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14 September 2011

STONEY/THE KILLER LIKES CANDY (review)

Barbara Bouchet hits the Philippines in search of gold in STONEY with Richard Jaeckel, Michael Rennie, Mike Preston, and Vic Diaz (of course) in the first half of this double bill while UNDER THE SAND's Bruno Cremer stars in THE KILLER LIKES CANDY alongside Kerwin Matthews, Marilou Tolo, and CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD's Venantino Venantini.

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

STONEY/KILLER LIKES CANDY DVD specs:
  • 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer of STONEY
  • 4:3 fullscreen 1.33:1 transfer of KILLER LIKES CANDY
  • English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
  • Code Red trailers
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13 September 2011

Code Red's DETECTIVE DOUBLE BILL (review)

John Marley is BLADE, a Dirty Harry-wannabe fighting a "psycho-karate killer who brutalizes his victims AND YOUR EMOTIONS" while Franco Nero is a menace to society, "but it's okay, 'cause he's a cop" in RING OF DEATH (aka UN DETECTIVE aka DETECTIVE BELLI), the two films on Code Red's DETECTIVE DOUBLE BILL.  Jon Cypher, Keene Curtis, and Joe Santos also star in BLADE, while RING OF DEATH features Florinda Bolkan, Marino Mase, Adolfo Celi, Maurizio Bonuglia, and Roberto Bisacco.

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

DETECTIVE DOUBLE BILL DVD specs:
  • 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen transfers of both films
  • English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
  • Trailer for RING OF DEATH (as INSPECTOR BELLI)
  • Optional "42nd Street Experience" viewing option
  • Code Red Trailers

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09 September 2011

Momentum Pictures is INSIDIOUS! (review)

From the makers of SAW and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY comes INSIDIOUS starring Patrick Wilson (), Rose Byrne (), and Lin Shaye ().  Strange things start happening to a young family when they move into an old house.  When their oldest son falls into an unexplainable coma and the mother starts seeing things, they move houses, but the apparitions only get worse.  They call in a paranormal expert who informs them that what is happening is more "insidious" than your run-of-the-mill haunting.

REVIEW LINK: Momentum Pictures (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

INSIDIOUS DVD specs:
  • 16:9 anamorphic 2.40:1 widescreen transfer
  • English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
  • Horror 101: The Exclusive Seminar
  • Insidious Entitites
  • On-Set with INSIDIOUS
  • Theatrical Trailer

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08 September 2011

Scorpion Releasing hits the beach in WHERE THE BOYS ARE '84 (review)

In this remake of the 1960 film with Paula Prentiss, George Hamilton, and Connie Francis, four Penmore College girls hit Ft. Lauderdale for spring break.  The difference is, this is spring break 1984 so these gals are off in search of "animal sex and debauchery."  Lisa Hamilton (KNOTS LANDING), Lorna Luft (54), Lynn-Holly Johnson (WATCHER IN THE WOODS), and Wendy Schaal (AMERICAN DAD) join Russell Todd (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2), Christopher MacDonald (HAPPY GILMORE), Frank Zagarino (BARBARIAN QUEEN), and others on the beach.  Soap opera queen Louise Sorel (DAYS OF OUR LIVES) is a suitably outraged society matron and Alana Stewart (NIGHT CALL NURSES) is one hot cougar.

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

WHERE THE BOYS ARE '84 DVD specs:
  • 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen transfer
  • English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio
  • Interview with actress Wendy Schaal
  • Interview with actor Russell Todd
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Scorpion Releasing Trailers

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Code Red's LAWLESS LAND DOUBLE FEATURE (review)

Code Red pairs the utterly gory Spanish western CUT-THROATS NINE with Fred "The Hammer" Williamson's foray into the genre JOSHUA on their LAWLESS LAND DOUBLE FEATURE.  In CUT-THROATS NINE, Emma Cohen (HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB) is at the mercy of a gold-hungry chain-gang trekking across the snowy north without food or provisions.  There's shootings, burnings, slashings, disembowelings, and plenty more in this grim Eurowestern also starring Alberto Dalbes (MURDER MANSION), Eduardo Calvo (BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL), and Mabel Karr (DIABOLICAL DR. Z) and shot in the snowy Pyrenees (also seen in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE and THE HANGING WOMAN).  In JOSHUA, Fred Williamson plays a Civil War solder who returns home to discover that his mother has been killed by five bandits.  He tracks them across the desert and takes his vengeance on them one-by-one.  Isela Vega (THE FEAR CHAMBER), Brenda Venus (FOXY BROWN), and Calvin Bartlett (SEXTETTE).

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

LAWLESS LAND DOUBLE FEATURE DVD specs:
  • 1.78:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer of CUT-THROATS NINE
  • 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer of JOSHUA
  • Trailers for other Code Red titles

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06 September 2011

Scorpion Releasing knows WHERE THE BOYS ARE (review)

In this remake of the 1960 film with Paula Prentiss, George Hamilton, and Connie Francis, four Penmore College girls hit Ft. Lauderdale for spring break.  The difference is, this is spring break 1984 so these gals are off in search of "animal sex and debauchery."  Lisa Hamilton (KNOTS LANDING), Lorna Luft (54), Lynn-Holly Johnson (WATCHER IN THE WOODS), and Wendy Schaal (AMERICAN DAD) join Russell Todd (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2), Christopher MacDonald (HAPPY GILMORE), Frank Zagarino (BARBARIAN QUEEN), and others on the beach.  Soap opera queen Louise Sorel (DAYS OF OUR LIVES) is a suitably outraged society matron and Alana Stewart (NIGHT CALL NURSES) is one hot cougar.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (USA) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)

WHERE THE BOYS ARE '84 DVD specs:
  • 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen transfer
  • English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio
  • Interview with actress Wendy Schaal
  • Interview with actor Russell Todd
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Scorpion Releasing Trailers

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05 September 2011

Scorpion Releasing and Katarina Leigh Waters take their FINAL EXAM (review)

Scorpion Releasing presents Motion Picture Marketing and Jimmy Houston's FINAL EXAM, back on DVD as part of the Katarina's Nightmare Theater line.  It's final exam time at Lanier College and the atmosphere of pranks, hazings, Jack Daniels-chugging, and general horniness distracts the students and faculty from the presence of a hulking, knife-wielding killer bent on thinning out the student body.  Previously released on DVD by BCI, Scorpion's new disc features a beautiful transfer from a brand-new high definition master and a new commentary track, as well as interviews with the stars.


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


FINAL EXAM DVD specs:

  • 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen transfer (from a new HD master)
  • English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
  • Audio Commentary by producer Myron Meisel, moderated by Katarina Leigh Waters
  • Interviews with actors Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice, and Sherry Willis Burch
  • Scorpion Releasing Trailers
  • Playable with optional Katarina's Nightmare Theater intro and closing remarks
  • Reversible Cover

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