Vinegar Syndrome resurrects THE INCUBUS (review)

LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE director John Hough mounts this Canadian-produced adaptation of Ray Russell's horror classic about a series of sexual assaults from a supernatural predator in a small American village. John Cassavetes and John Ireland star.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

THE INCUBUS Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues
• "From the Horror Through the Television" interview with director John Hough
• "Becoming the Incubus" interview with lead actress Kerrie Keane
• "Capturing the Incubus" interview with cinematographer Albert J. Dunk
• Theatrical Trailer
• Four TV Spots
• Trims and Alternate Shots
• Reversible Cover
• The first 1,500 copies ordered directly from Vinegar Syndrome include a slipcover with artwork by Earl Kessler Jr.
  

Vinegar Syndrome sows a BLOOD HARVEST (Review)

Wisconsin auteur of such epics as THE CAPTURE OF BIGFOOT and INVASION FROM INNER EARTH tried his hand at the slasher genre in the mid-eighties as a star vehicle for Tiny Tim with BLOOD HARVEST. A girl returns from college to discover her parents missing along with anyone else who gets close to her and is then stupid enough to visit the creepy barn on her family's isolated property. A young Peter Krause of SIX FEET UNDER and SPORTS NIGHT co-stars.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

BLOOD HARVEST Blu-ray/DVD combo:

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original 16mm camera negative
• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by co-writer/producer Leszek Burzynski
• "Every Critic is Gonna Butcher It" archival interview with Tiny Tim
• Tiny Tim Performance and Raw Interview Footage from Niagara Falls [September 3, 1987] (71 minutes)
• Booklet essay “Marvelous Mervo, at Your Service ...” by Justin A. Martell
• Reversible cover
• The first 1,500 copies ordered directly from Vinegar Syndrome include a slipcase with artwork by Earl Kessler Jr.

Arrow Video carves up TORSO (review)

An international summer school session in Italy is besieged by brutal sex killings in Sergio Martino's slasher prototype giallo TORSO starring Suzy Kendall, John Richardson, Tina Aumont, and Luc Merenda.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

TORSO Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen presentations of the Italian version, the English export version, and the US theatrical cut
• Italian LPCM 1.0 mono (Italian version), Italian/English LPCM 1.0 mono (hybrid track for the uncut Italian version), English LPCM 1.0 mono (English export version), and English LPCM 1.0 mono (U.S. theatrical version)
• Audio Commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger
• Interview with director Sergio Martino
• Interview with actor Luc Merenda
• Interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
• Interview with Martino's daughter Federica Martino
• Interview with academic Mikel J. Koven
• "Sergio Martino Live" Q and A session
• English Theatrical Trailer
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Adrian Smith and Howard Hughes

Mondo Macabro weaves a PERVERSION STORY (review)

Lucio Fulci gets kinky with this PERVERSION STORY of one on top of the other.  George is thrilled to discover that his asthmatic wife has died and he has inherited a two million dollar life insurance policy; that is, until the police make him the prime suspect in her suspicious death and a stripper bearing a striking resemblance to his wife may be the real culprit. Jean Sorel, Elsa Martinelli, and Marisa Mell star.

REVIEW LINK: Mondo Macabro (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

PERVERSION STORY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with actor Jean Sorel
• Interview with actress Elsa Martinelli
• Appreciation by film historian and author Stephen Thrower
• Theatrical Trailer
• Mondo Macabro Clip Reel

Warner Archive babysits BAD RONALD (review)

Every neighborhood has a weird kid, but you don't call Ronald Wilby weird or you will pay.  When outsider Ronald accidentally kills a local girl, his mother hides him in a secret room in their old house.  When she dies and a new family moves in, Ronald targets one of the daughters as his object of obsession and sets about removing any obstacle between him and her.

REVIEW LINK: Warner Archive (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

BAD RONALD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles

Shout Factory ride with CITY SLICKERS (Review)

Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, and Bruno Kirby become cowboys in CITY SLICKERS, now on Blu-ray from a new 4K master.  Jack Palance and Helen Slater also star.

