Code Red rises JUST BEFORE DAWN (review)

Four twenty-somethings go up into the woods and are in for a big surprise in the eighties slasher classic JUST BEFORE DAWN.  George Kennedy, Gregg Henry, Jamie Rose, Chris Lemmon, Ralph Seymour, and Deborah Benson star.

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

JUST BEFORE DAWN Blu-ray specs:

• American Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• International Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Interview with actor Gregg Henry
• Interview with actress Jamie Rose
• Interview with actor Chris Lemmon
• Interview with producer David Sheldon
• "Lions, Tigers, and Inbred Twins" making-of restrospective
• Bonus Trailers
• Reversible Cover
• Slipcover

Code Red peers into a BLACKOUT (review)

A storm is coming to Manhattan and the massive power failure leads to looting and the escape of four madmen (including Robert Carradine) who invade an apartment highrise and terrorize the residents.  Jim Mitchum, Belinda J. Montgomery, June Allyson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Ray Milland also star in this Canadian/French co-production.

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

BLACKOUT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Audio Commentary by actress Belinda J. Montgomery, moderated by William Olsen and Damon Packard
• Introduction and interview with actor Robert Carradine
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot
• Previews

Code Red picks up a TEENAGE TRAMP for CAT MURKIL AND THE SILKS (review)

A pair of seventies-era juvenile delinquent flicks has a TEENAGE TRAMP on the run from drug dealers and leading them into the home of her rich and conservative older sister while CAT MURKIL AND THE SILKS take on rival high school gangs.

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

TEENAGE TRAMP/CAT MURKILL AND THE SILKS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Maria's B-Movie Mayhem introduction for TEENAGE TRAMP
• Trailers

Code Red Releasing is admitted to THE FIFTH FLOOR (review)

When she is poisoned on the dance floor, disco performer Kelly is believed to have attempted suicide and sent to the fifth floor psych ward for an involuntary hold while here case is investigated.  As the effects of the poisoning wear off, she is less unnerved by her fellow inmates than by a predatory member of the staff.  Dianne Hull, Bo Hopkins, Mel Ferrer, Julie Adams, Sharon Farrell, Anthony James, and Patti D'Arbanville star.

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

THE FIFTH FLOOR Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Interview with actor Bo Hopkins
• Trailer and TV Spots
• Trailers

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.

Code Red makes a date with EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD (review)

Laura Gemser, George Eastman, and Mark Shannon encounter the living dead while boinking on a remote cursed island in Joe D'Amato's answer to the Italian zombie flicks of the eighties with EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD.

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

EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Interview with actor Mark Shannon
• Alternate Footage
• Laura Gemser Photo Gallery
• Trailers

This limited edition of the uncut hardcore version is an exclusive from DiabolikDVD.

Code Red takes in an ALL NIGHT GRINDHOUSE MARATHON (review)

Code Red's All Night Grindhouse Marathan treats you two a two-disc, six film sexploitation trip.  In THE TALE OF THE DEAN'S WIFE, a group of sex-mad college protestors decide to slip the crusty dean some LSD only to find out that his wife is a swinger like them.  In THE VELVET TRAP, a waitress falls for a photographer who swindles her of her savings and leaves her to fend for herself as a prostitute.  In HOT NIGHTS ON THE CAMPUS, a young coed shares an apartment in the city with her loose friends and gets into "trouble".  In MARCY, a single woman farmer sparks rumor of lesbianism when she hires a female worker, exposing the secret sexual desires of her neighbors.  In SEX AND THE COLLEGE GIRL, two college girls go to Puerto Rico and become involved with a girl-chasing lounge lizard and his mopey best friend.  Finally, in SHUT UP AND DEAL, a man takes it upon himself to get his younger brother a special kind of sex education at a stag party when he proposes to a girl who is too good to be true.

