Cult Epics gets CHEEKY! with Tinto Brass (review)

A Venetian blonde in London tangles with lesbians, swingers, and flashers while trying to remain true to her boyfriend in Tinto Brass' CHEEKY!

REVIEW LINK: Cult Epics (US) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CHEEKY! 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (HDR10) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Nathaniel Thompson 
• Theatrical Trailer
• Tinto Brass Trailers
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Nathaniel Thompson 
• "Backstage" behind the scenes 
• "Brassgressions and Other Diversions" interview with cinematographer Massimo de Venanzo 
• Isolated Score by Pino Donaggio in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (18 tracks) 
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Teaser Trailer
• Tinto Brass Trailers
• The first pressing includes a slipcover, reversible cover, 20-page booklet by Eugenio Ercolani and Domenico Monetti, and 4x reproduction Italian lobby cards.
  

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Arrow Video goes Greek with THE NICO MASTORAKIS COLLECTION (review)

He's back! One of the most infamous B-movie maestros to have ever sat in a director's chair, Nico Mastorakis returns to Arrow Video with a collection of sci-fi shenanigans and screwball comedies that will take you out of this world!  

In THE TIME TRAVELER, a widow and her son find a man washed up on the beach with no memory and extraordinary powers.  Adrienne Barbeau and Kier Dullea star.  In SKY HIGH, three Los Angeles college boys head to Greece on an exchange program to get laid but instead become entangled in a plot involving a mind controlling device.  In TERMINAL EXPOSURE, two guys believe they have accidentally photographed a murder on the beach and head to Vegas in search of the killer with the mob on their tail.  

In GLITCH!, a pair of burglars set out to rob a producer's mansion and end up hosting an audition with a hundred bikini-clad babes and a horde of criminals.  In NINJA ACADEMY, an aging sensei takes on a disastrous group of new students in need of a confidence boost.  Finally, in THE NAKED TRUTH, a federal witness hides evidence in the belongings of two young guys headed to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.  With killers after them, they disguise themselves as women and stow away with a group of beauty queens.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE NICO MASTORAKIS COLLECTION Blu-ray specs:

• DISC ONE:
• THE TIME TRAVELER: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Nico's Self Interview: THE TIME TRAVELER" 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• SKY HIGH:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Nico's Self Interview: SKY HIGH" 
• "Dan Hirsch: A Revealing Self-Interview" 
• Theatrical Trailer
• DISC TWO:
• TERMINAL EXPOSURE:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Nico's Self Interview: TERMINAL EXPOSURE" 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• GLITCH!:
  
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Nico's Self Interview: GLITCH!" 
• Theatrical Trailer
• DISC THREE:
• NINJA ACADEMY:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Nico's Self Interview: NINJA ACADEMY" 
• "Gerald Okamura, NINJA ACADEMY's 'Chiba' Remembers" 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• THE NAKED TRUTH:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Nico's Self Interview: THE NAKED TRUTH" 
• Theatrical Trailer
• Three keep cases with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch packaged in a slipcase with an illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the career Nico Mastorakis by critic Barry Forshaw.

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Fun City Editions falls for a STRANGERS KISS (review)

An obsessed director goes to dangerous lengths to generate heat between an inexperienced actor and an actress whose violently jealous producer boyfriend is funding the film in this speculative fiction based on the production of Stanley Kubrick's KILLER'S KISS.

REVIEW LINK: Fun City Editions (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

STRANGERS KISS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Walter Chaw 
• "Comradeship and Love" interview with co-writer/director Matthew Chapman 
• "It Felt Magical" interview with actress Victoria Tennant 
• "An Enemy of Cliche" interview with co-writer/actor Blaine Novak 
• "Distributor to Producer" interview with producer Doug Dilg 
• "Stanley's Film" video essay by film historian Chris O'Neill 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Image Gallery 
• Comes with a reversible cover. 
• The first pressing includes a slipcover newly-commissioned front and back artwork by Jacob Phillips and a booklet with a new essay by Peter Tonguette. 
• Also available directly from Fun City Editions in a limited edition with the booklet, the Jacob Phillips first pressing slipcover, and a website-exclusive slipcover with legacy artwork, design and layout by Scott Saslow.
  

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Full Moon Features digs up a DOLL GRAVEYARD (review)

When young Guy discovers an old samurai doll buried near his family's new home, he resurrects a vengeful spirit and a group of killer dolls that make his sister's sleepover party a night no one will forget.

REVIEW LINK: Full Moon Features (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DOLL GRAVEYARD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo (5.1 track is only available via your remote's audio button)
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Behind the Scenes
• Bloopers
• Trailer
• Full Moon Trailers
  

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88 Films is struck by the CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (review)

An antiques dealer goes looking for his missing brother and encounters a witch's curse in this Tigon chiller with Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, and Barbara Steele.

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

CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critics Kim Newman and Sean Hogan
• "On the Cutting Room Floor - Howard Lanning on Editing Tigon Films" 
• "The Altar of Sacrifice - Sean Hogan on H.P. Lovecraft and CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR" 
• "Creating the CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR" documentary with actors Mark Eden and Virginia Wetherell, continuity supervisor Mary Spain, and editor Howard Lanning 
• CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR Theatrical Trailer 
• THE CRIMSON CULT Theatrical Trailer 
• Stills Gallery 
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring new artwork by Sean Longmore and original US THE CRIMSON CULT poster. 
• The first pressing includes a reverse-board gloss O-ring slipcover and booklet notes by Andrew Graves.
  

Arrow Video bares TORSO in 4K (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 ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

TORSO 4K UltraHD specs:

• Italian Version:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Hybrid English/Italian Version:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles (with English subtitles for scenes never dubbed into English)
• Export Version:
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger 
• "All the Colors of Terror" interview with director Sergio Martino 
• "The Discreet Charm of the Genre" interview with actor Luc Merenda 
• "Dial S for Suspense" interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi 
• "Women in Blood" interview with Sergio Martino's daughter Federica Martino 
• "Saturating the Screen" interview with writer Mikel J. Koven 
• "Sergio Martino Live" 2017 Q and A at the Abatoir Film Festival 
• Alternate U.S. TORSO Credits 
• Italian Theatrical Trailer 
• English Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais. 
• The first pressing includes a slipcover and an illustrated collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Adrian Smith and Howard Hughes. 
• A limited edition cover version is exclusively available from Arrow Video.

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