REVIEW LINK: Shout! Factory (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CITY SLICKERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Ron Underwood, actor/producer Billy Crystal, and actor Daniel Stern
• "Back in the Saddle: City Slickers Revisited"
• "Bringing In the Script: Writing City Slickers"
• "A Star Is Born: An Ode to Norman"
• "The Real City Slickers"
• Deleted Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer

Jackie Chan initiates PROJECT A and PROJECT A: PART 2 (Review)

Jackie Chan is a member of the Coast Guard battling pirates and mainland corruption in the turn of the century action films PROJECT A and PROJECT A: PART II.

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

JACKIE CHAN'S PROJECT A AND PROJECT A: PART 2 Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (Project A):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 1.0 mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and alternate English dub in LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with critic Tony Rayns
• "The Pirate's Cave" interview with actor Lee Hoi San
• "The Elusive Dragon" interview with actor Yuen Biao
• "The Pirate's Cave 2" interview with actor Dick Wei
• "Can't Stop the Music" interview with composer Michael Lai
• Deleted Scenes
• Alternate End Credits and Outtakes
• Lunar New Years Introduction
• 2K Restoration Trailer
• Disc Two (Project A: Part 2):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 1.0 mono, and English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English subtitles
• Additional Full English Export Version (99 minutes)
• Interview with critic Tony Rayns
• "The Big Boss" interview with actor Michael Chan Wai-Man
• Interview with stuntman Mars
• "Jackie Chan: King of Action" vintage featurette
• "Someone Will Know Me" vintage featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Export Trailer
• Limited Edition Box Set
• Collector's Booklets for both films with essays by James Oliver

AGFA battles NINJA ZOMBIE (review)

After he is murdered by the leader of the Red Spider cult, a martial artist is brought back to life by voodoo to protect his lady love and avenge himself in this 1990 Super 8 production unreleased anywhere until now.

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

NINJA ZOMBIE DVD specs:

• 16:9 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by director Mark Bessenger
• Behind the Scenes Footage
• Short Film "It Could Happen to Anyone"
• Interview with actor John Beaton Hill

VCI models BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (review)

"A fashion house of glamorous models becomes a terror house of blood" in Mario Bava's giallo BLOOD AND BLACK LACE.  Cameron Mitchell and Eva Bartok star.

REVIEW LINK: VCI (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

BLOOD AND BLACK LACE Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Del Valle and filmmaker David De Coteau
• European versus American Cut Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Photo Gallery
• Soundtrack Single Cues
• Interview with actor Cameron Mitchell (DVD only)
• Interview with actress Mary Dawne Arden (DVD only)

Lightyear Entertainment visits GOLDSTONE (review)

Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jackie Weaver, David Wenham, David Gulpilil, and Tommy Lewis star in GOLDSTONE.  An aboriginal detective arrives in a remote mining town and stirs up corruption and murder as he investigates a case of human trafficking.  A sequel to MYSTERY ROAD.

REVIEW LINK: Lightyear Entertainment (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

GOLDSTONE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
• "Detective Jay Swan" featurette
• Interviews:
• "The Corruption of Goldstone" featurette
• "The Indigenous Peoples of Australia" featurette
• Trailers

Film Movement hears CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE about SIN IN THE SUBURBS on WARM NIGHTS AND HOT PLEASURES (review)

The fourth volume of the Joseph W. Sarno Retrospect Series looks at two works on suburban swinging that bookend his softcore career.  In SIN IN THE SUBURBS, a daughter discovers that her mother and the entire neighborhood are part of a suburban sex cult.  In CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, a woman involved in a foursome with her husband and their neighbors is disturbed when her still young and widowed mother visits and bewitches the household.


REVIEW LINK: Film Movement (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (US)

JOSEPH W. SARNO RETROSPECT SERIES VOLUME 4 Blu-ray specs:

• Sin in the Suburbs (1964):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• Audio Commentary by Joseph Sarno and Peggy Sarno, moderated by Frank Henenlotter and Mike Vraney
• Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Confession of a Young American Housewife (1973): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• Mini-commentary by Joseph Sarno
• Booklet by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas

Mondo Macabro satiates a BLOODLUST (review)

The late Werner Pochath has his ultimate cult film role in this German psycho thriller as a deaf and dumb accountant whose childhood traumas have caused him to develop a blood fetish.  Based on the true crime story of "The Vampire of Nuremberg."  Also known as MOSQUITO THE KILLER.

