Scorpion Releasing and Katarina Leigh Waters revisit the HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW (review)

The girls of THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW are in hot water when a prank goes horribly wrong and their cruel housemother winds up at the bottom of the swimming pool with a bullet in her body.  Still, life must go on and there's a big end-of-the-semester party, so they hid the body and party down.  Unfortunately, someone or something else has seen everything they've done and is stalking them down one by one.  Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Harley Jane Kozak (and the eighties band 4 Out of 5 Doctors) star.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC 2-DVD set (DVD Drive-In)

HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• Brand New HD transfer from original IN
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Optional opening and closing segments by hostess Katarina Leigh Waters
• Audio Commentary by director Mark Rosman, moderated by Katarina Leigh Waters
• Audio Commentary by stars Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, and director Mark Rosman
• Interview with actress Harley Jane Kozak
• Alternate Ending
• Storyboard to Film Comparison
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• 4 TV spots
• Brand New Interview with actress Kate McNeil
• Brand New Interview with actress Eileen Davidson
• Brand New Interview with director Mark Rosman
• Interview with composer Richard Band
• Interview with producer Igo Kantor
• Other Katarina's Nightmare Theater trailers

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Scorpion Releasing's NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT (review)

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are back in this understated British occult thriller NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT (aka THE RESURRECTION SYNDICATE aka THE DEVIL'S UNDEAD).  The illustrious trustees of an orphanage charitable fund are being brutally murdered one by one and a young girl's traumatic nightmare may be the key to the killings.  Based on the novel by John Blackburn.  Diana Dors and Georgia Brown co-star.  Directed by Peter Sasdy.

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

NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Theatrical Trailer
• Liner Notes
• Optional Katarina's Nightmare Theater segments
• Other Scorpion Releasing Trailers

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Scorpion Releasing and Katarina Leigh Waters drink SATAN'S BLOOD (review)

Don't you just love it when you run into old school friends who just happen to now be swinging devil worshipers?  A young copuple out for a afternoon drive wind up in just such an awkward situation in the "S-rated" - for sex - Spanish horror film SATAN'S BLOOD (ESCALOFRIO) directed by Carlos Puerto (EL FRANCOTIRADOR) and produced by Juan Picquer Simon (PIECES).  Soon the clothes come off and the blood starts flowing.  A shockingly explicit slice of seventies Euro horror.

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

SATAN'S BLOOD DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.75:1 widescreen
• English and Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Still Gallery
• Optional Katarnia's Nightmare Theater segments
• Scorpion Releasing Trailers

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Jack Palance in KILL A DRAGON (review)

When a shipload of Nitra2 explosives wash up on a small island off Hong Kong, the islanders decide to sell them on the black market to better their circumstances.  The islanders approach salvager Rick Masters (Jack Palance) and his  rag-tag crew to get the cargo safely to Hong Kong for a cut of the profits.  Unfortunately, the cargo's sadistic owner Patray (Fernando Lamas) will stop at nothing to get it back. Can Rick's "St. George" slay Patray the dragon?

REVIEW LINK: MGM (US) Region 1 NTSC MOD DVD-R (DVD Drive-In)

KILL A DRAGON DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Theatrical Trailer

My other MGM MOD DVDR reviews:
ACT OF VENGEANCE at DVD Drive-In
BOBBIE JO AND THE OUTLAW at DVD Drive-In
BURIED ALIVE at DVD Drive-In

A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY at DVD Drive-In

Joan Collins has THE DEVIL WITHIN HER (DVD review)

DYNASTY's Joan Collins stars as Lucy, a new mother with a very unusual child.  Little Nicholas is not so little, he bites, claws, and punches his loved ones all because Lucy spurned the advances of a strip club midget named Hercules who cursed her to give birth to a child possessed by the devil!  Ralph Bates (LUST FOR A VAMPIRE), Caroline Munro (SLAUGHTER HIGH), Hilary Mason (DON'T LOOK NOW), Donald Pleasance (HALLOWEEN), and Eileen Atkins (WOLF) also star.

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

THE DEVIL WITHIN HER DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Interview with actor John Steiner
• Theatrical Trailer
• Playable with optional Katarina's Nightmare Theater wrap-arounds
• Scorpion Releasing Trailers

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Raro Video USA: 2011 in Review(s)!

Raro Video USA's first year has given us an impressive roster of releases.  Raro USA has made several titles previously only available as imports more accessible.  They has added English subtitles to previously unsubtitled extras.  More importanly, they have upgrade transfers of some of their highly prized titles with HD masters (with some Blu-Rays planned for 2012).  Below you will find links to all of my 2011 Raro Video USA coverage.  Titles in GREEN are highly recommended.

THE ANGER (La Rabbia) at DVDBeaver
BODY PUZZLE (Misteria) at DVD Drive-In /
THE BOSS (Il Boss/Murder Inferno/Wipeout) at DVDBeaver / DVD Drive-In
CALIBER 9 (Milano Calibro 9/The Contract) at DVDBeaver / DVD Drive-In
FERNANDO DI LEO CRIME COLLECTION (Caliber 9/The Boss/The Italian Connection/Rulers of the City) at DVDBeaver / DVD Drive-In
I CLOWNS at DVDBeaver
THE ITALIAN COLLECTION (La Mala Ordina/Manhunt/Black Kingpin/Hired to Kill) at DVDBeaver / DVD Drive-In
LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN (Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore) at DVDBeaver / DVD Drive-In
MURDER OBSESSION (Follia Omicida) at DVD Drive-In / DVDBeaver
PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK (Il Profumo della signora in nero) at DVDBeaver / DVD Drive-In
RULERS OF THE CITY (I Padroni della Citta/Mister Scarface) at DVDBeaver / DVD Drive-In
THE SECRET OF DORIAN GRAY (Il Dio Chiamato Dorian) at DVDBeaver / DVD Drive-In
TO BE TWENTY (Avere Vent'Anni) at DVD Drive-In / DVDBeaver
THE VANQUISHED (I Vinti) at DVDBeaver

Raro's MURDER OBSESSION DVDs compared (review)

HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK director Riccardo Freda's final film is a gory body count supernatural thriller about an actor who returns to his childhood home where he killed his father as a child.  His clingy cougar of a mother and her sinister manservant receive his friends coldly, and pretty soon someone is prowling the grounds with an axe and a chainsaw.  Stefano Patrizi (CONVERSATION PIECE), Silvia Dionisio (LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN), Anita Strindberg (THE ANTICHRIST), John Richardson (BLACK SUNDAY), and Martine Brochard (PAPRIKA) star.

REVIEW LINK: Raro Video USA (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD vs Raro Video (IT) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

MURDER OBSESSION Region 0 NTSC DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• English subtitles for Italian-only scenes
• Interview with Sergio Stivaletti
• Liner Notes Booklet

MURDER OBSESSION Region 0 PAL DVD:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.85:1 letterbox
• English and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• English subtitles for Italian-only scenes
• Interview with Sergio Stivaletti
• Deleted Scene
• Liner Notes Booklet

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