan Tiersten
• Audio Commentary by director Robert Hiltzik
• Audio Commentary by director Robert Hiltzik and actress Felissa Rose
• 45 minute retrospective featurette
• "Judy" short film by Jeff Hayes starring Karen Fields
• Music Video by Jonathan Tiersten
• Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
• Rare Photos and Storyboards from make-up effects artist Ed French
• Theatrical Trailer & TV spotss
• Reversible Cover

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Arrow Films investigates INSPECTOR DE LUCA (review)

Based on the novel trilogy by Carlo Lucarelli, INSPECTOR DE LUCA: THE SERIES follows Italian police inspector Achille de Luca whose noble quest for justice often clashes with the political interests of "Il Duce" in four feature-length cases spanning 1938-1948.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Films (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

INSPECTOR DE LUCA DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Four episodes on two discs

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Scream Factory chats with EVILSPEAK (review)

"Remember the little kid you used to pick on? Well, he's a big boy now."  Clint Howard (EAT MY DUST), Don Stark (THAT 70'S SHOW), Joseph Cortese (WINDOWS), Haywood Nelson (WHAT'S HAPPENING), R.G. Armstrong (JOCKS), Charles Tyner (COOL HAND LUKE), and Claude Earl Jones (DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW) star in this early eighties gory take on CARRIE set at a military school where a picked on orphan communicates with a demonic spirit through his computer and seeks revenge against his tormentors.

REVIEW LINK: Scream Factory/Shout! Factory (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

EVILSPEAK Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Eric Weston, moderated by Bill Olsen
• Interviews with actors Clint Howard, Don Stark, and Joseph Cortese
• Interview with make-up effects artist Allan Apone
• "Satan's Pigs and Severed Arms: The Making of EVILSPEAK" featurette with Richard Moll, Claude Earl Jones, Haywood Nelson, Lynn Hancock, and Loren Lester
• Theatrical Trailer

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Vinegar Syndrome dances a DEEP TANGO with YOUNG SECRETARIES (review)

Vinegar Syndrome's latest PEEKARAMA double feature includes the bizarre DEEP TANGO, a rip-off/homage of LAST TANGO IN PARIS and DEEP THROAT starring Annette Haven.  Also included is YOUNG SECRETARIES in which an ad agency man, his secretary lover, his cheating wife, and her ambitious lover all manipulate their way to the top.  Starring Sharon Kelly (ALICE GOODBODY) and Con Covert (A SCREAM IN THE STREETS).

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

DEEP TANGO/YOUNG SECRETARIES DVD specs:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• Mastered from 2K scans of 16-35mm blow-up internegatives
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono

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Scream Factory visits the HOUSE IN THE ALLEY (review)

When a young couple lose their baby in childbirth, strange things start to occur in their new home and the wife starts to behave violently towards her husband.  Is the ghost of their unborn child haunting them or does the HOUSE IN THE ALLEY hold even darker secrets?

REVIEW LINK: Scream Factory/Shout! Factory (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

HOUSE IN THE ALLEY DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.00:1 widescreen
• Vietnamese Dolby Digital 5.1 and English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Two Teaser Trailers

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Horizon Movies battles DEAD WEIGHT (review)

When a viral outbreak quarantines major cities around the world, slacker Charlie arranges to meet up with his long-distance girlfriend, requiring both to mount separate treacherous journeys, braving the elements and dodging both  the "infected" and deadly opportunists.

REVIEW LINK: Horizon Movies (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

DEAD WEIGHT DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Audio Commentary by directors Adam Bartlett and John Pata
• Audio Commentary by actors Joe Belknap and Mary Lindberg
• Extended Scenes
• Behind the Scenes/Outtakes
• Trailer

Kino Lorber visits LA MAISON DE LA RADIO (review)

REVIEW LINK: Kino Lorber (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

LA MAISON DE LA RADIO DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• French Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Trailer
• Other Trailers

Cinema Libre is AS HIGH AS THE SKY (review)

In this quirky comedy/drama, the orderly life of obsessive compulsive party planner Margaret is thrown into a whirlwind by the surprise appearance of her hippie sister Josephine and her ten year old niece Hannah.  Although initially hesitant to get involved with a sister who abandoned her after their parents died and a niece who seems to dislike her, she eventually embraces renewed family bonds until she discovers the real reason for her sister's visit.

REVIEW LINK: Cinema Libre (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

AS HIGH AS THE SKY DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Featurettes:
• "The Writer's Room: Story and Character Development"
• "From Page to Screen: Filming and Visual Design"
• "Playing with Sound: Composing the Music"
• Trailers

Film Movement presents TANTA AGUA (review)

A divorced father tries to bond with his estranged children at a rained-out resort in Uruguay.  The kids find children their own age to play with and the father develops a flirtation with a local woman but those relationships eventually sour and their may not be enough time left to salvage their vacation.

REVIEW LINK: Film Movement (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

TANTA AGUA DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Cast and Crew Bios
• Theatrical Trailer
• Short film "Home Road Movies" by Robert Bradbook
• Film Movement Collection Trailers 

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Second Run sculpts a MAN OF MARBLE (review)

In Andrzej Wajda's landmark film - suppressed by the censors who would not allow the critics to give it any awards - a female filmmaker delves into the mystery of a bricklayer Birkut who became the model worker for the Polish communist government and then disappeared just as quickly; but her film may be in danger of meeting the same fate as Birkut when he started campaigning for workers' rights.

REVIEW LINK: Second Run DVD (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

MAN OF MARBLE DVD specs:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• Polish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with director Andrzej Wajda
• Interview with actress Krystyna Janda
• Interview with unofficial assistant director Agnieska Holland
• 16-page booklet with a new essay by Michael Brooke

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Vinegar Syndrome has a LUST FOR FREEDOM (review)

In this bizarre women-in-prison pic from Troma and the producer of SIZZLE BEACH, U.S.A. and SHADOWS RUN BLACK, an undercover cop finds herself wrongfully imprisoned in a correctional institute where the girls can expect torture, slavery, and death.  When she has had her fill of the institution's depravity, she develops a LUST FOR FREEDOM and decides to blast her way to out.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

LUST FOR FREEDOM DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by director
• Interview with Lloyd Kaufman
• Theatrical Trailer

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Vinegar Syndrome's JUNGLE BLUE answers the "ball of the wild!" (review)

Vinegar Syndrome answers the "ball of the wild" with this truly bizarre X-rated Tarzan spoof from Carlos Tobalina filmed on location in Peru.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

JUNGLE BLUE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Theatrical Trailer

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Retromedia battles the RETURN OF THE KILLER SHREWS (review)

THE KILLER SHREWS' James Best is back - along with his DUKES OF HAZZARD buddies John Schneider and Rick Hurst, along with WILLARD's Bruce Davison - as part of a reality TV crew filming on the island where the killer shrews attacked a scientific crew fifty years ago.  It turns out the shrews are still around and very hungry.

REVIEW LINK: Retromedia/Bayview Entertainment (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

RETURN OF THE KILLER SHREWS DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Audio Commentary by director Steve Latshaw, moderated by Fred Olen Ray
• Behind the Scenes Featurettes
• Music Video
• Trailer
• Original 1959 film "The Killer Shrews"

Canteen Outlaws debuts with TRUTH (review)

REVIEW LINK: Canteen Outlaws (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

TRUTH DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/director/actor Rob Moretti and actor Sean Paul Lockhart
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Making-of featurette
• Special Thanks
• Trailer
• Additional Trailers