REVIEW LINK: Mondo Macabro (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

BLOODLUST Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English and German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with director's son Marijan David Vajda 
• Interview with actress Birgit Zamulo
• Theatrical Trailer
• Mondo Macabro Clip Reel

88 Films plays tricks with HARLEQUIN (review)

In this Ozploitation retelling of the Rasputin story, a senator is on the fast track to ultimate power when a mysterious faith healer cures his dying son and opens his eyes to the treachery going on behind the scenes of his political ascension.  David Hemmings and Robert Powell star.


REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

HARLEQUIN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Simon Wincer and producer Anthony I. Ginnane
• Cast and Crew Interview Outtakes from NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD
• "Destruction Down Under" interview with critic Kim Newman
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: A limited O-card and eight-page booklet by Callum Waddel.

Kino Lorber gets GOLD fever (review)

Roger Moore and Susannah York are caught in the crossfire when treacherous investors get GOLD fever and plot a major tragedy in order to shake up the market.  Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman, and John Gielgud star.

REVIEW LINK: Kino Lorber (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

GOLD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger
• Theatrical Trailer
• Trailers
• Reversible Cover 

Film Movement spotlights ELENA FERRANTE ON FILM (Review)

Film Movement's two-disc set features two of enigmatic best-selling Italian author Elena Ferrante's novels about women in psychological and emotional crisis.  In THE DAYS OF ABANDONMENT, Olga's life falls to pieces and her sanity erodes after her husband walks out on her for another woman.  In TROUBLING LOVE, Delia returns to city of Naples to find answers to questions she has surrounding the mystery of her mother's death.

REVIEW LINK: Film Movement (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

ELENA FERRANTE ON FILM Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (The Days of Abandonment):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Elena and the Books" TV special
• Behind the Scenes
• Trailers
• Disc Two (Troubling Love):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• Italian LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with actress Anna Bonaiuto
• Interview with director Mario Martone
• Interview with producer Andrea Occhipinti
• Trailers
• 32-page booklet featuring letters and script notes between the author and the directors, an interview, and introduction by Giancarlo Lombardi.

Kino Lorber celebrates GOOD TIMES with Sonny and Cher (review)

The only film Sonny and Cher made together was also the feature debut of THE EXORCIST's William Friedkin, a freewheeling, fantasy-laden tale of Sonny and Cher being signed onto do a movie with a contract that might mean selling out to the man or a deal with the devil.  George Sanders co-stars.

REVIEW LINK: Kino Lorber (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

GOOD TIMES 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 film historian Lee Gambin
• Interview with director William Friedkin
• Trailers 

Acorn Media travels MYSTERY ROAD (review)

Aaron Pedersen stars as detective Jay Swan in this Australian TV spinoff of Ivan Sen's MYSTERY ROAD and GOLDSTONE.  Summoned to an outback cattle ranching town, Swan teams up with local cop Emma James to investigate the disappearance of a local town football star and his best friend, unraveling local tensions and buried secrets that hit too close to home for both of them.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

MYSTERY ROAD: SERIES 1 DVD specs:

• Six episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH subtitles (feature and interviews)
• Interviews with actor Aaron Pedersen, actress Judy Davis, producer David Jowsey, producer Greer Simkin, and director Rachel Perkins
• Picture Gallery
• Behind the Scenes Gallery

88 Films liberates THE VENGEFUL BEAUTY (review)

When the emperor's Flying Guillotine assassin squad murder her husband and family, the pregnant Bloody Hibiscus and her allies join forces to take revenge in this Shaw Brothers martial arts fantasy.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE VENGEFUL BEAUTY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with actress Susan Shaw
• Interview with actor Hua Yueh

First pressing includes a matte finish slipcover and a booklet.

Eureka detects CITY HUNTER (Review)

Jackie Chan plays the manga hero CITY HUNTER on the case of a missing heiress only to stumble upon a group of terrorists planning to rob an ocean liner.

