Mondo Macabro falls prey to THE RAVAGER and THE BUSHWHACKER (review)

Mondo Macabro and Something Weird Video launch their American Arcana line with a truly deranged duo.  In THE BUSHWHACKER, a crazy and horny desert hermit shoots down a passing plane carrying a studly pilot and three pretty models.  From SHE FREAK's Byron Mabe.  In THE RAVAGER, a traumatized Vietnam War demolitions expert is discharged and can only achieve arousal by blowing up his victims!  From Charles Nizet, director of HELP ME... I'M POSSESSED!

REVIEW LINK: Mondo Macabro (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE BUSHWHACKER/THE RAVAGER Blu-ray specs:

• The Bushwhacker (1968):
• 1080p24 MPEG-2 1.78:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Theatrical Trailer
• The Ravager (1970):
• 1080p24 MPEG-2 1.33:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• German Theatrical Trailer

American Genre Film Archive shines the spotlight on SHE FREAK (review)

Exploitation mavericks David Friedman and Byron Mabe reimagine Tod Browning's FREAKS for the grindhouse in the sixties flick SHE FREAK about a waitress who aims high when she joins a carnival.

REVIEW LINK: American Genre Film Archive (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

SHE FREAK 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 producer David F. Friedman, moderated by Mike Vraney
• "Asylum of the Insane" bootleg inserts filmed by Donn Davison
• "The Laughing, Leering, Lampooning Lures of David F. Friedman" feature-length compilation of trailers from the Something Weird vaults
• Vintage Carnival Shorts and Newsreel
• Promotional Photo Gallery
• Reversible Cover
• Booklet with an essay by Something Weird’s Lisa Petrucci
• The first 2,500 units ordered directly from Vinegar Syndrome come with a special limited edition embossed slipcover.  
  

American Genre Film Archive digs up LOVE AFTER DEATH (review)

Buried alive by his greedy bride and her lover(s), a cataleptic man crawls out of the grave to achieve revenge and solve his sexual dysfunction in the Argentian oddity LOVE AFTER DEATH.

REVIEW LINK: American Genre Film Archive (US) Region ALL Blu-ray

LOVE AFTER DEATH Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Bonus Film THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
  
• Short Subjects:
• "Cemetery Sales"
• "The Greening of Willie Gobblee"
  
• Bonus Trailers

AGFA arouses THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP (review)

A mad doctor is abducting virile young men and "latent nymphomaniacs" in order to "dominate sex" in the crazy Argentinian sexploitation film from the director of THE DEADLY ORGAN and BLOOD OF THE VIRGINS.

REVIEW LINK: American Genre Film Archive/Something Weird Video (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by filmmaker Frank Henenlotter
• "La Venganza del Sexo" original Argentinan version of the film from a 2K scan of a pristine lab element, in Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono with optional English Subtitles)
• "Tomb It May Concern" 1950 short film
• Brain Damaged Trailers
• Reversible Cover
• The first 1,500 copies ordered directly from Vinegar Syndrome include a special limited edition embossed slipcover.