Redemption mounts the ATTACK OF THE ROBOTS (review)

Lemmy Caution himself Eddie Constantine is up to his ears in beautiful women and zombie assassins in Jess Franco's comic thriller ATTACK OF THE ROBOTS on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.

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

ATTACK OF THE ROBOTS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
• Theatrical Trailer 

Kino Lorber and Redemption bestow the DEVIL'S KISS (review)

A spiritualist and a scientist experiment with cellular regeneration and bodily "reanimation" in this Lovecraftian Spanish/French horror production starring Silvia Solar and Olivier Mathot.

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

DEVIL'S KISS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono and French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles

Redemption Films weds DRACULA'S FIANCÉE and gets LOST IN NEW YORK (review)

In one of the final films of French fantastique director Jean Rollin, a pair of vampire hunters hope a woman touched by madness will lead them to the lair of Count Dracula.  Included with the feature is the LOST IN NEW YORK in which a woman reflects back on the imaginary adventures with a childhood friend and a moon goddess who transported them into various adventures and intrigues.


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

DRACULA'S FIANCÉE/LOST IN NEW YORK Blu-ray specs:

• Dracula's Fiancée (2002):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Diabolique Magazine's Samm Deighan
• Lost in New York (1989):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles

Redemption Films avenges THE DIABOLICAL DR. Z (review)

Jess Franco put yet another spin on his Dr. Orloff saga with this tale of a devoted daughter who avenges her professor father's death on the doctors who ridiculed his theories by brainwashing a nightclub performer named Miss Death and sending her out to seduce and kill.

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

THE DIABOLICAL DR. Z Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
• Theatrical Trailer

Redemption Films toys with KILLER BARBYS (review)

Jess Franco goes punk with the band Killer Barbies whose van breaks down along a lonely Spanish country road.  Accepting the hospitality of a countess and her servant to stay in her creepy castle, they are unaware that the countess needs life fluids to retain her youth.  Maria Angela Giordano and Aldo Sambrell star.

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

KILLER BARBYS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• Spanish DTS 2.0 stereo; English DTS 2.0 stereo; French DTS 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Troy Howarth

Redemption Films resurrects DR. ORLOFF'S MONSTER (review)

The awful Dr. Orloff is back (briefly) in DR. ORLOFF'S MONSTER as the mentor of Dr. Fisherman who has created a robot from the reanimated corpse of the brother he murdered for sleeping with his wife.  Using ultrasonic transmitters, Dr. Fisherman commands his creation to do away with the women in his life until his niece comes to the castle to visit looking for information about her dead father.

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

DR. ORLOFF'S MONSTER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 mono audio tracks
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• Alternate Erotic Footage
• French Theatrical Trailer
• Italian Theatrical Trailer

Redemption Films resurrects DAUGHTER OF DRACULA (review)

Jess Franco reworks his earlier supernatural thriller THE SADIST BARON VON KLAUS into a lesbian vampire thriller as Louisa Karlstein discovers that her ancestor was none other than Count Dracula.  When the count puts the bite on Louisa, she starts stalking the village in search of victims while the police suspect her uncle of the serial murders.  Britt Nichols, Anne Libert, Alberto Dalbes, Howard Vernon, and Jess Franco himself star.

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

DAUGHTER OF DRACULA Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
• Alternate "Safe" non-nude footage
• Theatrical Trailer

Jezebel screens FOR MEN ONLY Pete Walker's SCHOOL FOR SEX (review)

After a prolific career shooting 8mm glamour loops, Pete Walker moved into independent film production at a time when British mainstream cinema was in a slump.  In FOR MEN ONLY, a writer for Women's Vogue is urged by his jealous fiancee to take a job for a more serious conservative magazine only to discover that it is a front for girly magazines.  In SCHOOL FOR SEX, an aristocrat five times divorced and swindled of his fortune opens a school for sex to teach young women how to con men out of their fortunes in exchange for a hefty commission.

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

FOR MEN ONLY/SCHOOL FOR SEX Blu-ray specs:

• For Men Only (1968):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• School for Sex (1969):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Alternate Continental Footage
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Getting Cheeky with Pete Walker" interview
• Vintage Pete Walker Glamour Loops (63 minutes)

Redemption Films takes THE LAST STEP DOWN into BLOOD LUST (review)

Two prostitutes take a virginal newcomer to a Satanic mass to take THE LAST STEP DOWN while Carmilla and Dracula shed their cloaks (and everything else) in search of a virgin bride.

REVIEW LINK: Redemption Films (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

THE LAST STEP DOWN/BLOOD LUST DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Short 8mm Bonus Feature "Blood Lust"
• Redemption Films Trailers

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Redemption Films infiltrates EDEN AND AFTER (review)

In a pop art-laden labyrinthine club called Eden, a group of jaded French students play games of hide and seek (which sometimes result in gang rape), Russian roulette, perform improvised stories, and enact death rituals.  A stranger called the Dutchman wanders into their midst and beguiles them with magic, sadomasochistic games, and a "fear powder" (cocaine is already on the menu at Eden) that vaults heroine Violette into a whirlpool of manipulation, betrayal, theft, abduction, and murder in the Tunisian desert.

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

EDEN AND AFTER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• "N Took the Dice" 79-minute TV production utilizing alternate takes and outtakes from EDEN AND AFTER with a different narrative
• Interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet
• Theatrical Trailer
• Alain Robbe-Grillet Trailers

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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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Redemption Films exorcises THE DEMONS (review)

Jess Franco goes witchhunting with a side of nunsploitation in his sexed up take on Ken Russell's THE DEVILS, Michael Reeves' WITCHFINDER GENERAL, and his own THE BLOODY JUDGE.  Britt Nichols (A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD), Anne Libert (EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN), Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF), Karin Field (WEB OF THE SPIDER), Luis Barboo (FEMALE VAMPIRE), and John Foster (THE WITCHES MOUNTAIN) star.