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

ALL NIGHT GRINDHOUSE MARATHON Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• The Tale of the Dean's Wife (1970):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• The Velvet Trap (1966):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Hot Nights on the Campus (1966):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Disc Two:
• Marcy (1970):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Sex and the College Girl (1964):
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen (standard definition)
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Shut Up and Deal (1969):
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen (standard definition)
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

Code Red unearths THE BONEYARD (Review)

 "Dare to enter, try to leave... THE BONEYARD" in this underservedly obscure cult item from the early nineties in which a psychic and a pair of detectives are trapped with the crew of a coroner's office when the not-so-dead bodies of three flesh-eating zombie children get up off the slab and recruit new members into their fold.  Phyllis Diller and Norman Fell co-star.

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

THE BONEYARD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Audio Commentary with James Cummins and Richard F. Brophy
• Interview with actress Phyllis Diller
• Interviews with director James Cummins and producer Richard F. Brophy
• "The Little Ghoul Grows Up" interview with actress Sallie Middleton
• Reversible Cover

Code Red plucks SEVEN BLOOD STAINED ORCHIDS (review)

When the "Half Moon Killer" targets a series of women, the survivor of one of his attacks and her husband carry on their own investigation while the police attempt to prevent the killer from reaching other prospective victims. Antonio Sabato, Marisa Mell, Uschi Glas, Marian Malfatti, and Pier Paolo Capponi star in this Umberto Lenzi giallo.

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

SEVEN BLOOD STAINED ORCHIDS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Troy Howarth
• Interview with director Umberto Lenzi
• Archival Interviews with director Umberto Lenzi and actress Gabriella Giorgelli
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Previews

Code Red learns that THE SLASHER IS THE SEX MANIAC (review)

A serial killer targets the unfaithful wives of the high society set and Farley Granger (ROPE) is on the case in the sleazy Italian giallo THE SLASHER IS THE SEX MANIAC.  Among the bevy of potential victims are Sylva Koscina, Femi Benussi, Susan Scott, Krista Nell, and more!  Theatrically released in the United States with hardcore inserts as PENETRATION!

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

THE SLASHER IS A SEX MANIAC Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Video Trailer
• Previews 

Code Red instructs THE CURIOUS FEMALE (review)

In the future when life is controlled by Master Computer, an underground cult screens forbidden works of Hollywood.  On this occasion, they take in THE THREE VIRGINS in which a dating service discovers the record presence of three virgins in the entirety of the university system and sets about placing them with mates for deflowering.

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

THE CURIOUS FEMALE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• German Trailer
• Previews 

Available from Ronin Flix and DiabolikDVD.

Code Red drives the MOONSHINE COUNTY EXPRESS (Review)

John Saxon has three very tempting reasons to drive the MOONSHINE COUNTY EXPRESS when sisters Susan Howard, Claudia Jennings, and Maureen McCormick compete with William Conrad in the bootleg whiskey business after their pappy is murdered.

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

MOONSHINE COUNTY EXPRESS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Previews 

Available from DiabolikDVD.

Code Red accepts MISSION: KILL (Review)

Robert Ginty stars as a demolitions expert who goes south of the border with an army buddy to run guns to the rebel factions of the Santa Maria dictatorship.  When his buddy is murdered by a hitman, he takes over the killer's identity but ends up joining the rebels as he tries to get to the man who ordered his friend's death.  From Action International Pictures.

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

MISSION: KILL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Trailer 

Available from DiabolikDVD.

Code Red worships THE WITCHMAKER (Review)

Deep in the Louisiana bayou, Sabbat master Luther the Berserk drains lovely maidens of blood to sustain his centuries-old existence.  When a team of parapsychologists travel to a nearby cabin to conduct experiments, Luther hunts them down one by one in order to induct their medium into his cult of thirteen.  Produced by L.Q. Jones, shot by John Morrill, and co-starring GREEN ACRES' Alvy Moore who would all partner up again for BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN and A BOY AND HIS DOG.

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

THE WITCHMAKER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by producer L.Q. Jones and cinematographer John Morrill
• Interview with producer L.Q. Jones
• Reissue Trailer
• Code Red Trailers
• Limited Edition Slipcover

Available from Ronin Flix and DiabolikDVD.