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

CITY HUNTER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Cantonese LPCM 2.0 stereo and 1.0 mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Alternate English Dub in LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interviews with Jackie Chan
• Interview with director Wong Jing
• Interview with stuntman Rocky Lai
• Interview with actor Richard Norton
• Interview with actor Gary Daniels
• Outtakes Music Video
• Outtakes
• Japanese Ending Credits
• Theatrical Trailer
• Hong Kong DVD Trailer
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Limited edition O-card and booklet.

Code Red captures the SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD (review)

When her husband goes missing in jungles of New Guinea, an heiress, her brother, and adventurous guides brave the wilds to scale the mountain of a fierce cannibal god and face off against his followers. Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, and Claudio Cassinelli star.

REVIEW LINK: Code Red Releasing (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Introduction by actor Stacy Keach
• Interview with actor Stacy Keach
• Two interviews with director Sergio Martino
• Full US Version in HD
• Trailers
• Reversible Cover
• Slipcover

Available directly from Ronin Flix and DiabolikDVD.

88 Films takes POPCORN to the movies (review)

When a group of film students decide to throw an all night horrorthon to raise funds for their department, they pick the long abandoned Dreamland Theater where they discover a lost reel of an experimental film in which the maker played out the last scene live before an audience and murdered his family.  When the students begin to disappear behind the screen, the survivors suspect that the mad filmmaker is back to recreate his final act.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

POPCORN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Mark Herrier, effects artist Mat Falls, and stars Jill Schoelen & Malcolm Danare, moderated by Kristy Jett
• "Midnight Madness: The Making of Popcorn" (57 mins)
  "Electric Memories" interview with actor Bruce Glover
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Trailer and TV Spots
• Still Gallery
• Reversible cover
• The first 500 copies ordered directly from 88 Films include a slipcover.
  

Vinegar Syndrome calls THE SEXORCIST on DEVIATES IN LOVE (review)

The skeletons in bad movie maverick Ray Dennis Steckler's closet were a series of hardcore films built around unused or recycled footage from porn loops.  In THE SEXORCIST, a female journalist and a demonologist uncover a parchment that brings up a demon to possess a prostitute to sexually deliver souls to Satan.  In DEVIATES IN LOVE, a psychiatrist treats a woman's lesbian urges with a series of hardcore case histories.

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

THE SEXORCIST/DEVIATES IN LOVE DVD specs:

• Two films on one dual-layer DVD
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

Umbrella Entertainment takes on TARANTULA! (review)

A 100 foot high spider stalks the desert and no one notices it until it creeps right up behind them in Jack Arnold's fifties creature feature starring John Agar, Mara Corday, and Leo G. Carroll with an uncredited early role for Clint Eastwood.

REVIEW LINK: Umbrella Entertainment (AUS) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

TARANTULA! DVD specs:

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

Eureka Video has a date for NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (review)

Parasites from outer space invade a college campus and revive the recent dead in time for the big dance in Fred Dekker's eighties horror comedy send-up of classic science fiction.  Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, and Tom Atkins star.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray/Region 2 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

NIGHT OF THE CREEPS Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Optional Trivia Subtitle Track
• Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Fred Dekker Moderated by Michael Felsher
• Audio Commentary by Actors Jason Lively, Tom Atkins, Steve Marshall and Jill Whitlow
• "Thrill Me: Making Night of the Creeps" documentary
• "Tom Atkins: Man of Action" interview
• Interview with director Fred Dekker
• Deleted Scenes
• Original Theatrical Ending
• Theatrical Trailer (1:33)
• The first print run includes a limited edition O-card slipcase and a limited-edition booklet featuring a new essay by critic Craig Ian Mann.

Fox elects AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT (review)

The seventh season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT finds a restaurateur suffering a nervous breakdown in the aftermath of the 2016 election and stumbling onto a cult whose leader is seeking political power and planning to perpetrate an abominable act of mass murder.  Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters star.

REVIEW LINK: Twentieth Century Fox (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT DVD specs:

• Eleven episodes on three dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, and Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish subtitles
• FX Promo Spots