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

THE DEMONS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.25:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with director Jess Franco
• Deleted Scenes
• Two Trailers
• Redemption Films Trailers

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Redemption Films suffers THE BLACK TORMENT (review)

In this classic slice of British horror from the sixties, an English lord and his new bride return to their country estate only to discover that he is suspected of a number of rapes and murders in the area during his absence.  When he starts seeing apparitions of his dead first wife and the chambermaids begin disappearing, he wonders if he is going mad or if there is some deviltry afoot.

REVIEW LINK: Redemption Films/Kino Lorber (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

THE BLACK TORMENT DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Interview with director Robert Hartford Davies
• Redemption Films Trailers

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Redemption Films boards the TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS (review)

Jean-Louis Trintignant (AMOUR) boards the TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS with director Alain Robbe-Grillet (SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE) himself in this mindbending story of drug smuggling, foreign intrigue, and sadomasochism hitting Blu-ray for the first time anywhere!  Marie-France Pisier (CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING) and Daniel Emilfork (THE DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE) also star.

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

TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet
• Redemption Trailers

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Redemption Films spirals in SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE (review)

In yet another feat of cinematic gamesmanship, an artist (Anicee Alvina, ANIMA PERSA) is imprisoned in a convent and questioned by an eccentric detective, a repressed judge, a sexually obsessed priest, a curious nun, and her lawyer about the bondage murder of her roommate (Olga Georges-Picot).  The artist who may be a murderer, a witch, or even a vampire spins different variations on her story to seduce her inquisitors.  Jean-Louis Trintignant (A MAN AND A WOMAN), Michael Lonsdale (RONIN), and a young Isabelle Huppert (THE PIANO TEACHER) also star.

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

SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with Alain-Robbe-Grillet
• Redemption Trailers 

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Jess Franco's NIGHTMARES COME AT NIGHT from Redemption Films (review)

Diana Lorys (AWFUL DR. ORLOF), Sodedad Miranda (VAMPYROS LESBOS), Jack Taylor (COUNT DRACULA), Paul Muller (A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD), and Collette Giacobine (WHAT THE PEEPER SAW) star in Jess Franco's intimate and sensual chamber drama NIGHTMARES COME AT NIGHT.  A striptease artist is tormented by dreams in which she seduces and kills her partners.  Is she going mad or is something more sinister afoot.

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

NIGHTMARES COME AT NIGHT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French or English LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Tim Lucas
• "Eugenie's Nightmare of a Sex Charade" making-of documentary
• Homage to Jess Franco
• Visual Essay on the creation of the HD master
• Trailers

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THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF stalks Redemption Films on Blu-ray (review)

The film that put Jess Franco on the international horror map THE AWFUL DR. ORLOF gets the HD treatment courtesy of Redemption Films.  Howard Vernon plays the titular role, stalking the streets with his blind henchman Morpho in search of skin donors to restore the beauty of his fire-scarred daughter.  Diana Lorys, Conrad San Martin, Perla Cristal, and Ricardo Valle also star.

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

AWFUL DR. ORLOFF Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French and English LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• "The Horror of Orloff" - interview with Jess Franco
• "The Young Dr. Orloff Chronicles" making-of documentary
• Homage to Jess Franco
• American Trailer
• Still Gallery
• Redemption Films Trailers

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Redemption Films is A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD (review)

Jess Franco's A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD gets the HD treatment on Redemption Films' Blu-ray.  Christina comes to Portugal from her London boarding school after her father's death and finds herself surrounded by strange relatives, nightmarish dreams, and death herself.  Starring Christina Von Blanc, Howard Vernon, Anne Libert, Britt Nichols, and Jess Franco himself.

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

A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French or English LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Tim Lucas
• Erotic version "Christina, Princess of Eroticism" (79 minutes)
• Horror version "A Virgin Among the Living Dead" (89 minutes)
• Erotic Footage
• "Mysterious Dreams" interview with director Jess Franco
• "Three Faces of Christina" making-of documentary
• Homage to Jess Franco
• Still Gallery
• French Trailer
• Redemption Films Trailers

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Redemption Films spies on THE SINFUL NUNS OF ST. VALENTINE (review)

In order to prevent the marriage between young members of two warring families, Don Alonso has his daughter Lucita shipped off to the convent of St. Valentine and has her lover Esteban falsely accused of heresy and the murder of a powerful bishop.  Escaping from the inquisition, the wounded Esteban is sheltered in the convent by the caretaker.  When her cellmate is murdered, Lucita is accused of the crime and branded a witch by the inquisition.  As Esteban tries to save Lucita without revealing his presence in the convent, he discovers a hornets nest of perversity and madness behind the convent walls.  Francoise Provost (SPIRITS OF THE DEAD), Jenny Tamburi (THE PSYCHIC), Paolo Malco (HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY), and Franco Ressel (BLOOD AND BLACK LACE) star.

REVIEW LINK: Redemption Films (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE SINFUL NUNS OF ST. VALENTINE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 2.35:1 widescreen
• Italian LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Redemption Films Trailers

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Redemption Films takes a dip in ZOMBIE LAKE (review)

Decaying Nazi zombies declare war on naked French babes in Jean Rollin's waterlogged ZOMBIE LAKE from Eurocine.  Howard Vernon stars.


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


ZOMBIE LAKE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 widescreen 1.66:1
• English and French LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• English Title Sequence
• Alternate Scenes
• French Trailer
• English Trailer
• Trailers for other Redemption Films releases

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