Code Red rides the DEVIL'S EXPRESS (Review)

Marial artist Warhawk Tanzania (BLACK FORCE) hops the DEVIL'S EXPRESS to do battle with a demonic force that has followed him back to New York from China and is picking off subway workers and passengers in search of a powerful medallion in this funky seventies horror/blaxploitation pic.

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

DEVIL'S EXPRESS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Theatrical Trailer
• Trailers
• Reversible Cover
• Limited Edition O-Card

Available directly from Ronin Flix.

Code Red auditions ALICE GOODBODY for MAD MOVIE MAKERS (review)

Sharon Kelly stars as ALICE GOODBODY, a starstruck waitress who sleeps her way up the ladder to stardom and pays dearly for it with a set of freak accidents that have her wondering "Who do I have to &^*# to get out of this movie?"  In MAD MOVIE MAKERS, a pair of cabbies decide to make a dirty movie and raise the money from their unsuspecting coworkers and family who believe they are producing a religious epic.

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

ALICE GOODBODY/MAD MOVIE MAKERS Blu-ray specs:

• Alice Goodbody (1974):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by director Tom Scheuer and producer Gary Maxwell
• Alternate Title Sequence
• Theatrical Trailer
• Mad Movie Makers (1974):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Code Red Trailers

Code Red hears the CRY OF A PROSTITUTE (Review)

Henry Silva and Barbara Bouchet star in CRY OF A PROSTITUTE, a brutal and gory mafia film from the director of BURIAL GROUND and STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER.  An American-raised Sicilian hitman is hired by a don to settle a feud between two rival families in the most violent manner possible.

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

CRY OF A PROSTITUTE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Alternate US Opening Sequence
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailer

Code Red eclipses the WARLOCK MOON (review)

Before their star-making turns in HILL STREET BLUES and EIGHT IS ENOUGH, Berkeley Repertory players Joe Spano and Laurie Walters starred in this seventies sleeper horror film about a picnicking couple who stumble across a spa resort off the beaten path that been abandoned since the owner's daughter was killed and cooked by the chef on her wedding day.

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

WARLOCK MOON Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen transfers of the theatrical cut (83 minutes) and the television cut (89 minutes)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Introduction by actors Joe Spano and Laurie Walters
• Audio Commentary by actors Joe Spano and Laurie Walters
• Interview with actor Joe Spano
• Interview with actress Laurie Walters
• Theatrical Trailer

Available directly from Ronin Flix and DiabolikDVD.

Code Red feeds the GHOSTKEEPER (Review)

Code Red have rescued the obscure 80's Canadian chiller GHOSTKEEPER for its thirtieth anniversary with a special edition DVD.  Jenny, Marty, and Chrissy escape a boring New Year's Eve party at a ski resort to go exploring the mountains.  When one of the snowmobile's crashes, they take shelter in a creepy old hotel where they encounter the Wendigo!

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

GHOSTKEEPER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by producer/director Jim Makichuk, actor Murray Ord, and actress Riva Spier
• Interview with cinematographer John Holbrook
• Interview with actress Georgie Collins
• Alternate Opening Sequence (not approved by the director)
• Trailers 

Available directly from Ronin Flix and DiabolikDVD.

Code Red celebrates HAPPY HELL NIGHT (Review)

It's a HAPPY HELL NIGHT for this year's Frathouse Follies where fraternities compete for the most dangerous hazing stunt for a freshman pledge.  When Pi Sigma Delta discover that seven of their members were once brutally murdered in a hazing stunt gone wrong twenty-five years ago, they send their pledges to get a photograph of the still alive and institutionalized murderer.  They accidentally set him free to return to the frathouse and reap a supernatural vengeance upon the new generation in this Canadian nineties slasher shot in the former Yugoslavia.

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

HAPPY HELL NIGHT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Trailer

Available from Code Red's Big Cartel, Diabolik DVD, and Ronin Flix.