Code Red and Maria Kanellis are HAUNTED (review)

WWE wrestler/singer Maria Kanellis hosts Code Red's new DVD of the obscure American horror pic HAUNTED starring Ann Michelle (VIRGIN WITCH), Virginia Mayo (CASTLE OF EVIL), Aldo Ray (HAUNTS), and Brad Rearden (SILENT SCREAM).  A British actress' car breaks down at an Arizona movie ranch haunted by the ghost of an Apache woman falsely accused of witchcraft and sent into the desert to die.  A bizarre seventies horror film with a cheesy soundtrack, including the unforgettable theme song "Indian Woman" by Billy Vera!  Read the review at the link below!

REVIEW LINK: Code Red Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

MARIA'S B-MOVIE MAYHEM: HAUNTED DVD specs:

• 1.78:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Interview with actor Jim Nagele
• Watch with or without introduction and closing remarks by WWE's Maria Kanellis
• "Fantasy" music video by Maria Kanellis
• Code Red Trailers

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Find MARIA'S B-MOVIE MAYHEM: HAUNTED at Boulevard Movies!

Scorpion Releasing rides a SILVER DREAM RACER (review)

Singer David Essex (STARDUST) plays a down and out motorcycle racer who discovers his dead brother was working on a prototype that will ensure that he can beat his chief rival (Beau Bridges).  Clarke Peters (THE WIRE) and Cristina Raines (THE SENTINEL) also star.  Theme song by David Essex and music score by John Cameron (PSYCHOMANIA).

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

SILVER DREAM RACER DVD specs:

• 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio
• American Version Ending

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Scorpion Releasing visits GREASER'S PALACE (review)

Allan Arbus (you may remember him as the visiting shrink on the series M*A*S*H) plays Jesse, a zoot-suited messiah who parachutes into the middle of the wild, wild, west in Robert Downey Sr.'s bizarre GREASER'S PALACE.  Jesse heals the stick, raises the dead, and walks on water, but what he really wants to be is a star.  He's on his way to Jerusalem to meet his agent "Morris" who may just be the devil, but first he has to face Greaser who demands entertainment and shoots those who fail.  Luana Anders (DEMENTIA 13), Don Calfa (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD), and a topless Toni Basil (remember the song "Hey Mickey") also star.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

GREASER'S PALACE DVD specs:

• 1.78:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Interview with director Robert Downey Sr.

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Arrow Films visits BLACK HEAVEN (review)

Director Gilles Marchand (WHO KILLED BAMBI?) and co-writer Dominik Moll (LEMMING) return to the thriller genre with BLACK HEAVEN.  When a pair of young lovers answer a lost cellphone, they become caught up in a mystery involving suicides and a mysterious online virtual world called Black Hole.  Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (LA BELLE PERSONE), Pauline Etienne (PRIVATE LESSONS), Louise Bourgoin (THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC), and Melvil Poupaud (HIDEAWAY) star.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Films (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD vs IFC/MPI (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

BLACK HEAVEN DVD specs:

• 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
• French Dolby Digtial 2.0 stereo audio
• English subtitles

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Code Red is HAUNTED (review)

WWE wrestler/singer Maria Kanellis hosts Code Red's new DVD of the obscure American horror pic HAUNTED starring Ann Michelle (VIRGIN WITCH), Virginia Mayo (CASTLE OF EVIL), Aldo Ray (HAUNTS), and Brad Rearden (SILENT SCREAM).  A British actress' car breaks down at an Arizona movie ranch haunted by the ghost of an Apache woman falsely accused of witchcraft and sent into the desert to die.  A bizarre seventies horror film with a cheesy soundtrack, including the unforgettable theme song "Indian Woman" by Billy Vera!  Read the review at the link below!

REVIEW LINK: Code Red Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)

MARIA'S B-MOVIE MAYHEM: HAUNTED DVD specs:

• 1.78:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Interview with actor Jim Nagele
• Watch with or without introduction and closing remarks by WWE's Maria Kanellis
• "Fantasy" music video by Maria Kanellis
• Code Red Trailers

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Find MARIA'S B-MOVIE MAYHEM: HAUNTED at Boulevard Movies!

More from Raro USA in 2011!

After an impressive roster of releases in the earlier half of the year, Raro Video USA/eOne is not done yet.  They've still got these tantalizing titles for the remainder of 2011!

Federico Fellini's CLOWNS (I Clowns) on Blu-Ray 9/13
Paolo Solvay's NUDE FOR SATAN (Nuda per Satana) 9/13
Riccardo Freda's MURDER OBSESSION 10/11
CRIME OF LOVE (Delitto D'Amore) 10/22
Lamberto Bava's BODY PUZZLE (Misteria) 11/22
COME HAVE COFFEE WITH US (Venga a Prendere il Caffe da Noi) 11/22
THE OVERCOAT (Il Cappotto) 12/6

I've already covered prior Raro titles here:
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It's MIDNIGHT at Arrow Video (review)

On September 5, John Russo's slasher MIDNIGHT hits Region 0 PAL DVD in the UK totally uncut.  Nancy runs away from her handsy stepfather and gets picked up by two guys on their way to spring break in Florida.  They shoplift and get chased by the cops and hide out in the backwoods where they run into a family of Satanic rednecks.  John Amplas (George Romero's MARTIN) and Laurence Tierney (THE PROWLER) star.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

MIDNIGHT DVD specs:

• 1.33:1 original aspect ratio
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Interview with actor John Amplas
• Interview with writer/director John Russo
• Theatrical Trailer
• Introduction by John Amplas
• Easter Egg
• Liner Notes Booklet by Stephen Thrower of NIGHTMARE USA
• Double-sided cover
• Fold-out, double-sided poster

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